While you probably dust wood furniture in your home often, you may need to be more meticulous when it comes to actually cleaning wooden furniture. A weekly wipe-down with a damp microfiber cloth may keep some dust particles at bay. Still, you need to deep-clean wood furniture at least once a month in addition [...]
You may have noticed that certain colors affect your mood in certain ways, and that's the basis for applying color psychology in interior design. The field of color psychology looks at each hue as a prompt for emotions and perception and uses that knowledge to craft a color scheme that meshes beautifully with the purpose [...]
The type of paint you decide on should be based on numerous factors, including everything from drying times and sheen levels to indoor/outdoor durability and ease of cleanup. Use this information to determine whether water-based vs. oil-based paint is right for your next project. Basic Differences Between Water-Based vs. Oil-Based Paint Several differences exist [...]
Many new parents get hand-me-down cribs from relatives or find antique options while thrifting. This makes finding the best baby-safe paint for cribs imperative when they want to remodel their finds. Unfortunately, most commercially available paints, including many chalk paint options, have harmful chemicals. However, old-fashioned milk paint such as Real Milk Paint® is a [...]
If you want to complete the perfect project with HempWood, Pure Tung Oil delivers beautiful wood finishes. When comparing this hard-drying finishing oil with other alternatives, such as natural hemp seed oil, teak oils, raw linseed oil, boiled linseed oil and Danish oil, Pure Tung Oil comes out on top due to numerous factors, including deep [...]
You've scoured dozens of thrift stores, explored twice that many garage sales and stalked Facebook Marketplace listings looking for that perfect shabby chic piece of furniture to add to your country home decor. Now that you've nabbed a pair of Shaker-style end tables, a solid wood colonial coffee table or a French country dresser [...]
Maximum protection for your woodworking projects is important, especially when it comes to objects displayed or frequently used in busy areas of your home. For that reason, a standard water-based stained surface may not be protective enough for your needs. Fortunately, tung oil finishes like those provided by Pure Tung Oil by Real Milk Paint Co. [...]
As a great budget-friendly alternative, raw wood furniture is a popular way to get quality furnishings that you can customize with a personal touch and are incredibly versatile. Getting your unfinished furniture painted or sealed is often a requirement to keep its warranty, protect and extend the life of the furniture, and give it [...]
Restore furnishings from start to finish by using products from the Real Milk Paint Co. From old side tables you may have sitting around to ornate antiques found in a relative's garage, your antique furniture benefits from our all-natural nontoxic milk paints and finishing products. Keep reading to learn more about how to repaint old [...]
Straw bale house utilizes easily available materials and conveys many advantages to homeowners. Though similar to cob homes in terms of their use of natural components, straw bale construction differs wildly from cob construction. One area where both building methods shine is that they’re both well suited to coverage with Real Milk Paint once [...]