Decopatch Madness

People who are into arts and crafts have undoubtedly stumbled across the term Decopatch. But for the unaware, what is Decopatch is a fairly common question and more often than not, they confuse it for the term decoupage, which is an old French technique that utilizes table napkins by cutting out the designs and pasting them onto furniture surfaces.

Knowing what is Decopatch is incomplete without knowing what its predecessor, decoupage, is. Decoupage is a technique of decorating bland furniture surfaces by gluing designs that were cut out from table napkins and topped with varnish. It is a relatively easy way of beautifying pieces of furniture but can take a lot of time since several layers of varnish and a lot of sanding applications are required in order for the napkin to totally merge to the surface of the furniture. While decoupage is easy for experts, it can be very frustrating of young designers and artists and those who are on their first try on this craft.

On the other hand, Decopatch, which is widely considered as the offshoot of decoupage is a scissorless and easier alternative. It can be used in children's projects for kids as young as four years old but can also be used by more mature artists in more advanced and more sophisticated applications. A lot of interior decorators and professional designers are also quite fond of Decopatch.