Petticoat Junktion

It’s taken me a while to get around to this project. I wanted to wait until I had a full day to devote to my first Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint project. It’s a different paint product from what I normally use and I was a little nervous about my first go at it. I shouldn’t have been because not only was it easy, it was fun!

I finally gave up on the full day thing and just grabbed the paint and went to work. I don’t seem to get nearly as many things accomplished in a day like I used too. Is it because I’m getting older or what? I still don’t have that dusting done like I’ve talked about for several posts now.  And this heat has been crazy. The Owen Workshop is finished (yeah) but it’s not air-conditioned (next summer?). This would be the hottest July on record! You think I would have sweated off some weight this summer. No

OK, enough chit chat. I’ll get on with the important stuff.

 

She’s a beauty if I do say so myself.

It was love at first sight with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Tricycle. That’s Marian’s name for the red. And luckily Tricycle was one of the colors in my sample kit. I must be living right.

 

This radio cabinet usually sits in my living room. It’s a great display piece for my vintage handmade quilts.

 

See, looks great with quilts in it!

 

Before I started on my project I watched Marian’s (aka MMS) videos on you tube.  They are short and to the point which goes to show that using the Milk Paint is easy. You just mix the milk paint with water and stir, and stir, and stir.  It’s takes a few minutes to get all the powder dissolved, but after that you just paint. I painted on two coats and I did them back to back. That’s how fast the paint dried.

Next comes the cool part. After it dries the paint just starts falling off. Seriously, it does. Marian says you never know how much will chip off and I found that to be true on my first piece. The paint chipped off the front of the cabinet and the top of the legs but not very much on the rest of it.  This cabinet had been pieced together and has different wood and different finishes on it as you can tell from the before picture. I guess that’s what made the difference in the chipping.  I took a sander to the areas that didn’t chip. I also used a sanding block on the front where the paint was loose but hadn’t chipped off. For a little added touch I used some Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Shutter Gray around the corners and the top edge. Just very lightly.

 

 

I finished the piece with some dark wax to give the color a little more depth.

 

 

A few more details….

1 part powder to 1¼ to 1½ parts water

I mixed up about 1½ cups of paint

I would definitely recommend measuring the powder and water at least the first few times you mix the paint. After that you can probably eyeball it and get it right. Of course I didn’t measure mine because I’m crazy like that. So I had to keep adding and stirring until I got the mix right. See, I’m trying to save you time.

I used only a small part of the bag of powder

that means lots left over for more projects

I like the hardware I chose from Hobby Lobby but it was very distracting in the  photos so I removed it halfway through the photo shoot.

 

I loved the way the paint just chipped off. The look is totally different from distressing a piece of furniture with sandpaper.  I think the chippy paint makes the cabinet look more aged, as if the paint had been on there for years, versus the sanded distressed look. What do ya’ll think about the chipping.  I really think this is the look I’ve been going for with some of my paint projects but I just didn’t get there because I was sanding the paint off.

What can I say, I just love this cabinet now.

 

I’m a retailer for Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint and the products should be in store before the end of August. I will be stocking them at You Never Know and also selling them on-line when I get my shopping cart set-up.

Thanks for stopping by and let me know what you think about the cabinet and the Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint finish, please.

 

 

This project has been featured on these awesome blogs…

 

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Tags: aged furniture, crafts, distressing, diy, Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint, painted furniture, wax