The Happy Fuchsia: My First Milk Paint Project

Milk Paint Mission Chairs, Part One

Four chairs and three Milk Paint colors later, I have almost finished these chairs!

I've had four of these chairs for a while. They are sturdy and great with the kids, but really not my thing in their orginal Mission style state. So I thought I'd see what a couple coats of Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint could do.

I'd never used Milk Paint before, and knowing that it can be quite unpredictable, I started with just two chairs.

I have to admit, after the first coat...I hated it, but after the second coat...when the chipping started happening....I was falling in love! This paint is so fun! I can't believe how much it transformed these chairs.

I applied Miss Mustard Seed hemp oil to one chair. (the chair on the right) I noticed it made Lucketts Green slightly more blue. So I used Miss Mustard Seed Furniture Wax on chair number two. The color stayed more the same, and I love the subtle variation of the two chairs.

I painted two coats of Miss Mustard Seed Linen on the last two chairs

Ok...confession. First three chairs, I wiped down with cleaner on a cloth. Number four.....not so much. I am assuming that is why I had the mass adhesion problem! Looking back at this picture, I kinda wish I would have kept the linen chair with just the little bit of chipping. But I didn't......

I decided to try out French Enamel. I love this blue! I applied two coats and gently scraped off the chippy areas.

I lightly sanded to reveal some if the Linen paint underneath.

I then applied 2 coats of Miss Mustard Seed Furniture Wax. I think they are still going to need another layer of wax. The paint is rather thick on them!

The seats on these chairs really need to be replaced. They are the orginals and a couple have holes and springs popping through.

So for now I am making slipcovers. Since I now LOVE these chairs, I wanted something that wouldn't cover too much of the chair, and also something that would add a

little femininity to all the straight lines. It also had to be kid friendly, washable, and something that when it did get ruined (an assumption that must be made with a 2, 5, and 7 year old), I could make another.

This slipcover is so simple to make. I used a dropcloth and cut it to the size of the chair. Then I used the scalloped stitch on my sewing machine and stiched around the perimeter of my square.

Then, using emboridery scissors, I carefully cut along the edge, cutting off the excess and creating the scallopped edge.