Antique Crate Makeover with Fusion Milk Paint

 

This crate may just be the luckiest piece yet. Let me share the story as to why.

Years ago I purchased it from a local picker along with the rest of this above treasures. It is the bird poop covered grungy crate above right in front of the divided drawer. It was so yucky even after I hosed it so I stuck it outside hoping snow and rain might clean it up. It sat outside for a couple years.

This summer we were tidying wood piles and contemplated tossing this in the firewood pile as well but I decided to give it a deep scrub and see what might happen.

 

I scrubbed it with my handy scrub brush, warm water with soap and TSP Alternative as well as spray it with a green spray cleaner. It took a couple scrubs and rinses to look better then was left to dry well.

As per any vintage wooden item this one had some nails missing and a chunk out of one of the side slats. I predrilled a hole so not to crack the ageing wood then used an original nail that was from the op slats and secured the piece. 

This was done on a few slats and no ready to paint.

Have you heard Fusion Mineral Paint has a new milk paint line? I used the night swim on this antique table and this modern table.

I chose toasted coconut for this crate as I am a sucker for warm white on antique and vintage pieces. It gives them a fresh new look but still fits the era they came from as does using milk paint.

I had used this gorgeous color on an antique drum table and had the perfect amount left for this project.

And as another fun fact, that is my husband and I in the anniversary wishes in our local newspaper celebrating 30 years :)

All sides were painted with this milk paint not aiming for a solid coat. I wanted to keep the aged feel with some wood exposed. When dry it was sanded to expose a bit more.

Now to add some character. Wooden crates used to be like todays boxes. What would this crate have held? Fresh produce I think :)

To stamp on the FRESH PRODUCE I used my IOD - Iron Orchid Design décor stamps. Here is a more detailed how I did that post.

Using Fusion Mineral Paint in coal black the words were pressed on all the crate sides.

I like the aged look of the stamps as well as the lighter paint transfer but some areas were a bit too light.

I redid some of the letters manually repainting and stamping to get the perfect words.

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Now to seal it all up. I chose a clear poly for ease of wiping.

And for the final step Fusion Furniture Wax in espresso was brushed on, doesn't it look perfect?

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video tour of this beauty

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