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John Millen Hardware Milk Paint & Wax Giveaway!

I have a confession to make.  I have been holding out on you, my readers.  I started using a paint a few months ago and have not shared it with you.  Yes.  I confess.  I’m a terrible, horrible, selfish, wretched blogger. 

Whew!  I feel so much better now that I have that off my chest.  To assuage my guilt, I am hosting an amazing giveaway.  John Millen Hardware is graciously offering one winner their choice of two Old Fashioned Milk Paint colors, plus one tin of Fiddes and Sons’ Clear Wax and one tin of Rugger Brown Wax. 

Milk Paint is the secret behind my super-chippy pieces that always get a big reaction.  I sold this one even before I could get it to the Lucketts Antique Market in May and I had two other people ask to buy it (even with a SOLD tag on it.)

(Color – Slate)
I’m going to make some video tutorials on working with Milk Paint, because it’s a little tricky, but the results are fabulous.  The first thing you’ll notice is that it comes in powder form in a bag.  This means you have to do the mixing, but you just add equal parts warm water and stir. 
I buy these plastic quart-sized buckets to store the mixed paint in.

The consistency is much different from a latex, oil or chalk paint.  It is a little thinner and the first coat is usually a little transparent and streaky.  This is a great look if you want a very worn, authentic finish.  Apply a second coat for better coverage. 

Here’s where my favorite part comes it.  The paint will randomly peel away from the piece you’re painting.  Sometimes it will peel a little, sometimes a lot.  This results in a very authentic looking chipped and aged finish.  All of the texture and beauty of the chippy goodness we love and none of the worries of lead paint. 
I generally distress the paint further and finish with a coat of Fiddes and Sons Wax.  If you don’t like the chippy look, you can mix the Milk Paint with a bonding agent that helps it adhere better. 

The vanity/desk above is currently available for sale at The Old Lucketts Store in Lucketts, VA.  Thanks to John Millen Hardware for supplying me with this amazing piece of furniture!
So, are you interested in giving Milk Paint a try? 

(Color: Sea Green)

To enter for your chance to win two quarts of Old Fashioned Milk Paint and two tins of Fiddes and Sons Wax, visit John Millen Hardware’s selection of Milk Paint colors and leave a comment here letting me know which two you want to try.  (My favorites are Snow White, Sea Green and Slate.)  Colors can also be easily mixed to make custom colors. 
John Millen Hardware is giving you additional ways to win a second giveaway drawing they are running!  Follow them on Twitter and you receive one entry into their Milk Paint and Wax giveaway.  Purchase something from their online store and you will get three more entries into their drawing!
My giveaway will be open until Sunday, June 27 at midnight PST and a winner will be announced on Monday, June 28.  Good luck to everyone and there will be much more information about Milk Paint in future blog posts. 
Furniture Feature Friday is posted below and will run through Saturday at midnight PST. 

Marian Parsons 

Paint Enthusiast | Writer | Artist | Designer

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  2. I like the Sea Green and Snow White although if I won I doubt my furniture would turn out as beautiful as yours! But I'm willing to try 😉

  3. Wow – this looks great. I ave never heard of milk paint! I love the sea green and slate colors. So pretty and smokey. Thanks for hosting this fab giveaway! 🙂

  6. I would love to win this! My dining room set is in desperate need of some TLC and this would definitely be the ticket to update it! I would love to try buttermilk and sea green (I think – it's hard to choose). Thank you for the chance to win!

  7. I love the sea green and have been reading up on all of the paints that you use! Would love to try it! Buying a log cabin and can see using a lot of this type!

  8. I would like to try sea green and slate….I have dabbled with antiquing furniture and would love to try sea green on some new "old" piece for my toddler girl's room and I have a $15 table calling Slate's name for my own bedroom! Pick Me!

  9. I always will jump at the chance to try out a new product, and when there completely safe for me and my kids (born and unborn) that's so much better! I'd love to try out this milk paint and I've been dying to get some Fiddes and Sons Waxes! I tried to look at the milk paint colors, but they all said "image coming soon" so no luck. 🙁

  11. I love the snow white and slate colors… I can be so predictable that way but I love those colors. Thanks for hosting!

  16. Snow white or slate would be perfect for the end table in my living room! It is pristine cherry wood drop leaf table that does not match the rest of the woods in there. Thanks for the opportunity to win a project!

  22. Milk paint is my favorite. But, I haven't tried the powder yet. Doesn't the powder form spoil if not used withing a day or two? I'd love to try it. the Mustard and the Barn Red sound very interesting. Your site is awesome because you are so willing to share your information. Thanks.

  23. Off to find a garage sale treasure to use this fabulous paint on (even if I have to buy the paint myself!). Love the barn red and the driftwood.
    Susan
    The Old White Barn

  27. I love this piece! I would like to try Light Cream and Slate. I did order Fiddles & Sons' wax from John Millen Hardware and it arrived very quickly. Thanks for the suggestion.

  28. Those paint names sounds scrumptious right? Oh okay I need breakfast, love the pumpkin and oyster white. Thanks for the giveaway fun.

  29. Love the Slate…and for something a little more fun – Soldier Blue! Your amazing furniture is causing me sleepless nights wandering what all I could paint in my house! I'm trying to be patient until my chalk paint arrives!

  30. Oddly enough, I just read about milk paint last week for the first time in my 40someodd years and was intrigued. I'd love to try their light cream milk paint on some sad end tables in our den…and the second color would be a toss up between the tavern green and the sea green.

    Jeannie

  32. So hard to choose! But I would love to try Mustard and Oyster White. Thanks for the contest!

  33. Oh WOW! I just discovered Chalk Paint! I can NOT wait to try this paint!

    That piece is fabulous! It's my dream to redo furniture for a living:-)

    I would LOVE to try the Slate and Sea Green

    Thank you!

  39. Thanks so much for the give away opportunity:)! I would like to try the Snow White and, um-m, maybe the Slate. I really appreciate you sharing ALL your talent, you are such an inspiration! Blessings to you and your family.Kim W.

  42. Alright, I am being technologically challenged today. Only colors I see are Oyster White, Buttermilk and Light Cream…. but I'd love to try something in the light blue and light green spectrum.

    I'd love to give this Milk Paint a go, all the projects I see online look awesome! Tres Chic.

  45. Oh, how I love your blog…such an inspiration! I would love to try slate and sea green. Thank you.
    Donna May

  46. I really like the bayberry green and I don't think you can go wrong with light cream. I have a bench that is begging for this!

    bethkarnick(at)gmail(d0t)com

  48. I would love to try the light cream and the soldier blue. I just love the look of your furniture and have been wanting to try something like it myself. thanks for the chance!

  50. Hi, Miss Mustard Seed! I love your blog and plan to visit here ofter, now that I've found you. The milk paint creations you have posted are gorgeous. I am redecorating our guest room in the Regency style and think one painted signature piece would look great! I would like to try Oyster White and Slate.
    Thanks for a fun contest!

  52. Snow white and Sea Green please! Mainly because you liked them. Thanks for the giveaway. I'm wondering how many pieces of furniture you had to refinish before you became the pro you are ?! Kat

  53. oooo! fun! I've only ever tried the liquid form of milk paint! I'd love to try the Snow White or the Sea Green. I think it was the Soldier Blue (the brighter one of the blues) was also really pretty. Fingers crossed! 🙂 thanks for hosting the giveaway!!

  55. Wow! great pieces. I am constantly picking up pieces on the side of the road, and as a male fresh out of college, my friends think Im crazy! But Id love to try the buttermilk or sea green colors on my newest craigslist piece, Which is a surprise table for my fiance.
    Thanks, Love your stuff
    Mark from Memphis-

  57. I just visited their website, they got great prices, I did not know this paint existed. Your pieces really look amazing and it looks almost effortless. My favorites are the slate and the buttermilk. Thanks for sharing
    Ilean
    ilean_1@yahoo.com

  62. After spending 3 years of working on our 1950's Ranch, we are finally moving onto the fun part of decorating and have recently spent many "date nights" at home building our own furniture and refinishing Craigslist finds. My husband really likes things "chippy" and this would be great to try on our next date night. We love all the fun colors, but if we had to pick two, it would be the Slate and Snow White. Thanks! mnsnowberger@yahoo.com

  63. Very pretty! I tried milk paint a decade or more ago and without proper instructions was disappointed. You love it so I would love to try it again. Should I win, my favorites are Lexington Green and Light Cream. Thank you and John Millen Hardware for an awesome giveaway!!

  64. For some reason the colors aren't showing up for me! But I am a cream and black girl, loving greys and blues though! 🙂 I'd love to try this! Thanks Marian! Melaine

  67. Wow this is great, I tried milk paint in the early 90's. I still have a small jar that I never used and was planning to paint a tray with it. I'd love to try slate and oyster white. Thanks for the great give away.

  69. I'd have to say, like you, my favorites are Snow White & Sea Green. I'd love to try milk paint and have the perfect piece to try it on. Thank you.

  72. Wow Marian, what a great giveaway, I'm with you, the paint colors I liked best are sea green, slate and snow white, I have a good taste don't you think? Unfortunately I live in a state of cavemen, can you believe there is no place in Utah to buy the Annie Sloan chalk paint, I don't know if there is a place to buy milk paint, I would love to try it. Thank you for the chance to win this amazing giveaway!
    XXX Ido

  74. I have not tried Milk Paint yet but I have been researching it a lot! I want to try the chalk paint but it's plain to expensive for this thrifty girl. So I am going to make my own chalk paint and also try to win this give away for the milk paint. I love your blog. You are my inspiration!

  78. SO GLAD I STUMBLED ONTO YOUR SITE~ YOUR WORK IS BEAUTIFUL!!!! THANKS FOR ALL THE IDEAS & INSPIRATION…
    I LOVED THE COLOR BARN RED & LIGHT CREAM…

  79. Thanks for sharing how you got that look! Love it!

    I'd choose the Snow White and Slate for starters, but there are several others I know I'd love also.

    I brought home a dresser from an auction last week and am dying to paint it – I think the milk paint would look amazing on it!

    It's sitting on my front porch right now, so I gotta do something soon with it! I'm sure my neighbors are annoyed by the flea market appearance of my porch!

    Wish I had a blog, but I don't yet. One of these days!

    Blessings,
    Angie – jasmasix@msn.com

  82. What great timing! I'm hoping to paint some furniture in the very near future, so I am going to be very optimistic and hope I win Snow White and Slate. 🙂
    aliff. angela @ gmail .com

  83. I couldn't wait to win 🙂 so I'm ordering the Lt.Cream and Slate.

    I would love to try the Mustard and Sea Green !

    Thanks so much for another wonderful giveaway~
    Look forward to the video.

  86. Oh Their website has some of the COOOLEST THINGS!!! I ordered some Oyster white and Slate but forgot to leave my email on the last post… oops. Would love the white and she pub green.
    kelpooh2@aol.com
    Thanks!
    Kelly

  87. I'm loving snow white and tavern green, though your sea green piece is lovely, too. And what a fantastic price for a product I'm super excited about! Thanks for sharing.

  92. I'd love to try the sea green and snow white. I have an awesome french style buffet and I've been dying to bite the bullet and try painting/distressing it. Thanks for sharing this!

  95. I would love to try the slate and oyster. Love this piece that you did, and love your kitchen cabinets.

    Elizabeth
    pine Cones and Acorns

  97. I think I would enjoy the buttermilk color. I have a desk that I've been waiting to refinish for my entryway. This would be perfect! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂

  98. I have an armoire I have being staring at for 5 months trying to decide how to paint, this is it!! This is the paint for that piece! I would use the oyster white or the driftwood, I love both!

  102. I want it! I would definitely love to try the light cream or slate. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  103. I am a big fan of milk paint, being a furniture maker it is the go to to give new pieces the great worn look …..it is so non toxic, waxes to a beautiful sheen and is very long wearing. My black shop stool was finished with milk paint..after 6 years it looks amazing, gently worn but very authentic…sat in for hours each day…Love the piece you have shown us. Great product !!..btw I store my unused powder in my fridge….

  104. I would love to have Lexington Green and Snow White. Even if I'm not lucky enough to win, I am sure I will try this. Just wondering what kind of prep you do and does that determine how "chippy" it is?

  105. OOOOOOO Child! I love me some milk paint action, great on weathered barn wood. I'd love to try Salmon and Slate.

  107. I haven't used milk paint in several years and would love to try it again! I can't seem to get the color chart to come up, other than a word list, so I will choose Slate and Snow White. Thanks for the chance!

  108. I love the sea green and the cream. I just ordered some of the Fiddes and Sons wax from their online store. Can't wait till it gets here!

  110. Light cream and pitch black are two colors I would love to try. I'm glad for this review because I've been looking for milk paint and didn't know which brand was a good one.

  112. The finished look with the milk paint is really cool. It is high time I try it out ~ I would choose the sea green (which looks more gray than green on the swatch) and light cream.
    :)Heidi

  116. I have been wanting to try milk paint since I found your blog. I think the colors Snow White and Slate would best match my home decor. Thanks for the opportunity.

  118. Snow White and slate would do it for me!! I LOVE the Fiddes Wax–i purchased BOTH colors of wax after a post you did not too long ago on waxes and cannot believe the difference they make once applied…i LOVE it!! Hope to win this paint and give it a try! Thanks for hosting such a great give away…
    chris

  126. Ooooh, I think my favorites are Light Cream and Bayberry Green. What fun! I love trying new products. I purchased my Fiddes wax from them and have loved it!

  127. I never have heard of milk paint. Love the affect! You turned me onto chalk paint so I'm sure I'd love this too. Snow white and slate are my favorites:)

  128. yikes! Another thing I have to try! This looks amazing! I just assumed that you did those pieces with a very watered down chalk paint. wow, I am smitten with the last piece you did.

    I can't see the colors very well on the Millen site (it's a super small image on my screen) but from what I can assume the colors are, I love the slate (half way up on the left side) and the tan looking one that is in the second column, second one up from the bottom.

    thanks so much for hosting such a great giveaway. I promise this paint would go to great use at my house!

    xoxo

    Jen

    littlemisspennywenny@gmail.com

  137. I have one question, how dare you?????????? Hahaha. Kidding of course. You can't share all of your secrets all of the time, right?

    My pick in the milk paint would be snow white. Your pieces look so beautiful. I really can't wait to try this stuff ! Thanks for the info 🙂

  138. You achieved such a beautiful finish!! My favorite colors of the milk paint are Slate and Sea Green. I have been on a bit of a grey kick lateley.

  139. I like salmon and barn red. We are really going back to colonial times! I think I'll try this on my own. Thanks for hosting the giveaway. Ann

  140. Fabulous giveaway!! I would love the Sea Green or snow white! Always love to try new kinds of paint! fingers crossed!!

  141. Hmmm, haven't considered milk paint very seriously until now. Was only peripherally aware of it and thought that the mixing might be very troublesome. BUT, if I were to give it a try i would definitely select sea green and possibly light cream. Not sure about the shades of white. Thank you for the opportunity 🙂

  145. I really like the Fiddes wax. I found some around the house. The clear is wonderful and goes on so well with the Annie Sloan wax brush. When I wanted to use a darker wax, I used a shoe brush. I like the fact that it dries to a hard finish. I don't remember Bowling Alley wax or Johnson's Paste Wax being that hard. Ann

  146. Oh Yes, Oh YES!! Milk Paint is what I have been looking for. Thank you! I would love to work with any of the colors, however since you asked us to pick, here are my choices, sea green and slate. These colors will go with all of my colors in my house.

    Thanks again for sharing your talents with us!

    Love and Blessings, Teresa T.

  149. I love how inexpensive this paint is! Way cheaper than chalk paint. I'd love to try Snow White and Sea Green. But if I was going to be daring, I'd pick the Salem Red. I love that color. I'd have to rearrange my color palate a bit, but that'd be a good change too!
    Thanks for the chance to win!
    p.s. you rock my world with all of your fancy furniture! Thanks for sharing!
    Erin
    alittlesomething2.blogspot.com

  151. I would love to try milk paint. Slate and Sea Green would coordinate well with the colors in my home.
    Love your blog and John Millen Hardware site.
    Vanessa Bower
    vbower@kc.rr.com

  158. Love the ambience set by the chalkboard with the Robert Frost poem, the old books and feathers in silver.
    If given the opportunity I would like to paint with slate and soldier blue. I am currently working to make a new piece look vintage so milk paint would be perfect!
    It would make all the difference 😉
    Cristine
    pristinecristine.blogspot.com

  160. I love the slate and light cream! I hope to try this paint – your furniture is beautiful!

  161. Really a GREAT LOOK. I would like to try the Oyster White and Sea Green. I've just begun playing with Chalk Paint. What do you think are the biggest differences between the two looks?

    Thanks!

  171. I would love to try this!!! in fact, I just picked up a piece off of the side of the road last night that I would like to try this on!! I like the slate!

  173. I love all your awesome giveaways! I have been using the chalk paint since you told us about it and now I'm going to have to try the milk paint. I would love to win the Sea Green and Snow White. Thanks for hosting this giveaway! 🙂

    Jennifer Dixon

  178. Since I can't get a dark brown in my current favorite chalk paint, I'd love chocolate brown and maybe a pitch black for that unexpected kick!

    giddingslane at gmail dot com

  180. wow…what a great offer! I would love to try the oyster white and the slate!
    thanks!!
    jannaletourneau{at}hotmail.com

  183. Oh, so that's the secret!! I would like to try the sea green and snow white! Thanks

  186. I was just going to purchase some waxes from them, hopefully they don't sell out now =)

    I would love to try slate and seagreen

  189. Call me crazy, but i'd like to try it on my kitchen cabinets!!! leaving the top ones natural and the bottom painted. i'd love to win the sea green and snow white!!! i'm screaming because when i saw your pics a revelation came over me that this is what i wanted to try! they are very rustic lake house looking cabinets from the 1940's and a natural pine with black handles…i think it would look fab!

  191. I love the oyster white and slate colors! I am new to your blog (just discovered it through a friend yesterday!) and am so excited to give some of your ideas a try!

  197. Slate and Sea Green for me. Can't wait to try them! Have the perfect piece in mind. 🙂

  199. Girl, I can't tell you how much I have learned from your blog since I found you a few months ago! I am an avid reader, but don't have a blog of my own. I LOVE the milk paint–that sea green is gorgeous and I have just the piece for it. Also the barn red looks good. I have to share with you that these days when I get weary working on a project, I just say to myself "MMS is outworking you old girl!!" Thanks!

  200. About ten years ago I bought the barn red for a project. Loved working with it. I would love to try the buttermilk and the sea green. Can't wait to see your post on techniques. Thanks for the chance to win.

  205. I absolutely love this look! I am an Interior Designer and while I was in school fell in love with the crackle technique! I would love to fall in love with another product. I was just about to try the chalk paint, but this looks neat too! My favorites were Tavern Green, Driftwood, Light Creme, and Pumpkin(I'm a bold color gal!) Thanks for sharing!!

  207. Hooray! I love a good paint recommendation. I would probably go with Sea Green and Buttermilk as my first two colors, but that Pumpkin shade is pretty tempting too.

  209. i just recently started reading your blog, not sure how I happened to find it but you are amazing! Oh how I wish i could come to Lucketts. I like soilder blue and lexington green. I just boust an antique washstand at an auction yesterday that Im very excited to get home and put to use. Definatly not putting any paint on it though:)

  210. i just recently started reading your blog, not sure how I happened to find it but you are amazing! Oh how I wish i could come to Lucketts. I like soilder blue and lexington green. I just boust an antique washstand at an auction yesterday that Im very excited to get home and put to use. Definatly not putting any paint on it though:)

  211. Hi Marion – I love Sea Green and Slate. Visiting the site let me know that there's a bonding agent and a clear coat – good to know. I once did cabinets in a country red and I mixed the Milk Paint with Leather Red Aquabond. I could not believe how it covered – I almost got away with one coat! So – I am sold on Milk Paint. Thanks for reminding me about them! Gonna do some furniture with it as soon as I win!!!

    Linda

  212. Thank you for the giveaway – you are so generous with us! It is well-appreciated:)

    I'll echo a few other commenters with oyster and slate, and add that I would be willing to give some custom creations a try!

  214. Love the look this paint gives the furniture! I am SO happy you shared this secret! I would love to try the Sea Green and Snow White. Thanks for the chance!

    I am also a new follower of John Millen Hardware! 🙂 (@tpinkstudio)

  217. I really like the slate and snow white colours. I've heard of Milk paint before, not sure where but I have heard of it. I look forward to seeing some tutorials.

    Heidi

  220. Love hearing your take on milk paint. I would like to learn more about how you decide to use this vs. other types of paint. Perhaps a decision tree chart or a table of some sort. (I can help! I'm a graphic designer).

    I would love to win Buttermilk and Light Cream because I'm planning on changing my home to an all white color palette. Going to need lots of paint to do that!

    Great post.

  223. I remember reading about milk paint some years back but never tried it and then forgot all about it until this post! I would love to try the soldier blue and snow white have the perfect dresser for it!

  225. So glad you tried out the milk paint! I've been told by a lot of the old school crowd to use it, but I wasn't ready to invest in it yet. Love how your pieces turned out! I think I'm ready now to give it a go :).

    Tavern Green and Barn red would be my picks! Thanks for the giveaway!

  232. I love the sea green and the light cream. Have an old dresser in my guest room that I would love to re-do. Joyce

  233. Ok – love this so much I already oredered from their site – plus I'm following them on Twitter. Would love to win Slate and the Sea Green.

    Linda!

  234. I just started following and I would love to try this paint! Can't wait for the videos. I have several pieces in mind already. Snow White and Soldier Blue:) Thanks!

  237. I love the slate and oyster white… Gorgeous! I've never heard of this, even if I don't win it looks very affordable – I might have to order some anyway!

  240. This paint looks awesome. I would love to paint all of the doors in my house to make them look old and chippy. I like the slate, oyster white, and mustard. Thanks!

  243. I love the way the milk paint looks in your photo, perfectly chippy and distressed. I often worry about lead paint on found furniture, so this would give the look without the worry. Milk paint has been used for a long time too. I would choose Snow White and Slate. I have a really old sideboard that needs to look more it's age. Thanks for the chance.

  244. Driftwood and Oyster are the colors I love in this Milk paint! Your blog is one of my favorites and I check you out everyday! I managed to completely erase my blog list this morning…..ugh! Yours is one of the few I replaced because I can't go a day without it…LOL!

  249. How cool is that!!! Okay but now I am totally confused if I should use Milk Paint or Chalk Paint ~
    What do you think the difference is and which do you like better or are they totally a different look ?
    I would chose Slate and Snow White ~

    xoxo
    Lori

  250. Snow white and Slate, please.

    Thank for the opportunity! This is fun!

    I have recently started following you blog- it's great! I'm moving in a month and my new place has a horrible kitchen! One of my friends told me about your kitchen project- loved it! Inspirational!

    Thanks again!

  252. Oyster White and Soldier Blue. Just once, I'd love to win one of these giveaways! I love your blog so much. You've taught me a ton about redoing furniture and I love coming here. 🙂

  256. I'd love salem red and yellow. Beautiful colors. I've never used milk paint before. Thanks for the giveaway!

    ~ Monique G

  257. Absolutely, I just inherited 2 very very old pieces of furniture from a friend at church that I must give that chippy look! Will it work on previously painted pieces? I too think I like the Snow White and Sea Green. Thanks for the chance to win and try out these amazing products.

  258. Thank you for the tutorial…I had no idea it was dry and needed to be mixed or the results it initially produced….I love the final outcome so it is worth the effort.

    I love slate and snow white. I love techniques that are a little more involved…I find them fun and give you the ability to be much more creative.

  260. I love milk paint, but have never tried this brand. I love the look you have acheived!! I went to the site and chose slate and salem red, but then I changed my mind to pumpkin and mustard… but oh I love federal blue and buttermilk!! They all are wonderful colours – I am having such a hard time deciding!!!! Okay, I must choose… sea green and federal blue. THERE!! I did it!! Thanks for the milk paint tips and the contest!! Miss Tiques

  261. Barn Red and Slate are what I would try, very interesting, I really like the prices! Thanks for sharing.

  265. Anonymous said…MMS, you are so talented! The new milk paint looks amazing! I would pick the Snow White and Sea Green. 🙂 Thanks!

    mrlcoy@yahoo.com

    June 24, 2011 2:17 PM

  266. Sea Green and Snow White would be my choices! I went over to their site and love all the gorgeous colors, but I think those two would be the most useful to me. I hope I win!

  268. My wife is so inspired by your work; it's given her the courage to start her own business doing the same style work you're doing. Thanks for your inspiration!

    Snow White and Slate, please!

  269. WOW! That first picture took my breath away! I've been painting a piano all day today. I'm hoping I didn't bite off more than I can chew.

    The two colors I love are snow white and slate.

    Crossing my fingers. I have a beautiful little French bombe I'm stripping, and I think this paint would be perfect to finish it off.

    Crossing my fingers!
    Nancy

  276. Hi Marian,
    Cool paint! I would love to try light cream and sea green. I have had tons of fun fixing up old furniture since I have started following your blog. I am going to try the union jack dresser this weekend. I finally found a great, old, good quality one for only $20! Yippee!

  282. I have used milk paint in the past, but not this brand. I visited John Millen Hardware and looked at the milk paint colours!! I love them all!! How can I just choose two??? OK… here goes; the two I choose are slate and pumpkin, oh – wait… salem red and mustard. No, I changed my mind… federal blue and sea green!! THERE.. I did it!! Thanks for the milk paint tips!!
    Miss Tiques – Karen@Chic-Tiques.com

  284. Wow! This stuff looks great!
    You make the Sea Green look so beautiful! I'd like to try that one and pitch black!
    I wonder if someone with milk allergies could use products painted with milk paint? Maybe using the wax is enough of a sealant to avoid issues?
    Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
    Karen
    dragonflyu (at) verizon (dot) net

  288. I love the sea green & buttermilk. I've been trying to decide what colors to do in my master bedroom. Today I saw that exact color with a raw silk bedskirt and drapery panels. LOVE the combination. So, winning these two colors would get me motivated to get started. I joined the hardware store on Twitter. His website gives a very down home welcome feeling.

  289. must save money! you've lured me to *that other paint*, on which I've dropped a rather large chunk of change–but I'd love to try this milk paint (snow white and sea green, if you please!), just on the cheap! Love, love your blog.

  290. Thank you MMS…I simply love your chippyness with this milk paint!! I would love to try sea green and cream…Thank you!

  291. OOOO, I love the look of that Milk Paint! I agree, Sea Green looks amazing! That would definitely be my favorite. Thanks for the chance to win!

  292. Hello,

    I've been wanting to paint my granny's dresser with pumpkin and buttermilk milk paint, but money's been too tight since I lost my job. I would love to transform "granny" into "gorgeous!"

    Thanks, Christy Lemon

  296. Hmm… they all look fun. My favorites are Oyster white and sea green. I have the perfect table to try these on. Crossing my fingers.

  304. I was just setting up to by the waxes myself for a chalk paint adventure! Would love to try the Slate or sea green! LOVE your blog!

  311. I actually researched milk paint a couple of years ago, but never ended up getting any. Snow White would be a must, but the second color is more difficult to choose since I have multiple projects this might work for – Barn Red for my basement door, or Lexington Green (if floors can be painted with this stuff??), or Slate for an old dresser that needs refinishing. So many options!

  312. I would love to try the Snow White and Slate. I love the Fiddes and Sons' Waxes I purchased a while back, which I'm almost out of. Thanks for offering this giveaway!

  317. I have been hearing so much about milk paint and would love to try it! The Slate and snow white would be my choices I think though the oyster is so pretty then there is that pitch black which would look great on so many projects…decisions decisions!!

  320. I would love to try the snow white and sea green!!!!

    Melanie

    mi3ragamuffins at aol dot com

  322. You are a bad bunny,(Veggie Tale reference), holding out on us. I have seen milk paint, but have been a little leary about its soupy appearance. I would love to give the sea green and the bayberry green a try. Thanks for such amazing give aways!

  323. I would love to try this paint. I think Barn Red and Buttermilk would be my choice. Thanks for all the info you share!

  324. I rented a storage unit (10×20) to house all the furniture that i plan to paint with the chalk paint. oh boy! might have to really fill it with more! favs are sea green and slate, although all are beautiful!

  325. Oh how I wish I could win and if by some wonderful chanc I did I would pay postsge since I am so far away I love the tavern green and the Federal Blue
    Good luck everyone.

  326. I love the Sea Green and Snow White. I have been trying to reproduce the look of your green chippy chest using chalk paint and I haven't been able to get quite the same look. This is another great give away. Thanks for sharing.

  337. What a wonderful giveaway. Thank you for for the opportunity, I really enjoy your site, love your down to earth nature in writing and on your video's, you are very sweet to share your tips and alot of antique restorers are better for it. I have heard your name by word of mouth from several antique dealers in the DFW Texas area, we are all reading your blog! While I absolutely adored at least 6 colors, I have been using alot of blues and greens and just did a piece in red so…….it would be so much fun to two tone a piece in mustard and honeymilk, it would look wonderful on the right piece. Sherry

  338. Buttermilk and slate for me. You are so inspiring; thanks for sharing this paint!

  345. This would be fun to try! The Slate and Snow White would look good on my benches, that I have been meaning to paint for a long time. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  346. Oh- I remember when this was all the rage in the 1960's & 70's. We used to make it quite thick though. It lasts forever and is a really wonderful product used on bare wood. I do remember that you can't strip it off though. Fun to see it being used again.

  348. Love reading your blog. I have 2 daughters that have just moved into their 1st apartments and am helping them fix up some old furniture. You have helped us so much. Slate and Light Cream are the choices. Thanks!

  349. I would love to try the federal blue and pitch black. I have a farmhouse table that I am going to be making and I think the two would be great. Plus it would be fun to try a new paint. I have never heard of milk paint before. So thanks for the chance to enter. Cross my fingers I win. Since I've been having bad luck these days. Any-who. Have a great weekend. Smile, love and be happy.

    Kicks and Giggles
    Shamiere

  350. I love soldier blue and sea green! Or slate. Or salmon. And the prices are so fabulous, I may just have to buy them all! (Maybe I'll indulge as a treat!)

    -Abby Ammons

  351. I have never used Milk Paint, but I want to try it. I love the look of the chest you painted. I think Milk Paint really creates a special patina on wood furniture.

  354. I was so happy you had shared this with me when we met at Luckett's! I used it on a piece I built that I wanted to look much older. It's fantastic and I'd love to try some other colors!!! I'd want Drift wood and Slate! And I'm dying to try the wax too!!!

  360. Hello, So love the Milk Paint tip…thank you! I love the Slate and Pitch Black. I am really into black lately! Love your blog!

  362. oh i just looooove the sea green and snow white. and it would be just a dream to win some supplies for a new project around here!

    megg (megg.willowhouse@live.com)

  364. Girl….I like you! You are always teaching me something new. I have slipcovers cut out and waiting to sew and I will not only have a great chair I will have a fabulous painted table right next to it in Snow White or Sea Green thanks to you. And to make it even better I might just actually win the paint. So thank you.

  365. This milk paint sounds interesting…..sometimes I only like to do a wash with paint so the thinness would be perfect! Or I could choose to have a more solid color…..sounds great! I would love the Buttermilk and the Driftwood!

  366. OK… I went to the website and got so distracted with the pset tracter – the Captain's filler fix…. I went on my usual rabbit trail. It was fun. But I liked the Salmon Chalk Pain – and I didn't realize that the walk came in colors! There is absolutely no salmon in my house, but I fell for the color… don't know why….
    Rebecca kruchomc@comcast.net

  368. I had looked at a milk paint prior to learning about AS chalk paint. I love the chalk paint and now may explore milk paint. I would like to get the snow white and driftwood to mix 90/10 for a real driftwood effect. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us-my fledgling business is taking off! Your kitchen is beautiful and I am in awe of you taking on such a BIG job!

  369. Well it has been years since I have heard about milk paint…I used it all the time and then couldn't find it any more …….YEAH! I love the sea green! Thanks for sharing this giveaway!

  371. I keep meaning to ask if you have a favorite fiddes & sons wax color……I use primarily light colored paints…shades of white and grey and light green & blue…….thank you in advance for your kind advice!

  373. Hi there!

    Would love to have the barn red, it would look fab on my son's tall dreser. And the sea green, it's a very lovely color!

    Thanks so much for doing this! 🙂
    Deaf Chick xo

  375. Great giveaway! I'd like to try the Bayberry Green and the Sea Green. Great work but I'm glad you finally went for your spa day. You must be the hardest workin' woman on the planet. : )

  381. Milk Paint looks DREAMY! I would definitely do the Federal Blue and Light Cream. Would be amazing to do some kitchen cabinets with the cream and some bar stools with the blue. Get Craftlicious loves Miss Mustard Seed!

  383. Make my milk paint "Barn Red and Federal Blue". I haven't used Milk Paint in so long, I forgot about it! You probably know this….but you can also get a really great chippy finish if you hold a hair dryer on hot or a heat gun to it for a bit, the paint bubbles and crackles. I am inspired to use it again! Have a great weekend. -K

  384. I would love the sea green and any of the whites. I couldn't see their names on the color chart. Thanks so much for sharing all you do.

  385. I would love , love , love to try milk paint. I have been looking at trying some for a while now, but have not gotten around to the order. I will do so now!!! I would alos love to win some Snow White and Seagreen!!!

  387. Love the soldier blue and the oyster white colors. Would love to try this paint. Thanks for a chance to win.
    twelve30{@gmail{dot}com

  388. What a cool paint! Just became a follower of your blog today although I have been reading it for a while now. I love your work! I would love to try the slate and snow white. I am starting to work on my 2 year old daughter's room and it would be fun for a small vanity dresser. Thanks for hosting!

  389. I like snow white and slate. But, I also love the mustard…decisions, decisions! Thanks for sharing the info!

  390. Love the Federal Blue and Slate. Thanks, Marion! MaryCinVA
    (merrymntnmom@yahoo.com)

  391. Buttermilk and sea green would definitely be my choices! I am currently stalking craigslist for a table for my kitchen that this would be perfect for!

  392. Snow white and driftwood for me, please! I love anything slipcovered in white. The little detail you overlooked is that you probably saved a couple thou, doing the upholstery work yourself. Most of us would be scared …less to try that. I know I would be! I thought I was a thrifty shopper, but you've got me beat!
    Barbara, The Treasured Home

  396. Sea Green and Pitch Black would be my choices! I love milk paint – it's the first kind of paint I ever tried on a home decor project. Seeing your magnificent new kitchen really pushes me to try and redo my horrible kitchen cabinets and milk paint would be sooooooo wonderful for that!

  398. I love reading and learning from your blog. Winning the milk paint and waxes would be awesome. I would choose sea green and light cream or buttermilk. Now for the wax colors I would ask for your advice. I have used a clear wax and would like to try a darker one. You are an inspiration. Thank you!
    Tonya
    cthaggard@grandecom.net

  400. I love the distressed look of these pieces! The paint sounds wonderful and I have more than 2 favs but if I HAD to choose, I think slate and oyster white would be what I'd experiment with first (though the black would be so cool to try out too… ooh, and driftwood too). I'll be keeping my fingers crossed on this one!

    Suzanne

  405. Slate or sea green for me! I just found your site & I gotta say I am so exited! I LOVE everything you've done & on my kind of budget;-) I cannot wait to try the milk paint on my next project!

  407. Marian – I'm sooo glad that you shared this with us. Chalk paint is so expensive (though I still want to try it!), and this would be a fun alternative! I love Snow White and Oyster White! 🙂 Thanks for this great giveaway, too! ♥

    xoxo laurie

  410. Oh, I love all the great color choices! I would love to try the barn red and pumpkin colors. Thanks for hosting the great giveaway!

  411. Beautiful! I'd like Slate and Snow White. i have an old mirrored window that I'd love to try painting.

  415. Barn Red and sea green are the two colors I'd like to try. Old Fashioned Milk Paint has been on my list, I've got an art show coming up the first of August and … yikes, time's a tickin!
    I'm concerned with the quality of their wax. I ordered several tins of the wax to use over my chalk paint and it came all gunky and soupy. I tried mixing it all up and hoped it would set up again, but it's just not right.

  417. Definitely buttermilk and sea green. I'm re-painting my kitchen (cabinets and all) and these colors would be perfect!

  420. I absolutely love the way this paint looks…the chippy finish is just what I've been looking for!!! I love the snow white and the sea green colors. The white would look amazing on a hundred year old piece I'm working on for an island in our kitchen. Thanks for sharing the info on the paint!!!

  421. Fun stuff!! I think I'd like Sea Green and Bayberry Green, but one of the whites might change my mind. My friend told me about milk paint years ago, but I never did get to try it yet. I love the waxes however!!! Thanks for another great give-away!! 🙂

  422. I've always been curious about milk paint and wanted to give it a try this summer. All their colors are yummy, but Driftwood and Buttermilk are calling my name! I'm bookmarking John Millen Hdwe as a great resource for lots of unique (to me) ideas…so thanks!

  424. I love love this! I was wondering how you got your finish so distressed! I love the slate also and the salmon too! Amazing stuff!

  426. Hi there,

    I'd love to try Snow White and Slate. Thanks for the opportunity and all the tips!!!!
    Jennifer

  427. I love your blog! So many great ideas! If only I were a bit more creative, perhaps I could actually do some of them. If I were to win, I'd love the sea green and slate. Thanks much! vlwright1@aol.com

  429. I like soldier blue. Not sure that it would work in the house–but that's always how it works. I love things that don't work with what I have going on.

  430. Love that your sharing this…..I love oyster white and buttermilk! Dont tell anyone your favorite color otherwise it'll set out and we will have to wait for them to produce more! lol

    MJ
    Lucky 7 Design

  431. Barn red is my first choice…I have an old window I salvaged garbage-picking that I want to turn into a screen/sun catcher on my front porch. That red is just what I'm looking for and the milk paint would keep with than vintage antique look of the window.

    Thanks for the chance & I'm following them on Twitter too @auntiethesis

    shel704 at aol dot com

  438. Thank you for hosting this neat give-away! I've always wanted to try milk paint, ever since I read about it in Country Living years ago. I understand that because the product has milk in it, that it can actually go sour — do you store it in the refrigerator to keep it fresh? Love the idea of it being in powder form so you can mix just a small amount at a time.

    My favorite colors are the Federal Blue and Sea Green. Love the Slate and their great selection of whites, too, especially the Oyster White.

    Good luck to all who enter!

    Best,

    Kimberly

  440. I've always heard of milk paint but never knew it could be this amazing! I have the perfect little vanity that I'd love to try this on! I'd love to try snow white & slate. Thanks for sharing all these great products & techniques!!!!

  442. I knew you were using a new paint that finish is just beautiful. I like the Slate and sea green. Have a great day.

  444. I love the slate! I was in NY at my mother in-laws house and darn near every piece of her furniture, I thought…. "MMS would LOVE to her paint brush on this!" or "Nice legs"… I've been reading your blog too much. 🙂

  445. Wow, I can't wait to try this milk paint. I just ordered my chalk paint yesterday and now I have to try this too. I like the slate and the pitch black. Hope I win!!! Thanks Phyllis

  446. Yes I would love to give it a try…sounds and looks great!!
    1 Pint, Marigold Yellow ($11.00)

    1 pint, Mustard ($11.00)
    Is the two I would choose!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

  447. Love love Oyster White and Driftwood! I have always wondered about milk paint – good to know about the peeling part, I probably would think I did something wrong! 🙂

  448. What a wonderful interesting post and it is perfectly all right to work with a product and get it to perfection prior to sharing with us.
    I have just the dresser that could use Snow White and Buttermilk
    My best
    Helen tilston

  450. Soldier Blue because I am going to be doing a little boys first big boy bed soon and I love the blue but for multi purpose… I like the Slate and Snow White…. Thanks. Allie

  453. A shade of white and slate gray. My husband can't get his car into the garage (due to a furniture stash), so I need to win this!

  456. Oh, sea green for sure (be still my heart!) and buttermilk. I love the barn red, too, but I really don't have any furniture to paint in that color. Thanks!

  457. Another giveaway?!! Awesome! I would love to try the slate and oyster white. Thanks for the tip on milk paint! I know it was popular about 20 years ago, but didn't realize it peeled in spots by itself. Perfect! ejabrams at gmail dot com (For some reason, it still won't let me sign in with my gmail account.)

  460. I've been wanting to try milk paint for some time now. I would start with oyster white and sea green. Thanks for sharing all these great goodies!
    Suzanne

  462. Love the idea of Milk Paint…I would love to try Light Cream and Slate Blue…already have the pieces in mind that I would paint! Thanks so much for this tip!

  464. I LOVE Milk Paint !! Much cheaper then chalk paint… I would love federal blue and Buttermilk… Love the give aways Now if I could only win.. Will be buying from his site on payday..

  465. Another fabulous inspiration piece and give-away! You're the best! I would love to try snow white and slate on log cabin kitchen cabinets that are still in the original orange-pine from 1972. Thanks very much for the chance.

  467. I would love to try slate and sea green. Thanks for your great tutorials, I really appreciate your knowledge
    paisleywalls(at)hotmail(dot)com

  469. i have bookmarked their website. they also hve some really cool gadgets. i will definitely be ordering whether winning or not. i like alot of the colors, but ive seen federal blue done and snow white. those are my picks. wow, more new projects to work on with something new. thanks so much for sharing your "secret"

  471. I would love to use the Sea Green or Glacier Blue. I have the perfect piece I want to try Milk Paint on. I've also just finished an antique buffet and want to use the jacobean wax to help age it a little.
    bishoml@gmail.com

  473. I would love to try the milk paint. I think the Sea green and buttermilk would be my choices. The pieces you chose were perfect for that application. Marsha from Texas

  474. I'd love to try Slate and Barn Red. I've been wanting to do Milk Paint since Barb's tutorial on D*s, but haven't taking the plunge and wasn't sure of a good supplier. No excuses now 🙂

  475. Hey MMS I am hoping to redecorate my home. Just after having my baby I found your blog and its changing my life.Like you I feel I need to do something to contribute to my new family. I would love the sea green and slate, they would go perfectly with my soon to be grey walls.
    Thank you for being such a generous person and sharing your tips and tricks with us! Greetings from Wales UK xxx

  476. I love the two colors you used, the Sea Green and the Slate. I also love the color on the desk that you said is for sale. Funny, of all the pieces you have shown lately these two were my favorites! I love the way they look, really old….not painted & distressed. Thanks for hosting the giveaway and thanks to John Millen Hardware for donating the paint & wax. I've bought & used their clear wax and really liked it. Take care, VBg

  477. I love the slate and the snow white! Just finished my first project with chalk paint thanks to you and love it!

  480. Driftwood and Buttermilk look yummy! We have a old dresser that could you some sprucing up. This is AWESOME.

  482. Your piece you refinished looks great! I have an old desk/vanity I bought and this paint would be perfect. I like the buttermilk and sea green colors.

  485. I just purchased some more wax from John Millen Hardware…needed some more anyhow after doing my kitchen cabinets with it! 🙂 3 extra entries just motivated me to get it ordered NOW! 🙂 Have a sweet weekend!!

  486. Sandy says
    I love them all, you choose, I just want to make something beautiful

  487. For the past week I've been meaning to order the chalk paint you have been praising but today I got the itch to paint. I remembered milk paint was also a great paint for the vintage look. I ran home to google it to see if I could find it anywhere here in town and what a surprise to see your blog pop up with a hit on milk paint. I was so busy yesterday I didn't get a chance to read your post. I believe it's a sign that I must have my very own milk paint to try. Besides, I have a have a sad little cabinet in the carport just dying to be painted barn red!

  488. I love the snow white…I've been missing a solid white since I fell in love with chalk paint. I'm SO excited to try it! Just ordered 4 pints! (i don't know if I should enter 3 more times??) Thanks for the great giveaway!!
    🙂
    shaunna

  489. Love love love snow white and sea green! Thanks for letting us know how you do it. I have been working so hard trying to get my latex paint to look like your pieces. A little irritated for you holding out for so long! But I will forgive ya!! 🙂

  490. Miss Mustard Seed, first I just have to say that you are such an inspiration!! Thank you for sharing so many awesome tips and hosting such incredible giveaways! I'm really digging the Soldier Blue and Oyster White. I have a dresser that's begging for some Milk Paint!

  492. Okay. So, I have order the Fiddles and Sons from Miller because YOU recommended it through an email conversation a little over a month ago. I love love love that wax. Seriously, my favorite. I have never used the milk paint, but would love to try it. After looking at their paint colors, I would like Barn Red and Pitch Black!! Fingers crossed. I don't have a Twitter, so I will just leave it at one chance to win!:)

  496. I would love to try the Sea Green and the Soldier Blue. What beautiful results you have achieved with this paint. Of course, I'm pretty sure you could work miracles with tar, mud, water and anything else you decided to use 🙂 Love! Edna

  497. I would go with Sea Green and Pitch Black. I used to use milk paint YEARS ago. I loved working with it, but only did small pieces at that time. I had totally forgotten about it until you mentioned it.

  499. How divine. I would love to have any of the colors. However if I have to pick 3 they would be Sea Green, Federal Blue, Soldier Blue.

  501. Your tag line sure fits you and love the biblical aspect (:

    I'm intrigued with this paint.. my sons room Really needs some help and this could be the ticket.. thinking the oyster & slate would be perfect…
    and always love greens
    blessings to you, barbara

  502. Slate and Buttermilk are great colors, I would love to have them. This dresser I have is begging to be painted, but I've yet to find the colors it wants. I thought it would be an ASCP color, but these milk paints are beautiful.

  504. Love love love milk paint! I would love to try the powder out. Lets see…light cream and slate. Thanks for posting such great giveaways. I always look forward to them. Hope I win!

    Heidi

  506. I would LOVE to try the Milk Paint! The colors I would purchase are "Sea Green" & "Snow White". I liked many of the colors, but these fit in best with my decor.

    This paint looks like it would be right up my alley. Thanks for giving us a chance to win such a wonderful prize. God Bless!

  509. I would soooo love the sea green and snow white.
    Love your blog am finishing up doing my first slipcover thanks to your tutorial!!
    Thanks Lisa
    peacegdn @ bellsouth . net

  510. Hi Marian! Hope you're feeling really relaxed and back to your old self now. Your kitchen looks gorgeous!! I am trying to convince myself to paint my kitchen cabinets. I know it would look good, but I can't help thinking I'm committing wood blasphemy by painting perfectly nice custom (but simple) maple cabinets! And the worst part is that the previous owners that installed them, live on the land up behind our house! Imagine their heartbreak if they saw them painted?!! Trying to muster up the courage at the moment…. 🙂

    Anywho….I would L.O.V.E. some Old Fashioned Milk Paint in Sea Green and Buttermilk so I could paint the gorgeous dresser I bought for my daughter's bedroom! Thanks SO much for the chance to win some! And thank you John Millen Hardware for sponsoring this giveaway!!

  513. Great giveaway!! I have a thing for blues lately, so I'd choose Federal Blue & Oyster White. Looked up the Old Fashioned Milk Paint site & noticed it was developed to match the colors at Old Sturbridge Village.

    I'm in Massachusetts – and I think that is so cool!! You continue to teach, inspire & give us loads of fun – keep up the good work, lady – and thanks so much!!

  514. Ah, ha! When I spied that piece I didn't think it was chalk paint! Hmmm. What other secrets are you keeping from your loyal readers?

    I would love to try this on a piece just sitting on the sunporch and my fav colors would be snow white and sea green.

    Thanks as always, for all the love and great giveaways!

  515. This is wicked exciting. I've been thinking about trying this stuff. I'd be interested in the slate and the sea green. Thanks
    Lori

  516. Your such an inspiration to read everyday! Keep up the great work. Another great product to use….. IF only they sold annie sloan chalk paint in AUSTRALIA!! I so want to use it! Hopefully i can win some milk paint to give a go! I love the snow white and sea green!!

  519. Sea Green and Oyster White would be my picks! Great giveaway! I hope I win! PS I love your blog and learn so much from it! Thanks for the inspiration!

  520. Wow, love the way it leaves pieces so chippy. Just started using ASCP a couple of months ago and would love to try this too. Slate and Snow White for sure! Thanks for all the great, useful info!

  522. I have always loved the look of milk paint, but never knew about this product. I love the white and the mustard. Your pieces of completed furniture are amazing. You have TOO many talents…

  524. I've never heard of milk paint but that furniture is gorgeous! You're so good! I really like the slate and sea green colors. Beautiful!

  526. This paint looks way cool..I like the Salem Red and the Snow white..would love to try on a pair of stools I have pulled up to my counter. They are originally Pier One I think, and I'd need to "age" them!! Thanks for all the inspiration on your blog!

  530. Your projects are so inspiring!! I love the Slate color of the milk paint, it looks beautiful on that dresser.

  533. Love love love the sea green & snow white! So cool, I'm already planning on turning my grandma's old hutch into a little masterpiece with this! Thanks for sharing!

  536. Love the furniture you have used this on…would love to try it myself. Snow White and Slate sound like the perfect colors for me.
    Thanks, Diana B.

  537. Wow! So now I understand how easy it is to get the "chippy" look even with a fresh coat of paint. Thanks for all the great info day after day! I love Slate and Sea Green.
    ~Sadie

  538. For the desk in our soon-to-be home office? Slate! It would be beautiful and I'd really love the chance to see what I can pull off with some milk paint!

  539. I can't wait to try this paint out! Thanks for the information on it and the generous giveaway! I would love to try federal blue and barn red.

  540. I'm hooked on your blog! Frequently checking in late at night, I am then inspired to paint, but alas must head to bed and hope for some thirfting, painting, junk designing tomorrow. I would be so pleased to win the giveaway, light cream and soldier blue would be my pick. Thanks for the giveaway and inspiration!
    Jen

  543. Oh My!!!! I already Love ASCP, but now I'm finding that I have a new crush on this milk paint!!!! I love the slate and oyster white! Thank you so much for hosting this give-away! and how nice of John Millen's Hardware to give away all those goodies! 🙂

  544. After lots of thinking I decided: Light Cream and Tavern Green are great colors! Thanks for the chance to wind some paint! Have a great Sunday!

  546. I agree… Sea Green and Snow white are DEFINITELY the way to go!
    I love, love, LOVE the end result of your kitchen… You should be proud of yourself. It's fantastic, and we are all jealous 🙂

    Thank you for inspiring me!

  548. I've seen milk paint at a few shops but have not tried it yet. Would love to test the snow white and the slate on a yard sale piece we just found that needs to be extra distressed!

  549. I love the sea green and slate!
    These colours are gorgeous and Id love to have the chance to win!
    Thank you so much for aharing…this paint sounds and looks fabulous!

    Deborah xo

  550. I would love to try the slate or sea green, I have a dresser I got from goodwill that needs some lovin' and would look amazing with the milk paint. I am in Lancaster and would love to come see you sometime, thanks for giveaway!!!

  551. Great Blog, i have never used milk paint i asked at our local hardware store and they don't carry it. i would love to win!
    thanks and have a blessed day!

    Agatha

  555. i would LOVE to check out the sea green and snow white……….always looking for a new product to love!!!!!!!!!

  557. What a wonderful giveaway! I would love to give milk paint a try. I love the Sea Green and Snow White.
    Love your blog 🙂
    Carol

  558. Hmmm, I have a lot of softer colors in my home right now, so I think the Barn Red would add a punch of color that's needed. I have a few mahogany pieces, such as my gaming table, that are in good coniditon but read as boring. Perhaps some milk paint would jazz them up?

    Thanks for sharing so many wonderful ideas. We just brought baby #4 home this week, but in no time at all, we'll be back into project mode and can try out some of your fab ideas!

    **keasterling at usa dot net

  559. Milk paint has always been a favorite of mine but I've never seen the results you get. I've not used it myself just seen it on other furniture at flea markets. This leads me to one conclusion, your finishing technique is one in a million. You just have that special touch!

    I love the colors you use, especially the Sea Green but I would also love to try the Mustard and possibly the Buttermilk.

  560. When I first went John Millen Hardware's site, the color palette was small and unreadable. Today, they have a new clickable palette so you can actually read the color charts. Thanks John Millen hardware! Barn Red and Slate please… Amy.

  562. Wow, lot of people like this milk paint! I'm currently attempting to make over a sewing table for my craft room and would like to try this product in snow white and slate!

  563. I've used this milk paint some years ago, but would love to try the buttermilk and sea green after reading your how-to's. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

  564. Thanks for the link to John Millen Hardware and for the chance to win the giveaway! If I won, I'd just have to have the Snow White Milk paint! I've got tons of painting to do!

  568. What a great giveaway! Glad I haven't missed it:)
    As for color, I think slate or snow white. I have an antique maple buffet that is dying for a makeover and I am just plain chicken…wanna come up to canada?

  570. Wow! I love your blog already, but I am so thankful you are hard at work testing new products for us and giving us the scoop behind them! Not to mention another fab giveaway! I'd love to try the Driftwood and one of the greens (can't decide which, yet). I have done several pieces in ASCP and I love it! I like her wax, too, but I'd be very interested to try the Fiddes. Check it out at my very brand new blog! I have a great buffet to share in your next FF linky bash! Please oh please name me a winner! Thanks!

  572. I love the way that looks in your pictures! I would choose marigold yellow (love it!) and federal blue. I am just starting out on furniture rehab, but having so much fun and these would be great additions to my "toolbox" 🙂 I picked up a cute little cain back chair from the habitat restore that is just screaming for that yellow. btw, i love your blog, and you have been a big inspiration. Thanks!

  573. Beautiful Blog, thank you for the inspiration! I have not heard of Milk Paint, so I am of course very intrigued! Our home is West Coast Beach cottage meets Midwest Farmstead. I love anything with a history; antique, vintage, repurposed or reclaimed. My 12 yr old daughter prefers thrift stores and junking to malls and video games. Weekends are spent on the hunt for a vintage hat to add to her collection or a curbside treasure for me. We "live in the projects", and wish to add milk paint to our fun. I have a new sofa and need to distress my side tables to make the look more cohesive. Oyster white and sea green would be perfect! Keep the ideas coming Miss Mustard Seed! Your Latest Follower, The Barefoot Seamstress

  576. I iwould love to try Sea Green and Pitch Black. I have many, MANY pieces of furniture that I am currently revamping and this milk paint looks as though it would give me just the appearance I'm looking for in these old pieces. I would love to win this give-away! Thank you for the opportunity! You're always so inspirational! ~Leena~

  577. I love the piece you painted with the milk paint. I have a couple of pieces on which I would like to try this paint. Loved the colors your used, especially the reddish brown. I love reading your website – it has become my new obsession!

  579. My SIL is painting some new bookshelves with milk paint at my recommendation. I can't wait to see how they look. I would love to have some to add to my arsenal but the colors are so hard to choose from. I think my favorites are Lexington Green, slate and snow white. Thanks for the chance to win some.

  581. Always learning so much from your blog! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway. I would pick Snow White and Slate. 🙂

  582. I love what you did with the milk paint. I've been wanting to try it for some time now. I would have to think long and hard before deciding on a color….black and white never fail!

  583. I just found a sofa table at a yard sale. I would love to try milk paint on this and other pieces in my house that need some life
    breathed into them. Thanks for the chance! Love
    you blog and look forward to reading it everyday. Miss you if you don't post!
    bcsinton@verizon.net

  589. love your blog. have a neighbor that goes to your church and I have told her how much I love your work.. she speaks highly of you and your family.. I think you get to all the good furniture/ yard sales before I do as we live close.. 🙂

  590. I would LOVE to try this paint! I can't get the picture of all the colors to come up large enough to see the names, but I would probably choose a white or light blue paint to try.

  597. Really great stuff! I've never tried it, but it looks really awesome. I would sure like to try the Slate or Barn Red on the exterior of my kitchen cabinets with Snow White on the insides, or do I want the reverse? If I win, please tell the folks at Millen Hardware I will be happy with either combo! Thanks!

    Jan A. (janthony332002@yahoo.com)

  598. I would love to try Snow White and Slate. Miss Mustard Seed, I spent last night taking notes from your wax 101 tutorial and would love to give it a try. Thank you so much for all of the knowledge you share and to your sponsors for the awesome giveaways.
    Laurie

  602. wow! thanks so much for posting your tips! i am excited to try either slate or sea green..love them! im anxiously awaiting your video tutorials!

  603. Snow White, Pumpkin and Barn Red are the ones I would be dying to try! Oh, pick me, pick me! Pretty pretty please!???

  604. I happen to love the same two colors (slate and sea green). I would love to see what these two come out to look like when mixed? Perhaps the perfect color for my antique dresser that needs a good painting?! 😉

  605. Love the look that paint gave on the dresser! I would love to try many of them BUT if I had to choose two, at this moment, I'd choose Barn Red and Soldier Blue.

    Great giveaway!

    Melissa

  606. I followed them on Twitter, I would love to try this color and agree with your choices of colors. Slate and Snow White are my favorites 🙂

  607. I would love to try the marigold yellow and the barn red. I love all of your soft color choices and say "why don't I try that" yet I always find myself drawn to bolder colors! Still…if you want to send me any colors including the ones you love I would gladly take them too!!!:)

  608. Everything you do is Awesome! Your kitchen looks amazing!! I Love all the different paint choices out there and all that you share with us.

    I love Driftwood and Buttermilk!

  609. I absolutely love the sea green color, so neat, truly beautiful! God has definitely given you a gift and I am so glad that you blog about it!

  615. Thank you for introducing such a wonderful idea!!! I am so excited to try it out and would love love love…did I say love to be chosen…the colors oh my they are all so amazing i would have to say….black…oyster white and slate…there are just so many options! thank you for having this contest and thank you for sharing all your amazing ideas with the world!!!
    Beckie
    http://www.oneuniqueboutique.blogspot.com

  617. I would love to try slate and snow white! Wow, love the finish you are getting with this paint! It is incredible!

  619. Sorry if this is a second post. The first one didn't seem to take.

    I'd like the Federal Blue and Salem Red. I have a table I'd like to paint with the Federal Blue. I'll find something just right for the Salem Red.

    Thanks!

    Miche (michesmac@gmail.com)

  621. I just signed a lease for a booth at a local antique mall and cannot wait to set up my booth! I will be starting a blog within the next week or so to chronicle my antique mall adventure! I'm in process of selecting a blog name (any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!).

    I am new (VERY new) at furniture refinishing and would love the opportunity to try the milk products on the furniture pieces I've purchased for my booth. I would love to try light cream and slate.

    Thanks for this wonderful opportunity to learn more about this product and for one lucky person to try this great milk paint product!

    Gina
    gms73003@yahoo.com

  622. I'd love to try the milk paint! I used chalk paint and really loved it. The sea green would look great on a dresser I've been wanting to paint.
    Thank you, Andrea

  623. I would love Slate and White… I would love to give this a try… I read your blog and follow and hopefully someday I will be brave and jump into this amazing "art". Thanks so much for inspiring me and giving me something beautiful to look at as well as dream of trying. Thanks

  624. This paint sounds very interesting and would give me an interesting finish to my dining chairs. I would love to try either the Buttermilk or Slate. My set from the 70s or 80s is a bit too dark and heavy for my tastes.
    Thanks for the review!

  625. Would love to try this and I think Snow White would do the trick! Hope I get the chance! Love your blog – God has surely blessed you with an incredible talent!

  626. I've started painting everything in my home that I possibly can, b/c of you! You are so inspirational. Our home has become a place of comfort, fun and happiness. Thank You. I would love to try this milk paint, my faves are Snow White, and Salem Red, so I could make some pink furniture for my little girlie girls. Thanks! Missy
    mattvoss1@mac.com

  627. I would love to try the milk paint… I(think) I would pick Sea Green and Tavern Green! Thanks!

  629. I ABSOLUTELY want to try these! I just happen to have an amoire, a pair of chairs and an old buffet I'd use them on! I have been sooo inspired by your blog it has caused me to want to "chippy" everything. Ohhhh, I hope I win!

  633. Dying to see how different this paint is from chalk paint. Your blog is inspiring as always and it has me going to antique shops and consignment stores trying to find something to paint! As Lorene said, I can't tell you how much I've learned from your blog as well. I'm not afraid of wax anymore! 🙂 I really like the slate and the snow white milk paint colors.

  634. Glad you're running this on Pacific Time! Up working on marketing, and time got away from me.

    It looks like the John Millen site is down. I checked out the colors on eBay, however, and I like your sea foam green much better! So, I'm going to go with the sea foam green and snow white. As to the "what for;" well, my next project is going to be my kitchen. Let's shabby this bad boy up, Martha!

  635. Love the milk paint! You inspire me and I am so excited to paint a bunch of yards sale finds. I love all the colors and want to work outside my box. I think the first I'd try are sea green and driftwood. :)thanks!

  637. Definitely Sea Green, Tavern Green, Buttermilk, Pitch Black, Driftwood… Oh whoops only 2? Cant wait to try this brand of Milk Paint! Have seen but not used the wax. Getting ready to do the island in our downsized renovation house! Thanks Thanks Thanks!

  638. I would love to try this paint! I love the Soldier Blue and Slate… I have tried the chalk paint and love it, so I definately want to try the milk paint!

  641. Ha! Running out of things to paint here and just talked a friend into letting me paint her 60's credenza/media cabinet. Would love to try it!

  642. Hi MMS!
    I am intrigued by this milk paint and would love to try Sea Green and Buttermilk.

    BTW… I made it out to Luckett's on Friday and could have spent 2 days in that store! I recognized a few of your pieces and they looked amazing. Really cool and can't wait to go back for a closer look. I took some photos and need to post on my blog about it.

    Katie @ http://www.cayenne-paper.blogspot.com

  643. I've been wondering about that piece you did in the Sea Green color, it's amazing!! I also love the Oyster White. I am in the beginning stages of starting my own business, and I want to be just like you when I grow up 🙂 Milk Paint would be a step in the right direction!!!

  644. Not sure if this is still going as your dates were a little mixed up – this Mon the 27th not the 28th…. I'd love Slate and white!

  650. My fiance and I just moved into an adorable cottage in Texas and are furnishing it in true "miss mustard seed style"! We made a trip to my parents house and came home with loads of old furniture that needs a little paint and TLC. I love the techniques you use, and the milk paint secret is something I totally want to try! I love the snow white and slate, they would look gorgeous on any of the pieces I have!

  652. So inspired by everything you do! You're blog has been an amazing source of encouragement as I start my own similar business in Switzerland! I'll be home in Connecticut for four weeks over the summer & I'm seriously thinking of taking a road trip to Old Lucketts just to thank you in person!

    fondly,

    Jess

    http://atelierbe.weebly.com/

  658. I follow and I follow, but I never win. As the story goes you can't win if you don't comment. So I would love, love, love to try the Sea Green Milk Paint. I also can't wait to try the wax ( I watched your video). I've always wanted to try waxing a piece that I have painted. Back to the Milk Paint Sea Green or Mustard Yellow or Barn Red would all be nice

  659. pumpkin……i can see it now on a old hutch i have in garage…decorated in old mottled ironstone and yelloware I know you like the french blues the best and the pieces of furniture you pick to put that color on is perfect.I wish i had half your talent!

  664. I would love to try the barn red and mustard. I have some redo's that need some character and I think these colors along with the wax could certainly do that. Love your blog. Read it everyday.

  665. Just discovered your blog. Love it! I am excited to try this new paint. I have been painting furniture for years but have only used latex paints. So would love to try the buttermilk and slate. Thanks!

  666. I have not tried milk paint yet but would love to. I had my own painting business for 8 years doing color consulting, faux finishing and regular painting. Because of the economy I have taking a full-time job and mostly just do color consults now. I have thought about redoing old furniture to feed my creative side and even have a few pieces in my garage and shed. I would love to try both the slate and sea green on them!

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