I get so many compliments on this turquoise color milk paint.
It's from the Real Milk Paint Company and their name is "cobalt". This time I mixed
in a little of their green here and there to give it a little extra accenting.
Just your standard vintage mahogany desk. Everything got sanding and sealed with shellac (remember the dealing with mahogany, the tannins in the wood cause bleed through. Shellac or primer, prevents the bleed through).
I redid the top using custom colors in a walnut and gel mahogany. It's been so unbelievably hot, I have to wait until night to work. Even at 10PM, the garage is a balmy 92! I have some projects to paint in enamel, but I can't until it cools down. Luckily with milk paint, it doesn't matter.
I redid the top using custom colors in a walnut and gel mahogany. It's been so unbelievably hot, I have to wait until night to work. Even at 10PM, the garage is a balmy 92! I have some projects to paint in enamel, but I can't until it cools down. Luckily with milk paint, it doesn't matter.
And Judy always keeps me company!
This is a desk that is finished all the way around. Doing the back, below.
The top got a few coats
of GF urethane.
I painted that little bistro chair eons ago. I could probably redo it in colors to match the desk.
While the drawers hardly chipped, the sides and back did. That's milk paint for ya!
I think the desk showcases my home made "beachy" signs to a T!
****(Update on this piece,,,,this was sold from my Etsy store to a customer in Fla. Well, the shipping truck was stolen while the driver was sleeping over in a motel. The truck had 35 different items in it. To my knowledge, it was never found. My poor desk is out there somewhere!)
Linking up at my fave parties!! :
Kammys Korner - Trash to Treasure Tuesdays
Domestically Speaking - The Power of Paint Party
Miss Mustardseed - Furniture Feature Friday
Redoux - Friday Link Up Party
Funky Junk Interiors - Saturday Night Special
A Stroll Thru Life - Inspire Me Tuesday
Tuesday-Elizabeth and Co., My uncommon Slice of Suburbia,
