has anyone turned a room into shabby sheek?

cathy36

I am decorating for the first time :T and wanting to go down the shabby sheek route as I have a white dining room table, dresser and a lovely log burner. Does anyone know the road to go down/rules for a shabby sheek look without it looking tacky and awful.

PlymouthMaid

Try googling 'shabby CHIC' for ideas

peachyprice

You beat me to it PlymouthMaid

Although I don't think there is a way to stop it looking tacky unless it fits the house, is there?

lindens

there is a thread on this forum called shabby chic cafe or something, lots of photos and advice

ben_m_g

There are paint effects you can use on the walls (like rag washing) but I think that can look tacky in some cases.

We went for a shabby chic look in our master bedroom, neutral tones on the wall and carpet, French carved headboard (a steal on ebay), 'antiqued' picture frames, and rest of the furniture we rubbed down the white painted wood to give a distressed look.

Works really well

cathy36

neutral tones? do you think pale green as I have so much magnolia around this house, I wanted something like pale green to go with the white and pale pink accessories ben_m_g?

sniggings

my advice, contrast a clean modern look on the walls with a hand full of furniture in the shabby style, too much and it looks cheap.

Don't think you will save any money as it will most likely cost more, to do this look properly.

ben_m_g

cathy36 wrote: »

neutral tones? do you think pale green as I have so much magnolia around this house, I wanted something like pale green to go with the white and pale pink accessories ben_m_g?

A pale green could work, with subdue pinks and white.
Something like this?

http://photos.hgtv.com/photo/feminine-master-bathroom-in-pale-green-and-pink


Depending on how feminine you wanted the room (and how bright the other pinks are) you could consider a dark burnt pink, or very faint pink like the below.

http://www.mochatini.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Pink-bedroom-GTL0505-de.jpg

sniggings

ben_m_g wrote: »

A pale green could work, with subdue pinks and white.
Something like this?

http://photos.hgtv.com/photo/feminine-master-bathroom-in-pale-green-and-pink


Depending on how feminine you wanted the room (and how bright the other pinks are) you could consider a dark burnt pink, or very faint pink like the below.

http://www.mochatini.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Pink-bedroom-GTL0505-de.jpg

that green does not work at all.

cathy36

sniggings wrote: »

my advice, contrast a clean modern look on the walls with a hand full of furniture in the shabby style, too much and it looks cheap.

Don't think you will save any money as it will most likely cost more, to do this look properly.

Yes I have a white round table and 4 chairs, dresser and a log burner and want to keep it just to that with a few accessories but I don't want white or magnolia walls, bit of colour I thought. That is harder than said tho

ben_m_g

I think the bath/tiling is throwing my off, the colour is fine.

If you replaced it with a decent roll top and without the tiling altogether it would change the look of the room.