Lou Lou was exactly the color I expected, love the contrast with the stain. Love one step paint.
One Step Paint | Lou Lou
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Lou Lou is a muted olive green, capturing the subtle and sophisticated charm of natural hues.
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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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.
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Overall rating: 4.8 / 5 from 24 reviews.
Absolutely love this paint and paint color! Purchased our dresser and nightstands off Craigslist years ago and and painted them with normal paint. After lots of chipping from general life and moving, I decided to give Amy Howard paints and try. Started with the dresser two years ago and have been shocked it’s never chipped! Finally got around to doing the nightstands recently and was reminded how easy it is to use this paint! Very forgiving. Layered cerusing wax and antique wax on top to add some depth.
First time trying a green Amy Howard One Step color. I’m all about the blues. I must say I was pleasantly surprised by what the color did for this old chest of drawers!
Pretty color for our kitchen cabinets.
Lou Lou is such a soft shade of green, and easily incorporates into any color scheme.
Great paint to work with.
Gorgeous color. Smooth application. It does everything it says! Agree with the other reviewers that it is lighter than the swatch. Transformed this old dresser into a work of art!
I love Lou Lou, I searched high and low for the color I had in my mind. Then I found Lou Lou ! The chip color doesn’t do it justice. It’s lighter.
This is a nice color but it is much lighter than I expected. The paint itself is amazing! Smells good and actually makes it fun to paint! The color chart is a little off. I ended using a different color but I still love the paint
I painted three dressers and they turned out great for being a beginner. It is helpful to go on youtube and watch the videos as this was very helpful for me. Now I am just looking around for more to paint.
Love this paint!! Covers well!
This is my go to green. I am designing a craft room/art studio in my basement and have done the trim this fabulous green.
This paint is very high quality! We loved the way it turned out. Used the lime wax to finish it. Great paint and the color is a beautiful sage green.
This was my first project using One Step paint. I love the color (Lou Lou) and chose it to match some of the accent walls in our finished basement. It looks great, but is lighter than it seems online. The paint covered nicely in just two coats. (This piece was previously a yellowish wood tone, I didn’t take a “before” photo unfortunately). One 16 oz easily covered this with two coats. (The back is unfinished to that was the surface are you see in the photo, not the back). I used MYOB as a finish, but found that getting an even finish with the wax was not as easy as I thought it would be. It didn’t seem to buff out to an even sheen, not sure what I did wrong. Also, waxing seemed to bring out and make all flaws more noticeable. Still looks good, I think next time I will stick with the matt finish since waxing is not required, or use matt sealer instead. Next I will be re-doing an old cedar chest and I learned a lot with this first “test” project. Overall I really love the paint, and I especially love all the color choices. On to the next project!
Lighter than expected but absolutely perfect. A cross between sage and eucalyptus. Love it and my customer did too.
I am pretty thrilled with this paint! As someone who fears DIY projects but couldn’t afford to get her cabinets painted professionally, I was drawn to the One Step concept and it did not disappoint! My husband and I painted our lower kitchen cabinets (several more than what is pictured) with two coats using a vinyl paintbrush and 4in roller, and did not even need to remove the doors! Color came out exactly as expected. My only complaint being that the smell - while not unpleasant - is pretty strong. Luckily we were able to open doors and windows to air out our home but it took a few days.
I found the one step paint easy to work with. It dried fairly quickly. No lines. I wish I had sanded my cabinets first, then used the clean slate, again sanding lightly between applications of Lu Lu. I'm glad I gave each coat a full 24 hrs to dry before recoat. The color is really pretty, fresh and soft. It has given my old cabinets new life. Can't wait to do the lower cabinets next.
Great paint, covered awesome. I ordered two quarts to redo hutch, table and 6 chairs, 2 leaves and still have a some left. Loved color and paint. Would definitely buy again.
I have used the Lou Lou green in numerous places in my house. And it looks great on my work table.
This is by far my FAVORITE green. It is such a gorgeous neutral green. The perfect shade that adds so much charm and interest. I just keep purchasing it.
I’ve used Lou Lou green on other projects and decided to do my half bath vanity. It turned out great! This green added so much charm and character. Made the bathroom fit the older vibe of our home. I love it!
Lou Lou green is such a classy color! It is not too green, but is a wonderful neutral toned down color. It was perfect for my french table in the entryway. I had plenty left over and used it on a door in my craft room and a work table. This one step paint goes a long way and smells…oh so good.
Painted an old cabinet no pictures yet . But love this color and paint !! So easy
Awesome color!