Shabby Chic Thread?

kisto

Cheap "art" suggestion.....

After I split from my ex I decided to make my bedroom all girly. As a cheap way to add some finishing touches I printed out some photos of flowers and other "purpley" pictures to go with the decor.

If you go to http://www.sxc.hu most of the photos are royalty free (avoid the premium ones at the bottom of each page) and there are so many to choose from. They are usually free for personal use. I printed them off on my printer at home and they came out really good.

Here are my pictures (excuse my blurry photography I just took them quickly now)! All the photos I printed out there were found on sxc (I think I probably searched for purple! :rolleyes: ).











And of course, all the frames were bought in charity shops! :T

I hope this is of use.

mary43

vintage pleasure - haven't heard of 'vilene' before. The fabric is quite 'lightweight' so that might work.
Never quilted anything in my life....................lol Don't think I dare attempt that.
Had thought of a pair of sort of canvas type straps - stick place mats on at each side, loop top of canvas straps and doweling through them but the fabric will be too flimsy...............think I'd need to stiffen it up somehow,.
If I had a big enough piece of canvas I could stick them onto it and do it that way...............I've got a lovely wall hanging on the back of one of the bedroom doors..........covers up a hole I filled in -not very well.....- and thats made of a sort of canvas stuff.
Now............where do I get canvas material from ????

needmoney

kisto thanks for the site, when you sign in do they send you junk mail or loads of emails they say no but I just wondered.

How do these women keep houses like this clean, OH says cos they don't live on a dusty main road like I do

Sorry forgot to say your idea is lovely and so are your pictures.

kisto

needmoney wrote: »

kisto thanks for the site, when you sign in do they send you junk mail or loads of emails they say no but I just wondered.

As far as I know I've never had a problem with junk emails from them and I've been registered on there for years.

Clutterfree

Hi Guys,
What's bark cloth please?

maypole

needmoney wrote: »

kisto thanks for the site, when you sign in do they send you junk mail or loads of emails they say no but I just wondered.

How do these women keep houses like this clean, OH says cos they don't live on a dusty main road like I do

Sorry forgot to say your idea is lovely and so are your pictures.

Oh my god, they even had a bedstead for the dog:eek:

Discount-Diva_3

Look at feb07 OMG all that dusting!!

Must admit most of those cottages are too OTT for my taste

I prefer the blogs i've seen from this side of the water

Discount-Diva_3

Kisto the pics look lovely and so romantic

Errata

maypole wrote: »

Oh my god, they even had a bedstead for the dog:eek:

Only in America :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

kisto

Discount-Diva wrote: »

Kisto the pics look lovely and so romantic

Thanks. Being single I have to find the romance from somewhere!