All New Shabby Chic Thread!

jennyjelly

Yup, here it is.

csarina

Just tried to order the Cath Kidson Magazine, silly site kept asking me for my phone number despite my enteriing it several times, stupid thing!!!

Janebo12

Hi all

I've been on holiday in North Wales this week and went to Barmouth one day - there is a lovely shop there called "Summer Strawberries" (or something similar - loads of gorgeous shabby chic items from cushions to kitchen tins etc - if anybody is nearby I would recommend a visit.

Also, one of the Portmeirion shops in Porthmadog - gorgeous gingerbread man / cupcake tins for tea, sugar and coffee (£4.99 each) with matching cake tins.

There was also a little shop in Harlech which sold lots of second-hand items such as tin baths, baskets, small shelves and cupboards ripe for renovation...

Unfortunately, I couldn't but anything as no room in the car coming back home. :mad:

jennyjelly

Janebo12 wrote: »

Hi all

I've been on holiday in North Wales this week and went to Barmouth one day - there is a lovely shop there called "Summer Strawberries" (or something similar - loads of gorgeous shabby chic items from cushions to kitchen tins etc - if anybody is nearby I would recommend a visit.

Also, one of the Portmeirion shops in Porthmadog - gorgeous gingerbread man / cupcake tins for tea, sugar and coffee (£4.99 each) with matching cake tins.

There was also a little shop in Harlech which sold lots of second-hand items such as tin baths, baskets, small shelves and cupboards ripe for renovation...

Unfortunately, I couldn't but anything as no room in the car coming back home. :mad:

You can still buy things from Summer Strawberries if you saw something you really wanted as they sell on line. Click here!

Janebo12

jennyjelly wrote: »

You can still buy things from Summer Strawberries if you saw something you really wanted as they sell on line. Click here!

:jAww, thanks that's fab - just off for a little browse (now where's my debit card gone? )

LJM

just ordered my magazine thanks for link

jcr16

oh thankyu, just ordered mine. gonna get inspired with lots more idea for my kitchen. can't wait to get started on re-vamping it.

tara747

Had a fabulous browse around the CSs today... got a lovely BN shabby chic tea jar from BHS for £2 and 4 martini glasses for 20p each :beer:

beingfrugal

Ooooh if you all could know how long I have spent reading through this and the old shabby chic thread. Well I'm hooked!

Having lost our home last year we have had to rent. We're lucky to have found a smasher of a place but it's old (new build queen here, minimal and smoothe walls etc) I'm very quickly loving this place and it's quirks but have some learning to do. It has to feel like a home and be 'done up' according to it's features and character but with costing next to nothing.

I tell you I have not slept with excitement! There's an old cabinet in the garage that my landlord didn't want to take, I've just had my text reply to say I can renovate it!

I've been tesco valuing painting our bedroom, it's all white in there now and have this wallpaper on head board wall


The cabinet will be a large bedside cabinet.


My heart really wants to have sanded wooden top and wooden knobs, painted cream eggshell but my head is saying all white to match white bed linen and walls.

I just don't know what to do for the best.

Anyway, any comments, help or ideas would be very greatfully receieved... and thank you in advanace. I'm just so happy to be inspired rather than depressed because I have to 'make do'

tiff

How about painting it all white and distressing it, or painting it white and leave the top as wood if it is real wood?

I started out shabby chicing out of necessity like you but now I prefer to do things this way, I have a lovely home that has cost very little! I need new dining chairs as the ones I have are cheap 80's ones and each one is broken. DH has tried to fix but they have broken again so I'm after new ones. I just missed out on 4 solid wood chairs last night, the highest bid was £25 for all four!