Shabby Chic Decorating Ideas | Interior Design Video Lecture | Interior Designing: A Basic Training - Self Help Learning

so shabby-chic is a design genre all its
own it's a little country it's a little
traditional there's a lot of light and
white and it's worn you know the pieces
that generally make up a shabby chic
decor our think farmhouse mixed with you
know maybe a classic piece but that the
finish has been worn through you're
seeing a lot of its natural wood mixed
in with painted over pieces maybe lots
of whites and creams mixed in you know
slipcover is a really big and shabby
chic so what's great about that and it
saves you money is you can take your
sofa that you've had for a very long
time you're tired of the color you're
tired of the way it looks
just get a slipcover tuck it in really
nice they make some great ones nowadays
throw on some new pillows and maybe a
needlepoint or a floral decor because
that's really big and shabby chic and
fantastic it's there
another thing is accessorizing in the
shabby chic decor you want to make sure
that you're using like a layering effect
it's kind of like that it was there for
a very long time but even though you
just added it so instead of one big
piece of art a lot of little pieces that
are different sizes that kind of pull
together to make one accent wall
different size lamps furniture it
doesn't really match maybe an armchair
with a stool next to it and then maybe
you have something that's an all
upholstered chair with stripes but then
next to that you have a tapestry looking
chair that has arms and a high headrest
so it's a lot of mixing and matching
it's a lot of floral and needle points
slipcovers you want to make it feel
effortless like it was there all along