Shabby Chic Thread?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

vintagepleasure wrote: »

The seller got back to me and told me that the starting price of £299.00 was following a professional valuation!

ooo so i was right then...... the guy down the pub told him how much it was worth...lol...

as the saying goes, what people want, and what people get are two intirely different things....

if someone could re- post the link, maybe we should all watch it they might think it IS worth a fortune...lol....:p

i knew someone.. who thought they knew about antiques.... and used to do open days in a village hall or in peoples houses ( usually oap's) and try to give valuations, in the hope that he could pick up some under-valued things, the things that he didnt want or knew anthing about, he just used to make a figure up, and say he didnt buy that type of thing...
a right artfull dodger type guy...

thought he knew it all, but knew nothing, so mis- lead people...

at the end of the day, the way i look at it, antiques, or anything really, is only worth what people are prepared to pay for it...

as 2 mes'ers could look at one shabby chic item, and one is prepared to pay lets say £10, and the other one would pay £100 for it...

hope all that made sense......lol... think i better go an make a cuppa, and wake up a bit,

vintagepleasure

facepainter wrote: »

I'm not sure I'm a true Shabby Chic-er you know....That quilt I bought smells so musty that even after 3 washes (one a boil wash).... a tumble dry and an afternoon on the line (and a bit of moulting!!).... I'm not sure I can bring myself to put it on my daughters bed!

I think it will be going back on ebay this weekend!Also today, in the charity shop, there was a lovely glass dressing table set.... but when I went to pick it up it was covered in black hairs. I can imagine it sitting in someone room for years and years and their big black dog/cat/hairy housekeeper coming in and scratching hairs everywhere and the whole place never being cleaned. I know it's stupid and everything looks better with a good scrub but I honestly couldn't even pick it up....

But I have to say that the one and only time I ever went to Haven I couldn't bring myself to sleep on their mattresses either (they were rank) so maybe I'm just overly fussy!!

I sometimes take gloves with me when thrifting and always have hand wipes!I give all crockery etc I buy from the charity shop a cycle in the dishwasher.Unless it's hand painted. Glassware comes out so sparkly and as long as you underload the machine it shouldn't chip.
I know what you mean about the quilt smell I think they have always been smelly.Maybe it's the feathers? I remember my grandma's smelling when I was kid.

vintagepleasure

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

ooo so i was right then...... the guy down the pub told him how much it was worth...lol...

as the saying goes, what people want, and what people get are two intirely different things....

if someone could re- post the link, maybe we should all watch it they might think it IS worth a fortune...lol....:p


at the end of the day, the way i look at it, antiques, or anything really, is only worth what people are prepared to pay for it..

Here's the link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200210703516 The seller say's it's an antique but I'm sure by definition an antique has to be over 80 years old and the cupboard definitely isn't!

BTW someone was asking about padded hangers so I thought I'd share a photo of mine with you

I get them from charity shops who normally throw them out.Just ask and most places will save some for you.They never charge more than a few pence.

jinny

Little_Chicken wrote: »

Afternoon guys. do you have any advice on the best place to buy padded hangers. Nice shabby cotton ones rather than uglie satin:eek: There are some on ebay, but was wondering if there were nice ones elsewhere. Big thanks.:beer:

http://usaapp.husqvarnaviking.com/education/pdf/PaddedHangerCovers.pdf
I found these, thought they were a clever way to cover the triangle ones.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

vintagepleasure wrote: »

Here's the link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200210703516 The seller say's it's an antique but I'm sure by definition an antique has to be over 80 years old and the cupboard definitely isn't!

thanks for the link.... looking at it again..... its not even mint condition....and it doesnt seem quite right... but it could be the quality of the photos, and lack of them...

as for definitions of when to call something antique ...i would have to pass on that...

but when to comes to clothes...what i am lead to believe.... anything pre 40's - 50's could be classed as antique, and anything 60's onwards is retro,

but this will alter from collector to collector i know with cars to be classed as vintage the car has to be before a certain date....but i think nowadays anything which is 'old' is advertised as vintage....

which to be honest with my ebay listings i do tend to use the vintage word....to discribe... anything from the 70's back....

edit...... is it me or does it looks as though its had a dodgy paint job ? or is it just the way the light is shining on it ?

lindens

I think its the light, i'm sure the paint is original.
Not my cup of tea though lol

wizzkid_3

Anyone near these beauties?

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZmowerman1dogbsa

sootypea

vintagepleasure wrote: »

Oh I wish I knew where that was!! I think I'll have to get the A-Z out.We are local to Manchester.Can you remember how much it was?

I didn't ask but I don't think it will be more than £5.00 there was about 20 pieces and they had two old dressers but i don't have any room. I would go and ask for you but we are going away today for a week. it really is worth a look in there lots of old furniture and bric a brac

maypole

vintagepleasure wrote: »

You need to mix and match the Iris (blue) is very pretty aswell.I have a slow growing mixed collection in the cellar for when I get fed up of my Johnsons Bros stuff.I only pay less than a pound a piece and it's getting harder to find.

You are probably right, it's nice to mix and match, I just like the colour of the Jasmine, I bought my bits locally in a "junk" shop but they are getting quite expensive on ebay with the postage added. I don't have a lot of one thing, I like just buying bits and pieces that attract me.

jamtart6

vivw wrote: »

Its looking good. Have provided a link from my blog to yours....hope thats ok

That is lovely thank you so much! when i work out how to, I will pop a link to yours on there too just taken some snaps to put on