Shabby Chic

Rachel Ashwell – Shabby Chic

11 February 2010

I treated myself to this book a couple of weeks ago, as a result I was googling Rachel Ashwell and I stumbled across her blog. I may have squealed a bit, she’s been such an inspiration to me over the years – all my made over furniture is down to her. However you might not [...]

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But She’s Pretty…

16 August 2009

As you know my husband is very tolerant of my Shabby Chic/Cath Kidston habit He doesn’t moan about sleeping in a rosy duvet, or the dining room chairs I made over with Kidston fabric. But I made a new purchase and he’s not feeling it’s patchwork beauty – he described it as ugly! But I [...]

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Easter Decorating

20 March 2009

This week’s ‘Hooked on’ is Easter Decorating. I love the Easter Holidays, it’s the first time that we’ve generally had friends and family come to visit since Christmas. Normally the weather is just about good enough to have a BBQ and if not we have a massive roast dinner. This year we have friends coming [...]

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Homesense

6 March 2009

Homesense finally opened in Cambridge yesterday – hurrah! It’s the sister shop of TX Maxx and only sells home items. I’ve been saving my birthday money for the opening and I couldn’t get there for the grand opening as I was at work yesterday, so you can imagine I was a little impatient to get [...]

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Cath Kidston New Catalogue

28 January 2009

There must be a new marketing genius at Cath Kidston, they’ve made a great job of the new look website. And look what was waiting for me when I got home today, the new Cath Kidston magazine/catalogue! It’s a completely fresh new look and everything in it looks fabulous and there are some great [...]

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From a Shabby Chic to a Glamorous Christmas

7 November 2008

I love a Christmas Tree to look traditional with hand crafted baubles and things we have made ourselves. You know the kind of thing gingerbread men, popcorn, wooden stars, candy canes and gingham. In my head our house looks like this at Christmas But my puritan/shabby chic look might have been a little over-done the [...]

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Chair Makeover

22 August 2008

So back in the day when I got my first flat, I was broke and couldn’t afford any new furniture. So I had a small dining room area and I wanted a table and some chairs to entertain my friends and family. So Mum and I went to a car boot sale and found the [...]

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Girlie Day Out

20 August 2008

Yesterday we had a girls trip out to the ‘Girlie’ shop as Lily calls it near my Mum’s in Norfolk. Lily adores this shop as do my Mum and I and as all the men were at work and we’re on holiday we thought we’d have a rummage. We’ve been a couple of times before [...]

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Fireplace Makeover

5 August 2008

I read on ‘Restyled Home‘ about imperfect makeovers (transforming something ugly into something beautiful on a shoestring budget). Well as I have a rainy day here, I finally have time to post mine. When we moved into our 1934 house 5 years ago, we had *the* ugliest fireplace in our lounge. Although a good Art [...]

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Bargains!

17 May 2008

I’m feeling a bit broke, what with saving for holiday money and trying to budget for the months ahead, shopping has kind of gone out of the window recently. But I needed to get something to sort out our post mountain in the hallway (how we get so much is beyond me!) So I thought [...]

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