Wood Working project: another

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Another Gem Colored Milk Paint Dresser!

I just cant get enough of the stunning colors from the Real Milk Paint Co. !

Last dresser re-do it was a bold cobalt/ultra-marine blue. This time Im going

TURQUOISE.

But first, let me tell you about this score on this dresser.

Not too bad. It was obviously a well made piece. Nice type of mahogany. It was in pretty good shape.

The gentleman I bought it from (CL) was one of those storage war people. Although, he

said he got this from his uncle who had passed. He wanted 85 for it. We agreed on $60.

Had no idea what a score I was about to discover.

I have never seen handles like this before. I took a quick glance at them and thought

they were unique. Even the escutcheons were beautiful. Of course he didnt have the key.

Does anyone ever have the key????

Anyway, got the beauty home and started my work. The handles were nice and hefty. Got out the

Brasso and started to see how they would shine up.

Hello!!!! Holy-Solid-Cast-Brass Batman!

Yes. Solid. No plating. I know you know how much solid brass handles cost.

10 handles and 5 escutcheons. You do the math.....uh-huh......Scoresville!

Heres hubs shining the booty up on the polisher.

Want to see what they look like on the finished piece??

Like gold jewelry on a gorgeous gown....check out my Turquoise Baby!!!

I just love this color! I had planned on selling this one. But after seeing how great this color turned

out, and of course this awesome hardware, I think Im keeping this guy.

So I actually used the one marked cobalt blue. However, the rep said that they had an error listing the names, as I told him this color was no where near cobalt. So I really dont know what color this is. The one labeled turquoise is more of a teal. The company was nice enough and sent me two other colors (Peacock and Black) and a jar of their burnishing paste. Its a matte acrylic topcoat. Sort of like using wax on top of chalk paint.

This totally looks like Bo-bo the clowns dresser.

After layering on the milk paint.
Once I start sanding, the other colors
will peek thru.

This shows how I layered on two other colors of chalk paint before painting over the whole
thing with the milk paint. Milk paint works best on completely bare wood. It went over the chalk paint with no problems.

It was a paint-fest!! I have serious issues. While doing the dresser, I also tried out my milk paint on the new campaign dresser I picked up. Yes..a Baker Campaign dresser. For the paltry sum of $15.00!!! Dont Hate! I will talk about that painting fiasco in my next post.....Sheesh....

To bring out the depth in the color, I used a dark wax over all of the paint.

I hate waxing. It took quite awhile and I couldnt move the next morning.

For the wood top. I sanded and used a mixture of stains.

All the wood got coated with Tung Oil that I got from Real Milk Paint Co.

You can read about the oil on my last post on the bold blue dresser.

And here is a pic of it inside my living room.

I just kind of threw it in there,,,,havent really had a chance to decorate around it.

I think its time to repaint the room. Im so not looking forward to that.

Its not a bad color, im just tired of it.

One last look at the pretty jewelry!!

Linking up to all my faves below, plus: theshabbycreekcottage.com

and thanks to: "From my Front Porch to Yours" for the feature!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Another One Bites The Dust Robert Parker

One of my longtime favorite authors has left the building .... Robert Parker has been my go to guy for a relaxing weekend read since my father-in-law introduced me to him about 20 years ago. There was an article in the Boston Globe today detailing his career ... 65 books in 37 years, and, though I havent read them all, I havent found a bad one yet ... Snappy dialog, great characters, mostly happy endings, varied subjects and plot lines, easy, relaxing reading ... Its not War and Peace, but thats not what youre looking for on the weekends, is it? If you havent tried him yet, Im sure your library has about 20 of his books to choose from ... Any of the Spenser detective series, or the Western, Appaloosa would be a great place to start ..... You cant go wrong ... For a short taste of what you might be in for, click the Robert Parker link above and try Author Blog.