All New Shabby Chic Thread!

fluffybunny_2

just saw this on ebay and thought of you on here

anyone in/near Leeds?

this is 99p and finishes in half an hour!!!!!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SMALL-ELEGANT-BUREAU-/290469632481?pt=UK_Home_Garden_LivingRoomFurniture_EH&hash=item43a156d9e1

pennib

I'll past the bibs around with all this drooling going on!!

Have finished painting the bookcase but I wont to put curtains behind the glass
but hubs likes the books showing......hmm wonder who will win! haha.
Another thing I have done....a blog after procrastinating for months!

Georgiabay

Glad to see you've started a blog, pennib.
When I see the lovely things you've done I always click on your name hoping you've got a blog and I'm always disappointed - but not any more :T

Georgiabay

Bibbitybob wrote: »

Morning all! I dragged poor Mr BB out of bed just after 7am for the car booty (although it was more like 8 by the time he'd drunk his coffee and grumbled at me a few times... ). We met my Dad there, and it was so huge we were too exhausted to visit the other one down the road afterwards!

I'm really pleased with my haul, got a few items of clothing brand new with tags for no more than £1.50 a piece plus got some bits to shabby up...

- little wooden birdhouse
- large chalkboard with wooden frame and little tray to keep chalks in
- chunky tall ladder style shelves (I can't decide whether to paint these up or keep them dark for the bathroom, they look fab against the new paint!)

I'll get photos of shabby bits up here later, and clothes will go on my blog too. Off to do some painting :rotfl:

Sounds like a good haul, Bibbity.
Which car boot was it, I'm in North Lincs.

irishgirl62

I used to paint furniture years ago, my ds son room is being redecorated and I was going to throw out his drawers but thanks to this thread I have decided to paint it, it is a heavy wooden drawers which my mother gave me 12 years ago. I crackled glazed it as my sons room was natuical theme. here is a pic of the drawers before I sand it down. Its been bashed a bit and moved house twice!
I am going to look for new handles.



close up of the crackle glaze

crickett1234

Hello there ladies. I have a question to ask all of you very knowledgable shabby chic'ers. I have the opportunity to acquire some chests of drawers ex-Ikea. They are brand new, but don't "fit" in this person's house, and so they have offered them to me. I have said a very loud YES, and I have an idea of what to do with them, I just want to make sure what I want to do will work.

So, these chests of drawers have that bright white melamine type veneer that Ikea do. I thought I could put some PVA on the drawers, put natty and colourful paper napkins on the pva and then put another layer of pva over the top. Once its dry, maybe some varnish and voila. Do you think that would work? And where can you get napkins with roses and pretty flowers on them?!

Thanks for your help in advance... I have long lurked and been inspired!!

Bibbitybob

crickett1234 wrote: »

Hello there ladies. I have a question to ask all of you very knowledgable shabby chic'ers. I have the opportunity to acquire some chests of drawers ex-Ikea. They are brand new, but don't "fit" in this person's house, and so they have offered them to me. I have said a very loud YES, and I have an idea of what to do with them, I just want to make sure what I want to do will work.

So, these chests of drawers have that bright white melamine type veneer that Ikea do. I thought I could put some PVA on the drawers, put natty and colourful paper napkins on the pva and then put another layer of pva over the top. Once its dry, maybe some varnish and voila. Do you think that would work? And where can you get napkins with roses and pretty flowers on them?!

Thanks for your help in advance... I have long lurked and been inspired!!

Hurrah for your acquisition :T I think it would depend on how much knocking the furniture is likely to get - pva might not protect it much. Could you use a clear varnish over the top of the PVA topcoat to give it a bit more strength?

And tesco sell some lovely napkins at the moment, I was coo-ing over some floral ones in there the other day!

Bibbitybob

It needs another coat of varnish or two, but my little bird house is looking a little prettier now! The 'before' pic is on my blog

Bibbitybob

Sorry, meant to say too...I love the shape of those drawers irishgirl, I think they've got great potential! The handles are lovely too, perfect for the shabby chic look.

crickett1234

Bibbitybob wrote: »

Hurrah for your acquisition :T I think it would depend on how much knocking the furniture is likely to get - pva might not protect it much. Could you use a clear varnish over the top of the PVA topcoat to give it a bit more strength?

And tesco sell some lovely napkins at the moment, I was coo-ing over some floral ones in there the other day!

Thanks for replying bibbity... and I had thought of the clear varnish idea as well. Thanks for hint re Mr T's. I shall pop into my local one this week and see what I can find. Thanks again! :beer:

EDITED TO ADD...and I have done an online shop from Mr Tesco man, and ordered napkins with vintage roses on them! They look lovely, so hopefully will be the right ones!