It's time to freshen up for the new year! Blanca from Furniture With Imagination is going to show you how she used Toscana Milk Paint to transform this dresser into a treasure.

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HOW TO

Step One: Clean Piece With Clean Slate

Step Two: Cover Drawers With One Coat Of Dunavant Green One Step Paint

(You can skip this step and opt to sand the piece instead)

Step Three: Let Drawers Dry

Step Four: Mix Three Parts "Topiary" And One Part "Noir" Milk Paints With One Part Water

Step Five: Apply Milk Paint To Drawers

(Paint will be watery. Lay furniture flat to ensure your piece will not have water droplets.)

Step Six: Let Drawers Dry

Step Seven: Mix Your "Venetian Brown" and "As All Get Out" Milk Paints

Step Eight: Use Sea Sponge To Apply "Venetian Brown" Milk Paint

Step Nine: Take "As All Get Out "Milk Paint And Paint On Top Of Wet Milk Paint

Step Ten: Let Drawers Dry

Step Eleven: Apply Antiquing Glaze With Sea Sponge

Step Twelve: Let Drawers Dry

Step Thirteen: Load Brush With Light Wax And Offload On Cardboard

Step Fourteen: Apply Light Wax To Drawers

Step Fifteen: Repeat Steps Thirteen And Fourteen With Dark Wax

Step Sixteen: Sand The Piece

Step Seventeen: Apply Cerusing Wax Everywhere But The Drawers

Step Eighteen: Wait 10 Minutes Then Buff Piece

Step Nineteen: Once Piece Is Dry Add Drawers Back In & Start Enjoying The Bragging Rights!

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-Clean Slate

-One Step Paint Dunavant Green

-Topiary Milk Paint

-Noir Black Milk Paint

 -Venetian Brown Milk Paint

-As All Get Out Milk Paint

-Artist Brush

-Antiquing Glaze

-Light Wax

-Dark Wax

-Vintage Wood Cerusing Wax

Additional Supplies:

-Sea Sponge

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Create a textured, layered, custom colored finish with me today! This finish will work on a piece of furniture with a factory finish or wood. I want to show you how to create custom colors with the Milk Paint, you will love it.

Here's Your List Of Products Needed

Bauhaus Buff

Milk Paint - Tuscany In The Summer, Noir, and Amalfi Coast

Pigment Powder in Loire Earth

Cracked Gesso

Antiquing Glaze

Step 1: Apply Your Base

We are going to use Bauhaus Buff One Step Paint as a base. You can paint this over a factory finish! Let this paint dry before going to the next step. 

Step 2: Your First Layer Of Your Milk Paint Custom Color

Take your Tuscany In The Summer Milk Paint and mix it with Loire Earth Pigment Powder in their dry form to get your custom color. Add water to get your Milk Paint ready - you want to mix 1 part water to 1 part paint. It will be thin!

Pounce and spread your Milk Paint onto your piece. There is no rhyme or reason for how to paint it, but you don't want a lot of bubbles. Let your paint dry. 

Step 3: Cracked Gesso

The Cracked Gesso will crack the Milk Paint. Mix one part Cracked Gesso to one part water (preferable lukewarm). I used 1/2 a cup of each, it will be the consistency of a thin sour cream. Take a chip brush, load it up, and pain the Cracked Gesso onto the piece. You want to pounce it on because that will add more texture.

Step 4: Your Second Custom Milk Paint Color

Mix 3 parts Amalfi Coast Milk Paint and 1/2 part of Noir Milk Paint. You want to mix them in their dry form and then add 1 part water to 1 part paint.

Paint your milk paint onto your piece with a chip brush. Let it dry 15-20 minutes.

 Step 5: Time To Antique!

Take your Antiquing Glaze and a sponge - do one pass of the glaze over your piece. Let it set for a few seconds. 

Now that the paint is ready to start lifting, take more glaze and pulling the paint.

If you take too much off - just take your finger, dip it in your milk paint, and re-add it to your piece.

Milk Paint is so diverse! Watch this and learn all the different finishes you can create with Milk Paint. Watch as Amy takes you through how to use Antiquing Glaze, Milk Paint Binder, Furniture Tonic, Matte Sealer and more!

On Get This Look this week, Amy shows you how to recreate a Chippy Barnwood Painted Finish! Watch her video below and give it a try. You're going to LOVE how this turns out...

Products Needed:

• English Walnut Gel Stain
• Cracked Gesso
• Amalfi Coast Milk Paint
• Antiquing Glaze
• Light Wax
• Dark Wax
• Dust of Ages
• Chip Brushes

Instructions:

1. If you're starting with raw wood you will want to stain it. Amy used English Walnut Gel Stain, apply it with the grain and liberally everywhere. Then lightly wipe it off with a lint free rag, be sure you don't have any streaks. Gel Stain will take about 30 minutes to dry on raw wood.

 

Create a gorgeous multi-color finish by following this tutorial! Scroll down to shop the products Amy used and to see instruction. Don't forget to Enjoy The Bragging Rights!

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Instructions:

1. Start by staining your piece with Gel Stain, Amy used English Walnut. Take a lint-free rag and wipe the stain after applying it. Let it dry for about 2 hours.
2. Then apply a layer of Cracked Gesso to your dried piece. 
3. Mix up your custom Milk Paint color. We used 2 teaspoons of Scandinavian Grey, 2 teaspoons of Amalfi Coast, and 2 teaspoons of Noir Black. You want the mixture to be 1 part powder to 1 part water for a thin consistency. 
4. Paint on your custom color, this is the darkest color you will use. Apply with a chip brush and remember to lay your piece flat. 
5. Next is a layer of just Scandinavian Gray Milk Paint. Mix it with one part powder and one part water. Apply with a chip brush. 
6. Next take Antiquing Glaze and apply with a sponge. Work at a 45 degree angle and work your way across the piece. You want to go for an organic look! We want to cover the entire piece in the glaze.
7. After you've covered the piece, clean your sponge in a water bath before dipping it in to the Antiquing Glaze. Allow the Antiquing Glaze to sit for a while so that it will allow you to lift the paint. After cleaning your sponge, take it and start working it over your piece again to start pulling the paint. Keep cleaning your sponge as it gets dirty with paint. 
8. Once you've worn the piece to your liking, it's time to wax! Load up your Light Wax, offload it on to some cardboard. Then go over the piece in passes, try not to go over the whole piece. 
9. Next take your Dark Wax and feather it over the edges and various areas. You do NOT want to put the Dark Wax over your whole piece. 
10. Take your Dust of Ages and put it over the whole piece. Work it in with your hands once the Dark Wax and Light Wax have set or come to tack. Take a lint-free rag and buff the piece with the Dust of Ages on top. 
11. ENJOY THE BRAGGING RIGHTS!

We are color crushing on Scandinavian Grey Milk Paint this week...the perfect grey color! 

Watch as Amy shows you how you can transform this color using Cracked Gesso, Antiquing Glaze, and Light and Dark waxes.

She also goes through great tips on mixing your Milk Paints, the consistency, and more...

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Scandinavian Grey Milk Paint

Cracked Gesso

Antiquing Glaze

Light Wax

Dark Wax

On this #FinishFriday Amy sat down to go over Toscana Milk Paint, which is also her favorite finish! This video is great for beginners to learn what you can do with this amazing product.

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Toscana Milk Paint allows you to easily recreate the iconic historic patina found on European antiques. Each carefully curated pigment is sourced from Italy and the South of France to provide superior finish, color, and vibrancy. Whether you are a beginner or an expert purist, you are sure to fall in love with Amy’s favorite finish!

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It’s often hard to see the potential of a piece when you first buy or rescue it. Sometimes, it’s even harder to see how you can recreate Old World finishes on furniture or decor you’ve owned for a while.

On this episode of Finish Friday, Amy walks you through a few ways to finish your pieces using Amy Howard at Home’s Legno Gesso and Toscana Milk Paint. Because the cracked gesso and milk paint dry quickly, you’ll be able to give your pieces that Old World finish you didn’t think you could get outside of Europe!

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