Milk Painted Cabinet for a Whole New Look!

4 Materials
$20
3 Hours
Medium

I found this cupboard/cabinet at our local charity shop and I loved the glass doors, but the varnished wood looked a little dated and boring, so I whisked it home for a makeover to give it a new lease of life.

I gave the whole piece a rough sanding just to give the paint a little "tooth" to grip onto. A little bit of prep can save disappointment at the end of your project.

I mixed up some Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint in the colour Eulalie's Sky to paint the inside of the entire cupboard. I had removed the cupboard doors and taped the edges of the glass so I didn't splatter paint on the glass.

Milk Paint is easy to mix up in a 1:1 ratio - one part milk paint powder to one part water. For the inside of the cupboard I probably used approx. a cup of powder to a cup of water. I painted two coats.

I mixed up some Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint in the colour, Linen (approx a cup powder to a cup of water), and painted the outside of the cupboard in the Linen colour. I then stencilled the front panels of the two doors using one of the Funky Junk Old Sign Stencils. It came with a couple of options for the place name and also an option for the coffee beans vs the coffee cup. Very cute I thought.

Then I sanded the entire piece, distressing the edges for an aged, worn look. After wiping down, my helpful assistant helped to seal the entire piece using a Tough Coat Wipe-on polyurethane. It is a lovely finish that doesn't yellow over time or with sunlight.

And here's the finished look. I added some sneaky LED lights in the top shelves of the cupboard just for the photos.

Another "after pic" with the door open.

I popped one of my stencilled antique crates into the cupboard for this pic.

For the full pics and more details, click through to the blog post link here in this post.

Suggested materials:
  • Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint   (Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint retailers)
  • Old Sign Stencil   (Funky Junk Old Sign Stencils)
  • Paint brush   (Cling On! Brush stockist)
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  • Tcooper9 Tcooper9 on May 26, 2017

    Absolutely gorgeous! Inspirit ion for me. Thank you for sharing!

  • Davidm Davidm on May 28, 2017

    Love the paint mixture I never heard that before, I'll have to give it a try!

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