Add Graceful Age to Your Outdoor Spaces
posted in Home Decor |Having a hard time giving your new garden space the “lived in” look you imagined when you started? Well, new building materials take time to develop a pleasant weathered look and feel, to be sure, but there are some building accent materials which can move along that overall feeling of beautiful age, and principal among them is copper. The gorgeous green patina of a copper post cap helps to give a fence or deck the richness and grace of years of use, and do it in a fraction of the time. In no time, shiny copper transforms from a glowing glossy orange to a more subtle and dull brown, and finally, as the oxidation process is completed, a mottled, multicolored green patina. Nearly instant age and beauty!
Other accents, such as a finial or gazing ball, also bring in the warmth you desire to focal points along a garden path or patio seating area. Look for ways to incorporate small architectural details into noticeable places, and you’ll be rewarded with an almost old-world feel in months instead of years. Copper really does do the job of decorating your structural and sculptural outdoor elements in fine style.