Transforming An On Line Purchase

I ordered this little bull head a couple of months ago from Antique Farmhouse and was so disappointed at how cheap it looked that I took it and put it away. The bad part about ordering on line is sometimes the picture doesn't show the true product, but the price was right so I ordered it. I normally have good luck with Antique Farmhouse.

This is how it arrived. It is a shiny black plastic cow head stuck on a plastic plaque made to look old. It would have been alright if the plastic look wasn't so obvious.

After it had been stored away for quite some time I had a thought. Maybe I could improve the look of it and use it after all. So I pulled out my Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint in Luckett's Green.

Funny how the paint looks yellow in powder form.

As soon as you mix it in water it turns this lovely shade of green.

I scuffed up the finish with a sanding block and then painted the entire piece with the paint.

I was hoping the milk paint would do its magic and peel. It did on the red base, but not on the head so much so I simply sanded it in places.

I then waxed the entire piece and buffed it and this is how it turned out.

Much better don't you think?

Now I am happy to hang it in the kitchen.