Faux Mantel – How to get chippy milk paint over raw wood!

I recently worked with American Farmhouse Style magazine to come up with a post for fall using our milk paint.  I had the perfect project in mind.  I have always wanted a vintage faux mantel but have never came across a good one.  I decided…

Affiliates!

Did you know that we now have affiliates?!   A lot of you promote and talk about the paint but cant or don't want to become a retailer for whatever reason.  But, you might as well earn a small commission from anyone you direct to our website…

DIY Corbel Shelves

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Well, it has been well over a year and a half since i last posted.  A lot has changed in that time as well.  A lot!  We had bought one workshop then outgrew it, so i sold it and bought the bigger one next door.  It required a complete gut…

Introducing new Eco-Orchard Paint!

Fruit growers have long seen a need to protect tree trunks from the scalding sun. During the heat of the day, trunks can expand, and then contract overnight in the cooler air, sometimes splitting the bark and damaging the tree. A solution to…

New Sweet Pickins Milk Paint color!

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Its new color day - woohoo!! Introducing "Proper". With neutral farmhouse colors being so popular these days, i wanted to add a color to our line that will not only work with neutral decor, but it also looks good with so many other colors! I…

Fresh Cut Tree signs and Stockings!

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Hi there!  So much to tell you guys since I’ve last posted!  But that will have to wait for another day ????. Today I just wanted to check in real quick and show you guys these cute signs we are making in our shop and they are available…

CAMERON VAN DYKE

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Cameron Van Dyke of Grand Rapids, Michigan designs and builds unique high quality furniture, custom interiors, and public sculpture. His work blends a respect for traditional and modern design with a passion for experimentation. This Shaker…

Vintage Perkins

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Michael Perkins is a fifth generation woodworker and one of America's leading designer/craftsmen working exclusively with vintage wood. He has created modern, enduring home furnishings and accents, as well as cutting-edge restaurant interiors…

PETE GAETANI WOODWORKING

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Pete Gaetani Woodworking is a small custom shop located in Watertown, Massachusetts. "I specialize in custom millwork, cabinetry and furniture. When customers ask me about painted finishes I always suggest Old Fashioned Milk Paint. The products…

KELLY KERIN

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Kelly Kerin's woodworking focuses on Celtic art woodcarvings and boxes of various sizes. He uses Milk Paint whenever a painted surface is required on his boxes. Generally, he likes to start with one color and paint over it with another and maybe…

FEEHAN HAMMOCK STUDIO

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Glenn Hammock of Deming, NM is a woodcarver/sculptor and cabinetmaker. His specialty is carved three dimensional pieces, and relief, many of which are painted with a milk paint base and then glazed. Glenn does commisioned pieces and at the moment…

Farmhouse Furnishings

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At Farmhouse Furnishings in Apex, NC Jim Aroner handcrafts mirrors, cabinets and tables out of pine and accents them with tin crown moldings and old hardware. They are carefully finished with up to seven coats of stain, sealer and Milk Paints. Farmhouse…

NANCY BARNETT

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Nancy Barnett of Fresco Studio has been using our Milk Paint and other products for some time, and is very experienced with its application. She does a lot of faux-finishing and decorative painting; she also paints entire rooms with milk paint,…

Claviers Baroques

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Claviers Baroques is a husband and wife team (Den Ciul and Dawn Lyons) who build harpsichords, clavichords and other historical keyboard instruments in Toronto, Canada. They use traditional methods and materials in their work. All instruments…

Spring Blessings

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Spring Blessings in Greencastle PA creates primitive and early decorative art pieces. The boxes pictured at right are copies from originals at the Philadelphia Art Museum. They are cut from paper, hand sewn together, then covered with newspaper…

Jason Drury

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Jason Drury, a self-proclaimed computer "nerd", has been woodworking as a hobby for the past three years. His latest project is a chifferobe for his daughter's room, that he built, then painted with white milk paint. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Jason…

KIMBERLY KELZER

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Kim Kelzer is a nationally renowned furniture maker, instructor and lecturer from Freeland, WA, who has been using our milk paint for many years. Kim is involved in The Art Parts Project to connect Whidbey Island homeowners and building professionals…

Andy Buck

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Andy Buck received his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design, and has been active in the studio furniture field for 20 years. He is currently a Full Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he teaches woodworking and furniture…

B. M. JAPAN CORPORATION

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B. M. Japan Corporation in Tokyo, Japan is one of our distributors. This office interior, painted with our Old Fashioned Milk Paint, has a unique modern look! FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT B. M. Japan Corporation Tokyo, Japan (81)3 3266 …

MICHAEL DE FOREST

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Michael de Forest Woodworking - Most of Michael's work, whether chairs, tables, desks or cabinets are portraits of real or imagined people. As he builds each piece he tries to include the line and form of a drawn portrait. Then he covers them…

Wick Ahrens

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Wick Ahrens in Peru, Vermont creates exquisite carved whales and marine mammals for the corporate and private collector. His work can be seen in many Museums. Wick uses our Milk Paint as a finish on some of his remarkable sculptures. FOR MORE…

DOMINIC WHITE

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Dominic White is an artist living in Portland, ME. He received his BFA in illustration from the University of Hartford in 1991 and then spent ten years in Seattle, WA where he was a designer and illustrator. In 2001 he moved back to his native…

JOSE REGUEIRO JR.

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Studio furniture maker, Jose Regueiro Jr., uses milk paint over solid hardwood and then finishes with several coats of hand rubbed satin polyurethene to create impressive functional furniture. Since opening his studio in 1981, his work has…

AvroKO SMART.SPACE

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Thinking Inside the Box... Innovatively! AvroKO, a New York based design firm, has just launched an exciting project called Smart.Space. We are pleased that AvroKO wanted to use our milk paint as part of the project. In creating SmartSpace,…

KIMBERLY WINKLE

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Kimberly Deann Winkle combines furniture and sculptural elements to create one of a kind objects in her studio in Smithville, TN where she is currently an Artist in Residence at the Appalachian Center for Craft. Her work involves the scrutiny…