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Painting Cinder Block with Real Milk Paint

If you wish to expand your living space by making your basement more livable, painting cinder block with milk paint helps you take the look of concrete walls up a notch. Real Milk Paint comes in a variety of colors for complete customization, and since it's a powder medium, you can mix up as [...]

How to Distress Furniture: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide

Knowing how to distress furniture comes in handy when you want to blend new or handmade furnishings with vintage or antique furnishings. Specific DIY distressing techniques provide nearly unlimited alternatives to sprucing up old pieces, customizing garage or estate sale finds and upcycling thrift store or free-on-the-curb furniture. If you want to add a [...]

Painting Fabric with Real Milk Paint

Fans of upcycling garage sale or thrift store finds may discover lots of unique pieces on their digs. Things like ugly upholstery hues sometimes make the difference between a must-have and a hard pass. Oftentimes, the amount of fixes necessary to bring those furnishings back to some semblance of their original glory just aren’t worth [...]

How to Paint a Wood Fence

Painting a wooden fence helps preserve the wood and makes your home's exterior look more attractive. Whether the fence is new, faded by time or you just want to change the color, the Real Milk Paint Co. offers solutions for how to paint a wooden fence that include milk paints in a wide range of colors to suit most [...]

DIY Wooden Pumpkin Crafts for the Fall Season

With autumn moving into full swing, it’s time to start thinking about decorating ideas for both Halloween and Harvest gatherings. When considering DIY projects that fit both themes, wooden pumpkins offer a flexible fall decorating solution that takes you to Thanksgiving and beyond. Pumpkins prove a versatile choice since they come in a variety of [...]

Painting a Log Cabin with Milk Paint

Log cabins make cozy alternatives to modern homes, providing a touch of nostalgia whether used as a vacation spot or full-time dwelling. To enjoy your log cabin fully, however, you want to keep it looking as near to authentic as possible. One way to do that is to use Real Milk Paint as your primary [...]

What Is a Wax Brush and How Do You Use It?

Having the right tools for the task at hand helps you breeze through even the toughest of jobs. Likewise, wax brushes from The Real Milk Paint Co. simplify the process of finishing painted projects with a smooth, even coat of our various waxing products. Perfect for applying everything from our Soapstone Sealer and  Carnauba Wax [...]

Green Woodworking: An Introduction

Carved Spoon, sealed with Dark Tung Oil, by @crowdogsloyd Greenwoodworking is the practice of harvesting freshly felled wood (green) and transforming, typically with hand tools only, into items like spoons, bowls, chairs, and other objects. Part of the appeal of building your own projects is knowing you put them together with your [...]

Stenciling Wood and Concrete Floors with Real Milk Paint

Credit: Deojay Design + Consulting With time and use, all flooring loses its luster and shine, and even the best quality hardwood starts showing its age. Likewise, spaces with concrete flooring such as garages can come across as utilitarian and unfinished if you convert the area into actual living space. While you [...]

How to Make a Chalkboard with Real Milk Paint

DIY chalkboard projects and crafts are seemingly everywhere these days, and there’s a good reason why: they’re a fun home improvement project. Whether you plan to use your project as an easel for kids' playrooms, a to-do list board for the kitchen, or giant chalkboard wall art for the living room, DIY chalkboards bring an [...]