Shabby Chic Thread?

BigMummaF

Hi...I posted a few pages back now, & a lot of you were very welcoming--Thank You for that:D But will you do me a huge favour & explain to me muvva why I need to spend so many hours scouring all the charity shops within a twenty mile radius:rotfl:

I am a tad ashamed to say that I saw some commercially produced & decorated storage boxes yesterday, the sort that come in all sizes? I was sorely tempted to get some of the larger round ones with a view to 'persuading' my lad to putting up shelves in my room & using them for my collection of wedding hats:p

That size was £8:99 & I would need at least three; plus shelving wide enough; plus something to cover the boxes to compliment my room........or re-decorate my room to compliment the boxes:rolleyes:

This shabby-ing can get pricey!!!

mary43

BMF...............keep looking round the charity shops - I picked up several from there (so far though, nothing in them...........lol but they look nice !) and tell your Mum thats why you need to go round all of the charity shops !

Lelc

I've been promising myself a trip to the charity shops close to where I work all week but never made it out of the office. After catching up on the thread today and seeing your wonderful finds I moved my backside up there. I only managed 2 of the shops though, the others will have to wait until tomorrow. The prices here seem more expensive than you all seem to pay but I guess it's still cheaper than buying new.

I managed to get a lovely picture frame, small set of painted drawers for jewellery and 2 really nice Victora Webster mugs depicting wine making scenes. Cost altogether £9.50. Whilst I was paying though I noticed the most gorgeous, antique looking biscuit barrel but it was £10. Fortunately I only had enough money to pay for the goods I bought otherwise I think I would have bought it. The other thing I spotted was a really lovely glass set consisting of a large bowl with smaller serving bowls. They are in the shape of strawberries with a pink trim. I noticed them a couple of weeks ago when they cost £10 but I notice today they've been reduced to £8. Again so sorely tempted.

I'll try and get the camera working so I can post my finds.

bibbly

Today's charity shop finds ...

this book is BRILL! 50p...



Then I saw this for £2 and fell in love with it! It's about 2 feet tall.



Bibbly
x

LizD_2

Lelc wrote: »

I've been promising myself a trip to the charity shops close to where I work all week but never made it out of the office. After catching up on the thread today and seeing your wonderful finds I moved my backside up there. I only managed 2 of the shops though, the others will have to wait until tomorrow. The prices here seem more expensive than you all seem to pay but I guess it's still cheaper than buying new.

I managed to get a lovely picture frame, small set of painted drawers for jewellery and 2 really nice Victora Webster mugs depicting wine making scenes. Cost altogether £9.50. Whilst I was paying though I noticed the most gorgeous, antique looking biscuit barrel but it was £10. Fortunately I only had enough money to pay for the goods I bought otherwise I think I would have bought it. The other thing I spotted was a really lovely glass set consisting of a large bowl with smaller serving bowls. They are in the shape of strawberries with a pink trim. I noticed them a couple of weeks ago when they cost £10 but I notice today they've been reduced to £8. Again so sorely tempted.

I'll try and get the camera working so I can post my finds.

My parents got some of those as a free gift from Bordeaux Direct (the wine people) .

Lelc

LizD wrote: »

My parents got some of those as a free gift from Bordeaux Direct (the wine people) .

Oh well they are pretty anyway. The lesson is to buy more wine (and drink it):rotfl:

mary43

bibby..........what lovely finds. I'm annoyed with myself now.........I had that Linda Barker book and got rid of it when I had my 'book clear out' !!:eek:

Oh well, never mind..............I can always have a look at what you lot do.................lol

daisy_steiner_2

I got some charity bargains today, which I will post some photos of later.

I was just wondering what you all do for shoe storage? My husband used some wooden wine cases to make me up a set of shelves, but it won't house even 1/4 of my shoe collection:eek: and we will have to get through a lot of wine before we can create another set of shelves like it (oh and I will try and post a photo of it).

So any ideas for anything that is free standing?

Errata

mary43 wrote: »

bibby..........what lovely finds. I'm annoyed with myself now.........I had that Linda Barker book and got rid of it when I had my 'book clear out' !!:eek:

Oh well, never mind..............I can always have a look at what you lot do.................lol

Just had a look on Amazon - 1p + £2.75 p&p for a used book !

LizD_2

Not terribly MSE or shabby chic, but I use these:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10118155