Gilmore is a 27 year old who loves decorating and is a self-proclaimed expert on just about everything. At least she likes to think so. Copyright 2011. Consult a design professional before beginning your project.
The 90′s also had another movement called "Shabby Chic". Basically anything that came out of the dumpster, or was by the side of the road on trash day, was considered "Shabby Chic". Here are some characteristics of this style:
Mismatched fabrics: This style taught us that checks & florals go together.
Randomness: There were a lot of architectural elements in this style. Hanging windows on the wall to serve as picture frames, old doors being salvaged into coffee tables. If you could find a porch post, bring it home, we’ll turn it into something.
Vintage accessories: These may seem cool at first, the old compacts, picture frames, & hat boxes. However, they crowded the room. It was very "Shabby Chic" to put 500 picture frames on one small table.
The lamp: I don’t know how everyone who was decorating in the Shabby Chic style ended up with the same lamp. This lamp has a brown background with grandmotherly flowers on it.
Another must have for the shabby chic was that you had to have a sky painted on your ceiling. All of the other shabby-chicers would point & laugh at you if you didn’t. This sky didn’t have to look like a sky, & could even dominate the entire ceiling & walls.
After people had fished out furniture out of the trash, it needed a little spruce. This meant painting it white & distressing the edges. Oh, how we loved to distress furniture.
Never fear, it sounds a lot worse than it is. This is a very easy update to give the Shabby Chic look a little spruce.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007, 3:16 pm | 
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