Shabby Chic Thread?

ANNEGEDDES

omg vintage plaesure im sorry i did not comment on you work, its fab and it cost you so little. Did you border the paper with ribbon or is that just the paper?
xx

vintagepleasure

ANNEGEDDES wrote: »

vintage pleaseure i could not find that colouron liquid wax the other day in homebase/b&q so bought internal laquer for painted wood instead???? says it wont yellow??!

I hope it works!

daisy_steiner_2

I thought I would show you some of the things I have done today. Nothing special but here goes.

We have some very plain curtains - all we could afford when we left uni. I doubt we will be able to afford new ones for quite some time (well not the ones I have my eye on anyway) so I have jazzed them up by simply tying gingham ribbon around as a tie backs. I do plan to sew some on as a perm thing, but my sewing machine is on the blink.



When my husband melted the lid to this bottle (we were cleaning it to fill it full of home made lemon vodka) he wanted to throw it away. But I plonked this cheery sunflower in it to brighten up a dull spot.


I picked up these two pretty coasters for £2.50 the pair.

kaznelson

Vintage Pleasure, that is lovely, is that fabric on the back? How did you attach it?

vintagepleasure

ANNEGEDDES wrote: »

omg vintage plaesure im sorry i did not comment on you work, its fab and it cost you so little. Did you border the paper with ribbon or is that just the paper?
xx

Yes that a vintage trim own the sides.The wallpaper was a little too narrow so I stuck the trim on to cover up the gap.I think it looks quite good.
I am hoping to pick another one up now to paint to sell.There was a similar one that sold for £92 on ebay last week.So it would be nice to make a bob or two!

vintagepleasure

It's wallpaper and I just used a staple gun to attach it.The original backing was fabric so it wouldn't have stuck so well.I made sure that the staples are out of sight at the top, bottom, down the sides and along the line of the shelves.

mary43

Love the coasters daisy and the way you brightened up a pair of curtains.
Can''t put piccys on as I don't have the camera to do it but I'll try and explain my curtains in computer room.
They're just plain lining curtains in a cream/beige colour and I picked up a voil panel from charity shop..........cream ruse and brown with sort of squirly design on -and stitched them on to the curtains about two thirds of the way down. Really brightens them up and they were cheap. Lining curtains were £1, voile was 50p..................:j

ANNEGEDDES

vintagepleasure wrote: »

Yes that a vintage trim own the sides.The wallpaper was a little too narrow so I stuck the trim on to cover up the gap.I think it looks quite good.
I am hoping to pick another one up now to paint to sell.There was a similar one that sold for £92 on ebay last week.So it would be nice to make a bob or two!

defo sounds like a good plan you have the talent so use it!!

i really hope my laqeur thing works too although i might get too scared and take it back and see if they have what you suggested again, does not hurt to look

How does everyone find the time to do all this stuff?? I have been doing my nest of tables for ages!

mind you the weather has not been good here on my days off and i need to do it outside as i dont trust my self inside and dont have a garage:rolleyes:

love all the pics hopefully i will be posting mine soon

x

ANNEGEDDES

good idea with the bottle there! very clever, well done looks great
x

vintagepleasure

Talking of brightening up curtains here is a pair I shabbied up with the help of my friend.

We attached a panel of vintage fabric across them.I was going to add some pink trim but never got around to it.
It's funny looking at that photo as the room has changed so much.It used to be our guest room and now it's my eldest's.She still has the curtains up but there is so much more in there!!