Shabby Chic Thread?

sandieb

maypole wrote: »

Chinatown

You just use the beeswax finish after you sanded down the table top, you don't put that on a painted surface. I would imagine anyway.

Whoops I didn't make myself clear. Sand down pine table top and beeswax it, then paint the legs cream oil eggshell. Sounds weird but there is a lot of country style furniture like that.

Similar to this

http://www.cotswoldco.com/uk-info/furniture/dining_room/wiltshire_dining_table_and_chairs/b352.html

Sheraton Beeswax Balsam available from Wilkinsons at £1.99 (DO NOT BUY IT FROM COTSWOLD CO - £14 for the same size pot from what I can see)

maypole

If you decided to paint it all, you could give it a protective coat of clear polyurethane varnish, I think this stops any marks spoiling the top. My friend has a table made from old pine ( unpainted ) and she does this and it works well. I think you can get a matt finish, not sure though.

chinatown_2

sandieb wrote: »

maypole wrote: »

Chinatown

You just use the beeswax finish after you sanded down the table top, you don't put that on a painted surface. I would imagine anyway.

Whoops I didn't make myself clear. Sand down pine table top and beeswax it, then paint the legs cream oil eggshell. Sounds weird but there is a lot of country style furniture like that.

Similar to this

http://www.cotswoldco.com/uk-info/furniture/dining_room/wiltshire_dining_table_and_chairs/b352.html

Sheraton Beeswax Balsam available from Wilkinsons at £1.99 (DO NOT BUY IT FROM COTSWOLD CO - £14 for the same size pot from what I can see)

Yay!!! Thats fantastic that idea, thank you sooooo much. That way I can get my cream painted furniture but the top will still match the units until I decide what to do with them. You are a genious.
(would I need to sand the legs etc before painting or just whack it on?)

maypole

I would sand the legs, paint goes on much better that way.

Mollymop5

I've just bought red ginham material to make new kitchen curtains and cushion for my rocking chair and other accessories.I have some of the typhoon vintage red thing so I'm busy researching prices at the moment.I am having trouble ordering from the Typhoon website and waiting for a reply.Has anyone used them before? did everything go ok? my order won't process as they say value is unknown even though its showing!!!!!

chinatown_2

Ive found these sites to be cheaper than the Typhoon site, and also cheaper than ebay on some things. Theres loads of red things, including a range of pie dishes and things. I havent ordered from Typhoon so I cant help there, but I love their range. Youre lucky with the red things, they seem to do the most in that colour.

http://www.aolcookshop.co.uk/acatalog/Typhoon_Kitchenware.html?gclid=COOy56aIvZECFQ6ZQwodPV0ICw

http://www.scullery.co.uk/index.php?p=catalog&mode=search&parent=0&mid=0&search_in=name&search_str=typhoon+red&pg=2

http://www.kitchnsync.co.uk/brands.asp?N=3&product_brand_id=5

csarina

three more photos for you: the shelf unit, on top of a stripped pine 3 drawer chest, holds my teddies and various other bits and bobs.

Our bed with the quilt on, its a churn dash made from dunelm 100% cotton curtain lining, bought from the 'bit' bin 10 yds cost me £5.00. The blocks were made with genuine 1930's fabrics, gleaned from various places, some from my friend in the USA.

My sewing corner which is at the bottom on the bed.

Seakay

chinatown wrote: »

Hi


Id love a multi coloured pastel dinner service but cant quite find one I like. This would be ideal http://www.typhooneurope.com/TyphoonSite/category/Clearance/ but they only have one size of plates and Id need dinner plates and small plates, but this is the kind of thing Im after. Has anyone seen any around?

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Ikea City range is available in plae green, turquoise, lilac and gold:

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/IkeamsSearch?storeId=7&langId=-20&categoryId=&catalogId=11001&searchType=product&pageNumber=-1&orderBy=score&random=&query=city&category=1%7EProducts

You could chose all the same or some of each.
If you like the shabby chic "co-ordinating but not the same" look then don't forget charity shops and sales in other shops - if you limit yourself to white or cream plus two or three colours then you can pick up a few plates or a cup here and there and get a really unique service over time. Carry a colour swatch eg bit of paper with the paint from the walls, bit of gingham material you want or whatever with you in a small envelope at all times. That way if you see something you like you can see if it matches - it also makes it easier to choose things in the same shade but a different tone.

My " everyday" stuff is white, so I have plates and bowls from Ikea, a pound shop, Woolworths, a House of Fraser sale. Its amazing how many different shades of white there are, but my thinking is that as there are a couple of shades already, if anything breaks I can buy a replacement and it won't matte if it is not exact.

I think that you could do the same thing but maybe add in a colour or two - it's a really cheap way of getting something that looks as though it was put together by a magazine stylist (well, I think so!)

mary43

chinatown - if you want a sort of matt look to your painting leave it once you've painted it but it you want to give it a bit of a 'grubby' look a bit of dark oak polish would work. Wipe it on with a cloth, leave it to dry for a bit then buff it up.
Our pine table hasn't been treated at all on the top.......we just scrub it down every little while. The whole table was stripped pine but the legs were waxed with dark oak so it has an 'aged' look even though OH made it all out of brand new pine.
Its really a matter of personal taste..........try a bit on an old piece of wood if you've no odd pieces oof furniture to test out.
Good luck.

OH has gone to his boss's shop to measure a big stripped pine dresser.........he's measured out doorways so its obviously a bit on the deep side.................I haven't seen it but it sounds lovely so hope it will fit............be a good valentines pressie:j

dizzy_lizzie

csarina the bed quilt is lovely. I'm going to go for this look when I change the bedroom decor.
Can I ask you about your sewing machine? Is it a 'janome' one? I had a toyota I bought brand new a few years ago. I just couldn't get used to it at all, had loads of different stitches etc and it was a pain for me to thread. Just too fandangled. The only thing I made on it was curtains for our camper! Well I sold it on ebay for next to nothing as it was just in the bedroom mocking me but I do want a really simple sewing machine that even I could use. Don't want to do fancy stitches or anything, just straight lines Would you recommend your make or is it a very technical one. Hope you don't mind me asking. Thank you
Luvz Dizzy x