Bayberry Green Milk Paint

I was able to get a free sample of Bayberry Green SafePaint (milk paint for walls) from The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company.  The Weathered Door had a post on how she got the free sample and I immediately ordered one for myself.  I was going to post a link to the page where it said you can order a free sample, but they have since taken it down and now charge for one ounce samples--sorry!  

It was a eight ounce package of powder and I mixed up the entire thing because I didn't know how much I would need.  Well, turns out it is a LOT of milk paint!  I had to paint a bunch of things in it since the paint can't be stored for very long.

I started with this dresser.

I painted the body and drawers with two coats and did a wash on the top after I stained it.  I did that because the top was not in the best condition and I needed to cover up the issues.

I sanded the entire dresser with a medium grit sanding sponge to distress and smooth the paint.  The sanding brought out the wood grain in such a cool way.  I waxed with Minwax Finishing Paste.  

Next up was this corner shelf.

It got a rustic treatment with the color.  I only painted one coat and then distressed heavily.  

I waxed it with Minwax Finishing Paste and then moved onto this table that I got at the auction.

I sanded the top down and was able to stain it.  Which created my favorite combo of dark stained top and green body.  

This time the color was screaming Army Green to me and I wanted to add something to it that brought that out.  I settled on a stripe of Valspar Posh Red across the front. 

It was just the right little touch.  I distressed and waxed with Minwax Finishing Paste.

I still had more paint left so I painted this little table that I had from my parents.  It started out as a honey colored wood table.  I painted it with two coats, distressed and waxed.

I still had paint left, but didn't use it because I ran out of time to paint that weekend.  I hated to waste the paint, but to paint a dresser, shelf and two small tables with one free sample was pretty impressive.  

Even though it's milk paint, it is not the type to chip, like Miss Mustard Seed's paint, because it is made for walls.  The pricing is reasonable--comparable to latex, it goes on nicely (you just have to keep mixing it), dries very fast and smooth and is easy to distress.  It is very different to use than homemade chalk paint, but you get used to it.

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