All New Shabby Chic Thread!

Bibbitybob

Ooh bargainbird, that's got SO much potential!

Think the wardrobes will be Dimity (again ) as I'm going for a duck egg and pale cream colour scheme. I can't do any of the walls until we've had the house rewired though, which is annoying.

Not feeling too good this morning, I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for anything and could do with a duvet day

danemi1

EagerLearner wrote: »

My dresser is now painted and shabbied, I will upload piccies soon, feels nice to finally have that done and looking better.

Can't wait to see it hun

danemi1

bargainbird - it may be broken but it deffo doesnt look beyond repair - it looks like good wood without too much varnish etc - and looks like when its had some tlc it will be wonderful - looking forward to seeing the transformation - I havent got a lot of time at the moment and am cramming it with learning to sew but also want to shabby up too - wish we had more hours in a day - lol!

danemi1

vicki - sorry dunhelm wasnt brill - I guess its one of those places sometimes you go in and cant stop going ooooh and aaaah I need me some of them and them and them and then other days - wheres it all gone

Just learned from our branch that they have lost in last few months lost 600 lines of fabric - made way for lampshades and mirrors and canvasses (sp?) - STOP!!!! bring back the fabrics!

jcr16

xxvickixx wrote: »

My ticking fabric turned up this morning after 8 days! It's really nice though - exactly what I wanted so worth the wait and the gamble. In fact it's so heavy I am wondering if my sewing machine can cope.

what is ticking ? and what would it be used for.

lolly_896

Bibity - Im sure with you magic touch you will make them look beautiful! How about cutting the inside of the door out (I hope this makes sense) so you are left with a frame, and lining it with chicken wire - you would be able to see how beautiful they are inside then! Although the insides of my wardrobes are a mess so i couldnt do this!

Bargainbird - I can imagine that looking amazing! Fantastic find

I havent been doing much Shabby chic-ing! I'm trying to finish DS1 bedroom theres no chic in there just lads stuff. Today i am going to sort a lego table from a lime green Ikea table which was free and some lego baseplates Hopefully stop myself from standing on lego bricks everyday! x


*Edited to add - When you paint with a roller do you use lambswool or sponge?

Georgiabay

Bibbity, it sounds great how you're going to do the wardrobes. I think they'll look every bit as good as the LA one.
I can't find it now (it might have been from the beginning of the thread) but can you remember the link to someone's blog where they'd put strips of thin wood on a seventies sideboard and painted it up, and it looked fantastic.

Bargainbird, your cupboard looks good and there doesn't seem to be much preparation for painting.

shirlgirl2004

Bargainbird that cupboard is gorgeous, it will look fantastic.

Whatwas the ticking for Vicki, for some reason I thought it was to cover chairs (or maybe because that's what I was thinking of doing) but if you're sewing obviously not.

xxvickixx

Ticking is a really thick cottony typefabric, I think they used to use it for matresses, it usually has a fat stripe and thin stripe either side, which mine does.
Shirlgirl - half right! Seat pads and some sofa cushions and padded hearts maybe out of the spare. I also have some airforce blue upholstery corduroy coming to cover the pouffe cube.
I'm about half way through making the swags and tails for the big window, so I want to get that finished and put up before I start any more sewing projects though.

Bargainbabe, that cupboard looks like it will makeover really well.
Lolly, good idea for the lego table. I though that having a train table would help but no, playing on the floor is much more fun apparently!
I use a sponge roller for gloss and a fluffy one for emulsion on walls, I'd probably go for a sponge one with anything thick and gloopy like eggshell too.

pjran

I am so tempted (after reading your makeovers) to paint a chair but can't seem to find ESP at a good price. From your experience where is the best/cheapest place to buy this primer please.

I persuased hubby to paint spare bedroom furniture a couple of years ago. The results are fantastic BUT he says "never again !". He did it the old fashioned way by rubbing down, priming and then several coats of egg shell paint.

Thanks ladies, x