Milk Paint Vintage Cabinet with OFMP

It's time again for furniture make-overs at The Fab Furniture Flipping' Contest!  

June's theme is Shabby Storage and is sponsored by Old Fashioned Milk Paint. 

Sponsored By: The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company

I found an old cooler/pie safe cabinet  at the the Flea Market and knew it would be perfect for storage in my new bathroom.  

Before:

The cabinet is well built and the perfect shape and size to for my bathroom, but it was pretty grungy and needed a make-0ver.  I wanted to make it have a layered look with milk paint, so I first painted the entire cabinet in Bayberry Green by the Old Fashioned Milk Paint.  Since the cabinet was dry and old there was little chipping, which was what I wanted.  The get the next color to chip off and reveal the undercoat, I rubbed candle wax on random spots and all the edges.  The wax creates a natural barrier and the paint doesn't stick.  I wanted a soft beachy blue for the next color, so I mixed Federal Blue with Oyster White to get the color I wanted.  I painted the cabinet with two coats of paint and then using my scrapper I scrapped off the flakes and got the chippiness I was going for. 
The last step was to seal the cabinet with clear wax and add a crystal knob.  

Boxwood Wreath 

Love the crackle! 

You can see the 3 layers (white, green, blue) 

New Knob

Plenty of Storage

You can see the original screen to keep things cool

Love the layers of paint 

I am very happy with how my cabinet turned out! 

Go check out the Hosts and other Flippers at:

Evey [Evey's Creations] (Co-Creator) Stacy [Anastasia Vintage] (Co-Creator)

Charlotte [Ciburbanity] Lynn [Fern Avenue]  Michelle [Dandelion Patina]

You can also see the projects on Hometalk at #fabflippincontest

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