All New Shabby Chic Thread!

LJM

my enamel herb planters came today just need to drill holes in then i can plant up just waiting for the rest of my bits and bobs to come now

Seakay

I'm guessing that the main purpose of the piano is to be played? Don't paint it, whatever you do - you could affect the future value and/or the tone. Shabby chic is all about incorporating genertions of inherited furniture into your home (or finding substitutes or fakes to assist that impression) so a real antique should be celebrated! Use vintage fabrics/shawls/lace to drape over it and display family photos in a variety of frames on top - or how about candlesticks?

Mely

jcr16 wrote: »

tara men often don't but they usually come round to our way of thinking . luckily my hubby doesn't mind what i do , as long as we can afford it and i'm happy. he very laid back to let me do to house what i want. he does put an input in which usually compliments what i'm doing so it works out really wel. MY hubby loves my bargain hunting skills for the house. I've recently picked up 2 huge new sofas ( new to me) from john lewis cost over £2k. the lady selling it ( very wealthy, ex pop stars wife) had just sold her massive 9 bedroom house and was downsizing and had no room and needed them gone that day and i got them for £25!!!! wow wow wow. plus hubby being 6ft4 can now fully lay out on our 7ft sofa with room for me.i also bought a chanderlier from her for £2.

Wow you where lucky getting those bargains!:T Im being nosey...which ex pop star is it?

Mely

Seakay wrote: »

I'm guessing that the main purpose of the piano is to be played? Don't paint it, whatever you do - you could affect the future value and/or the tone. Shabby chic is all about incorporating genertions of inherited furniture into your home (or finding substitutes or fakes to assist that impression) so a real antique should be celebrated! Use vintage fabrics/shawls/lace to drape over it and display family photos in a variety of frames on top - or how about candlesticks?

Good point...id be worried that painting a piano would ruin it and at the very least ruin the tone! Its not worth the risk imho.

jcr16

i'll pm you.

tara747

jcr16 wrote: »

i'll pm you.

I was wondering too! (I'm very discreet btw )

jcr16

i'll pm u also then.

Kandipandi

jcr16 - Wow lucky find with the sofas!!
In our lounge my DH bought a bought a baby portable grand piano - think Keyboard on wooden legs with teak stool with black leatherette seat!!! I hate it! It was bought a few years ago using inheritance money from his grandmother and was about £800 so it has a kind of sentimental value to it - and we have nowhere else to put it I think when I decorate next (in the next couple of months) I will alter the stool but there is nothing I can do with the rest of it. Would rather have had a normal piano...

tara747

jcr16 wrote: »

i'll pm u also then.

Thanks. You got a heck of a bargain.

Claire_Bear

tara747 wrote: »

At present we have a bookcase in our living room, but it's the LL's and doesn't go with the sideboard. But I would be looking out for a pine one in the meantime. Do you all think I'm mad buying furniture when I don't yet have a house to put it in? Be honest!

I hope it's not mad because that's exactly what I'm thinking of doing :rotfl: I keep seeing lovely sideboards and bookcases and tables that I want to buy and shabby up but we have no room for them in our house so I want to ask my mam if I can store something in her garage until we move in a few months. The only problem is transporting it, my flatmate has a car but it's quite small and probably wouldn't fit most of the stuff I've seen that I like in it