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All New Shabby Chic Thread!

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  • Mely
    Mely Posts: 4,121 Forumite
    Twinkles08 wrote: »
    Bibbitybob what a difference!Your kitchen is lovely,is it normally that tidy?My kitchen is tiny with v little worktop space-nightmare.My new kettle turned u today as I brought it to go on the hob as my electrical one takes up too much space.
    By the way I love your blog,such great work!

    Twinkles....which hob kettle did you buy? As im thinking about getting one myself suitable for use on a rayburn.
  • Bob_the_Saver
    Bob_the_Saver Posts: 5,610 Forumite
    You painted the microwave and re-glazed it?
  • Twinkles08
    Twinkles08 Posts: 642 Forumite
    It's a le cresent kettle,I got it off ebay.They can be quite pricy but I got myself a bargain and paid 16 pounds including postage.Lots of colours too!I quite liked the blue as well.It seems v solid and looks the part so i'm a happy bunny.:j
    :female:Our 2 gorgeous little girls born 2006 and 2010
    First House Deposit - £90.00:j
    DFW Nerd Member 1143 ;)Orig debt app £12000.00 :eek:
    Total Joint Debt ( Mar 2012)£3208.25

  • Kandipandi
    Kandipandi Posts: 1,656 Forumite
    Beautiful kitchen bibbity.
    You can stand there and agonize........
    Till your agony's your heaviest load. (Emily Saliers)
  • Bibbitybob
    Bibbitybob Posts: 843 Forumite
    Bob_the_Saver wrote: »
    You painted the microwave and re-glazed it?

    Was that aimed at me? If so...no...the first picture was the EA's photo from the brochure before I bought the house.
  • jtz
    jtz Posts: 1,423 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    not sure if morroccan style lamps and lanterns count as shabby chic or not but Poundland had quite a few...you can see them here...they also had a creamy white colour and I'm sure they'll look goo indoors too..they cost a bomb in other places!
  • jcr16
    jcr16 Posts: 4,185 Forumite
    bibbirty, your kitchen is amazing. it looks like a new kitchen.

    Yesterday it was 9 years since hubby and i first met. so we went off to the place where we had our first date. and then decided to go off around a couple of other towns on the island. i found two amazing shabby chic shops i never knew excisted. one shop had all furtunitre bought and restored and loads of giesla graham bits and the other shop was mainly CK bit. material, bags, wall hangings , you name it, it was there. also they had pic and mix buttons. OMG!!!!! it was amazing. they sold wool and knitting patternes. i am going back there, not to buy really as i looked at most of it for ideas. but it was such a peaceful relaxing calm shop i loved it.
  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Do you live on Guernsey jcr ?
    Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
  • Mely
    Mely Posts: 4,121 Forumite
    Twinkles08 wrote: »
    It's a le cresent kettle,I got it off ebay.They can be quite pricy but I got myself a bargain and paid 16 pounds including postage.Lots of colours too!I quite liked the blue as well.It seems v solid and looks the part so i'm a happy bunny.:j

    Twinkles.... could you please pm me the ebay link? Your kettle sounds really nice and such a bargain :)
  • MrsMoo2U
    MrsMoo2U Posts: 4,005 Forumite
    just a quick visit to see if this is near to anybody,
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110534165506&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_7325wt_1167
    Some days there aren't any trumpets, just lots of dragons. Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow -- Mary Anne Radmacher
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