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A LITTLE MILK PAINT turquoise country cabinet

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Selasa, 19 Juli 2016

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I used a little sea green milk paint to achieve a great antiqued or aged effect
on this country cabinet I finished.
It didnt start out this nice.
This photo below was taken after 12 hours of repairing, priming, and replacing hardware.
The upper shelving had a missing bit I had to manufacture.
The chest top needed some repairs as well.
Once I had it all primed I distressed it pretty heavily.
I then sprayed a splatter coat of the Sea Green Milk paint over the entire piece,
which even crackled around the handles.
Photo of the Milk Paint Coat was corrupted but you can see the cracking here in a final photo.
Next I tinted more white primer with turquoise
I used 2 pots never fully mixing it so I would have a varying finish in the color.
Sanding all the way thru.
 I prefer to distress after each coat adding to the depth of the finish.
I used the backer board for the top off a spare parts hutch.
I sanded it, primed it, painted it, distress it, stained it, and finally waxed it all before installing.
Its much easier that way but I know it doesnt sound like it.
Before installing the backer I had to stained and wax the rest of the piece,
it did probably take over 2 hours, pheewwf.
Im giddy with how she turned out,
 
Double plate rail, you couldnt ask for anything more.
 
Look at those curves ......... in the wood I mean.
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Another Gem Colored Milk Paint Dresser!

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Senin, 30 Mei 2016

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I just cant get enough of the stunning colors from the Real Milk Paint Co. !
Last dresser re-do it was a bold cobalt/ultra-marine blue.  This time Im going
TURQUOISE.  
But first, let me tell you about this score on this dresser.
 Not too bad.  It was obviously a well made piece. Nice type of mahogany. It was in pretty good shape.
The gentleman I bought it from (CL) was one of those storage war people.  Although, he 
said he got this from his uncle who had passed.  He wanted 85 for it. We agreed on $60. 
Had no idea what a score I was about to discover. 
I have never seen handles like this before. I took a quick glance at them and thought 
they were unique. Even the escutcheons were beautiful. Of course he didnt have the key. 
Does anyone ever have the key????
Anyway, got the beauty home and started my work. The handles were nice and hefty. Got out the 
Brasso and started to see how they would shine up. 
Hello!!!! Holy-Solid-Cast-Brass Batman!
Yes. Solid. No plating. I know you know how much solid brass handles cost. 
10 handles and 5 escutcheons.  You do the math.....uh-huh......Scoresville! 
Heres hubs shining the booty up on the polisher.
Want to see what they look like on the finished piece??
Like gold jewelry on a gorgeous gown....check out my Turquoise Baby!!!
I just love this color! I had planned on selling this one. But after seeing how great this color turned
out, and of course this awesome hardware, I think Im keeping this guy. 
 So I actually used the one marked cobalt blue. However, the rep said that they had an error listing the names, as I told him this color was no where near cobalt. So I really dont know what color this is. The one labeled turquoise is more of a teal. The company was nice enough and sent me two other colors (Peacock and Black) and a jar of their burnishing paste.  Its a matte acrylic topcoat. Sort of like using wax on top of chalk paint.
This totally looks like Bo-bo the clowns dresser. 
After layering on the milk paint.
Once I start sanding, the other colors
will peek thru. 
 It was a paint-fest!!   I have serious issues.  While doing the dresser, I also tried out my milk paint on the new campaign dresser I picked up. Yes..a Baker Campaign dresser. For the paltry sum of $15.00!!! Dont Hate!    I will talk about that painting fiasco in my next post.....Sheesh....                                                              
                              To bring out the depth in the color, I used a dark wax over all of the paint. 
I hate waxing. It took quite awhile and I couldnt move the next morning. 
For the wood top. I sanded and used a mixture of stains.
All the wood got coated with Tung Oil that I got from Real Milk Paint Co. 
You can read about the oil on my last post on the bold blue dresser. 
And here is a pic of it inside my living room. 
I just kind of threw it in there,,,,havent really had a chance to decorate around it. 
I think its time to repaint the room. Im so not looking forward to that. 
Its not a bad color, im just tired of it. 
                                                          One last look at the pretty jewelry!!
Linking up to all my faves below, plus: theshabbycreekcottage.com
and thanks to: "From my Front Porch to Yours" for the feature!
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This shows how I layered on two other colors of chalk paint before painting over the whole
thing with the milk paint.  Milk paint works best on completely bare wood. It went over the chalk paint with no problems.