Summer Break and Recent Keeps

by Michele | Jun 10, 2013 | Other

The past week has been a complete whirlwind! School has been out for a week, and on top of adjusting to a new routine and schedule with kids home all day, I’ve had three full painting workshops, a regular schedule to keep at the store and a mini-getaway with my...

Here Comes The Bride

by Michele | Jun 1, 2013 | Other

I have weddings on the mind. Perhaps it’s because my anniversary is this weekend and I’m feeling nostalgic. Or, maybe it’s simply because it is the month of June…wedding month.     Did you know that we rent our furniture and...

Paint Color Recipes for Chalk Paint® and Milk Paint

by Michele | May 23, 2013 | Other

In my search for some variety with my painting, I have been mixing colors…a lot! I thought I would share some of my most recent “recipes” along with some of the newest furniture pieces.It’s hard to believe, but this dresser is painted with milk...

Kitchen Scale Colored Wax over Grain Sack Milk Paint

by Michele | May 13, 2013 | Other

If you love to paint, you probably get bored doing the “same old, same old.” I do. I like to play around with the colors, mix ’em up, fiddle around with the wax…stretch my limits with the possibilities. One of the things I love about Annie...

House Projects and Store Projects

by Michele | May 9, 2013 | Other

For the past two years, I have been tackling the house one room at a time. I started with the guest bedroom, moved to the living room which snowballed into the kitchen. Then, I made some updates to the Master Bedroom and bathroom, re-vamped the family room, renovated...

Milk Paint Eye Candy

by Michele | Apr 27, 2013 | Other

Another Milk Painted masterpiece! I can’t take full credit for this one. Elena, our newest knot too shabby intern picked the color for this primitive roll top secretary desk.Even without paint, it was pretty cool looking. But, this piece was just screaming milk...