Making choices on the Village front

Well back to the building project with the EXTREME MAKEOVER - VILLAGE EDITION. The yarn Shop we are redoing has some classic finales and a fair amount of metal roofing. I decided to do it in a copper roofing. The neat thing about copper roofs is that they get a great green patina after a decade or so of being exposed to the elements. One of the most beautiful examples of this I have ever seen is on the Parliament buildings and the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Colombia, Canada. But for the meantime back to the Yarn Shop. In order to get a shiny copper look I will be using copper leaf on top of a copper metallic stain. If I was doing this piece from the ground up I would apply fired copper to these areas but that is not possible on this remodel project. If you have never used metal leafing, this is a fun time to learn this great technique. You will paint the copper stain in the beginning stage. But the copper leaf will be one of the last items you do.