Patine and my angel friend....

As you all know, Ange (my new friend who I met through blogging) and I spent the weekend doing patine.

We had a fabulous time and I was sad when she had to leave on Monday night but am sure that this is the first of many rendez vous.

{Ange and moi in the village square}

Patine is a wonderful skill to learn and very easy to apply to most objects.

To explain in simple terms, it is a matter of layering coats of paints then removing some to get an aged effect. You then apply wax to protect the object.

As we only had a couple of days, we used a hairdryer to speed up the drying process.

In the photo above, you can see some of the objects that we painted. It was too chilly to paint in the garage so we made do with my showroom area.

This is a fronton, top of an antique wardrobe which had the patine treatment.

It is very fashionable in France at present, to place these above doorways, and they are always featured in French interior magazines.

Here are some candelabras which have been patined......

We painted the most fabulous chandelier which has dancing cherubs at the top, but I still have to finish the lamp holders. It will then be rewired and I will add the crystals as a finishing touch.

This is a photo of one that we are selling in the shop that has not been painted. It has 6 branches, the one that we have applied the patine to has 8 branches so is perfect for a large bedroom, lounge or even a dining area.

As soon as I have finished painted it, I will post some photos.

Next spring Ange will be coming to our lovely medieval village; Eymet to hold Patine classes, I am in the process of setting up a blog " fabulously patine" which will be dedicated to patine.

I have a venue in mind which I think will be perfect but will see for myself in a couple of weeks time as I am attending Christmas wreath making classes there.

Ange bought me the most fabulous antique bird cage (early birthday present) which I am planning to paint and then hang in the hall of apartment two, complete with trailing ivy.

I am off to start washing the bird cage, I think that the bath may be the best place.

J'espère que vous avez un mercredi fabuleux.

L x