The Sale Niche

The Sale Niche is the place to shop for that special customer who wants a unique Patina piece with the added advantage of immediate availability.

In addition, you’ll notice that not only are the pieces special, so are the prices. These pieces are available at these prices for a limited time and will be sold or removed from sale after 30 days.

This month we are featuring two Barbarini Chests in different finishes:

Mantua Armoire (C60/ST/DW/IV-YL/29):
Marco Polo Table (T16/ST/SQ/BB02/DV/47BN):

For pricing and other information about these very special pieces, visit the Patina web site at https://www.patinainc.com/sales.php (free registration required)

Season’s Greetings!

It’s been an extraordinary year for all of us at Patina. We introduced our new Pompeii collection, added new sales reps around the country and opened a new showroom in Dubai.

We also changed the way we do business here in Atlanta by purchasing and renovating our own building, which will consolidate our offices and warehouse in one large new location.

As we look back on the year and forward to the next, we hope that all our friends, colleagues and customers have a very happy and safe Holiday Season.

Best wishes and Felice Anno Nuovo!*

Marylu Stevens
President and CEO
Patina, Inc

*For the translation, see Italian 101 at the bottom of our newsletter.

And presenting...

New San Francisco Reps!

Patina is proud to announce that it has chosen McRae & Company, as it’s exclusive representative in the San Francisco area.

McRae & Company currently represents over 40 companies that supply furniture and upholstery, textiles and wall coverings, lighting, accessories, fine art, antiques and antique reproductions.

Located in the San Francisco Design Center, McRae & Company prides itself on being one of Northern California’s premiere home furnishings showrooms.

“Any company representing Patina must consider customer service a top priority. We provide a top quality product but our representative must provide our customers with a knowledgeable, caring staff that will offer assistance and make our customers feel welcome.”

“I think we've found this in McRae & Company and we're very proud to have them join the Patina family”, says Patina president Marylu Stevens, “there's also the extra benefit that our furniture will display very nicely in their beautiful new showroom space."

McRae & Company is located at:

SFDC, Galleria 480
101 Henry Adams Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-626-2726

Calendar Of Events
November/December 2005 - The 2005 Southern Accents Show House at McLean, Virginia * Located in a small, planned community set on an historical, 25-acre site only fifteen minutes from Washington, DC.	January 25-27, 2006 - San Francisco Design Center - Winter Market 2006 * January is design month in San Francisco! Join us at the city’s premier design event. Tour thousands of unique products and vendors all under one roof. * Patina Exhibiting

Designer Profile

Lori Tippins

Landing the perfect client, one who knows what they want and isn’t afraid to go for it is the dream of all interior designers, but landing that client as your first was a dream come true for designer Lori Tippins.

Having spent two and a half years working in a prestigious Atlanta design firm, Lori decided it was time for her to get out on her own and start her own company. Two weeks later, she had her first client and project.

“I was going to take a month off and spend some quality time with my daughter and this happened. It’s a good problem to have,” says Lori, “My client is wonderful. She knows what she likes. She knows what she hates and other than that, she’s very open.”

In fact, Lori’s client was the one who steered her toward Patina.

“When she called she said, ‘I’m ready to do some things to my dinning room, my living room and my master bedroom.’ She had a picture of a Patina bed that she had clipped from a design magazine and she asked me to find out more about the line.”

Lori was quickly able to determine that Patina was now being represented in Atlanta by Grizzel & Mann, a company that she was very familiar with, and with the help of Sandra Swann and Laurie Albers of G&M she found the perfect bed for her client ready and waiting in the showroom.

She chose a Friuli Bed with a Venetian Tea House decorative option that had Ferns & Insects in raised gesso. Her client loved the bed.

“One thing that’s wonderful about this line in particular is, that when you see it, it’s so much better than you can imagine. I like my clients to touch and see and feel everything they are buying and when I brought my client in to see it she said, ‘I like it even more than I thought I would. This is it.’ So now we’re using the bed as the focal point for the room.”

Lori’s client is extremely happy with her Patina bed and Lori is now choosing fabrics to compliment it. The project will take another two months to complete but the Friuli bed has already become a treasured piece in her client’s home.

Lori Tippins can be reached at:

Lori Tippins Interiors
3038 Arden Road
Atlanta, GA 30305
lori@loritippinsinteriors.com
(404) 441-6668

Part 3:

Venice—Home as a Metaphor

The impulse to show off the cherished values of nobility seen in the public environs of their homes continued in the more private spaces of the family palace.

Off the main corridor of the home were the family bedchambers, one for the man of the house, another for his wife. If the couple had children, they often shared a large mezzanine room linked directly, via a hidden staircase, to their mother’s bedroom.

Often there would be a third bedroom for an elderly mother or father living with the couple. There would also be bedchambers for at least one servant and sometimes two or three on the floor below.

These bedchambers were lavishly adorned with gold leaf ceilings and walls but had an uncluttered look. All clothing and possessions were carefully stored away in painted armoires, desks and chests.

The beds themselves were usually of two styles. The first would be handsomely carved and built in to the room itself needing only to have mattresses and bedclothes supplied.

The most popular style, however, was the da pavion (pavilion or tent) style now known as the canopied bed. These beds were often made of gilded iron and painted wood and are, of course, the inspiration for the original line of Patina beds such as the Cellini bed frame.