Painted Furniture Ideas | Valspar Paint

Painting your furniture is a fantastic and cost-effective way to give it a new lease of life and transform the look of your home interior. Not only is this an eco-friendly way to extend the life of your furniture, but it’s also an opportunity for you to get creative and put your DIY efforts into something worthwhile.

What is the most popular colour for painted furniture?

There isn’t just one popular colour for painted furniture. Everybody’s tastes and preferences are different, and while current design trends come and go some colours stand the test of time. Creams and whites are popular furniture colours in classic and traditional homes, whereas dark greys and blacks add a modern, industrial feel. And, there are a range of brights that will really make a statement too. As long as you have high-quality furniture paint to hand, your options are limitless!

20 Paint ideas for furniture

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Black beauty

If your walls are bright, you can afford to go dark and smoky with your painted furniture. This antique chest of drawers looks chic and stylish in black with its spindly legs and antique brass handles. Perfectly complemented with oodles of greenery and natural light around it.

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Miami shades

When you’re dreaming of distant shores, your imagination can really run wild! Here, brightly painted pink walls are complemented with a tonal pink paint on the cabinet unit in a slightly lighter shade. But, the pièce de résistance here is the radiator painted in vibrant blue - what a statement piece!

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Featured colours: Happy Heart, Woolly Mint and Rose Vanilla

Camo blending

Blend your furniture into your walls by using the same colour paint for both. Here, the yellow of the feature wall has been taken down to the cabinets to form a natural camouflage effect, not really knowing where the wall ends and the cabinet starts.

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Ornate orange

A brightly painted vanity unit in an otherwise neutral colour bathroom adds a modern edge and a burst of character and personality to the room. The orange paint pops out against the white backdrop for a real focal place to wash your hands.

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Curvy cream

Give your wooden wardrobe a fun twang with an interesting and eye-catching paint design. The curved cream paint on this upcycled wardrobe contrasts with the cherry wood, culminating in a retro feel which is fresh and cheery.

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Imaginative inks

Dark inky blues are sophisticated and sultry, making them a perfect colour for lounge furniture. Dark blue paint looks extra-elegant against wooden floorboards and with smidgens of bright orange or deep yellow in accessories and soft furnishings.

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Earthy greens

Pale green is a calming and restorative colour for a piece of furniture. This painted radiator cover makes something beautiful out of an otherwise mundane object, and also gives you additional space to rest artwork, flowers, and candles on top of.

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Sophisticated storage

Charcoal is a perfect colour choice for this storage ottoman as it gives balance against the other pale colours in the room. The dark grey paint offers warmth and is a great long-lasting choice for a high usage piece of furniture.

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Charcoal chic

Charcoal is also a fantastic choice for office furniture or a vintage bureau. Smart and stylish, charcoal is a no-nonsense shade for your workspace, but despite its grown-up appearance, it can also be softened down with warm beige walls and colourful artwork on the walls.

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Gorgeous grey

Pale grey furniture gives a softer feel than its darker counterparts. It works perfectly in a bathroom environment, where you want to create a peaceful and spa-like setting. White wall tiles and flooring make the space feel fresher and lighter, against the matching grey wall paint and vanity unit.

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Toy Soldier

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Garden green

Bright green can’t help but fill your mind with associations of lush green grass and meadow pastures, especially with natural light shining through a door or window. This is why it makes a great colour to paint a statement piece of hallway furniture. Using green can help to increase that connection between the outdoors and your indoor space to create harmony and serenity.

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Kensington Gardens

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Everything’s peachy

This pretty peach-painted media unit forms a delicate and feminine disguise for the TV and storage cabinets, making the whole area appear discreet and charming. The green painted shelves add a colourful contrast, especially teamed with the matching alcove trim joining the walls and ceilings.

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Featured colours: Vintage Peach and Greener Grass

Sherbet dip

Painting your outdoor furniture in cute sherbet shades can add a new rainbow-inspired dimension to your garden or courtyard space. Simple items of furniture can be instantly transformed into iconic statement pieces using a lick of yellow, blue, green, and peach.

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Featured colours: Bahamas Breeze, Apricot Macaron, Alpine Forget-me-not and Wintergreen

Turquoise treats

Turquoise is a colour that is often overlooked in interior design, however, it blends beautifully into a coastal interior design theme. This turquoise painted storage unit instantly takes your thoughts away towards tropical island seas, and the ice-cream image hung behind it firmly keeps you in that holiday mode of thinking.

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Russian Turquoise

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Hygge hues

A range of earthy neutrals merge together beautifully in this Scandi-chic lounge. The base colour of the storage cabinet perfectly matches the light grey walls for continuity, whereas the stencilled semi-circular patch of peach gives it a sense of humour and comfort. The cosy sheepskin stool, knitted blanket, and fur slippers complete the Hygge vibes.

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Winged Victory

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Countryside colours

Green painted dining chairs blend well with a pale coloured kitchen for a countryside cottage charm. Opt for a pale, muted green for a relaxed and traditional feel.

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Grazing Green

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Vivid vintage

This vintage dressing area is quirky and chic thanks to the bright green painted dressing table and matching chair legs. The green gives a wonderful Hollywood-style contrast with the blush pink walls and cream flooring.

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Kentucky Bluegrass

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Racing greens

Paint cabinets and storage units in racing green for a modern and elegant appearance. Racing green blends well with monochrome shades of black and white, which would look right at home in either a country property or an urban townhouse.

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Galapagos

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Shady legs

Painting just the legs of your wooden table, bench, or chairs can give the piece a total refresh without being too overwhelming. These dove grey dining table legs are subtle and soft against the natural wood surface.

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Amazing apricots

Pretty pastel colours can transform a painted piece of furniture into something truly special and magical. This is the prettiest storage cabinet we’ve seen thanks to the pale blush apricot coating it has been given.

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Apricot Blush

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Take your painted furniture ideas to the next level

We hope that we’ve given you plenty of painted furniture ideas for your next project.

For help finding the perfect paint shade, check out our full colour range and remember that choosing the right, high-quality furniture paint will make all the difference to the quality and durability of your paint job.