Flea Market Farmhouse Pig Gets a Makeover

Wasn’t there a joke a few years back about lipstick and a pig? Well, I’m not putting lipstick on this flea market farmhouse pig, but he is getting a makeover.

Here’s my pig story. Not 3 little pigs, just one flea market farmhouse pig that I found at the Queen of Hearts Antique Mall in Atlanta. The pig rode home to Texas in my suitcase.

I love this pig; I loved the words on the pig. He would be almost perfect in my kitchen. He just needed some makeup to make him perfect. No problem. There’s a good reason why makeup has been called paint. I had paint for this pig. My flea market farmhouse pig would get a makeover with a little paint.

Flea Market Farmhouse Pig Gets a Makeover

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As I said, I bought my flea market pig in Atlanta and he hitched a ride home to Dallas in my suitcase. I told Sweet Shark I was bringing home the bacon! I also brought home a vintage cutting board that became my vintage cutting board Valentine project.

Introducing My Flea Market Pig

I loved everything about my pig~ I should give him a name. The black raised words fit the farmhouse vibe. He is made of metal, but lightweight. His size was just right for hanging in my kitchen. I just didn’t like the burnished gold color of his “skin”. That’s what makeup paint is for. I wanted my flea market pig to be white.

Also, my flea market pig had some blemishes ~ must have been the stress of flying for the first time. To clean him up, I wiped him down with Clean Slate, a product from Amy Howard at Home, designed to remove grime, oils, dirt and hopefully rust. I would recommend using our Furniture Cleaner from A Maker’s Studio. Then I went back over with a clean dry cloth.

My makeup of choice was Rescue Restore paint in Blessed, my favorite bright white.

I used a chip brush to cover as much “skin” as possible.

I thought I could cover all the lettering too and then wipe the paint off the black letters with a damp paper towel. That worked fine, but in order to get the look I wanted I used a small brush to color in around the letters.

I used a green scrubby around the edges to reveal the black border. Then I let the pig dry for about 15 minutes.

I really wanted the black letters to stand out so I used ChalkArt in Preaching to the Choir to paint over them. Then I went around the edges with more Preaching to the Choir to outline Mr. Pig ~ he now has a name.

Originally, I thought I wanted to paint Mr. Pig’s tail pink, but that didn’t look good, so I painted his tail white and again outlined it in black. I did go back with a little brush in the white Blessed and filled in where I missed a spot.

Finally, Mr. Pig was made over from snout to tail. He has a more primitive look, which I like just fine.

So, in case you were wondering, Mr.Pig cost $12.00, but because I bought so much (shoosh ~ don’t tell Sweet Shark!) they gave me a little discount and he ended up being $10.80.  I already had the paints on hand and had used them for other projects.

This little flea market farmhouse pig is now in a place of honor in our kitchen, joining our other pig. This metal pig sign is also a flea market from about 6 years ago.

farmhouse pig sign

 

So now we have 2 little pigs. I just need 1 more (3 little pigs) or 3 more (this little piggy), depending on which piggy story you prefer.

Thanks for sharing my pig makeover. He make not be wearing lipstick, but he looks charming in white and black paint on the wall with our Boulangerie Paris Sign.

made over painted pig

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24 Comments

  1. Very fun makeover, Carol! Hope we see you at Homestyle Gathering this week! Congrats on the feature at TFT today! 😉

  2. Our Hopeful Home says:

    You really did a great job here Carol! Pigs are great farmhouse kitchen decor and I just love that. A definite improvement. xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home

    1. Kathleen. Glad I made the right choice in painting the pig.

  3. Hi Carol! This little piggy turned out really cute!!! And I’m not just preaching to the choir. 😉 No, really. He is adorable and looks much better painted all white. He could be an American Yorkshire or a Chester, a Middle White or a Danish Landrace. {I cheated and Googled them… :)}. I like Yorkshire best!

    I am sorry I missed your sale but I do love the candles you gave me at Christmas in their gold jackets very much! When we get settled in the new house, I’ll ring over for some paint to try. Happy to be on the 10 on the 10th hop with you! <3 Pinned several photos of Mr. Piggy; he is very cute!!! `,:0)

    Happy Valentine's Day to you and Mr. Sweet Shark,
    Hugs,
    Barb 🙂

    1. Barbara, I don’t know my pigs by type. I just know I knew he had potential.Definitely, try out the paints and stencils from A Maker’s Studio. They truly are wonderful to use.

  4. Wow, that was some makeover! I adore pigs and have a bunch of them in my own kitchen. I would’ve brought this little piggy with me home, too!! 🙂

  5. Such a cute sign makeover. I just did one recently too and feels good to take something old and make it new again. Thanks for sharing.

  6. He’s adorable. He’s so much cuter black and white. Great job.

  7. Love Mr. Pig’s makeover. My SO’s daughter (also know as my “almost d-i-l” collected pigs and I enjoyed finding them for her. Unfortunately, she has been in a purging mood and doesn’t want anymore; that’s WHEN I find the cutest ones! Glad I don’t live in a small apartment!

  8. Carol,
    This turned out marvelous! I love it so much and it looks wonderful in your home. You really did give this pig a makeover and she looks fabulous!
    Great to catch up with you too!
    Jemma

  9. Too cute! Love the French piece below it too.

  10. Carol, I love how he turned out! What a complete transformation, much better than plain lipstick! 😉 You have a very steady hand to get around those letters…looks perfect! I’m so enjoying all of the projects in our 10 on the Tenth! Hugs!

  11. Carol, your pig turned out so cute. Looks lovely with your Boulangerie Paris Sig.n

  12. Love that you can wash of any mistakes! Great job Carol. Great find too – So cute! Changed to this post for the Ten on the 10th too. Hope you don’t mind?!

  13. Carol that pig is too sweet! My sister has pigs in her kitchen too, bet she would arm wrestle you for that one. Great job!

  14. I absolutely LOVE this project, Carol! As a ‘pig collector’, I’m always on the look-out for pig decor. Her makeover is perfect, even without lipstick! Have a great week…

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