Amazing! Finished my bed, like a QUEEN! Brass compass arriving soon for the headboard! Seal it, she is a sassy, entitled, beautiful girl!
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One Step Paint | Black
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Black is our deepest and most opulent color, a timeless favorite among our customers.
About One Step Paint
One Step Paint is our premium, water-based chalk-style furniture paint that transforms furniture, fabric, and everything in between. No stripping, no sanding, no priming. It dries to a soft, chalky matte finish that's perfect for vintage, distressed, layered, and Old World looks. While decorative pieces don't require sealing, we recommend adding a wax or sealer on high-use items like dining tables, chairs, and cabinets to protect against everyday wear.
No stripping, sanding or priming.
Works on fabric & upholstery
Endless finish combinations
Low VOC, water-based
Seriously. This simple.
A beautiful transformation in 4 steps.
No sanding. No stripping. No priming.
Step 01
Clean
Wipe your piece with Clean Slate to remove wax, grease, and oils. That's your only prep.
Step 02
Paint
Apply with a brush or roller. One to two coats is all you need for full, beautiful coverage.
Step 03
Customize
Layer with wax, glaze, or Cracked Patina. Use it as a base for Milk Paint. Go as simple or as artistic as you like.
Step 04
Enjoy
Stand back. Take a photo. Enjoy the bragging rights.
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Visualize it on your piece. Free.
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Get the One Step Paint Bundle.
Premium paint, professional tools, and everything you need for the full transformation. One box. Nothing else required.
$135
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30–45 min
Dry to touch
2
Coats for full coverage
100+
Curated colors
Any
Surface
One Step Paint FAQ
One Step Paint is a chalk-style, calcium-carbonate paint designed to create antique beauty without stripping, sanding, priming, or sealing. Simply clean your surface, apply the paint, and let it dry. It delivers rich color and a flat matte finish that can be left as-is or layered with waxes, glazes, milk paint, or specialty finishes.
Rescue. Restore. Redecorate.
Three finishes. One kit. Learn at your own pace with Amy.
Shop the Furniture 101 Kit — $105 Includes workshop video with Amy · 3 finishes · Ships within 72 hoursCustomer Reviews
Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 153 reviews.
Such beautiful milky coverage! One coat does not cover adequately, but 2-3 is phenomenal depending on the original wood color. Smells fantastic, seems to be chip resistant, rich, deep, vibrant shades, easy to apply. Goes on smooth and quick! Love!
Store owner replied: Thank you so much, Rhonda! Those pieces look amazing!
My furniture looks great! Easy to use-love it!
This is my go to paint!
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The one step black really is an amazing product, this secretary desk was a mess when I got it and now it’s a gem. Thank You for this amazing product!
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The greatest product, can’t be replaced with other brands.
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Great
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Painted very old worn out dark cupboards. Covered great
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Excellent quality. Does not clump and goes on smooth. Definitely buying more from this line!
I love the paint, the shade, everything about it. I used it on French Provincial dresser and it looks amazing. I just need to wax it and I will be done.
Store owner replied: so happy you love it. thanks so much!
I painted a very old desk and the paint made it a show piece. It went on beautifully without any streaks.
Store owner replied: Awesome!!
I have used this paint on 3 projects and it is excellent!
Store owner replied: Margaret, We are so glad you love it! Thanks so much for being a part of our tribe!
Easy paint to use and it smells great!
I love the coverage of the paint... Let's do a deal Amy!!
I can get over the smell of the paint... Wonderful product...
Great
So much easier than stripping, sanding and priming. Love these paints
This paint is easy to use and works as advertised.
Used it to paint over a brick fireplace that had previously been painted white. Excellent coverage, and a huge improvement. I used one coat for most of the coverage, and a second one for touch-ups. The paint dries quickly and is a lovely matte finish. Definitely recommend, and would use again!
Good coverage, easy to work with. Nice matte finish. Sheen can have slight shine after buffing with steel wool and becomes very smooth to the touch.
Fantastic product! We are really happy with this paint! The packaging has been designed to accommodate the 1-qt cans. And shipping is really fast. Thank you!
I love one step! It’s easy to work with and allows me to put other products over it for fun finishes!!
Love love love this matte black one step! It’s great on it’s own or as a base color for a greater paint adventure!
Love this paint. Covers smooth and smells nice. I ordered more colors. My new fav.
I really love Amy Howard One Step Paints as well as the Miracle paints. I also used the wax for my buffet. And I used the copper wax on the handles. I would have liked them to be a bit more copper but it didn’t work out so well. They do have a subtle copper tone, it just doesn’t appear in the pics. I love the Black, it’s a soft black not a jet black, but I love it and plan on using it on some chairs. It was fun doing this and I plan on doing my bedroom furniture just as soon as I get a rest.
Very easy to use, great coverage. Highly recommend this product. I had professional painters use this paint to paint stairs. They loved it and the project came out great! I also painted a door with it. Goes on easy and surprised at how well it covered.
I love how for the most part my fireplace only needed one coat and how well the coverage is. I’m obsessed with the results!
Love this paint and just started my next project!
Turned the brown wood table to black with the paint I ordered. I left the etched out squares as to make them stand out better than before. I also added a little acrylic white pearl sparsely on the table to give it a bit of a distressed look . The paint worked as advertised! It only took one coat but I did two for good measure. It required no sanding first. It was so easy! Perfect coverage!
Really great paint, great color, goes on smoothly, good texture. Very happy
exelente producto muy bueno
Spreads nicely by brush and leaves no brush marks. Dries quickly, cleans up easily with water. Would recommend.
My husband asked for Purdue themed office furniture and Amy Howard paints had all the products needed to make it happen.
I love this paint ! Just sold this buffet that I upcycled using Amy Howards one step paint !
Since this is the first time in trying this paint, I gave it a test run on a large picture frame. Originally purchased the paint to redo an antique cabinet with an oriental design feature. The result on the frame was one of easy application, quick dry time and no paint odor. Feel that this product will work well on the cabinet. Just not sure yet on what finish to apply after finishing the base coats.
Loved how it turned out
Pained the rails on our back deck and our shutters with One Step black two years ago and they’ve held up beautifully. So when we built a new front porch, of course we used it again! My favorite paint ever
Bought this paint and fell in love with it and how this came out will probably buy more
This is some of the best paint I have used for my hobbies/projects. It goes on so smooth and it is so pretty just by itself with no embellishing wax or any other treatment. Of course, I did use some of the waxes on my projects. My results are not quite as spectacular as Amy's but I am working on it. Therese Ford
Easy to use and looks perfect!