Pictured, Slate Blue and Oyster White , both by Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co.
In House Beautiful’s “Add a Pop of Color to Your Furniture” key designers revealed their best paint colors for furniture. Brian McCarthy’s reveals his favorite colors from The Old Fashioned Milk Paint line.
“Find a piece that has good lines and trick it up. I’ve taken a plain pine chest of drawers from a junk shop and done a simple, cottagey finish with milk paint. Start with a base in Swedish blue-gray and lightly brush over it with white, pulling back with steel wool in spots to reveal more color.” -Brian McCarthy
The gray Donald Kaufman color swatch that Carey Maloney suggested would look fantastic on any piece of furniture, and would be a great color that you could base your entire Swedish home around. The Blueberry Myrtille would look fantastic on a dresser chest with tons of distressing. This color was chosen by designer Christopher Maya. Ruthie Summers suggests Ralph Lauren Paint’s Relay Red , while Thomas Burak suggests Benjamin Moore’s Heritage Red Exterior Roo, both would look terrific on a Swedish accent chair.