How to Turn a Dry Sink into a Potting Bench
I am so happy with this potting bench!
I visited a new furniture source this weekend and frankly I thought it was very over-priced!
But the minute I saw this piece I knew I needed to own it...
Only one problem... the price was ridiculous!
In this store each week they knock the price down a little, you can see the prices go down on the tags.
This piece had only the original price on it, it had no mark-downs so I thought I was out of luck.
While paying for my other items I asked about the price and it was my lucky day!
She knocked the price down to 1/2 off! It was meant to be!
The dry sink went home with me, just barely fitting in my car, but it did!
I painted the piece with Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint
in Luckett's Green. If you look closely at the piece you can see a slight difference in color in places. I opened a new bag of milk paint and for whatever reason, the colors didn't match.
I was surprised at this because it had never happened before.
I mixed the paint in a jar the way I always did, it was mixed thoroughly, but it didn't match.
If this had been a formal piece of furniture I was painting, I
wouldn't have been happy at this point, but seeing how I was going for a potting bench look, chippy, distressed, and faded...it worked.
I painted the second color on the frame and in random
places around the piece to spread out the color.
The result is a faded look on my potting bench that I am more than happy with.
The dry sink had an unusual rack along the inside which
is the perfect place to hang rakes, shovels, or garden accessories.
The milk paint did some really great chipping.
I used Miss Mustard Seed Tough Coat to seal the beautiful
chippiness and keep more chips from coming off.
See my other potting benches here...
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