Chartreuse (aka Pea Soup)

This mirror...so lovely

except is was COVERED 

in bright gold GLITTER paint

 

yep, I said glitter

 

It's solid wood

super heavy

and the carved details are really cool

The obvious choice was to paint this mirror

in a soft, "shabby" color

to compliment the carved hearts and flowers...

...we try to avoid the obvious choice

Coat one went on...

Kenny painted it in Hunter Green milk paint

 

now, I do love green, but the dark color

seemed to obscure the details too much

so while he was busy with something else,

I mixed up some deep aqua milk paint

You can see it peeking through here and there

It was pretty, but I really was craving something different!

I mixed up a crazy concoction of milk paint until I got a color

that resembled chartreuse

 

 

PERFECTION!

Completely different, unusual, and vibrant

while still being elegant

 

Good thing it's still a shade of green, 

otherwise I'd have an unhappy husband to contend with! 

We did a bit of distressing, toned down the vibrancy 

a little with Dark Wax

(for a tutorial on waxing, click HERE )

It's a bit classic, a bit funky...

and a bit unexpected

Just like us!