My tips on using milk paint and how to get a non chippy look

Earlier this week I posted about how I used milk paint to completely transform a dated china hutch in my living room.  I used Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint to do the job.  This was my first time using milk paint and I didn't know what to expect when I first started it.  Of course I did as much research as I could but when you actually do it, you learn a lot.  In this post I'm going talk about some of the things I learned when I painted my china cabinet, and what you should and shouldn't do to achieve that non chippy look with milk paint.

China Cabinet Makeover with Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint

This post has been a long time coming.  After all of the Christmas festivities, I made it a goal for the New Year to paint this 80's looking oak china cabinet we've had in our living room for the past three years.  It was time for a much needed paint makeover.  I didn't want to do a latex paint and have it look really glossy.  I wanted it to look like I spent a lot of money on it and wanted to make a statement with this piece.  This china cabinet has some really good bones, is made from solid wood, and has really beautiful antique brass glass leaded windows and shelves.  After some research I came across this stuff called milk paint.  Milk paint is normally known for having that chippy look, I knew I didn't want the chippy look on this china cabinet. I saw pictures of milk paint where it was smooth, not chippy, and it looked gorgeous.  So that's when I decided to use Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint to do the job. 

Getting all brass knobby and pully up in here!

For the past two months, I've been slaving away painting a china cabinet and I'm happy to announce that after three coats of paint, two coats of hemp oil, and a final coat of wax, I'm done!  BUT, one of the hardest parts of this makeover has been trying to find new hardware that is going to take this outdated china cabinet and give it a stylish facelift.  I've been scouring the internet and Pinterest to get some inspiration and found some beautiful looking hardware.  I would never think I would ever dig the brass look, funny, it kind of reminds me of the 1980's, but I've been so drawn to it!  It's so stylish, chic, and adds such a great regal and sophisticated touch to a piece of furniture.

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