Handpainted Houndstooth Pattern

 I do love a great before and after set of photos!
We found this great little piece on a recent trip to an outdoor fair...

It had lots of wear and tear ---unfortunately one piece of the corner trim was completely missing.  So I had to take all the trim off...

I bought some milk paint at the Country Living fair in September and this was the perfect piece to try it out on...

 I mixed half French Gray and half Cream for the body of the piece and used straight Cream for the details....

 The gold color is acrylic paint....

 Originally I planned to only do the cream thinking that the pale gray would be enough of a contrast...

But once I got it done I just wasn't happy with the way it looked

...something just wasn't quite right.

 The gold was just the thing it needed to really make it all come together.

I love doing this kind of stuff....

It just feeds my need to create 

--and when I see it all finished up like this it is so satisfying.

Hopefully this lovely little piece will have a whole new life for many more years to come