The shabby chic style in the interior appeared at the end of the twentieth century. Its founder was a designer who bought old furniture and gave it new life with the help of decorating techniques..
For starters, Rachel Ashwell created a shabby chic design in her home, and then spread its principles around the world. Although this gentle comes from and in many ways “female” the style is from good old England, but you can trace both the clean, classic lines of Swedish design and the sweet simplicity of French country houses.
A room in this style takes us into the atmosphere of summer, sun, and idle carelessness. Even if there is an autumn rain outside the window, it is always light and joyful. “Shabby” in translation means “shabby”. Most likely this style got its name because it uses a large number of old, shabby furniture, other vintage items that bear the imprint of time.
The main colors of the shabby chic design are white, pastel pink, and the same blue. It is especially important that furniture is also sustained in such colors..
All details used in the design of the space must be feminine, graceful, light.
The shabby chic style in the interior is impossible without real things from the past. We’ll have to rummage through flea markets and ruins, looking for furnishings, dishes, possibly equipment of the fifties of the twentieth century.
Do you want to decorate the space in this style? Here are some rules to help you achieve this:
- Choose painted furniture. Its color should be light, pastel: blue, pink, or pure white.
- Include things from the past in your interior.
- Mix styles, materials. In the shabby chic style, wood and wrought iron will work well in the interior..
- Avoid straight lines. Curved mirrors, fringed lampshades, ruffled pillows and floral prints – signs of style.
- A room in this style should be decorated only with natural textiles, either pastel colors, or with a floral pattern. The use of lace details is encouraged – napkins, capes.
- Wall trim “aged” plaster, painted in pastel colors or pasted over with wallpaper with a floral pattern.
The beauty of shabby chic design is in its proximity to everyone. It reminds of the most golden time – our childhood, and of grandmother’s house in the summer sunny village.
