Showing posts with label milk paint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milk paint. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Fall Blog Tour 2016

My Fall Mantle 

I am honored that Brenda from Cozy Little House  invited me to join the other inspiring  ladies on her 
Bloggers Seasonal Harvest Tour.  

We wanted to say a special thank you to our readers with this tour. I cannot say thank you all enough for taking the time to come and visit.  

I have added a simple wooden vintage tool box with gourds and pumpkins to the table when you walk in our main living/dinning area.  I love vintage tablecloths and change them almost every week.  





I love the green chippy Hungarian shutters that I bought from a local store and they have found a home in the living room 
Leaves from a tree in the yard and simple white pumpkins in an old tool box


Pink Roses and Boo Pumpkins 




Orange Gladiolas always make me happy! 
I found a pine roosting  box at a local Vintage Faire and it adds great storage in my kitchen.  




Our kitchen table 

I added sweet orange roses and a few pumpkins to my bathroom.  


My Bedroom 


Love these beautiful orange Dahlias 

These orange orchids by my barn door add a touch of cheerfulness for Fall. 

Pumpkins in the sunroom,


My daughter's cottage that her grandfather built for her. 



I hope you enjoyed seeing my touches of Fall. 


Front porch 
Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Flow Blue Dresser


I found a great vintage dresser that needed some TLC while junkin and of course brought it home with me.  

Before:
This dresser had great lines and hardware and was in good structural shape, but it had duct tape goo and lots of dings and scratches covering it.  After a good clean up, it was ready for paint. 

I mixed up Flow Blue by Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint   and got to painting. 

After painting the dresser with two coats of milk paint, I scraped  the flakes off and enjoyed the chippy goodness that comes with milk paint.  
As I was sealing the dresser a local store owner came by and wanted the dresser.
I took a few quick pictures even though the wax/ linseed oil was  still wet and a bit shiny. 





Love the pulls! 





I love this color blue!  

Linking up with:
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Saturday, July 9, 2016

Swirls, Turns and Chippy Goodness


I have been enjoying summer and neglecting my blog, but I hope to change that.  Sitting in front of my computer has just not appealed to me lately, but I have been using my paintbrush a lot! 

Awhile ago I found a really neat table with great lines that just needed a bit of TLC. 
Before: 

The table has great turned legs and wonderful details, but the wood was in pretty bad shape. 
I gave the top a good sanding with my electric sander and then sealed it with AS dark wax/Linseed Oil.
The top ended up beautiful! 


I decided I wanted the table to have a chippy look, so I mixed up some Milk Paint from Miss Mustard Seed in Ironstone.  

I gave the table a couple of coats of MMS milk paint and then as it dried watched the chippy magic happen. 


I scraped the flakes off and sealed the table with clear carnauba wax. 


Love this chippy table now! 


LOVE this detail!  



More gorgeous details! 




Swirls and Turns of beauty on the legs!