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Shabby Chic Thread?

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  • ebaybaby
    ebaybaby Posts: 873 Forumite
    Can a mod tell me if my post was removed last night or did I not press post reply!? (It was late and I was tired!!)
  • Pooky
    Pooky Posts: 7,023 Forumite
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    Well this is the dresser I picked up from freecycle last week - it was stained a dark, almost ebony colour and I've spent the weekend "doing".....what do you think???

    dresser004.jpg

    I'm quite pleased with it :D (ignore the miss mash of stuff on there - just to show size etc.)
    "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with" - W. C. Field.
  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
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    Pooky that's really lovely. You are so clever. Well done X El :T
    Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
  • HariboJunkie
    HariboJunkie Posts: 7,740 Forumite
    The dresser is beautiful Pooky. x
  • Norma_Desmond
    Norma_Desmond Posts: 4,417 Forumite
    I've been out beachcombing this week and came home yesterday with an amazing piece of twisted driftwood which I'm going to make into a bathroom shelf - it's about 6 feet long and flattish on top so I think it'll look pretty good when it's dried out.
    "I'm ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille...."
  • ebaybaby
    ebaybaby Posts: 873 Forumite
    Absoloutely beautiful pooky.
  • mary43
    mary43 Posts: 5,845 Forumite
    pooky - thats really lovely. I really must sort through my paint pots. I've some stencils as well, art nouveau and wildflowers.............got a little cupboard with a draw in much need of something doing to it.

    Called into a shop in town today that does all sorts of 'shabby chic' stuff and shaker style bits. Looking around at the prices I could have fallen over...................lol
    Mary

    I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
    (Good Enough Member No.48)
  • patentgirl
    patentgirl Posts: 1,041 Forumite
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    Well done Pooky you have been busy what a clever clogs you are bet your family are proud of you
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  • dizzy_lizzie
    dizzy_lizzie Posts: 2,952 Forumite
    Pooky that is absolutely gorgeous. I love the colour. I bet that would cost a fortune to buy one exactly like that. Well done.
    Luvz Dizzy x
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  • maypole
    maypole Posts: 1,816 Forumite
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    Pooky, that looks really good, what did you use to strip it down? the pattern on it looks like "Old Charm" a good quality furniture.
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