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Having just-turned-two, our daughter seems to already be pining for a big-girl bed... no doubt seeing the big-boy bed in her brother's room and wondering why he doesn't have a crib. In assessing the nursery we so exuberantly decorated in a "vintage fashion" theme, I was drawn to our choices in painting the furniture. We used a brick-red shade of milk paint and, not only has it held up exceptionally well, I remembered how much we liked it -- particularly for painting baby room furniture -- because it's "chemically safe." It's literally derived from a home-made paint recipe that used buttermilk as a base. You can even make milk paint yourself... honest -- although I haven't yet found the time for that.

Using milk paint on wood furniture creates a rich stain-type finish. The color we picked for a rocking chair and changing table fit right in with the soft-candy pink walls, the apple-green built-ins, and the fabrics in tones of pink and plum. And, for that rocking chair and changing table, we found a store that sold beautifully-crafted unfinished wood furniture.

I remember the colorful array of milk paints there, in shades of sage and mustard and denim, practically calling out to be used. So, though the next year will find us putting ChiChi in a big-girl bed and getting rid of the changing table, we may just have to come up with some other furniture that's gotta drink in some of that milk paint.