Shabby Chic Thread?

charleybabes

NE girl..its gorgeous !!!!!!!!!!

you have done such a good job.. it looks so expensive and so shabby chic all at the same time !!!!!!

well done.. love the colour of it

nomoney

NEgirl your dresser is gorgeous!!

SOOOOO jealous!! :rotfl:

Now do ya think if another one comes up for sale your lovely husband wud help me get it? and you can help me paint it!! :rotfl:

Frugal_Mouse

NEgirl - that's fantastic!! You have done a really great job on the dresser. Thank you for being such an inspiration.

FM
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mary43

NEgirl - very smart well done !

vivw - I managed to get one original advertising picture for biscuits years ago and framed it, Had an original Nectar Tea sign (the enamel ones) given me as well many moons ago and still got that.
I bought some reproduction posters from an antique fair and aged them down with som dark oak stain - wipe it on, wipe it off,dab it here and there............gives them that 'old and mucky' look.................lol Fits in well with the rest of the house..................lol

dorry_2

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

just taken some pics...

here is my dumb waiter.. which needs some tlc

and a pair of 1950's curtains.. which will come in usefull for either using as curtain or re-covering something...

Coolertricker,

I didn't know thats what they were called! I have one next to my bed, it has barley twist legs. I keep the teasmade on the top of it and the phone, cups drinks underneath

I am definetely gonna look for another, we have just had a new bathroom put in and I would be able to use something like this for folding my towels on, as suggested on here:D

thanks for the inspiration everyone xxx:T

NEgirl

nomoney of course we would - just find one you like!

Pipkin

NEgirl wrote: »

ok here goes It was painted in Craig & Rose Pale Mortlake Cream eggshell and the paper on the shelves was £1 from primark and i love it!! So well worth the night hours put into sanding and recoating its not as white irl it has a real creamy warmth to it and ignore the decorative bits on it that was just for the pics, it will house my china dishes etc once ive finished sorting the room out

NEgirl.... I'm gobsmacked! thats absoloutely flaming gorgeous!:D

Can you tell me how you did the painting? ie: sand paint sand paint etc.. I've painted furniture in the past but never managed to get a very fine finish.

Thank you so much!:T

I've just bought some Laura Ashley lilac gingham wallpaper from ebay (2 rolls for 99p!!) to do the back surface (not the back iyswim) of my bedroom bookcases with.

Ellidee

NE girl that dresser looks absolutely gorgeous. What a lot of hard work - you only got it about two days ago didn't you. Wow great stuff well done :T

NEgirl

yep only picked it up thursday morning and it didnt even make it out of the back of the car until thursday night, i was just so eager to make it over! :rotfl:

Pipkin - i gave it a sand down when i first brought it in as it had a lot of superficial scratches and marks, painted it, sanded it again and then gave it another 2 coats - not sanding in between. It dried really quick and i would highly recommend the Craig & Rose paints!!

shellyaspey

well done NE girl that is fab you have really inspired me now, ive got a pine thingy with shelves and drawers on the wall and i hate it so you can guess whats going to happen with it now lol