Shabby Chic Thread?

rachelleblondel_2

charleybabes wrote: »

..do you think the cornforth white would look nice with the oak worktop.. and open oak shelves.. or should i just repaint them cream???

Ditch the cream and go for CORNFORTH WHITE....I love the colour and have painted all my walls with it, I used Hardwick white for the cabinets as with 2 dogs, 2 messy boys & a mountain bikking husband ( who removes his muddy clothes in the kitchen by the washer spreading mud everywhere) it was just a tad darker.

CW has a lovely taupe, greyness to the white...yum

As for the new colours tried the Charleston Grey....a bloomsbury colour (as quoted on the back page) was a little dark for the walls but lovely so I nedd to find something to paint with it now & I am painting my display cabinet Saxon Green....not a new colour but I've been desperate to paint some furniture green for ages!

Good Luck

rachelleblondel_2

Have been checking out the little greene paint company as they have some really nice 50's range of colours, shrimp pink & pale lime being my favourite, slightly cheaper than F&B. Had a long chat with my local paint shop and he def felt that F&B was the most superior paint and that other company's try to reproduce the quality but aren't successful. Saying that little greene do use some pigments and that its quality was good but not the best...so I am going to give it a try...will let you know what happens.

rachelleblondel_2

icandream wrote: »

Hi all
Does anyone have any ideas for how I can make these cupboards look good fairly cheaply: the F&B paint is going to take up most of the budget. Would it be best to choose a contrasting F&B paint for the woodwork and cover the doors as well as the skirting boards in that. What would look good with the cornforth white?

Hi There
After the floods our kitchen cupboards looked rank and our landlord refused to replace them, so I painted them and they look great now I am actually pleased I didn't get some new naff kitchen units (would of been done on the cheap) I used slipper satin on the skirting boards/door frames/fireplace etc as its a nice neutral colour which works with Cornforth. White was really scarry & stark.

The good thing with the F&B card is that they tend to group together all the colours that work with each other and if you go to the website and pick you colour there is a related products section where you can get suggested neutrals. Good Luck and make sure you let us know what you choose, post a pic as well

ps I've just realised I've rambled my way through 3 posts I'll shut up now !!!!!!

chinatown_2

I had a fab time at my local chairty shop yesterday. Wasnt intending to go in but Im pleased I did. Bought a wire chicken egg holder for £1.50, a huge pair of thick cream curtains with small pink and green flowers on that are big enough for my mam to cut up and make 2 pairs of smaller curtains as I have 2 kitchen windows, these were £4.50. And best of all I bought a pine bureau with drawers and a seperate set of draws also to match, already shabby chic'ed - drawer fronts have been painted cream! Its lovely and was only £25!

poppett

chinatown wrote: »

I had a fab time at my local chairty shop yesterday. Wasnt intending to go in but Im pleased I did. Bought a wire chicken egg holder for £1.50, a huge pair of thick cream curtains with small pink and green flowers on that are big enough for my mam to cut up and make 2 pairs of smaller curtains as I have 2 kitchen windows, these were £4.50. And best of all I bought a pine bureau with drawers and a seperate set of draws also to match, already shabby chic'ed - drawer fronts have been painted cream! Its lovely and was only £25!

Ohhhh post some piccies if you can China, I love to see what bargains people have picked up. All the charity shops in this town only sell clothes and bric a brac, no furniture. I used to love it when I lived in a big town and could browse charity shops with furniture too. Your bureau sounds lovely.......show us:rotfl:

lindens

I posted this on another thread but throught some of you clever people on here may know the answer.
I bough a bag of Laura Ashley scraps from ebay, but as I want to make things and sell them on ebay i need to know they definately are LA and what the name of the fabric is.
Is there a LA library anywhere? Or any other ideas?

vintagepleasure

rachelleblondel wrote: »

Have been checking out the little greene paint company as they have some really nice 50's range of colours, shrimp pink & pale lime being my favourite, slightly cheaper than F&B. Had a long chat with my local paint shop and he def felt that F&B was the most superior paint and that other company's try to reproduce the quality but aren't successful. Saying that little greene do use some pigments and that its quality was good but not the best...so I am going to give it a try...will let you know what happens.

Little Greene paint company is fairly local to me and they are highly recommended by alot of painters and decorators around here for their quality.We haven't actually used them.Don't know why?! I suppose we should have and given a local company some help.I think I'll look into it. Thanks for reminding me.

vintagepleasure

icandream wrote: »

Hi all
I haven't posted on this thread for a bit, but have been lurking, and love all your pics and ideas. Just wanted some advice...
Nine years or so after moving in, we're finally going to paint our horrible hall, and inspired by all your comments I'm very tempted to go for F&B cornforth white. However, we have a horrible understairs cupboard situation. We need the cupboards to throw all the coats/shoes/rubbish in, but they are a cheap hardboard on a thick chipboard base (done on the cheap by the previous owners). They look flat, uninteresting, boring. I've covered them with the children's a/w from school, and that looks better, but they still let everything down and if we're doing the hall I'd like to freshen them up. Ideally I'd like a carpenter to make doors :rotfl:
...that's not gonna happen cos of the cost. :eek:
I've searched the library for ideas, searched online for ideas, but there's very little inspiration for a hall. Does anyone have any ideas for how I can make these cupboards look good fairly cheaply: the F&B paint is going to take up most of the budget. Would it be best to choose a contrasting F&B paint for the woodwork and cover the doors as well as the skirting boards in that. What would look good with the cornforth white?
Sorry it's a bit rambling. Not well, can't sleep, and been fretting about it. Any ideas would be really welcome... could post a pic if that would help though it may be embarrassing for me ...

I have loads of ideas for your doors!

1.Maybe you could make them into a big chalkboard?

2.Or if the kids artwork looks nice make it more of a feature.You can get some cheap frames from the charity shop and get rid of the glass.Just stick the actual frame to the door.Paint it all the same colour and maybe shabby them up a little by sanding back the edges. Then stick the artwork in the frame using blutack.You can then change them as you feel but they would look much prettier than just pinned up.

3.Another idea would be to wallpaper the doors.You could do it in a patchwork effect.Like I did in my daughters room.We went to B+Q and picked up a heap of free samples from rolls we liked.So all it cost was the paste.

4.You could make them into a huge notice board.Either by using cork tiles or by a bit of wadding and some fabric then ribbons crossed over to hold letters etc.

5.As it's the cupboard that holds all you bags and shoes you could even gets some hooks and add them to the front of the doors to hang any up your
pretty bags or shoes on.

I'll keep thinking but if you post a photo that would really help.

maypole

icandream wrote: »

Hi all
I haven't posted on this thread for a bit, but have been lurking, and love all your pics and ideas. Just wanted some advice...
Nine years or so after moving in, we're finally going to paint our horrible hall, and inspired by all your comments I'm very tempted to go for F&B cornforth white. However, we have a horrible understairs cupboard situation. We need the cupboards to throw all the coats/shoes/rubbish in, but they are a cheap hardboard on a thick chipboard base (done on the cheap by the previous owners). They look flat, uninteresting, boring. I've covered them with the children's a/w from school, and that looks better, but they still let everything down and if we're doing the hall I'd like to freshen them up. Ideally I'd like a carpenter to make doors :rotfl:
...that's not gonna happen cos of the cost. :eek:
I've searched the library for ideas, searched online for ideas, but there's very little inspiration for a hall. Does anyone have any ideas for how I can make these cupboards look good fairly cheaply: the F&B paint is going to take up most of the budget. Would it be best to choose a contrasting F&B paint for the woodwork and cover the doors as well as the skirting boards in that. What would look good with the cornforth white?
Sorry it's a bit rambling. Not well, can't sleep, and been fretting about it. Any ideas would be really welcome... could post a pic if that would help though it may be embarrassing for me ...

Don't just assume that Cornforth white will work for your decor even though it seems to be a popular colour here. It has to work with your colour scheme. I have just been looking at it on the paint chart and while it is a nice colour, it would not go with my furnishings for instance, which are a sort of rosewood red, there are no blue tones in my red furniture at all as my room faces north/west and I need warm colours. So I would have to use a warmer tone for the paint. Just thought you should check first:D .

Not that I am an expert mind! I need to be hand held through all my decorating:o

Also in the brochure that came with the F&B paint chart, I believe the kitchen shown in there is in Cornforth white.

vintagepleasure

maypole wrote: »

Don't just assume that Cornforth white will work for your decor even though it seems to be a popular colour here. It has to work with your colour scheme. I have just been looking at it on the paint chart and while it is a nice colour, it would not go with my furnishings for instance, which are a sort of rosewood red, there are no blue tones in my red furniture at all as my room faces north/west and I need warm colours. So I would have to use a warmer tone for the paint. Just thought you should check first:D .

Not that I am an expert mind! I need to be hand held through all my decorating:o

Also in the brochure that came with the F&B paint chart, I believe the kitchen shown in there is in Cornforth white.

You are right maypole.Cornforth would be too cold for my house too which needs slight pink tones to lift the colour.I think I'd get away with it in small areas but on walls I know I wouldn't.