Real Milk Paint Co. Blog
Welcome to the blog! Here you will find lots of inspiration, information, and helpful tips & tricks to use on your next project. Browse all wood finishing blog articles below!
Color of the Month: Yellow Rose
This May, our color of the month is Yellow Rose. The hue is pretty, delicate and yet very versatile. Use it in your kitchen, sitting room, nursery, library, dining room or bedroom as an accent, [...]
Succulent Pot Painting Ideas to Elevate Your Indoor Garden Aesthetic
Succulents are enjoying their moment in the sun — and for good reason. Low-maintenance, sculptural and effortlessly stylish, succulents offer a trendy plant parent aesthetic. Using hand-decorated terracotta pots also makes succulents an instant [...]
Top 11 DIY Spring Wood Projects
Top 11 DIY Spring Wood Projects Temperatures rising and flowers blooming can mean only one thing: Spring is almost here! With gorgeous sunny days ahead serving as a prelude to summer, now’s the perfect time [...]
Top 5 DIY Valentine’s Day Gifts And Projects
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and sweethearts all over the world are trying to find the perfect gift for that special someone in their life. Instead of going with roses this year, why [...]
How To Transfer An Image To Wood
DIY Image Transfer to Wood Using Real Milk Paint One of our favorite crafting techniques is transferring an image to another surface such as wood. Photo transfer to wood is a simple and fun [...]
Creative Pumpkin Painting Ideas With Real Milk Paint
As the leaves turn vibrant shades of red, orange, and gold, it can only mean one thing—fall is here! It’s time to celebrate the season of cozy sweaters, pumpkin spice, and DIY decorations. And what [...]
How to Paint a Pumpkin This Halloween With Real Milk Paint
Halloween is just days away which means there is still time to finish decorating your regular pumpkin – and we know the best way to do it. With Real Milk Paint, you can design the [...]
When to Use Outdoor Defense Oil: Fall Is The Best Time
Fall is a time for many things: apple picking, reflection, pumpkin spice everything, and most importantly, preparing for the long and cold winter to come. And when it comes to your outdoor surfaces, quit getting [...]
Pure Tung Oil: A Beginner’s Guide
How to apply tung oil to wood? Pure tung oil has been trusted for centuries as one of the most durable, natural, and beautiful wood finishes available. If you're new to tung oil [...]
5 of the Best Tung Oil Projects from August
One of our favorite things about social media is that it lets us see all the wonderful projects that people take on using our milk paint and tung oil products. We spend hours on [...]
The Best Wood Finishes For Outdoors
A lot of people incorrectly believe milk paint is not suitable for use outdoors on exterior finishes and outdoor furniture. For some reason, they think that paint must contain harmful VOC-emitting chemicals in order [...]
Are Milk Paint and Chalk Paint the Same Thing?
A lot of people use the terms chalk paint and milk paint interchangeably as if they were the same thing. Meanwhile, others are unsure about how they are different. Although they do share many similarities, [...]
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