Shabby chic furniture doesn’t have to be just white! This lovely reading corner shows just what you can do with shades of grey. This room is so soothing and calm!
The colour scheme might be a little cold for north facing rooms but the fan gives the clue that this room is not in the wintery UK but in the Georgia sunshine.
The room also shows that Shabby Chic furniture isn’t just for traditional interiors. This is a 50s home and I think Shabby Chic furniture works really well here!
Don’t you just love this chair? Such a delicate duck egg blue and gorgeous hand painted roses! It comes from Kimberley Ryan, the very talented newest member of our Shabby Chic Furniture Group on Flickr.
Kimberley paints all these wonderful roses freehand!
You can see more of her work on her web site :Shabby Rose Studio and on her blog
Such talent we have in the Shabby Chic Furniture group now!
This gorgeous distressed furniture is decoupaged and then given a couple of other treatments. These stools are perfect examples of the kind of effects that can be achieved.
This video gives a good introduction to decoupage and I’ll be writing more about this technique in the near future.
If you simply can’t wait then this book is a great starting point. It gives simple step by step instructions for over 50 techniques including distressed furniture and decoupage.
Not only is this gorgeous Shabby Chic summer furniture but you can even buy it as a print! Isn’t it lovely?
Suzanne says:
This “Bistro” photograph was made in one of my favorite towns, Saint Helena, which is in the Napa Valley, CA. If I still lived in California, that is the town in which I would want to live! I love the red and white striped awnings and table for two. It feels very European to me, as well. Sit down and have a cup of coffee or a glass of wine…
This original colour photograph is currently available in my shop as an ACEO, 5 x 5, and 8 x 8 print.
It would certainly brighten up a grey summer’s day here in London, sigh…
If you want to order a print or see her other work have a look at the Italian Girl in Georgia etsy shop
Let’s just be clear on one thing first, before you get your hopes up. This egg chair, though gorgeous, is a madly expensive, (and I mean expensive!), unique work of art. Unless you have a minimum of £3000 (that’s$6000!) to spend on a recovered vintage chair don’t even torment yourself by visiting the web site where you will find:
Vintage Egg chairs to commission from £3000.
along with lots of other gorgeous re-covered vintage goodies that you absolutely can’t afford, but we can dream, right? (£200 for cushion ! ) This is turning into more of a nightmare than a dream..!
Squint - the web site and the shop
Sculptor and painter Lisa Whatmough opened her shop Squint in East London about three years ago.She was a collector of antique textiles which she began to use to re-cover vintage furniture in a very modern take on patchwork. The shop recently moved to bigger premises at 178 Shoreditch High Street, London. Shoreditch is becoming a very trendy area of London
Who do you sell Shabby Chic Furniture to?
I’ve just spent the morning doing the rounds of some gorgeous Shabby Chic blogs and Etsy shops for a blog post next week. (Sneak a preview in our Shabby Chic Friendfeed Room) Some of the work I’ve seen is just as gorgeous and stylish as this chair yet most of it is very modestly priced.
I wonder if you are under-selling yourselves ladies? Rich people love Shabby Chic furniture and accessories too y’know!
Watch out for more Shabby Chic Furniture Fantasy Shopping posts.
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