November 9, 2007

Out of the Bleu

Patina Bleu

You just discovered that your grandmother’s brooches make neat belt buckles. And your grandpa just rediscovered your grandma. (Cialis. Ew.)

Turns out, everything old can be new again.

And so it goes with furniture at Patina Bleu: The shop specializes in refurbishing, rebuilding, refinishing, and restoring your home stylings.

Thinking of sacrificing that Ikea dresser to the Craigslist gods? Don’t. They’ll turn that faux oak junker into a vintagey whitewashed bureau. (Tell friends it’s from the ’40s.) Don’t bother begging the garbage men to haul away your old barn door. Reimagine it as an oversize dining room table. And that discarded metal gate? Just add colored glass and mirrors and — voilá — an art deco headboard.

Patina Bleu can also morph just about anything into an original fixture or chandelier.

Which casts everything in a whole new light.

Patina Bleu, 835 West 7th Street (214-941-1131).