| What makes shabby chic home décor a | | | | decorating. Your furniture can "acquire" a worn look by |
| popular decorating style? In browsing through home | | | | simply lightly sanding the corners--that technique adds |
| décor magazines you will find a popular | | | | character and interest to shabby chic furniture. |
| decorating style known as shabby chic. It combines the | | | | Scour flea markets and garage sales for "rescued art" |
| vintage look with a stylish look. One of the reasons for | | | | such as old doors and windows, mantels, garden |
| shabby chic's popularity is the practice of combining | | | | gates, and house shutters. These items can be used |
| "the old" with "the new that looks old." That opens up | | | | as unique wall hangings, fashioned into a folding divider |
| many possibilities for choosing shabby chic home | | | | screen, used as a one-of-a-kind headboard, and even |
| décor and furnishings. | | | | used to replace existing doors to add character to |
| Here are practical, easy-to-use ideas for decorating in | | | | your home. |
| the shabby chic home décor style: | | | | Wrought iron can also be used in shabby chic home |
| Think paint! Anything can be painted, whether it's wood, | | | | décor. An ornate wrought iron corner shelf can |
| wicker or metal. Paint gives objects a clean | | | | be used to display that chipped teapot and old recipe |
| appearance and a sense of belonging. Garage sale | | | | box from your grandmother. Add crocheted dollies |
| and flea market items painted white give a home a | | | | that hang over the edges of the shelves for a vintage |
| distinctive, connected feeling. | | | | look. |
| Family heirlooms and trinkets can be used as shabby | | | | As you can see, "the sky is the limit" when developing |
| chic home décor along with newer | | | | the shabby chic home decorating style. This decorating |
| décor that looks old. Use those keepsakes that | | | | approach may be used in an entire house or in just |
| you love by displaying them in your home. You, as well | | | | one or two rooms. Have fun using your ingenuity and |
| as your family and guests, will enjoy them. | | | | imagination to create the trendy shabby chic look in |
| Distressed surfaces are characteristic of shabby chic | | | | your home. |