Shabby Chic Thread?

moanymoany

We have now exchanged contracts and move on Thursday - so I can start to think about my new house and doing some shabby chic.

We've seen a house on Right Move and might get to see it Saturday. It is in need of some work, so just what we are looking for. I feel plenty of shabby chicing coming on!!!

I love the idea of the kitchen cabinets and dresssers, they will make lovely replacements for kitchen cupboards as well as looking good,

Can't wait

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

npsmama wrote: »

Question: can i paint indoor wooden chairs with outdoor paint and then use the chairs outdoors?
I'm thinking of painting old wooden chairs baby blue and then using them as garden chairs.


ETA: i've just been browsing the 200 odd pages of this thread and I'm so inspired! I'm off to the junk shop first thing in the morning! Even DH is getting enthusiastic about the whole shabby chic thing!

When we moved here we had a lovely old pine trunk that would'nt fit in anywhere in the house so I painted it with outdoor garden paint in a soft matt green colour and it's in the garden.It's been there two years now through all that rain last year and two winters and still looks great.I use it as an extra seat and it's so handy to store my small garden stuff,trowels plant food ect.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

moanymoany wrote: »

We have now exchanged contracts and move on Thursday - so I can start to think about my new house and doing some shabby chic.

We've seen a house on Right Move and might get to see it Saturday. It is in need of some work, so just what we are looking for. I feel plenty of shabby chicing coming on!!!

I love the idea of the kitchen cabinets and dresssers, they will make lovely replacements for kitchen cupboards as well as looking good,

Can't wait

How exciting,we lived in a brand new house before we moved here and to be honest I hated it.I always loved the shabby chic look and started to collect stuff and hoard it away in the garage.I then decided to go with my heart and move.We moved to a very quirky 120 year old nice and roomy old victorian house and I can honestly say I have never been happier.I have been able to shabby chic till my hearts content,and all my stuff I collected is now part of my life.Trouble is I can't stop it's so addictive.

rosieben

pennib wrote: »

As its a door it's quite heavy so postage would be a problem! Havn't thought about selling to be honest.

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm122/honrel/hencupboard2.jpg
Here is another piccy. It is the doors of a dresser we had in our old kitchen (no room again now!)It was an old '40's sideboard, my friend gave me a top from something else which fitted perfectly so made a sort of dresser. The top had 2 smaller doors which had a smaller version of the hens. (havnt got a photo of this as its dismantled in the shed)
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm122/honrel/hencupboard1.jpg

Pennib, I love your pics, please give us more!!! My kitchen is brand new but I've snagged a couple of your pics for ideas when the doors need a bit of a refurb (or maybe sooner ) I have pale ivory doors with an inset panel like yours - wouldn't have thought of painting pics in them, so thank you! :T

rosieben

moanymoany wrote: »

We have now exchanged contracts and move on Thursday - so I can start to think about my new house and doing some shabby chic.

We've seen a house on Right Move and might get to see it Saturday. It is in need of some work, so just what we are looking for. I feel plenty of shabby chicing coming on!!!

I love the idea of the kitchen cabinets and dresssers, they will make lovely replacements for kitchen cupboards as well as looking good,

Can't wait

Good luck with the house hunt MM, hope you find the house of your dreams and we'll all look forward to photos!

vintagepleasure

npsmama (about the chairs).I hope so as I have ten old church chairs waiting to be painted for the garden! I think aslong as they are protected from extreme weather and stored over winter you should be okay.

rosieben

AussieLass wrote: »

I'm thinking of getting this candle tea light holder. Page 8 - bottom left hand corner. What do you think? I might spray paint it a soft pastel colour. I do have light walls so it looks quite good as is. By the time I get in to the shop they'll probably be all sold out but for that price it's good. It's about £8. I love the baskets in the top corner too.

Sorry AL, only just read your post because I'm flitting in and out whilst packing I love that tea light holder, did you get one? be interested to see what colour you painted it, I'd probably have gone for a soft willow green against my cream wall;)

needmoney

vintagepleasure wrote: »

npsmama (about the chairs).I hope so as I have ten old church chairs waiting to be painted for the garden! I think aslong as they are protected from extreme weather and stored over winter you should be okay.

Cuprinol Heritage Garden Shades is a fabulous paint for outside.

Here

They are lovely colours I love the Somerset Green.
Pick up a leaflet from somewhere, gives ideas of colour combos but I have one from about 2 years ago.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

needmoney wrote: »

Cuprinol Heritage Garden Shades is a fabulous paint for outside.

Here

They are lovely colours I love the Somerset Green.
Pick up a leaflet from somewhere, gives ideas of colour combos but I have one from about 2 years ago.

I used this on my trellis and it has stood up realy well,never flaked or warped.On my garden trunk (which was an indoor piece of furniture to start with)I used ronseal garden makeover,in chalky green.This gave a lovely finish and has'nt budged a bit.It's been left out for two winters too.

pennib

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

How exciting,we lived in a brand new house before we moved here and to be honest I hated it.I always loved the shabby chic look and started to collect stuff and hoard it away in the garage.I then decided to go with my heart and move.We moved to a very quirky 120 year old nice and roomy old victorian house and I can honestly say I have never been happier.I have been able to shabby chic till my hearts content,and all my stuff I collected is now part of my life.Trouble is I can't stop it's so addictive.

Have you any photos of your work that you'd like to share? pretty please I agree its addictive I'm always on the look out for junk that I can re-vamp. Sometimes you can change something that has started out in life as one thing to something totally different. One of my projects started life as a bureau (very manky) and ended up as a stool! I think I posted a piccy way back.