She Has Patina
When we moved to our home, we were not truly prepared
for all the work that goes into an older home.
Fortunately, the house was well cared for -
there had only been four previous owners.
We estimate the house to be 97 years old.
Can't wait to celebrate her 100th!
Our home was a blank slate - Everything - I mean
everything that could be painted had been painted white.
The wooden floors were in good shape.
the family room and the green room.
The walls are plaster, so my husband spent countless hours
sanding, filling in and replastering these walls.
We dubbed our home 'The Dust Bowl'.
the whole process upstairs.
We had a repairman come to fix damage from a
leak from the AC unit recently installed in the attic.
He complemented on our progress and we discussed
the need to repair the cracks in the walls in the upstairs rooms.
"That's just the patina of older homes," he replied.
"That's just the patina of older homes," he replied.
My husband and I looked at each other - and smiled.
Patina...
That became our favorite word to describe the
idiosyncrasies of our home.
Our Master Bedroom was the last room in the upstairs
to be painted. With the thought of 'patina' in my
thought processes, I wanted to create an 'old world' feel.
I thought I'd use the cracks to my advantage.
Searching the paint colors, I loved the color of Valspar's
Bee Pollen, so I chose that and corresponding colors
- a lighter cream and
- a deeper rusty gold.
(the paint cans are in the cellar - forgot to write the name down
cellar stairway collapsed! - Old House!)
(the paint cans are in the cellar - forgot to write the name down
cellar stairway collapsed! - Old House!)
I painted the Bee Pollen as the base and did a light
back and forth stroking over the cracks in the walls
with the rusty color.
with the rusty color.
I even created the illusion of more cracks. Then I did a light
wash over it all with the Sunwashed color.
This treatment and color have made a very good backdrop
for my ever changing pallate of colors in decorating the
for my ever changing pallate of colors in decorating the
Master Bedroom
I love to change things up for the season.
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