Chippy Bench in Teal Zeal

I want thank all of you for your sweet comments about our new baby and our family photos. If you missed that post you can click here.

I forgot to mention that we are having another girl which is perfect because I kept everything that belonged to Elise.

Now on to the furniture!

My client wanted to makeover a bench for her little girl's room. 

BEFORE

AFTER

I felt like my staging was lacking so I called in reinforcements!

She makes the bench look so tiny when she's jumping off. 

The paint is Teal Zeal by Behr and I used my orbital sander to distress. I went back with a light grit sanding block to smooth it out. It gave the bench a great chippy look! After I distressed I sealed with paste wax.

The pulls are from Hobby Lobby and the fabric in the drawer is from Joann's. 

My client used that fabric to make curtains so I added it to the drawer to hide ugly stains left over the years and to tie the bench into the room.

This bench is going to look so cute in a little girl's room!



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White Dove Dresser & Buffet Color

 I have had a lot of clients wanting to use old furniture in their nurseries. I'm a little jealous of these babies and the one of a kind furniture they have in their rooms. Each piece is so unique and vintage and timeless. Lucky little babies. My poor daughter has store bought furniture that is dark and has no personality....maybe I will change that soon.

My newest client contacted me about updating an old worn dresser she had found for her baby that is on the way.

BEFORE

 The top had seen better days. There were dings and water rings...oh, and lots of dust.

I stripped the top to remove the layers of top coat and varnish and filled in a few holes with wood filler.

AFTER

My client isn't finding out the sex of the baby so she wanted to go neutral with the color of the dresser. She chose White Dove by Benjamin Moore and opted for a clean classic look with no distressing. We kept the original hardware and dressed it up with a little Oil Rubbed Bronze.

I sealed it with Johnson's Paste Wax to protect it from normal wear and tear.  It is going to its new home tomorrow morning.

I am itching for some color. I used milk paint last week and I really liked it. To be honest, I didn't want to like it, I didn't want to do what everyone else is doing. But I have been bitten by the milk paint bug. I painted this bench in Old Fashioned Milk Paint.

I bought this buffet last week and I want to paint it with milk paint. I haven't picked a color but I'm leaning towards Federal Blue....or maybe a yellow. I had a dream last night I was painting it mustard yellow.







What color would you paint it?

Do you think something like this would look good with a naturally chippy distressed finish?

I think I will be doing a poll on my Facebook page next week to get input.  

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Milk Paint and a Little Gossip

Sorry to disappoint but I don't have any gossip for you but I do have a gossip bench painted with Old Fashioned Milk Paint.

BEFORE

 

 AFTER

The before really isn't that bad but I wanted to try milk paint out on something and this was it.

I used Sea Green by the Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co. I did not use the bonding agent because I wanted a naturally worn look.  I chose OFMP over MMS milk paint because of price and color choices.

 

 

This picture is the truest as far as color and clarity.

I'm hoping Santa gets my letter about the new camera I asked for....

 

 

 

 

I applied two coats of the milk paint and lightly sanded between coats to loosen any flakes that occurred. This is what it looked like after I sanded and before I waxed.

 You can see the color is a little dull and flat before I waxed.

After I sanded I think the paint really started to chip. Also the longer it sat the more it chipped.

If you don't want the natural chipping and peeling of milk paint add the bonding agent and you can control the amount of peeling.

 

I think it came out great.

 

I want to give credit to other furniture bloggers, pinterest, and crafty people all around for the garland idea. I have seen different homemade garlands and I wanted to make one. There is a garland with dyed doilies that I might try next.  

I used a circle punch and picked out scrapbook paper that I had and then taped them to fishing line.

 

 

 

Have more questions about milk paint?

 

Here some great links to check out:

Design Sponge: before and after basics

Kelly from A Swell Place to Dwell

 

 

What do you think? Are you wanting to try milk paint?

 

 

 

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