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Painting Outdoor Furniture with Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint & Hemp Oil

7/8/2014

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It's wonderful to see the sun again after what has been 
an exceptionally cold Winter.  
We had the coldest night in Adelaide in 130 years!
So seeing the sun drove me outside in a fit of "PaintingMania"
to feel the sun,  get some vitamin D & work on some outdoor furniture.
Can you say Spring Fever?!
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Poor Skippy...so confused!
I love this Adirondack chair.  
A good friend gave it to me & it has been painted 
nearly every shade in the rainbow over the years.
 I think the paint may be what has held it together in the tough Australian sun!

This was its latest state.

 Notice the chipping, peeling paint, the bit of wood rot on the arms & the foot rest. 
The paint was peeling pretty bad on the seat as well.

Have I ever mentioned how lazy I am?  

I hate sanding & any sort of prep. 
That's why the MIRACLE that is Autentico Chalk Paint & 
Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint was  (without sounding too melodramatic)...life changing!

The only preparation I took on this chair before painting 

was running a broom over it to remove the GIANT cobwebs & dead critters.
Then I ran a damp rag over it. That's it. I didn't even scrape the chipping paint off
other than what came off with the broom & rag.
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The Adirondack Chair before getting the royal treatment!
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Before! The footstool awaiting its makeover.
I'm pretty impulsive when painting things for myself.
So this girl got the Chalk Paint treatment (straight over this mess)  
from a tin that was sitting nearby & she looked like this 
before getting set aside for 3-4 months! 
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Stage 1 of the makeover
Some of the peeling paint I pulled off with my fingers as I painted,
 others bit brushed off as I was painting. 
I don't mind, in fact I prefer, dings, knicks, dents etc... on my furniture, 
so although I could've scraped out & filled the wood rot on the arms and on the footstool, 
I left it alone and instead, painted heavily in those areas...almost filling them with paint.

She sat there, looking looking very yellow until one day 

I took my Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint "leftovers" & mixed them all 
together &  got this stunning shade of lavender. 
(Although I do not know exact measurements, the majority of the mix was Dried Lavender, 
there was French Enamel involved & a smidge of Tricycle...my best advice on this is to experiment & play!)
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Getting its purple on!
I liked how it looked with the yellow peeking through
so I decided to go with just one coat to allow the bleed-through.

I love experimenting, so I moved the chair outside 
onto the North-facing 
porch & let her sit undercover but fairly exposed to the elements for about 4 months.
Unprotected from the rain, sun, wind...you name it. 
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Purple painted gorgeousness allowed to
The result was unbelievably gorgeous...Loving this crackly goodness!
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I am over-the-top thrilled with this aged look!

Now that I've got what I want, I need to preserve it.
And today, with the sun shining & the air not freezing 
for what seems like the first time in ages, 
I grabbed my Miss Mustard Seed's Hemp Oil & Brush and headed outside!

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Water-resistant, Heat-resistant Hemp Oil
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Heat and water resistant, the final step 
in this Adirondack chair makeover
 is brushing on Miss Mustard Seed's Hemp Oil 
to preserve & protect not only 
the beautiful Milk Paint technique, 
but also the timber of the chair itself.  
By the way, I intend to repeat this process with 
another piece to see if I can recreate 
the aged/crackled look....or find out if it was just a lucky fluke! 
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But before brushing on the the Hemp Oil, 
I felt it needed one little addition. I added a stencil down the center & once it dried, I finished with Hemp Oil 
for this gorgeous end result.

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Adding a stencil for the final touch
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It's all here...for the love...
Sada
3 Comments
Wicker Outdoor Furniture link
28/1/2015 09:32:07 am

Thanks for this article on outdoor furniture painting. I like ideas which are given here and I must say to others to read this article and get information..

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Sam Raws link
23/3/2015 03:58:58 pm

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John Smith link
3/11/2015 10:44:41 pm

Hello,
The pictures and tutorial you have posted here is nice. I like you work, and i think its Good for most of the people, who want some change, something different and decorative. I appreciate your work and like to say thanks for sharing this with us.
Keep sharing…

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