Archives for June 2015

We found a large French Provincial bedroom set at auction and then had the difficult task of determining paint color! We wanted to show off some of the other paint colors in the Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint line we haven’t used as much on big pieces. There were lots of pieces though so we did some neutral in a Grain Sack/Ironstone mix and some in Mustard Seed Yellow with a custom mix of white wax…

The yellow pieces…

 

And the neutral pieces…

 

The bed and the mirror are still available BUT we just did another smaller set in Eulalie’s Sky — can’t wait to show you that one!

I decided we needed to do more color mixing, and that we should mix Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint colors Curio and Tricycle to get a great barn red. Good idea, right? Yes…until you mix them at the wrong ratio and get maroon. Ooops! I wish I had a picture. We quickly fixed it with a coat of tricycle by itself and some antiquing wax – it turned out to be a lovely piece!

The Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint European line launched in January and we’ve been spending the spring getting to know these colors a little better. People ask me quite often if I have a favorite of the new colors. I usually go back and forth for a few minutes and settle on Layla’s Mint. However, Mora has been gaining my favor in the last month or so because I’m starting to notice Mora’s green tones more and more.
This sofa table has a beautiful caned bottom shelf that allowed more light to filter through showing all the subtle green/grayness of Mora. A light antiqued finish enhanced but did not cover up one of our new fave colors!

We’ve been painting several pieces in Miss Mustard Seed’s Typewriter the last few weeks. I love the lightness of typewriter. It is a soft black, almost dark gray, and will never be a high gloss lacquer black. We almost always finish typewriter with antiquing wax to make it a smidge darker. Check out these beautiful pieces…

And these…

We bought this buffet with a china cabinet and decided to finish them in the same colors. Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Marzipan…white wax…lovely!

 

This day bed screamed 1978. There were several Brady Bunch references and lots of brown, orange and avocado fabric horror stories from our youth!
But, look at her now!! We worked with one of our favorite customers, Renee, on the color and fabric. Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Grain Sack with our custom mix of Antiquing and Furniture waxes paired with a great white/gray stripe took this lovely from groovy to fabulous!

We’ve really been digging through our barn lately to get some pieces we’ve been storing for a while in the store. This piece was in great shape. I wasn’t sure what to use for the pulls on the three doors or how to handle the wood inserts on the glass.

— I hit up the Hardware Bin for some petite hardware. I settled on a bronze/gold pair that were just the right size. Problem one solved!

–We decided to leave the shelves and wood inserts  in the original finish. It was the path of least resistance on this piece and sometimes that is the best way to go. Problem Two, check!

So, after a coat of Miss Mustard Seed’s Tough Coat, two coats of MMSMP in Grain Sack, and a coat of our custom mix of Furniture and Antiquing Waxes, here it is…

 

This piece is from a few years, but shows how beautiful Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Linen can be. If you’ve been in the store or ever talked to me about the light neutrals of the line, you know I am a big fan of Grain Sack. I plan to use Linen and Ironstone more, but always come back to Grain Sack! This piece may help me change my mind though – she’s a beauty!

Don’t you just love that word? Credenza. I still remember my dad’s office. He had a large desk that was always covered with a million stacks of papers, chairs that outlined the room and a credenza with a phone (rotary, of course), books and a TV. The word reminds me of my youth when I would get off the bus and head into my dad’s office to do my homework or watch TV.

We decided the lattice on this piece needed to go so we removed it and then painted the whole thing in Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Typewriter. After a week or so, we decided it needed a little something extra so we painted the inserts in a custom mix of Dixie Belle Mineral Paint. Look at  it now — completely ready for someone’s office!

We’ve been using Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint in Artissimo quite a bit lately. I have navy in my own home and prefer it to black (not sure if it’s those Kentucky roots or just a natural love of blue?).

Our first piece had been languishing at the barn for over two years. Sometimes if we don’t have an immediate need for a piece, it finds the way to the bottom of a stack of furniture. It’s a nice, old two-tiered ornate table and turned out quite nicely, I think! It is currently available at Old Picket Fence in Noblesville.

The next piece given a fresh look in Artissimo is this fantastic sofa table. It is a great size – perfect for an entry or behind a large sectional. It is still available at fivethirty in Zionsville.

 

 

Both pieces were finished with a coat of Miss Mustard Seed’s Antiquing Wax for a rich, navy look!