Shabby Chic Thread?

smartcat04

Going to my 1st car boot sale of the year tomorrow so hope I can pick up a few shabby bits.

meanmarie

ooooh I would love 4 cast iron fireplaces to replace the ones my father dumped about 45 years ago when he revamped the house....he replaced them with tiled ones which I hate!

Marie

Gigervamp

lucy*locket wrote: »

Wow you did a fantastic job, it's amazing what a coat of paint can do. Well done you! Now for the next project?

Next project is the dining table. I got it from someone on Freecycle and the varnish on the tabletop is coming off, so I'll be sanding the top down and staining and waxing it. It has a pedestal leg and I'm thinking of painting that bit. (Still got an unopened tin of the paint I bought for the dresser so will use that.)

chivers1977

I want to shabby chic my kitchen. I have lemon yellow cabinet doors with beech effect carcasses. I did the walls pale yellow as couldn;t decide what to paint to get rid of the horrid green walls but want a change. Won't be changing the tiles which are black with dark grey worktop. Actually, am as I type, now considering changing the tiles to a mixture of different colours...............

Do you think that powder blue would be a nice combination with the yellow?

lucy*locket

Gigervamp wrote: »

Next project is the dining table. I got it from someone on Freecycle and the varnish on the tabletop is coming off, so I'll be sanding the top down and staining and waxing it. It has a pedestal leg and I'm thinking of painting that bit. (Still got an unopened tin of the paint I bought for the dresser so will use that.)

I'm looking forward to seeing this, I'm on the lookout for another dining table and will probably end up painting a cheap one I can pick up as I don't want to spend much:D.

Aril

Ooh it's lovely to see this thread up and running again. I always found it so inspirational even though I am a real lurker:o I've been working my way my house very gradually fettling thoroughly, mending all sorts, rearranging bits and freecycling others and am feeling very fired up and full of ideas [only very little ideas I hasten to add]
I've been loving the following blogs by Attic 24. Posy and Nostalgia at the Stone House. The photos are stunning!
Aril

Gigervamp

lucy*locket wrote: »

I'm looking forward to seeing this, I'm on the lookout for another dining table and will probably end up painting a cheap one I can pick up as I don't want to spend much:D.

Keep an eye out on Freecycle. My local groups often have dining tables.

Gigervamp

Aril wrote: »

I've been loving the following blogs by Attic 24. Posy and Nostalgia at the Stone House. The photos are stunning!
Aril

I love the Attic 24 and Posy blogs too. Lucy's posts on Attic 24 are always so colourful and her crochet tutorials are brilliant.

tiff

I love both of those, so wish I could crochet but at the same time have no inclination to learn lol. I would love a granny squares blanket!

vivw_2

How many of you watched Kirstie last night? I still feel cheated by the programme......she gets her experts to do most of it for her. So much for homemade. I'm afraid I am still only doing small scale projects at the moment such as making bags, fabric pots and cushions. I have two chairs to cover soon but am still unsure exactly which fabric to use.