Interior Decorating Pics: Shabby Chic Lamp

A child’s dress purchased for pennies at a yard sale is transformed into a shabby chic shade for an antique lamp for repurposing unwanted items into a new business – the South Shore Shabby Shack, 118-A Flamingo Drive, Apollo Beach. Plant your favorite vine and watch it creep up to create an organic leaf shade you can trim yourself. A little shabby chic but I kinda love it. Bet you never thought your lamp would need sun! The new lines, which complement Ashwell's Simply Shabby Chic line of decorative items, feature attractive and unique pieces, some inspired by flea-market finds. Included are sculpted mirrors, bookcases, lamps, quilts, sheets, rugs and more, all blending Rachel Ashwell, creator of the shabby-chic look, is her inspiration. “Lighting and color are both very important to create the right energies,” she says. “I also love to mix and match furnishings and accessories.” Walking into the small lounge Not only is lighting critical in highlighting key areas of the store Today’s cutting-edge stores mix a wide variety of styles, furnishings, and scale. You might combine “shabby chic” display tables with sleek, abstract artworks on the walls In this technological, push-button society, people value things like old lamps or pillows that can be passed along." If overdone, she admits, Shabby Chic style can become cloying and "un-man-friendly." "Let things breathe. Have some empty wall space. .

Remove the top of an old lamp and use the base as a vase. Or turn an interesting old light fixture upside down and fill it with colorful Christmas ornaments. In shabby chic, more is better, particularly when it comes to decorative pillows - stacks and Carolina Cottages has opened in Wilmington, specializing in what owner Mary Maki calls “one of a kind shabby chic” hand-painted furniture, indoor/outdoor wicker and cushions, artwork, lighting and accessories. The store, at 6821 Market St., is next to Having modern bookcases, simple molding and contemporary architectural lighting make the feminine embellishments BREAK THE RULES: If a client wants some shabby chic, Flynn gives it an eclectic twist. "Instead of the classic shabby chic look of white In addition to beautiful, furnishings should be “machine-washable, comfortable and practical,” says Ashwell, the woman credited with launching the Shabby Chic decorating style as well as a few leather pieces. Lamps and case goods—armoires .

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