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Shabby Chic Thread?

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  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    Hi Guys!

    I love Folk Art and Americana stuff. We have loads of stuff collected over the past few years and I buy generally from the USA through Ebay or when we go over. I also collect Boyds Bears in my teddy glass cabinets but most are in old fashioned folk arty gear.

    PP
    xx
    To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it,
    requires brains!
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  • rosieben
    rosieben Posts: 5,010 Forumite
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    lillythecat wrote: »
    I'd love to join this thread. Just covered some junk shop find (but good) old kitchen chairs with some fabric I already had - really pleased with the result. Its amazing what a bit of paint and a staple gun can achieve!...

    Have also been lucky enough to be given some lovely pieces by friends/relatives again they needed a bit of TLC and a think about how to use them. ...

    Thats half the fun isnt it? looking at something and seeing beyond the obvious, and of course its recycling which is always good! ;)

    Viv, I've bookmarked that blog for later, it looks good, thank you!

    P-P I love folk art too, any chance of a photo please? I know this is the shabby chic thread but its interesting and useful to look at all styles! :)
    ... don't throw the string away. You always need string! :D

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  • vivw_2
    vivw_2 Posts: 2,230 Forumite
    maypole wrote: »
    VIVW

    What a brilliant site, that lady really has got taste, I loved the bedroom.
    must of missed the bedroom ....where on the site was it?
    We don't need to do it perfectly - good enough is exactly that GOOD ENOUGH.


  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    rosieben wrote: »
    Thats half the fun isnt it? looking at something and seeing beyond the obvious, and of course its recycling which is always good! ;)

    Viv, I've bookmarked that blog for later, it looks good, thank you!

    P-P I love folk art too, any chance of a photo please? I know this is the shabby chic thread but its interesting and useful to look at all styles! :)

    I have loads....lol
    To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it,
    requires brains!
    FEB GC/DIESEL £200/4 WEEKS
  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    This is my favourite plaque:



    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it,
    requires brains!
    FEB GC/DIESEL £200/4 WEEKS
  • mary43
    mary43 Posts: 5,845 Forumite
    I've got a doll stands on the kitchen shelf , bucket etc. in her hand with a plaque saying 'welcome to my dusty house'..............just the thing for me.
    Found it in the second hand shop and it was a 'must have'............lol
    Mary

    I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
    (Good Enough Member No.48)
  • maypole
    maypole Posts: 1,816 Forumite
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    VIVW

    Scroll down and on the left you will see Vintage pleasure, click on that then on the right hand side you will see a list of dates, click on to October and scroll down the pics.
  • vivw_2
    vivw_2 Posts: 2,230 Forumite
    I must be blind because I still can't see it????????????????????
    We don't need to do it perfectly - good enough is exactly that GOOD ENOUGH.


  • maypole
    maypole Posts: 1,816 Forumite
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    Click on to the link you posted here. Look on the left, scroll down a bit and you will see a list of names, near the bottom is Vintage pleasures, I sent you a personal message as I have just realised these are Bloggers on the Plump pudding site.

    Click on to Vintage pleasure and then, on the right hand side scroll till you see the dates and click on to october 2007. good luck then scroll down all the pictures till you come to a lovely bedroom.
  • triage999
    triage999 Posts: 239 Forumite
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    rachelleblondel

    thanks very much can't wait to see them :)
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