Vintage and shabby chic type are ruling the globe now and everybody’s striving to include some shabby chic to their spaces, get pleasure from rusty add-ons and furniture. Weather or whitewash ceilings or walls, age metal furniture and accessories, if you have wooden furniture, make it faux barn wood with numerous simple finishes. Crochet and sew cutest objects to create a amazing shabby chic appear in your residence. These days I’m going to give you 1 much more notion to achieve a shabby chic ambience in your house or in outside spaces, I’m talking about patina.
What Is Patina?
Patina is a thin layer that variously forms on the surface of copper, bronze and related metals, it’s made by oxidation or other chemical processes. Of program, we won’t wait right up until all your metal pieces oxidize and get this interesting search, we’ll take every thing in our personal hands.
How Can We Achieve This Patina Search?
There are a great deal of tips to produce faux patina finish with numerous shades and intensity. There are special paints and activators that let you changing your copper finish or surface easily with no much hard work. You may possibly use numerous patina-imitating options and glazings. If you do not want to use them, just get some clear ammonia to do the very same with no chemicals. Having study the tutorials, you can create adorable patina decorations: patina planters, frames, mirrors, candleholders, metal letters and tables. I specifically enjoy garden furniture decorated with faux patina, it can make your outdoor spaces so refined! Read the tutorials below to discover out the best technique to faux patina your objects!
DIY faux patina garden bench (via suburble)
DIY spray paint faux patina (by means of hometalk)
DIY faux patina metal wall artwork (by means of hometalk)
DIY patina copper seahorse statue (via epbot)
