Furniture painting

[ElizabethBennet]

I'm going to be painting D's bed and dresser next week. I've done it before but it always scratches up really easily and just doesn't look good after awhile. Is there anything I can do to prevent this? Anyway I can skip the sanding step? I hate sanding.

[alare]

Have you ever used the Annie Sloan chalk-based paint? I haven't personally used it but my sister swears by it. Apparently it adheres with no sanding required. Very low VOC and not much odor so it can be used indoors.