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How To Build Eco-Friendly Cedar Raised Garden Beds
Is your garden failing to thrive? The problem might not be your lack of a green thumb so much as the quality of your soil. Fortunately, you don’t have to move houses to remedy the [...]
5 Simple DIY Terracotta Pots for Succulents
Indoor plants offer a number of benefits, from reducing carbon dioxide levels to easing stress. And of course, they add beauty and interest to any room in the home. Unfortunately, those cheap plastic planters do [...]
Warm Up To 5 Wood Projects For Spring
The temperatures are rising and the flowers are blooming, which could only mean one thing: spring is almost here! With gorgeous sunny days ahead, now is the perfect time to get inspired and try some [...]
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 [...]
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. This simple and fun craft requires minimal supplies and is great to do together with kids and friends. In [...]
Creative Ideas for Pumpkin Decorating with Real Milk Paint
As the leaves change color and the cooler air comes blowing in, it means one thing, fall is officially here. Which means it’s the perfect time to cozy up inside and start decorating for fall [...]
How to Paint Your Pumpkin This Halloween with Real Milk Paint
Halloween is just days away which means there is still time to finish decorating your pumpkin - and we know the best way to do it. With Real Milk Paint, you can design the coolest [...]
Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Wood Protected
Protecting wood projects from wear, tear, and time is one thing, but what about protecting them from all that and the elements too? It may seem too good to be true, but Real Milk Paint’s [...]
Why Fall is the Best Time to Use Outdoor Defense
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, this means [...]
Pure Tung Oil: A Beginner’s Guide
A Beginner’s Guide to Tung Oil Tung oil is a drying oil that’s extracted from the tung tree, which is native to China and a few other Asian countries. The oil has been used for [...]
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 platforms [...]
What’s the Best Finish for Outdoor Wood?
A lot of people incorrectly believe milk paint is not suitable for use outdoors. For some reason, they think that paint must contain harmful VOC-emitting chemicals in order to be able to withstand harsh weather [...]
Is 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, [...]
How Do You Paint Wood Furniture?
One of the greatest things about milk paint is that you can achieve such an incredible range of looks and finishes with it. It’s so incredibly versatile that it has become the go-to choice for [...]
Brush Care Tips When Using Milk Paint
If you’re making use of milk paint for your projects, then you’re already ahead of the game with a great, safe, non-toxic product that often doesn’t require the same amount of prep work as similar [...]