Shabby Chic Thread?

bibbly

moanymoany wrote: »

Bye the way - this in the link to Emma Bridgewater - who? Well I just googled things to make from tea towels and got to her.
http://www.emmabridgewater.co.uk/

I LUUURVE Emma Bridgewater stuff. I have a few bits of the "black toast" set (think that's what it's called) and it's lush!

bibbly
x

Bibbitybob

Have posted on the other forum, but just thought I'd share my dining chairs transformation...



to



There's also a pedestal table similar to this one, which I've also painted.



I'm doing them all in F&B dimity.

Also thought I'd share my latest purchase - this Laura Ashley sofa



in this fabric (fleur duckegg....a brocade-y style)



I can't wait for it to arrive!! :T

ellieweb

charleybabes wrote: »

im not sure if shes taken them off as i went to have a look at them the other day and nothing came up..which was a shame as i loved having a nose round her house.so im thinking maybe haribo has taken them off flickr now..

it was a lovely house though!!!

:mad: Trust me to be too late!!
Thanks though for your help.

Thanks Vivw for the link, I had managed to see those as I trawled through over the weekend but couln't see the ones on flickr.

ellieweb

Bibbitybob, you are so talented. The chair looks great.

I have spent the morning "thrifting" and found nothing.
I did get a large book of all the Redoute roses which I thought I could cut up and frame cos I love these prints and they are soooo expensive. That came from TK Maxx. :j

EmptyPurse

Someone here mentioned a book on French style housekeeping a while back; I think it was something to do with French grandmothers?????? Can anybody remember what it was called?

sleepy-lady

I think you might mean "A well kept home" by Laura Fronty - it's subtitled Household Traditions and Simple Secrets from a French Grandmother. It's a beautiful book and has lovely photographs.

LizD_2

I picked up a copy of 'Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady' at the weekend, which had 4 prints of some of Edith Holden's sketches tucked inside it, so they'll be framed and hung in due course.

EmptyPurse

sleepy-lady wrote: »

I think you might mean "A well kept home" by Laura Fronty - it's subtitled Household Traditions and Simple Secrets from a French Grandmother. It's a beautiful book and has lovely photographs.

Yes, that's the one! Off to buy a copy from Amazon now

ellieweb

LizD wrote: »

I picked up a copy of 'Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady' at the weekend, which had 4 prints of some of Edith Holden's sketches tucked inside it, so they'll be framed and hung in due course.

Do you buy mounts or make your own?
Need advice please on displaying my Redoute Roses to look their best. Need frames too.

nimbo

hi,

i have just finished one project, which was to be honest a desperation idea which has worked better than i thought it would.

needed to store all of my earrings (seem to collect them) so i got a smallish pinboard, painted it, and covered it in that nylon mesh stuff, and have hung my earrings onto it... (i though it would look awful but it's actually ok...)

but i will need a more permanant idea so any would be welcome... they do need to be hung as it stops tangles etc...

also am in need of more corks, does any one have any idea of where to get some, as my local pub wants to charge me for them??? seems quite tight to me as they just throw them away, and they want 50p each for them!!!! all of the wine i drink has thoses plastic ones in it...