Well, I did it again. I took the weekend off and it was much needed. Last week, especially towards the end was really insane. For the other photo shoots done in my home, I popped into a few...
Say hello to “Kitchen Scale”
Time for another reveal of the next Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint color - "Kitchen Scale"... Here's how this piece started... Yeah, it's hard to believe it's the same piece, isn't...
Say hello to “Flow Blue”
It's time for another reveal of one of my Milk Paint colors. Here's Flow Blue... This is how the piece looked before I painted it.. ..and this is how it looked with two coats of paint,...
Say hello to “Typewriter”
What else would I call the black in my milk paint line? I thought about "fan", but that didn't work for me, so I went with Typewriter, one of my other favorite vintage decorating elements....
Say Hello to “Lucketts Green”
Happy 4th of July to everyone! We just finished our hamburgers and corn and I'll partake of some black cherry ice cream once the boys go to bed. This morning, though, I had some time in the...
the big black box
It all started with a black Friday sale. We had been thinking about getting a flat screen TV for a while and we found the one we wanted on an Internet sale for $1000 off. We decided it was time...
didn’t make the cut
I had to do a lot for my book. A lot. It was so much more work than I anticipated. Weeks of writing, hundreds of pictures, hours of photo editing, weeks of rewriting, dozens of projects and days of...
Say hello to “Mustard Seed”
Come on...what else could I name the yellow in my milk paint line? Yep. It's "Mustard Seed" yellow. It's sort of a warm honey, muted mustard color. I started out with a stronger yellow, but it...
Say hello to “Tricycle”
Well, I am totally whipped. I have actually resorted to giving myself pep talks over the last couple of days. "Ok, Marian. Just paint this dresser. That's all you need to do right now, then you...
Say hello to “French Enamel”
Here's the next color in my line of Milk Paint! I'd like to introduce you to "French Enamel." Here's the dresser before... (You can take a moment to revive the wood lover next to you who...