What would you do? As for me, I couldn’t pass up these lovely silky oak antique drawers when I saw them at only $5 each.As you can see, I’ve given them a light sanding. Looks like the finish was probably shellac. They were a perfect project for my first...
Do you ever have these moments? Here’s what I came up with, in a spontaneous outburst of “I need to paint this thing now”. I’m wondering if I should admit to having this outburst of spontaneity on Valentine’s Day! I know, sounds totally...
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...
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...