I had picked this DVD cabinet up from new in a warehouse closing down sale. I have had it for about 9 years and it was still in brilliant condition. Solid pine but stained dark brown.

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I had wondered what to do with it to try to 'jazz' it up a little.

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Now usually when I paint furniture, I am an undercoat and gloss paint girl, but somehow with this one I found myself being talked into using chalk paint by one of the men in the office.

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I read everything that there was to read about this medium, there were lots of online reviews both good and bad.

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I decided to give it a go.

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After the first coat I knew that I had made a mistake and that this was not the type of paint that I liked to work with.

However having put on one coat I decided that I may as well bite the bullet and put on another.

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The problem that I had was, that I had 'brush strokes' showing on the paintwork and I didn't like it.

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So I lightly sanded down the second coat and then prepared to commit the ultimate chalk paint sin..........................use a roller.

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For any chalk paint addicts out there..............yes I did, I put a third coat on with a roller!!!!

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I let this dry and then waxed the cabinet, this is to give the paint some protection and also to give it a 'bit' of shine.

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And here is the finished item.