Paint Details on Pine Blanket Chest Redo

In my last post I got right to the nitty gritty and revealed an old pine chest that I updated with painted memories.  You can read about that {here}.

Today I'll give 'ya the details on the products I used.

I painted the pine box with Maison Blanche paint in chocolate so the letters would be dark.

I used a vinyl cutting machine, sized the letters, and stuck them on, which was no easy task - for some reason they didn't want to stay on and I was worried the paint would bleed under the edges, but it didn't.

My favorite paint to give projects with lettering a vintage look, is Maison Blanche La Chaux lime paint.

I used White Pepper over the brown, which is the same color I used on this dairy scale sign that hangs above French doors in our breakfast nook.

The photo above gives you a good idea of the textured look this paint can create.

The difference you see in coloring between the sign and the chest has to do with how I waxed it, which I'll tell you about in a minute.

A 1/4" piece of hardboard that we use to set things on to spray paint in the garage, was cut up with a jigsaw to make this boot as well as the other shoe for the chest.

Now what am I gonna lay things on in the garage to spray paint them?  Hmmm.....

I almost left the boot just like it was with over spray from some past project, but then I decided to give it a coat of gray and black craft paint.

Holes were drilled to mimic where the boot laces would go and metal eyelets were hammered and glued in.

I have another package of these eyelets and I have no idea why I bought them, but at least I'm putting them to use.

The boot is my favorite part, well next to the names Flynn & Malone that is.

The other shoe was painted a beige color, distressed, then I hand painted the little laces on.  Both the boot and shoe received dark wax.

I decided to use Maison Blanche Lime Wax as a first coat on the box.  I didn't want it to be as aged looking as the dairy sign.

If you were standing in my bedroom you would be able to see how the chalky white lime wax filled in all the nooks and crannies and gives it an aged sort of plaster look.  It's not as obvious in photos.  

I also gave this a coat of the dark wax after the lime wax, which aged it just a bit more without turning the whole thing a dark brown.

The lid was stained with a custom mixture we use on many of our projects.  The color isn't black and it isn't a brown, a nice medium between the two, and then I gave the lid a coat of Maison Blanche water based varnish.

I'm pleased with how the chest turned out, and I've already put the winter blankets inside it.

However, don't think it's just for show..... this morning a certain 7 year old opened the lid up and he and his 4 year old teammate used the box as a basketball hoop for an hour.  Bonus!