How To Paint Checkerboard Pattern On Furniture

If using two of the same shade -- one flat one in a higher gloss -- use the flat paint as the base coat.

How to paint checkerboard pattern on furniture. How to paint a harlequin pattern on furniture. Continue until the wall has your checkerboard pattern. A great place to paint a bedroom checkerboard pattern is at the head of the bed creating an instant and attractive headboard or overtop of a desk or activity table.

Later on you can rotate the pattern by 45 degrees to get the final format. Apply a coat of paint with a paintbrush. Paint your favorite board game onto a table.

Apply a second coating if. Top after Notice my sweet pups paw in the photo above. To produce a pattern like the one shown first create a 3x3 version then make the modifications for the different patterns then rerun Aardvark or RotateZoom to increase the number of repetitions.

Remove the tape immediately and allow the paint to dry overnight. Create the original pattern so the lines run horizontally and vertically. I painted the legs black and the top white.

Let the surface completely dry once the tape is removed. Paint the base coat using a concrete-safe floor paint. You should be left with a one half inch light border with alternating light and dark boxes inside revealing your checkerboard pattern.

Once the checkerboard pattern is taped its time to start painting. I found a checkerboard image online and printed it out on multiple sheets of paper taped those together and transferred the image to the top of the table using this method I used to paint antlers on an old nightstand. Painting a checkerboard pattern isnt as hard as it looks.