Shabby Chic; Volume III

rachbc

Oh m I just got a bout of ebay madness and bought a vintage kitchen unit to use as a craft cupboard - its lovely though and reminds me verymuch of the one from that we had in the garage when i was child - along with my grandparents kelvinator fridge I loved it - always had an eye for retro stuff evne then

annie-c

rachbc wrote: »

Oh m I just got a bout of ebay madness and bought a vintage kitchen unit to use as a craft cupboard - its lovely though and reminds me verymuch of the one from that we had in the garage when i was child - along with my grandparents kelvinator fridge I loved it - always had an eye for retro stuff evne then

Ooh, can we have a pic, please?

inspirespirit

rachbc wrote: »

Oh m I just got a bout of ebay madness and bought a vintage kitchen unit to use as a craft cupboard - its lovely though and reminds me verymuch of the one from that we had in the garage when i was child - along with my grandparents kelvinator fridge I loved it - always had an eye for retro stuff evne then

oooo do you have a piccie? exactly what I'm looking for. A unit in my kitchen for my craft stuff.

Bibbitybob

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Bibbitybob

Eh?! What on earth happened to my last post?!!

Should have said...thanks for the info paintycait, useful to read

Oh dear, I just bought 6 lovely french style chairs, I feel some makeovers coming on!!

chika

Hello everyone - this is the original place where I found out about shabby chic. I've just finished my first project and thought I'd share. I bought this in a charity shop for £5. It's now living in my toilet where I think it looks rather sweet.

I thought I'd start with something simple and I'm pleased with the results. I used nitromors to strip but it didn't work too well so just went over with a sander. Then painted with two coats of homebase undercoat and primer and then two coats of sanctuary chalk white eggshell. I wasn't too impressed with this paint though. The colour is good but found the coverage to be terrible. Cheap as chips though.

Here is what it looked like on delivery day.



Now - (ignore the loo floor - It need to be updated asap!)



Hope you all like it as much as I do.

shirlgirl2004

It looks great Chika. I can't wait to see what Bibbitybob does with the chairs. I'd never touch something like that.

uropachild

I am looking for blogs about decor and homeaking on a budget. I have happened across a few, but they are all American and while they are a good read they don't seem to be as relevant to me.

If anyone writes or knows of any UK budget decor and home making blogs i would be very grateful to know them.

I posted in here because this is the home of the shabby chic thread and the flyladies thread, so i thought those ladies might be able to assist.

Many thanks. x

nikki_angel

I'd love to know too so I'm gonna stick around in here if you don't mind?

uropachild

Of course! Put your feet up hun and have a cuppa! Hopefully someone will be able to help us. x