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FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY – Favorites & Link Party

Good evening, all! Tonight, I had practice for our church Christmas play and my husband took the boys out trick-or-treating. When I got home, I handed out candy and got the cold, wet little boys in their jammies. My youngest was wearing a Spiderman costume with fake polyfil muscles and it cracked me up. Our town is little (two stoplights), but it is hopping on Halloween. The first year we lived here, we just got a small bag of candy, thinking we couldn’t possibly have more visitors than we did in our townhouse in the DC metro area. Come on. Everyone knows that townhouses are money when it comes to trick-or-treating! So, we were floored when we ran out of candy shortly after dark and had to run out to get more. We moved into our home in October, so events like the Apple Harvest Festival and Halloween bring back

October 31, 2013 25 Comments

FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY – Favorites & Link Party

Good evening all! I was a little bit under the weather today, so I spent a lot of the day lounging in bed with the computer on my lap. I don’t have many days like that, but my husband all but insisted. I did sneak out for a quick photoshoot and showered and put on some makeup for a Skype interview with Jeanne Oliver. Of course, I had pajama pants on. The nice thing about Skype is you only need to be presentable from the waist up! So, I had some good time to look through your entries today and the blues stole my heart. Here are my favorites… I think this smokey blue dresser by Reeves of The Weathered Door is so pretty. Of course, you know I love wood tops and the paint job is so simple, but there’s something interesting at the same time. It has almost

October 25, 2013 21 Comments

FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY – Favorites & Link Party

October 24, 2013 16 Comments

FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY – Breida’s Favorites & Link Party

Good evening, all! I spent the day traveling from Pennsylvania all the way to Alabama with my husband, towing a trailer behind. Since we left at 4:00 in the morning, we’re taking tonight to catch up on some sleep, so we’re ready to set up my space at The Chapel Market tomorrow. I did do some hard napping in the car and drool may have been involved, but a good night sleep is still in order! So, tonight I have a guest picker – Breida with a B (or as I call her “I before E except in Breida.”) She’s a wonderful writer and has great taste, so I knew you would be in good hands with her. I’m so excited to be back here at Miss Mustard Seed again! It seems natural to start off by saying that, and also to say that it was so hard to choose from

October 18, 2013 4 Comments

Before and Afters

Typewriter Vanity/Desk Reveal

This is how the piece looked when it came into my possession… Typewriter MMSMP is our color of the month for October, so I thought it was good timing to use it on this piece. I generally don’t paint pieces all black, but I knew bleed through would be an issue and nothing hides that better than black. Here’s how the piece looked when I last showed it to you… …and here’s how it looks now that it’s finished. I painted it in one coat of Typewriter without the Bonding Agent added. The piece was sanded to give the surface tooth, though, so adhesion wasn’t an issue. I allowed it to dry and distressed it pretty heavily with 80 grit sand paper. I’ve always loved the look of warm wood against black paint. The top was finished in Minwax Dark Walnut stain and the entire piece coated

October 16, 2013 70 Comments

Before and Afters

Apron Strings Dresser Reveal

When I last showed the dresser painted in MMSMP Apron Strings, it looked like this… …and this is how it started out… …and here is how it looks now… First off the color looks a little bit more raspberry than coral on this piece, but I love how it turned out. It’s spunky, vibrant and fun. I think most of you know, but the cherry blossom design is hand painted, not a stencil. See the crackling in the top right corner? That’s just some paint stripper that wasn’t totally washed off. I love the look and may have to do it on purpose at some point! I originally tried clear glass knobs, and those looked fine, but I tried these amber ones I picked up from Target on clearance and they brought it to a new level. They were perfect. It really is amazing how much distressing a piece and

October 16, 2013 40 Comments

Furniture Makeovers

Apron Strings Dresser Preview…

Here’s how this dresser started…or pretty close to it. I sanded it, stripped the top and removed the vertical trim pieces on the bottom two drawers. One was loose anyway and they bugged me a little. I painted it in two coats of MMSMP Apron Strings (one of the new colors coming out in November) without any Bonding Agent added. Sanding really does a world of good with helping Milk Paint stick. As you can see, the finish still looks a little uneven. That’s okay. That variation is normal with Milk Paint and it will look lovely once it’s finished. I stained the top with Dark Walnut stain by Minwax… …and decided to do some decorative painting. When I have a large, flat surface and, in this case, a strong color I want to break up, I just can’t help but grab a brush. I immediately visualized this piece with

October 15, 2013 47 Comments

Furniture Makeovers

Furniture Wax vs. Hemp Oil

I have received a bunch of questions lately about Furniture Wax and Hemp Oil, the difference between the two and how I choose which one to use, so I thought it was time to write a post about it. Let’s dive right in. Furniture Wax Why I started using it… I read an article about finishing painted furniture with wax a few years ago, so I went to the hardware store and bought a can of Johnson’s Paste Wax. That was really the only wax I was familiar with, so I started using it on some of my painted and stained pieces. I had a few problems with it. It was very stinky and the consistency made it difficult to move well on a piece of furniture. I also couldn’t get it into fine nooks and crannies of pieces. So, I started looking for other types of wax and found

October 14, 2013 12 Comments

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