Shabbychic Tassels

Ok I am finally giving in to my tassels fetish. And my crystal door knob issues. Mmmmm. Pretty. So I decided my poor old faithful pantry needed a boost. Off I went down to my fave local ShabbyChic/French Provincial store, and started rummaging in the drawers where the crystal knobs lived. Voila! Exactly what [...]

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Retro Vintage Kitchen Scales

I’ve been working on a vintage chic website lately, which will be a more expanded version of how to get the shabby chic look on a shoestring budget…by doing it yourself. I’ve been on a rampage with the digital camera, and thought I might show off some of the cute vintage inspired bits and bobs [...]

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Transforming the Sofa with a Slipcover and Quilt

Although green is my favourite colour, I’m so over bottle green. My living room is small and the darkness of the couch doesn’t help. Besides, with 3 cats and 2 dogs, they (there are 2×3 sofas) need all the protection they can get.
The slipcover is getting rather worn, and one of the dogs has nibbled [...]

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French Provincial Vintage Wall Clock

Isn’t it just divine? It’s on my living-room wall…

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Distressed Tallboy Dresser

Here is a pic of the top of my tallboy in my bedroom, I also painted the wardrobe standing next to it. As you can hopefully see, I used the ‘aged’ technique on it the same as I did to the kitchen sideboard. It takes the starkness out of the look, stopping [...]

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Slipper Chair Makeover Part II

Finally got the photos of the poor little chair, it has been stripped, all paint stripper removed, and sanded with a medium grade steel wool. Unfortunately it is not stable, I’m going to have to either pull it apart and work out how to fix it, or get the antique restorer guy over the [...]

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Thrift Store Sideboard Bargain!

A few months ago a furniture store down the street had for sale the most beautiful shabby-chic sideboard, it was love at first sight. The top was left baltic and the knobs, the rest was painted in a creamy-white shade….Mmmm. The price tag on it was about $450. Whew! Thats a price thats non-too-shabby! [...]

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Crackle Cutlery Tray

Would you believe you can buy paint products to give the aged and distressed look of paint over a very long time?! Now they come in cans! So with a pine cutlery tray, I sprayed the base color, a dark brown. Once that dried I applied the top coat which crackles (shrinks on [...]

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Slipper Chair gets an extreme makeover!

I have this little chair I picked up from Ebay. Poor little boudoir chair. Too many coats of paint had obscured the carving work a tad. Yesterday I spent 4 solid hours using paint stripper, a scraper and wire brushes to get rid of all that paint! Today [...]

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Shabby Chic, Vintage, French Provincial, Parisian..

Welcome! I’ve created this blog to have a bit of fun and share how I am creating my home to have a vintage/shabby chic look and feel. I’m not at the beginning; and far from the end! Frugality and learning how to create a lot of what I like will be shared here also. [...]

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