The story of my red velvet, French Provincial style couch began when an Instagram photo popped up on my feed advertising a single seater red velvet armchair for $40 via Virginia Antiques, in Brisbane. I had just dropped the kids to school and it was one of those days...
I received this lovely antique cupboard a few years ago and it was pretty banged up in places, so I gave it a quick paint with colours I had on hand at the time, before I even started using Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint products. Here is how it looked for a...
In part 1 of this two part post on my Antique Christmas Box, I showed the before and preparation stages of painting this old vintage tool box. Here it is now, after the two coats of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Linen, and the addition of cup handles either...
Last week, I left you waiting for the final reveal of my Christmas Box. It’s coming, I promise, but first I wanted to share this little project with you:Here’s a simple little Christmas sign I made last week using the Carbon Paper method, which I use a lot...
I LOVE a good old antique box or chest! I’ve painted quite a few over the years. Here are a few examples: (If you’d like to see some more, you can head to the little “Search” tool on the right and type in “chest” or...
I was given a few of these old vintage army boxes that my sister & brother-in-law were getting rid of. They sat in my workshop for a long time trying to decide what to do with them. So here’s what I came up with for this one. I’d always liked the...
