Adding Patina
Adding Patina to Efex is easy and reinventing old furniture is often all about the patina.
Over the last year we have found many ways to add elegant old world charm to pieces dressed-up with Efex.
The obvious one is using gilding wax/foil/leaf to add glitz, but…thats not the only way.
Dark wax over paint was used on this Christmas ornament. Yes, that time of year is coming up!
You can add crud (sawdust by another name) and then layers of paint.
or make them marble for a sophisticated twist.
How you finish your Efex pieces often dictates their style. Even the most elegant and ornate embellishments will look rustic when painted or stained with country colors.
So go on, experiment with different colors and finishes!
Can you tell us how to do the marbling?
Great idea Dawn, I will do a blog post on it soon. Thanks for asking
Oh I just love how you show the different ways o f adding and showing me just how to do it. I can’t wait to start getting some of the appliques to make totally new finds with the OLD things that are in the garage. Thank you so much for giving me another option of adding such exquisite pieces to just something very mundane. Right now I have been going thru some medical problems with hospital stays but hopefully will back on my feet soon. I have owned different Victorian Shabby Chic Shoppes in the past around St. Louis and just really miss being out of it. So with the special GRACE that the :Lord shows upon me then I plan to get back into it.. Until then I will rely upon you to keep me enchanted with your ideas.\\\
Thank you for allowing me to stop by.
Have a wonderful day.
Carolynn Burkett=Vaughn