Looking for shabby chic furniture and accessories in Paris is a joy. One of the best pastimes when visiting the city is raking through the various stalls in the street markets or ‘brocantes’. There are lots of them through out the year, if you know where to look. In the next few weeks there are: [...]
Is there such a thing as New London Style and just how does it relate to Shabby Chic? Looking through Chloe Grimshaw and Ingrid Rasmussen’s book New London Style recently I started to wonder if there really is a distinctive ‘London’ style and if there is how would you describe it. One thing is for [...]
When someone from Harvey’s furniture store contacted me and offered a competition prize for one of my UK readers I was a little unsure. Harvey’s, in case you don’t know sponsor Coronation Street and they wanted to tie the competition in with that. Now Shabby Chic and Cornonation St are not perhaps an obvious pairing [...]
Shabby Chic furniture from France, what could be better? Well, how about bargain French Shabby Chic furniture and accessories at knock down prices? That’s what 2.5 million visitors, (yes I did say 2.5 Million!) will be hoping for over the next few days in Lille. The heart of Lille is Vielle Lille, the old quarter, [...]
