A Quick Weekend Project

I thought I would share a very quick project I worked on last weekend. I have been painting everything in sight so Mr. Savvy and miss Bailey better watch out. I think every time spring or fall come along I get into some kind of nesting mode.

I have had this pair of candlesticks for years and they were just plain light colored wood. I pulled them out the other day and decided I wanted to change the color.

I have taken these photos showing you what the paint looks like with hemp oil added and the before it was added. You can see how the oil brings out the color and adds some shine.

This shows the the color before the oil and the distressing I did. When I was at the Haven Conference last July I attended Amy Howard's paint class and we painted a piece of trim and then used her Antiquing Glaze to distress with. So it's one coat of her One Step paint or other chalk paint, I used Annie Sloan chalk paint in French Linen since I had it on hand, let that dry.  Then use milk paint over the base coat and let that dry. I used Miss Mustard Seed milk paint in Typewriter that I also had on hand. Then the fun part of using the antiquing glaze and the magic begins. The milk paint will lift off of the base coat just by using a sea sponge to dab it on.

Then after that dries just add some wax or hemp oil like I did. So quick and easy for a whole new look. I finished the other candlestick and love how they look now.

Do you have any quick projects you just finished or any other projects, fall decorating, crafts, recipes, and so on? Then I hope you will come back to Wow us with those tonight at 7pmET at Wow Us Wednesdays.

Have an awesome day and see you there!

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