Renovation
fromApartment Therapy
16 hours ago6 Designer Tricks That Make Any Room Feel So Vintage
Mix vintage pieces with modern furnishings and add patina or imperfect silhouettes to create layered, character-filled interiors.
For one thing, the apartment was recently gut-renovated (I know, brag) and came to us in a pristine state - so pristine, in fact, that all the stark white walls and brand-new finishings were starting to feel a bit, ahem ... bland. In our new space many of our existing furniture pieces and wall art looked less like extensions of our personalities, and more like we'd given up and raided a photoshoot. Enter: the patina trick.
Wooden utensils take on an unmistakably aged appearance, vintage metal cookware and service pieces dull and darken with time, and the factory-original paint on most items will discolor and show traces of damage. Collectively, we speak of the look that comes with long use as the item's "patina." There's no meaningful way to fake it, despite various well-established techniques for making new-made items look deliberately old and rustic. It won't fool a practiced eye, and thankfully that trend is outdated anyway.