Since the very beginning, I've asked you to say "hello" to each new color I add to the MMS Milk Paint line. Now, for the 27th time, I'm asking you to "say hello" to Aviary! Aviary is a smoky...
craigslist cabinet progress
With school holidays and snow days, this week has been a short one, but I have managed to get some things checked off the to-do list. One of the main things I wanted to work on was the cabinet in...
green art cabinet makeover | part 2
When you last saw this piece (yesterday) in part one, it had the drawer fronts painted and oiled to match the body of the cabinet... Once the Hemp Oil was applied to all of the doors, it was time to...
green art cabinet makeover | part 1
When I bought this piece, I knew I wanted to freshen it up a bit. It didn't need dramatic plastic surgery. It just needed a little makeover, so it could look its best. Before we even brought it...
upholstering the daybed
When I last shared the antique French daybed here on the blog, I had painted the frame in MMS Milk Paint Farmhouse White and finished it with Tough Coat. You can read about those details HERE. I...
whitewashing a tabletop
I was going to think about THIS TABLE a bit more before I painted it, but I really could only imagine it one way, so I decided to go with that. Also, I had a new friend and local blog reader,...
Painting the Daybed & Furniture Feature Friday!
Before I share the progress on the daybed, remember Furniture Feature Friday? Someone mentioned it to me in a comment a couple of days ago and it sparked an idea. Why not bring it back, but host...
adding shelves to an antique wardrobe
Remember this antique pine wardrobe I bought off of craigslist a couple of weeks ago? One of the last projects my brother was able to complete before flying home to Oregon was installing shelves...
painting the living room built-ins
I knew it was going to happen. Jeff knew it was going to happen. YOU knew it was going to happen... And, it happened. Yep, buckets and buckets of paint happened in this room. So, let's back up and...
oak studio hutch
I have so much to share... all of the work that was accomplished when my brother and parents were here, the goodies I found while shopping the Gold Rush Days in Oronoco and Rochester, a tour of the...