Adding Patina and Ragging Walls

Thats right, a finger tip of patina...a little bit here and a little bit there.

It just brings out the antiquey goodness in a cabinet I think.

This is Gilder Paste in Patina. It mimics the turned copper look.

I like to use it in tandem with a gold color.

The cabinet is in our Workshop area and it holds our workshop supplies.

I painted it in Chateau Grey Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan.

Then I drybrushed it with Duck Egg Chalk Paint.

Followed up with some clear wax and then I was ready to add some patina.

Literally.

All the moldings got a bit of some Gilder Paste.

I used some Antique Gold Gilder Paste with the Patina.

We sell it online, and I will have a link below. It lasts forever and

I am still on my first container of all the various colors and

I even use them in my workshops!

Just remember to add gilding products after you wax.

Another way to add patina or age is by using paint. This is our lovely little bathroom in the shop. Pretty basic for basic needs...we need to add a bigger sink so we can wash brushes, and I really can't stand the look of a plain jane room~so it got a makeover this weekend.

I started with a ragged wall treatment using Annie Sloan's Antoinette and Coco Chalk Paints. Big swipes on the wall with a paint brush...then a spritz with a water bottle and then rag it in...add a little here and a little there...the next thing you know you have a marvelous looking wall!!! Its so exciting, its easy, and it hardly takes any time! Seriously! I am going to do some walls in my house!

Spritzer bottle, two cups of paint, one chip brush used for both paints, and the only other thing you need is a ladder and rags. When a rag gets really heavy with paint, you will change it out for a new one.

Woah~look at this wall! I LOVE it!!!

I added some little gilded bumble bees with a stencil from the

Royal Designs Studio line that we are thrilled to be carrying now in the shop.

But of course I used my stencil a little bit differently than they show how

to use it. I just placed them randomly about~just a few.

Here is Mr. Maison Decor in his normal attire...workboots and a cowboy hat.
I ~~begged~~ asked him if he would help me build a platform for a sink~
an idea I had was to rip off the boards from a wood pallet and make a sink console.

He was up to the task and after 12 hours it was done...
what a long day that was! Only one period of grumpiness was had,
and then we enjoyed a nice dinner out. We were both starving and although
I was wearing my worst grubby paint clothes, I still walked through the doors
of a restaurant to get dinner. I did make Mr. MD go first so I could hide behind him...
left my pride at the door. When you are hungry you don't care
that you are looking like hell in a baseball hat and paint splattered yoga pants.
He is so much the "ladies first" kinda guy, that it was hard to
get him to walk first as the hostess ushered us to our table.
We both laughed and ordered a well deserved drink.