Posted by admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 27-01-2011
Tags: chic country, chic country clothing, chic country decor, chic country home, chic country weddings, country, french, furniture, home, shabby
Chic Country
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![]() Handmade Crocheted Rag Rugs very shabby chic US $35.99
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![]() French Grand Bookcase Unit Elegant Carved Moldings US $5,680.00
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![]() Garden Cottage Chic 2 Tier Scrolly Wire Baskets Shelves Plant Stand US $39.97
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![]() Handmade Large Crocheted Rag Rugs very shabby chic US $49.99
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![]() Garden Solar or Electr Power Asian Style Water Fountain US $225.97
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![]() Decorative Accent Pillow Shabby Victorian Wedding Gift US $16.95
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![]() Victorian Garden Antiqued Cast Iron Birdbath Ornament US $27.99
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![]() Country Garden Child with Hat Bird Feeder Lawn Ornament US $49.97
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![]() Country Garden Iguana Pet Bird Feeder Lawn Ornament US $15.97
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![]() Country Garden Iron Wall Pocket Bird Feeder Ornament US $18.99
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![]() Country Garden Butterfly Gazebo Bird Feeder Ornament US $18.99
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![]() Country Garden Chic 2 Delft Blue Flower Planters Basket US $27.97
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![]() NEW COUNTRY SHABBY COTTAGE CHIC 15WINDOW VALANCE CURTAINS PANELS COLONIAL LODGE US $15.94
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![]() NEW VINTAGE SHABBY DAMASK CHIC 15CURTAINS VALANCE PANELS COLONIAL COTTAGE LODGE US $24.94
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Shabby Chic Homewares
If you do not know about “Shabby Chic” already, it represents something that is stylish but not new. The idea is to display the quality of the yesteryears with the clear signs of aging, in other words, wear and tear. Therefore, in the field of interior designing, professionals furnish new furniture with soft pastel colours, as if faded, along with deliberate distress on the corners by sanding to achieve the old look.
Besides furniture, you can now easily get readymade stuff for home that looks shabby chic. Shabby chic home wares, for example, are available online and can be bought there easily. You can search them on Google, Yahoo or MSN etc. to find all the sites that are offering shabby chic home wares.
Shabby chic homewares can be found in a wide variety online. They can range from a pretty soft-coloured pitcher or an antique looking metal key holder or even a set of pots for keeping plants. They would look faded, printed with some beautiful flowers and a verse; the paint showing cracks at places to suggest the worn out look. The first glance at a shabby chic home ware takes you to the British vintage when everything used to be stylish, elegant and proper.
It is common place to find the shabby chic stuff, including homewares, to be very light in colour to look faded. They wear bleached look without fail. The pots are generally painted over and over again and sanded or rubbed at areas to show the base and hence complete the shabby chic look.
To look at a nice collection of typical shabby chic home wares, you might like to visit www.cardnellscountry.com. The e-store is an excellent collection of gifts and wares wearing a country-made look.
About the Author
Louise Graham is a owner of a Gift Shop and is also a Gift Consultant. She has been in the industry for over a decade.
What's your home decorating style?
Are you a blend, country, chic... etc. I think I'm a blend of sophisticated chic with touches of romance thrown in, I love any shades of blue, especially turquoise, with black and white too.
Early American Dumpster Diving, is this bachelors favorite decorating scheme. I'm not sure what I would do if I had any class. I like chrome and smoke glass, although Art Deco is very nice to. I would always go for simplicity though.



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