Antique Pie Safe Re-done

Today I want to share an antique pie safe I just finished restoring.

Now I don't want all of you chippy paint lovers to cry when I tell you I painted this piece. I know a lot of you would have left it as is, but I had my reasons.  Here is the before picture.

This is the top...

and here is the bottom.  If you look on the top of the bottom :-) you'll see a bag and a watering can with water.  This is the milk paint that I used to paint the pie safe.

First, I had to make some minor repairs, after over 100 years of use things were kind of sagging and loose! Then I gave it a thorough scrubbing and boy did it need it!

Next I painted the entire outside of the piece with milk paint in "Buttermilk". After that dried I took a scrapper and gently scraped off the loose paint. Milk paint, without the bonding agent, will not bond in certain areas and is easily scraped off giving you that sought after chippy look.

I then antiqued the entire piece with a burnt umber wash and after that dried I dry brushed on more milk paint and scraped again. Once it was dry I applied two coats of clear, soft wax to the entire piece which sealed it stopping the chipping and protecting the finish.

Here is the finished piece.  I like that soft color much better and it is clean!

A close up of the front shows that you still have that chippy, worn look so you can quit crying now! lol

I love the patina on the butcher block top on the bottom and I left the original hardware with all their chippiness. (Hmmm, wonder how many times I can work a variation of chippy in this post)

The inside of the top was clean but had stains so I gave it a light coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in "Versailles". Much better!

The bottom drawers are metal which is typical of a piece like this but the sides were wood and also had stains so I gave all the drawers a coat of ASCP in "Madonna Blue" (a color I mixed myself using different original ASCP colors).  By the way you will be seeing more original colors of chalk paint as I am creating a whole line of unique colors to use on my furniture.

I am having so much fun mixing my own colors of chalk paint.  The possibilities are endless and I'm giving each color a name.

Finally, I gave the entire piece inside and out two coats of clear, soft wax.  This stopped the paint from chipping and protects your finish.

I hope you like how it turned out and are inspired to try milk paint for yourself. :-)

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Time has just flown by I've been so busy. I hope you  had a wonderful and prosperous week. :-)

Here's a look at last weeks favorite posts and if you didn't link up last week be sure to join us this week. We missed you. 

Everyone just loved Kathy Moody's glitzed, shabby chic, pumpkin make over. So pretty. Check out the full post at Life on Lakeshore Drive.

Sarah over at Alderberry Hill shared a great tutorial on how to make this darling "Countdown to Halloween" sign. 

Kathryn at The Dedicated House is sharing the story of her dining room make over.  Love that blue Kathryn.

Kaysi at Keeping It Simple made this darling pumpkin pillow using scraps of material she already had and her Cameo she makes it sound so easy.

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Small Coffee Table Redo

Hello everyone I hope you had a wonderful week. :-)

I'm feeling much better and have been working on several pieces including an antique pie safe I picked up at an auction recently.

Today I'm sharing a small table redo that I recently finished and carried to King's Antiques.

I'm not sure how you are going to take the finish I applied to this piece, but I enjoyed how the colors peeked through so much on the blanket chest I recently re-furbished I wanted to explore that look some more. 

This is what I started with a nice, vintage, solid wood table.  I lightly sanded the piece just because I'm kind of weird and sometimes I just like to sand things! As I was using chalk paint it really wasn't necessary. I then thoroughly cleaned it.

Next I roughly painted the entire piece in patches with ASCP in Versailles Green, Greek Blue, and Duck Egg Blue. When that was thoroughly dry I applied a healthy coat of Old White.

My next step was to print the ballet fairy I found at The Graphic's Fairy onto tissue paper and transfer it to the center top of the table.  On the sides of the table I used tissue paper flowers from a napkin, and on the bottom center roses from a napkin.

When decoupaging tissue paper start by applying your decoupage medium to the area you want your image, and apply the image starting at the center and moving outward using a brush loaded with Mod Podge. Be sure to only use a couple of strokes in each area as the tissue will dissolve easily.

Once that was dry I took sandpaper and distressed the edges of the images to blend them to the piece better.

I then waxed the entire piece with clear paste wax and heavily distressed the entire piece. Then applied another coat of clear wax and lightly buffed.

I really liked how you could see all the colors showing through as if the piece had been painted time and again.  You may even think that at one time there were more images on the top. 

Hope you enjoyed this quick little redo. 

You know what I like about what I do? If I paint something no one else likes I can always keep it myself! LOL Or if I have the time, and feel like it, I can sand it down and repaint it. It's all fun to me.

Have a wonderful weekend and by the way I appreciate each and everyone of you that check in to see what I've been up to. I'm honored that you like what I do.