Perfect Imperfections by Jeanne: Tricycle

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Miss Mustard Seed's Tricycle

I just finished up another project with Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint in Tricycle. I finally did a piece that got some awesome chipping. I kept doing pieces that had a lot of grain and were somewhat dry. Therefore, no chipping. This was a fun, quick makeover. This is an old telephone chair. Or, I think they are also called gossip chairs. Here's what she looked like before. It actually looks better in this picture than it did in real life.

I painted two coats of Tricycle and then scraped away all the chipping. Once that was done, I applied the Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Wax. And Voila, here she is in all her chippy goodness.

Well, there it is, short and sweet. What do you think?

By the way I have received my Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint shipment and am ready to take your orders!
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Friday, July 13, 2012

My First Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Reveal

If you've been by lately, you know that I am officially an authorized retailer for the new milk paint line coming out soon from Miss Mustard Seed. I am so excited about this new venture. I know anything Marian is putting her name on is going to be awesome!

I got my sample kit and dug in to get started. I wasn't as brave as some of the other ladies I've seen out there. I decided to start small. I thought this little chair, with all it's grain, would be a quick and fun project to start on. By the way, I only paid $1 for this chair. I figured that's a nice safe piece to experiment on.

I didn't take pictures during the process. Sorry about that. I started out using Ironstone for the first coat. Then I used Tricycle for the second coat. It wasn't quite what I wanted, so I whitewashed the Ironstone over that. Unfortunately, it kind of looked pink. I decided to use ASCP dark wax over that, to darken the tone back to more red. I didn't get MMS Antiquing Wax in my sample kit, so I improvised. Even with all those layers, it was a very quick project. The paint dries really fast.

Next, my sweetie cut a board for me to cover for the seat. I used batting and a blue ticking material. I love ticking. Anyway here is the final result........