Monday, September 1, 2014

Custom Blue Milk Paint Dresser



I found a great small dresser at the Flea Market last week and brought it home.  
Before:
The dresser had great hardware and I love the shape and I was picturing it in chippy milk paint.  When I went to my stash of milk paint I noticed I had many bags of MMS milk paint that only had a little bit of powder left (not enough for a project).  I decided to mix them all together and see what I got.  I mixed MMS Kitchen Scale, Lucketts Green, Grainsack, French Enamal Blue and Boxwood in a container and then made a small batch to see what I got.  I love the soft blue color that I created.  After the mixing came the painting and the scraping.  I sealed the dresser with hemp oil and attached the gorgeous hardware. 
 
Roses and Chippy paint=Love



Gorgeous Hardware

Chippy Top

I love how all the drawers chipped differently 


Chippy and Gorgeous 

Roses











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18 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 1, 2014 at 8:46 AM

    That is a great way to use up the ends of the packagaes. It looks great.

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  2. DD's CottageSeptember 1, 2014 at 9:06 AM

    Thank you Elizabeth-I agree it was a good use of lots of little bits of powder-lucky for me it came out a pretty color!

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  3. ℳartina @ Northern NestingSeptember 1, 2014 at 12:15 PM

    LOVE the way this piece turned out Darrielle...it crackled and peeled perfectly!!

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    1. DD's CottageSeptember 1, 2014 at 2:14 PM

      Thank you Martina-I love how chippy it turned out too!

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  4. Burlap LuxeSeptember 1, 2014 at 2:47 PM

    You are the milk paint queen, I love the way all the drawers chipped differently as well. This give the piece a natural aged effect where not all drawers will aged the same, just like paint discoloring in age differently as well.
    So cool that you mixed all the left overs to come up with such a great french bleu tone.

    Where are you going to place it, or are you selling it? I think a piece like this thats not to over sized would look great in a kitchen, on a wall where you can store linens in and extra pieces needed in a kitchen. I love that bleu!

    Thank you for taking the time to visit my place, you really joy my days lady "Di" with your sweet comment. :)

    thank you dearly for assuring me a small room can have it all :)

    xx
    bisous

    Dore

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    1. DD's CottageSeptember 2, 2014 at 6:47 AM

      Thank you Dore-I absolutely love how unpredictable milk paint is! I am going to sell the dresser and bring it to a vintage French show I have coming up in a few weeks. Of course in the mean time I am looking for more pieces to paint! Have a great week!

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  5. The Painted DrawerSeptember 1, 2014 at 5:50 PM

    My favorite piece of yours so far - I LOVE it!

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    1. DD's CottageSeptember 2, 2014 at 6:48 AM

      Thank you Suzanne-I Love it too and I love the chippiness!

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  6. Betsy@My Salvaged TreasuresSeptember 3, 2014 at 7:40 AM

    Love the way this beauty turned out! Thanks so much for sharing at Vintage Inspiration Party.

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  7. Susan FreemanSeptember 3, 2014 at 10:51 AM

    Looks great!

    Big Texas Hugs,
    Susan and Bentley

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  8. Art and SandSeptember 4, 2014 at 10:09 PM

    What a beautiful new life for that dresser.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2014 at 7:33 PM

    This turned out eyecatchingly beautiful!!! Absolutely lovely!
    Smiles!
    Smiles!
    Terry

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  10. AnnMarie aka Vintage Junkie aka NaNaSeptember 13, 2014 at 7:14 AM

    Gorgeous! I am just amazed at how the milk paint chips the wood so naturally! LOVE that color.

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    1. DD's CottageSeptember 15, 2014 at 6:36 AM

      Thank you AnnMarie-I totally love milk paint and the chippiness! MMS had great colors

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