Shabby Chic Thread?

Discount-Diva_3

moanymoany wrote: »

DD, I have a similar piece of furniture and I want to do something similar to this. Can you tell us how you did it and the paint you used. Sorry if you have already - I have looked.

I uses F&B Dimity and a brush on wax in antique pine for the top and the knob HTH

maypole

moanymoany wrote: »

Having spent a while on here this morning I was bemoaning the fact that I couldn't buy anything to shabby chic as we are selling our house.

Then, I spotted a bedside cabinet that is an awful yellow pine. Looking further I realised I had LOADS of items that are nice shapes and would shabby chic wonderfully well. Four bedside cabinets, a chest of drawers and a bedhead. I do have a nice little dresser, but it is stripped pine and dh would hate it to be messed with. So, I've decided to look out for an old dresser.

The two 'chest of drawer' type bedside cabinets I'm going to take the tops back to the wood and paint the bases. I'm thinking of using F&B's 'clunch' I like the colour - but love the name as well. I wondered about a 'grey blue green' colour for the bedhead.

I'm feeling quite enthusiastic.

Just found this cool site. http://www.sue-davies.co.uk/index.html

I have just brought out of hiding, a horrible pine bedside cabinet, we bought this furniture for the boys rooms when they were younger, it looks like pine that has gone damp then been varnished, a greenish tinge in it, yuk. Anyway it had all been put away. My small bedroom where we have our computer, we have fitted furniture to keep the computer/office area tidy, but I wanted to cosy up the room, so I brought out the bedside cabinet, put a cloth on it and a lamp. When we come back from our trip I think I will paint it, no time at the moment. I am also going to try to hang some more pictures in there, I liked the way Vintage Pleasure hung hers in the childrens playroom, I might copy;). I am SO not original:eek: just a copy cat.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi... peeps... well i am getting bored of waiting for cath kidston samples now...

i thought with me emailing the person direct who i spoke to on the phone,, that the samples would have been sent straight out

so if anyone on their travels see fabric and matching wallpaper very similar to this

http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=1-59-4-1&cid=CottonDuck&pcidl=&language=en-GB

please let me know....

as i want to use the wallpaper to line the tray etc, and i want the fabric to do a curtain under the sink, and remove the cupboard doors etc...

dont know where to look for wall paper and matching fabric...

vintagepleasure

moanymoany wrote: »

Having spent a while on here this morning I was bemoaning the fact that I couldn't buy anything to shabby chic as we are selling our house.

Then, I spotted a bedside cabinet that is an awful yellow pine. Looking further I realised I had LOADS of items that are nice shapes and would shabby chic wonderfully well. Four bedside cabinets, a chest of drawers and a bedhead. I do have a nice little dresser, but it is stripped pine and dh would hate it to be messed with. So, I've decided to look out for an old dresser.

The two 'chest of drawer' type bedside cabinets I'm going to take the tops back to the wood and paint the bases. I'm thinking of using F&B's 'clunch' I like the colour - but love the name as well. I wondered about a 'grey blue green' colour for the bedhead.

I'm feeling quite enthusiastic.

Just found this cool site. http://www.sue-davies.co.uk/index.html

I like Clunch too.We have it on our ceilings.In fact I have loads of emulsion that I am going to use on a little shelving unit that I picked up last week.

vintagepleasure

maypole wrote: »

I have just brought out of hiding, a horrible pine bedside cabinet, we bought this furniture for the boys rooms when they were younger, it looks like pine that has gone damp then been varnished, a greenish tinge in it, yuk. Anyway it had all been put away. My small bedroom where we have our computer, we have fitted furniture to keep the computer/office area tidy, but I wanted to cosy up the room, so I brought out the bedside cabinet, put a cloth on it and a lamp. When we come back from our trip I think I will paint it, no time at the moment. I am also going to try to hang some more pictures in there, I liked the way Vintage Pleasure hung hers in the childrens playroom, I might copy;). I am SO not original:eek: just a copy cat.

Copy away!!

maypole

vintagepleasure wrote: »

Copy away!!

:rotfl::rotfl:

moanymoany

Discount-Diva wrote: »

I uses F&B Dimity and a brush on wax in antique pine for the top and the knob HTH

Thanks for that. I have a colour chart and dimity is warmer than clunch. I don't know if you read 'Miss Read' books, but there is a character in them called 'Dimity'.

I went on to the F&B site and my bedroom is 'antique white' and blue. The site says 'slipper satin' is a good match and goes well with other whites. I might use that for the bedhead.

I shall also use the 'brush on' wax - which I have in the garage. I used it on my new fire surround.

It was meant to be.....................

nannaC

moanymoany wrote: »

This is a fascinating blog. However, it made me wonder if any of our more prolific shabby chicers use a spray to paint with to get that special finish.

Hi, use a good quality matt emulsion, then top it with a clear matt varnish. I used to use wax but have found that the varnish gives a better finish and is a bit more robust. One good tip if you are only doing a smallish item then a tester pot is usually big enough, you can always get this in a darker colour than wanted and let it down with white/off white paint. Remmber that the wax/varnish will darken the colour slightly so allow for this. When rubbing the edges back to reveal the wood remember less is more just do the edges first. A good place for ideas is to flick through some of the Home mags in the supermarket Period Living/ Country Homes and Interiors are two good ones Gustavian Grey seems to be the in colour this season. Have just re-done my old itchen table/bench set this colour and must say it does look well.

ANNEGEDDES

morning

where is everyone? car booting or ont he other thread?

x

LizD_2

I'm here!

Haven't found the car boots around me yet! Going out in a bit - I'm going to look for a recycled pet (from the animal shelter). Don't think you can shabby chic Guinea Pigs though! I'll probably hit the charity shops this afternoon.