La patine (ageing a project)

 Ageing a building or a room is one the most difficult exercise I know. If you cut a piece of wood too short, you can always cut another one. But once the pigments have reached the wall, they'll stay.... Number2, you have to work quickly. Layers of acrylics dry fast.

Yesterday, I started with the fireplace. I had a good photo on my computer.

The smoke had stained the mantel of the fireplace...

Here we go....

I use large brush, little color, a lot of water and a sponge. The rest is luck. As I work alone, I can't make a video but I'll try one day.

Today, I will do the hearth. The fire looks a little bit small. I know... I will have to use bigger logs.

For the walls, I used a pale yellow tone with burnt sienna in it. The colours tend to be brighter the 1st day because they need to dry. If it is too yellow today, I will put a white wash.

Ageing takes a few days until you're perfectly happy. 

The wooden floor is temporary, as well as the table. I have a table at home in France. I'll bring it with the tiles next March. Tiles are quite heavy to send by post and the price of sending parcels is outrageous today. So you will have to wait.

I only have photos of the two tables

The first one is for that room, the second one with the benches for the kitchen, next project.

 

The kitchen table

Both were custom-made by Jan Grygiel, whom I met at the SIMP in Paris. Unfortunately, he doesn't have a website.

I like this corner:

On the other side, not much. I put a mirror behind the door so that you can imagine, there's another room next to it.

I will have to find something to put on this side....

The mirror trick is something I used in another box, the actor's dressing room under construction.

I haven't finished this box but you can see that on the right, behind the tulips is a mirror that gives the impression the room is bigger. This box is waiting for chairs. They're in France as well.

I discovered this in Le Musee de la Miniature in Lyon, a must-see if you ever visit that beautiful city of Lyon.

Today, I wanted to finish by showing something I enjoyed making a few years ago. The Chinese pharmacy.

I wish you all a great weekend.....

I tried to start a shop with Ecwid, let's see if it works

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