Going Green with Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Painted Furniture

YES, Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint is a "green" paint
as in environmentally-friendly and VOC-free 
 containing only five natural ingredients (chalk, clay, lime, casein and pigment)
but  green is also taking over the For The Love Studio this week.


It may be watching the hillside around the Studio
change from Summer's brown to Autumn green 
that has inspired more than a few projects.

It all started with this cutie little custom bench. 
Some projects are just "gimmes."
 They're so easy you can close your eyes and they invite the magic 
and practically paint themselves.
Such was the case with this little guy.

Before - a darling little timber stool in need of some MMS Milk Paint magic

He was looking like he would chip on his own, 
but because I'm the "Queen of No-chippy" 
(seriously nothing ever chips for me)
I wasn't taking any chances and I ran my Hemp Oil Brush 
over the surface randomly to act as a resist. 

My client chose Luckett's Green and on it went...in one coat.
 So easy, yet so special. 

The next day, two coats of Hemp Oil sealed the beautiful finish.
It's now waiting  to move back to its forever home 
once finished curing. 
Absolutely loving the result!

Luckett's Green Chippy Bench...so sweet!

I've mentioned more than once that 
I love Miss Mustard Seed leftovers.
Having paint mixed and ready to go,
it's an open invitation I cannot resist!

I had another little custom job waiting in the wings.
A high-quality table from iconic (but now sadly defunct)
South Australian furniture store Sellicks of Unley,


The client's directive was "Make it cool." 
Oh boy.... "cool" really is subjective, isn't it?
This was a pretty special job as I don't 
get very many male clients. 

Before: Charming but dated table from Sellicks of Unley

 A quality piece from the iconic  South Australian 
furniture store Sellicks of Unley,
this table needed serious modernising.

It began with two coats of 
Lumiere Metallic Paint in Pewter on the tabletop.
 Pewter is a modern metallic that resembles metal. 
That's cool, right? 
Or at least a good start. 

I still looked longingly at my  Luckett's Green leftovers.
Lucketts wasn't strong enough to balance the Pewter 
so I added Boxwood and  a hint of Miss Mustard Seed's Yellow 
to create a funky avocado green. 
A coat of Tough Coat Sealer for protection, 
but it still needed something...
few things are cooler than nickel nailheads, right?
They added the perfect rock-n-roll touch I was after.

Custom colour base, metallic Pewter top and nickel nailheads as the final touch

We love a good custom designed piece at For The Love

We still had a bit more going on in the green area!
Another project that was a lot of bang for minimal effort. 
I've had this ladder for awhile, 
it has moved from room to room in my house, 
but it was feeling a bit dark, heavy and a smidge dated.

For this the new European range of Miss Mustard Seed's
Milk Paint was needed with 
Layla's Mint to the rescue!

A ladder needing a bit of greening up with MMS Milk Paint in Layla's Mint

One of Miss Mustard Seed's new European colours, Layla's Mint

 A little trick when painting ladders, ladder back chairs
 or similar — I like to leave a middle rung unpainted 
so it's easier to turn, flip and move while painting.

Mixed up a quick batch of Layla's Mint with no Bonding Agent
to see if any chippy goodness would happen.

Leaving that middle rung as a "handle" for easy movement while painting

I'm loving how the colour lightened this ladder
and made me excited to use it again.

Although I didn't get chippy (my no-chippy reign continues),
I ran some fine-grade sandpaper over the ladder 
before sealing it with Furniture Wax.


I'm my own custom-painted client for this one and 
I admit...I'm a satisfied customer!

Layla's Mint painted ladder put to good use again

Going green, as unintentional as it was,
 was a fantastic way to herald in Fall. 
We had a few other projects around the For The Love Studio 
that added to the collection.

Progress on this gorgeous gal, heavily distressed in Luckett's Green...a bit of work to go!

A good quality natural bristle brush makes a big difference when using MMS Milk Paint

These sparkly green handles and many others can be found in our online shop! $10.95 each on a white laminate cabinet painted in MMSMP Luckett's Green with Flow Blue and finished in White Wax

We have a whole lotta green love happening here at For The Love...

It's all here...for the love...
Sada