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Green and a Little Crackle

Last week I found a cute, but ragged dresser on CL and thought it would be perfect for a makeover.  

Before:

The dresser belonged to a college student who was moving and she needed some quick cash.  Awhile back I bought some milk paint and crackle product from Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.  and dediced this dresser was going to be my experiment with crackle.  I have never used it, but I have seen pieces that have a crackle finish and I like them.  I decided that having the white show through would be a good look.  I poured some crackle solution in a small container and then using a cheap paintbrush I painted the crackle goop onto the dresser.  After it had dried for about an hour I mixed up Bayberry Green and painted the dresser.  At first I wasn't seeing much crackle, but then the magic happened.  

I scraped the dresser with my Spackle knife to get the chips and flakes off and get the chippy look.  I did not like the bright white showing in the cracks, so I sealed and aged the entire dresser with Tung oil and AS dark wax and then fell in love! 

I love that her original details are now noticeable 

Love the keyholes! 

Oil painting I found at the Flea Market 

At first I was not going to use the pulls that came with the dresser, but after the paint was on it I loved them. 

I am definitely going to use the crackle product again!  

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Being Featured at Junk Chic Cottage

I am so honored today to be featured by Kris at Junk Chic Cottage  in her series Spotlight: Behind the Blogger.

  Hop over to Junk Chic Cottage and find out a bit more about me.  

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Wordless Wednesday-My Instagram

Happy Wednesday! 

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Chippy Milk painted Dresser

While perusing Craigslist the other day I found a great vintage dresser and snatched it up. 

Before:

The lady I bought the dresser from said that it was hand made and I loved the details.  When I find an old piece like this dresser I like to paint it in milk paint.  I had a few bags of Miss Mustard Seed milk paints that only had a little bit of powder left and I decided to mix them together to get a new color.  I had Flow Blue, Ironstone and a bit of Lucketts Green.  I knew together they would make a great aqua and I was not disappointed!  

After mixing up the MMS milk paint, I painted the dresser with 2 coats and let the chipping happen.  I wanted to sort of copy the original hand painted design on the middle drawer so I painted my own design with white chalk paint.  I scraped the dresser with a sparkle knife and the flakes came off.  The last step was to seal the dresser with Tung oil.  

My lopsided hand-painted design! 

Gorgeous Hardware

I love the legs! 

One of the pulls was missing the back plate, so I improvised and took the top back plates off and hand-painted a design instead. 

This dresser found a new home in a little girls room on the day it was painted. 

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Chalkboard Pumpkins and an old Window

With Fall in the air now and the pumpkin season upon us, I decided to make some chalkboard pumpkins.  

Before: 

I found these faux pumpkins and decided they needed another look for Haollowwen, so I pulled out Starless Night by The Urban Rooster  and painted away.  After painting the pumpkins with 2 coats of the black chalky paint, I seasoned the chalk paint by rubbing chalk all over and then rubbing it off with a cloth.  This gave the pumpkins a smearing grey look.  I then decorated the chalkboard pumpkins.  

My daughter can now decorate them however she wants! 

I also created a chalkboard from an old window frame I found at the Flea Market.  I measured the frame, bought very thin plywood from the lumber store, painted it with Starless Night, seasoned it and wrote my October bucket-list items on it.  

Two different chalkboard projects! 

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