All New Shabby Chic Thread!

hart44

Love the make-over EagerLearner, the bathroom cupboard looks so much nicer now

Mary you are lucky and I have been keeping up with you makes, you are a busy bee

Bebex, the desk looks so much nicer when its painted up, you must be proud :T

I have at long last finished my blue and white patchwork quilt, I now have it on my bed.
I have pics on my home page if you want to have a look

Today I have made a start on a little magazine table so hope to have it finished by next weekend (weather permtting).
Keep the wonderful make-overs comming, I just love what you all do :T:j:A

pennib

I can't believe the transformation of that desk...wow

Mary; Lucky you getting all those freebies....I need somewhere to keep my
craft stash as well.

cmazza

BexBex that is a great job on the desk.

xxvickixx

Hart, your blue and white quilt is beautiful, and well done for cutting all of the squares yourself this time! I still can't get over the amount of patience that you quilters must have.

DH is off work tommorrow so I really must finish getting the walls ready today for papering at some point.

Keiss_21

bargainbird wrote: »

Kiess - Your Name sort of gives away where in caithness you lived , i lived near in wick for 9months - Welcome x

Thanks bargainbird,
My dad is still in Keiss, and my sis has been in Wick for about 9 years now - she and DH own Houstons chip shop/cafe/restaurant.

pennib wrote: »

xxvickiexx; Yes I did the ones above the doorway.

Keiss21; Didnt pick up on your name! Yep live in Caithness, it is a treck going up and down the country, but we take it easy and stay overnight before carrying on.
You are certainly busy with your makeovers......horrible being ill and not able to
do much:( but now your better I bet there will be a whirlwind of activity :T
Wish there was a Dunhelm up here, our nearest is 400 miles away but it's one of the first shops I go to on my excursions Beautiful fabrics in there.....second thoughts good job there isn't one else our house would be choka-block with material :rotfl:

We are lucky with my MIL living in Kirkcaldy, great for a stop-over on the trek north. We have done a couple of straight up trips...far too kn*****ing!!!

Not done anything decorating-wise this past week..been very hectic @ work...end of academic year. Did sort out LOADS of paper-work in the conservatory yesterday, the recycliung bin is filling nicely ! This is in preparation for decorating this room once I have finished with the kitchen.

Now must stop here and get my CPD completed and submitted...two days late...ooops!! .

xxvickixx

I got this idea to make ornate frames using textured wallpaper from a book I picked up at the boot sale, I've takens some photos along the way.

Old plain frame - cheapy from IKEA with the old wallpaper in.


Using a sample of wallpaper which had a sort of column design I cut and glued stips to the frame and then glued a bit of cord to the edges



Add a little detail in the corner.


And paint



It needs another coat of paint and then I plan to pick out some of the raised bits in gold paint to give a gilt effect. I'm then going to put some of the new wallpaper in the fram and hang it back where it used to be. I have two of these on the unpapered wall.

Georgiabay

That's clever, Vicki. What paint did you use?

xxvickixx

Just matt emulsion, it's the CK linen paint that was £1 a few weeks ago.

EagerLearner

BexBex that desk looks really good now, so much more defined - and refined! Your dog seems to love it too...

Hart44 the quilt is awesome, have always admired anyone that can be that patient as such detailed work!

xxvickixx that frame looks great and I would definately say much better for the work you have done - a few details go a long way for sure plus elbow grease...

I am now working on my pine dresser, pics to come by next weekend hopefully.

MrEL has been finding wood on the seafront and sanding it, it's already quite work so looks lovely when sanded. Then we varnished one piece and... have learned that varnish is often much darker than you thought it would be! Looks lovely though so well worth it for free and a few licks of varnish. It will be a shelf in an alcove.

hart44

What a great idea vicki :T the frame looks better than a shop
brought one.
Im a bit fed up at the mo, I want to finish the little mag/table and it keeps spotting with rain I have managed to sand all the parts and have given it a coat of undercoat but I can only do it outside so the top coat will have to wait I also want to get on with my pine corner unit I brought a couple of weeks ago (typical school hol's weather )

Oh well Im loving the pic's on here