All New Shabby Chic Thread!

sootypea

Love your bedroom Vikki. And the fabric on the ironing board is so pretty

Kandipandi

Wow, there are some lovely bits on here, Princess your bedroom is looking fab, rather envious! I love your new ironing board bibbitybob I wouldn't use it either, just prop it in the corner to be admired.

I bought a couple of bits at the car boot sale today, there are more photos on my blog but these are two of my favourites;





I can't wait to get them shabbied up a bit!

jcr16

i love the mirror, that beautiful.

think i must hit the car boots. i'm looking for a pair of candle sticks or candlebra thingy.i want some nice tall thin ones for my mantal piece in the dining room. then a nice centre piece for table. has anyone seen anything ?

saw this on ebay , it's lush.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200467794264&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

i recently missed out on a gorgeous pair or candle sticks up for sale locally. but i did manage to get from the same lady a very nice small chandelier/ crystal drop type light shade. which looks stunning in my dining room

tara747

Oh wow, such a treat to see all this lovely stuff!!! Love love love the curtains, bedroom, ironing board and mirror! You are all so lucky, there are hardly any car boot sales here.

Bibbitybob

cherisong wrote: »

This is so vibrant and cheerful. I was just looking at your blog and I love the chair you did for your office. I have parker knoll fireside chair that I want to recover in patchwork style. I am looking for some lovely material just like that on your office chair or alternatively some lovely silks and velvets with ribbons to link. Anyway I have the idea in my mind but no idea where to start looking for the materials. I dont want to spend a fortune as I am on a tight budget.
Any ideas welcome.

All my fabrics were Cath Kidston and much of it was donated by a very kind lady, although some came off ebay. There are a lot of companies who do 'CK style' fabric - Globaltex, for example. I'd suggest ebay as a place to start or maybe ask on your local freecycle?

Thriftkitten

Hi I have a question regarding repainting old furniture, can you tell me what kind of undercoat I would use before using say Farrow and Ball "Dimity", Does it show that I have now become a slave to Bibbity bob's blog:jLove the blog, it's so inspiring and brings such warm thoughts reading it, Oh and the photo's are lovely, some great finds x

hart44

Kandipandi wrote: »

Wow, there are some lovely bits on here, Princess your bedroom is looking fab, rather envious! I love your new ironing board bibbitybob I wouldn't use it either, just prop it in the corner to be admired.

I bought a couple of bits at the car boot sale today, there are more photos on my blog but these are two of my favourites;





I can't wait to get them shabbied up a bit!

Love your find Kandi , I dont have many carboots around this area but Im going to see my son & DIL in Silverstone next weekend as they want to take me to the BIG one they go to :j so hope to find something there.
I have made a start on my chest of drawers

elegant_elephant

Got my subscription copy of Easy Living today - there's a free Cath Kidston shopping bag with it and CK catazine which has the price of £1.50 on it. I don't have pictures but you may want to keep your eyes open when you next go past the magazines.

Claire_Bear

anguk wrote: »

How do you order fabric samples? I've looked but couldn't work out how and I would like a few so I can decide which fabric I want for my kitchen curtains.

It took me ages to figure out too, but you go on the fabric page, then click on the pattern that you like. It sdhould have a red box saying 'add to bag' and if there's a sample available, underneath there's a blue box saying 'request sample'. I don't think samples are available on all the fabrics all of the time though so it's just a case of going through them all to see which ones have the box. Kandipandi I love that mirror!

Kandipandi

elegant elephant - thanks for the heads up, I will keep an eye out for that magazine.