Paint IKEA furniture: The right colour
The advantage of IKEA furniture is that it combines simple, pragmatic shapes with easy-care surfaces. The disadvantage is that every piece of IKEA furniture appears millions of times all over the world and looks exactly the same everywhere. MissPompadour can help: Paint your mass-produced furniture with our IKEA painting instructions to create your own individual design piece!
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With a new colour and maybe some new handles, you can customise a generic piece of furniture so much that it's almost unrecognisable. You can paint more than just white IKEA classics – raw wood, as well as wood and plastic veneer, can also be painted. In the MissPompadour blogs, you'll also find detailed instructions for painting your Pax wardrobe or your Malm and Hemnes chests of drawers.
No matter which IKEA products you have, their surfaces are almost always made of plastic veneer. However, some shelving systems, such as the Ivar system, have raw wood surfaces. If you want to escape the monotony of mass production, there is a fantastic way to turn mass-produced IKEA furniture into unique, personal treasures. The motto is: pimp your furniture – easily with furniture paints from MissPompadour!
Preparing veneered IKEA furniture for painting
The veneer on IKEA furniture is usually made of very smooth plastic or wood. After a thorough clean with MissPompadour To Clean, these surfaces can be painted without any problems if you use a primer. MissPompadour To Bond & Block ensures perfect adhesion for wood paints on smooth surfaces – all without using sandpaper.
Painting wood furniture from IKEA
For furniture with a wooden surface, or shelving units made entirely of raw wood, painting with the satin-matt MissPompadour Easy Eggshell! is ideal.
You don't need sandpaper on raw wood. Clean your piece of furniture and first apply a primer like MissPompadour To Bond & Block on raw wood to prevent any potential discolouration from bleeding through. After that, two coats with a paint roller or brush are usually enough to give your previously boring IKEA furniture a brand-new look.
Painting white IKEA furniture
White IKEA furniture usually has a plastic veneer. With a new shade that coordinates beautifully with the wall paint in the room, this often plain material gets a completely new look. Here, too, you use To Bond & Block followed by a high-coverage paint.
Painting IKEA furniture: tips for paints in children's bedrooms
Children's rooms are wonderful places to decorate with unique, personal colours, and soft shades are particularly well-suited for this. You can customise IKEA nursery and children's furniture—like cots, changing tables, and wardrobes—using shades developed with child psychology in mind. Soft pastel tones are best for babies and toddlers, while older children often prefer bolder colours.
If you want to paint an IKEA piece of furniture, you can transform the surface in just a few simple steps. For example, if you want to adapt a Malm chest of drawers for a child's bedroom, start by cleaning off any dust and dirt with MissPompadour To Clean. Next, apply a primer coat of MissPompadour To Bond & Block. Finally, apply two coats of paint.
Upcycle IKEA furniture in a shabby chic style
If you really want to transform bland, boring furniture, you should paint it in a shabby chic style. Perhaps start with a smaller piece of furniture first, like a chest of drawers. This modern IKEA chest of drawers will be given a patina, making it look just like a vintage piece. And it's really not that difficult!
First, paint the piece of furniture evenly with a satin-matt paint. MissPompadour Easy Eggshell! is particularly suitable for this. Once dry, gently sand the paint back along the edges of the furniture. Sand all the areas that would naturally show wear and tear over years of use. Finally, highlight these areas with coloured wax.
Choose your paint or chalk paint & order from MissPompadour
At MissPompadour, you can choose from over 100 shades. To find the right colour, we recommend ordering our colour cards first. This way, you can see the colour directly on your wall or furniture.
All paints from MissPompadour are characterised by their high coverage and durability. They are low-emission and splash-resistant. The paints are manufactured in Germany and the Netherlands.
Step-by-step: painting guides for IKEA furniture
You want to know exactly how to paint your IKEA furniture? We have put together the following guides for you:
Can I paint IKEA veneered furniture without sanding?
You can easily paint IKEA furniture with plastic veneer without sanding. However, the smooth veneer will need a coat of the primer To Bond & Block first. Natural wood furniture can be primed and painted without any sanding at all.
Is one coat enough to paint IKEA furniture?
Even though the first coat often provides great coverage, we always recommend applying paints twice, as they only achieve their full effect with the second coat.
Which paint is best for painting an IKEA Malm chest of drawers?
We highly recommend our extremely hard-wearing Easy Eggshell!. You're sure to find your dream shade among its many colours.
Which shade should I use to paint my IKEA furniture?
Choose a shade that matches your walls and other furniture. We recommend comparing the shades with our MissPompadour colour cards.
Which MissPompadour colour matches IKEA White?
Even at IKEA, white isn't always just white: different product lines have different shades of white, and there can even be variations between different production sites. Plus, IKEA furniture tends to yellow over time. That's why it's always best to match the shades of white with our colour cards.
