seeing red...again!

It all started with this little table...my love affair with red paint!

I should have kept these pillow cases, too, because now I wish I had them!

then, I saw this (sorry, I don't recall source!) and I was really smitten!

Of course, someone else already spray-painted this dresser red,

but why not just go with it, I said to myself...

(repaint it red, of course! not leave it as-is)

So I've been really "feeling" red lately

I love the idea of adding red accents to a neutral space...

some grain sack pillows, red ticking stripes...you get the idea!

Which leads me to the point of this blog post:

Bright Red Milk Paint

from The Real Milk Paint Company

How do I love thee?

Let me show you how!

The first piece was painted with thinned coats of milk paint

 (with anti-foaming agent added for smoothness)

I used three thin coats to achieve this depth of color...

I sealed the surface with Burnishing Paste

and once dry, I topped that with Annie Sloan's Dark Wax

The finish is divine...and as you can see, it stayed pretty vibrant red!

On this old chair, I really wanted the wood grain texture to show through

but not the wood itself, if that makes any sense...

to achieve this, I watered the paint down even more,

and did four very thin coats

 I wanted this chair to be a bit darker, not as vibrant

so it would accent the desk without matching it perfectly

This chairs was finished with Dark Wax right over the milk paint

You can see the dramatic difference in color...both lovely!

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