Five Different Projects With Fusion Mineral Paint

Fusion Mineral Paint has helped me transform our home from dated to delightful in five different areas. With it’s easy application and affordable price tag, this non-toxic paint has become my go-to for paint projects in our home. 

One of the questions I am asked most often, besides the Paint Colors in My Home, is what kind of paint I used on things like my banister, arched cabinet, and painted kitchen floors. So, I decided to answer that question by sharing five different areas of our home that have been dramatically changed with my favorite paint of all time…Fusion Mineral Paint. 

It’s non-toxic, affordable, comes in a range of beautiful colors, rolls on like latex paint, adheres like chalk paint, and requires little to no prep work (my love language). I cannot say enough good things about this amazing paint! 

Banister – Boring to Bold

This is what our staircase looked like on the day we moved in. 

After painting all of our walls Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee, I knew the wood tone needed to change. So, over the course of a weekend, I brushed on two coats of Coal Black with a regular 2″ short-handled paintbrush, sealed it with Deft Acrylic in satin, and the rest is history. 

This photo shows the difference between sealer and no sealer on the banister. The left spindle has no sealer, while the spindle on the right has sealer applied. Fusion Mineral Paint has a built-in top coat, so there isn’t always a need to use a sealer. I opted to use it simply because of the amount of traffic this area sees on a daily basis. If you prefer a more matte look, you can absolutely skip using a sealer. 

For those of you wondering how it’s holding up, it’s been two years and it still looks great. The only wear has been the newel post at the base of the stairs because that’s the part everyone grabs…nothing a little soap and water won’t fix. 

Nightstands – Tired to Timeless

When I was renovating Hannah’s Timeless Teen Girl Bedroom, I found these vintage Chippendale nightstands on Facebook Marketplace and knew they were perfect. They had a beautiful shape and interesting details, but the paint color and condition made them look tired. 

Two coats of Raw Silk and one coat of Deft Acrylic and that problem was solved. Now, they’re timeless pieces that will grow with Hannah and still be appealing years from now. You can see how they transitioned seamlessly from the first version of her bedroom to the most recent version here: NYC Apartment Meets English Cottage – Hannah’s Bedroom.

You can read my step-by-step tutorial about painting these beauties here: Hand-Painted Chippendale Nightstand Makeover.

Tile Floor – Dated to Distinctive

If you’ve been here longer than twenty four hours, you know how badly I want to replace our flooring. This is what our tile floors looked like when we moved in (and in some areas of our house, they still do). 

New flooring is not in the budget right now, so when I temporarily remodeled our kitchen, I used Fusion Mineral Paint in Raw Silk and Coal Black to create a distinctive, harlequin tile floor pattern. It certainly wasn’t the easiest project, but it was an affordable and non-toxic way for me to break up all the brown and give us a floor we love until we can replace the tile. 

For the floors, I used Fusion Mineral Paint’s Ultra Grip primer, and sealed it with SealKrete garage floor sealer because if ever there was a project that needed proper prep work and an incredibly durable top coat, it was this one. I shared the entire floor painting process in this post: DIY Painted Harlequin Tile Floors. 

Arched Cabinet – 80’s to Classic

This arched cabinet (aka: the most epic Facebook Marketplace find ever) is the piece of furniture I get asked about the most. People want to know not only where I bought it, but also what I painted it with. My answer, of course, is Fusion Mineral Paint. It started out as an 80’s pinky-beige color, but I knew from the second I laid eyes on it, that it was going dark. 

In order to avoid painting the glass panes, I used a product called Masking Liquid. It’s kind of like a paintable tape, and it makes painting French doors or anything with glass panes a lot easier than taping. It worked beautifully and gave me crisp lines once I peeled it off. You can see the whole process in my Instagram story highlights. 

This piece did not require a sealer. I took advantage of the fact that there is a built-in top coat, and just left it a more matte finish. 

Kitchen Cabinets and Backsplash – Weird to Welcoming

The Fusion Mineral Paint piece de resistance in our home is our Cozy Café Kitchen. This is what it looked like when we moved in…such a weird color combo. 

I literally covered our entire kitchen in this magical paint. It’s self-leveling, emits no fumes, and adheres to almost any surface without prep work. It just made the project that much easier for me to tackle solo. I chose the color Algonquin, and we love how welcoming and warm it is in here now. 

I painted everything with a 2″ short-handled paint brush and 6″ foam roller. I then sealed every painted surface with Deft Acrylic in satin because this is a kitchen…it needs to be easy to clean. It has held up remarkably well. You can see the full makeover in this post: Cozy Café Kitchen – Our Budget Makeover. 

Well, those are the five different projects in my home that I tackled using Fusion Mineral Paint. This post is in no way sponsored…I’m simply sharing a product I love and use all the time, as well as answering the question, “What paint did you use for that?” 

Now you know. 

Have you used Fusion Mineral Paint? Do you love it as much as I do? Let’s discuss in the comments below!

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