Before and After

Oh, what some paint and elbow grease can do... I really like that the white paint brought about more of a cottagy look...

We used milk paint. Mixed it up ourselves.

Recipe for Exterior Milk Paint:

~2 gallons skim milk (we mixed up dry milk that I had in the pantry for many moons...)

~3 quarts sifted hard wood ashes (or 2 quarts builders lime)(we used the ashes)

~2 quarts boiled linseed oil

~dye (we used a bit of ancient exterior white latex paint, the goop on the bottom of the can... )

~clove oil can be added as a preservative (I think that would smell really nice, but we didn't add any)

stir together the milk and ashes, then stir in the oil... then stir in the dye...

This paint gave really good coverage. We have yet to see how well it weathers...