How I Made $400 in One Day Painting Shabby Chic Furniture

Do you want to hear how I made $400 in one day painting shabby chic furniture? Sure you do!

I'm so excited about my results today that I decided to start a blog about it. I really think that painting furniture for profit is an interesting subject, especially with how hot shabby chic furniture is right now

I've painted a few small shabby chic style pieces in the past but I didn't feel like I was very good at it and I went in another direction when it came to making a few extra bucks. To be honest, painting my first piece was a nightmare. It was a little nightstand and I didn't know what I was doing. (I still don't think I know what I'm doing! Hah!) However, I when I put it on Craigslist, it sold in one day for $50. Look at this thing. Bleh!

My first piece. Look! I didn't even have the drawers in right!

That was back in March. I dabbled in selling on Ebay for awhile but after that slowed down, my wife said I should try my hand at selling painted furniture again. So went out the other day and picked up two dressers. The cost? $150 for the pair! Not bad if I do say so myself.

I was so excited, I ended up staying up all night painting them. I started around 9:00PM and finished at about 6:00AM. Are you ready to see the results?

I have to say, I was intimidated about painting furniture that was larger than the small nightstands and coffee tables that I did earlier in the year but it was pretty much the same deal. It just took longer.

So, I put these up on Craigslist when I got home. I priced each one at $300. That seems to be the price that most people are selling shabby chic furniture at right now. I was beat, so I conked out for a few hours. When I woke up, I had missed calls and texts from people wanting to purchase them already!

Long story short, by 6pm, I had both of them sold and delivered. I spent about $50 on supplies. Luckily my grandfather's barn, where I painted these at, had a lot of tools and stuff that I needed already.

My total profit for painting shabby chic furniture like this? Somewhere around $400. I just made $40 an hour and I barely even know what I am doing! I'm going to go get more dressers and keep this going. I'll try to update as often as I can. To be honest, I have a bad habit of not keeping up with blogs but I'll do my best to share my experience with anyone out there that is interested.