Burnishing Paste...LOVE!

We had some fun this week

playing with Milk Paint from

The Real Milk Paint Company

We love Milk Paint

(don't worry, we still love our ASCP, too!)

and this piece was very well-suited to Milk Paint

It was solid wood, the varnish was old and mostly gone

and we didn't care if it got all chippy and crackled...

in fact, we hoped it would!

We selected Pearl and French Grey

We usually seal our Milk Paint projects with wax

but Dwayne from RMPC encouraged us to try

Burnishing Paste

It comes flat or low sheen

we chose low sheen

It has a very creamy consistency and spreads very easily

No buffing was required...

just brush it on and leave it alone

RMPC has a great tutorial,

so if you'd like to learn more about how to use this product

visit them on youtube

We were very brave,

 and decided to give the paste a whirl

over ASCP

It worked great!

It doesn't buff to a sheen like Annie's wax

but it did spread well and protect the surface

Emboldened by our success with the paste,

we decided to apply dark wax over it to see what would happen!

More on that Sunday :0)

Frenchy Finds on a Gorgeous Monday

Today was the first day back at school for the boys...

which of course meant a whole day

with no kids!

We started off at UPS, picking up

our box of goodies from

The Real Milk Paint Company

Very excited to bust into everything

and try all the new products! 

We intended to go back to the studio and paint

but of course, got sidetracked along the way...

Stops one and two left us empty handed...

(Habitat for Humanity and Hospice)

so we took a break and had some fish tacos...

We stopped by one of my favorite furniture shops

and visited with the owners, before purchasing

this cute little French Provincial bedside table

We left behind a great bench and a French Provincial rolling buffet...

who knows, they may still end up in our hands!

On the way to another thrift shop, Kenny talked me into stopping

at a local "antique mall"

I am not a big fan of this particular shop...

it feels like a glorified junk shop

just sort of a big hodge-podge of stuff, from clothing and shoes

to modern home decor and antiques

I prefer a much more edited selection, and typically drive right past

but today, I eye-spied THIS!

Super gorgeous, right???

May just become my new desk chair!

On down the road, at the next shop,

we scored these

The bachelor's chest is the perfect size for an entryway

or in a bathroom...

and how great is that shelf??  

It's HUGE, solid wood, and just fabulous

(underneath all the dust!)

I didn't get pics of the two dressers we also purchased

from CL sellers, because they were too 

cumbersome to unload, photograph, and reload

before delivering to the studio...

guess you'll have to wait for their grand reveal!

What wonderfulness have you found lately?