subject: Shabby Chic is the new vintage in Furniture Design [print this page] Earlier people would scour attics and spend hours poring through garage sale looking for gems that could be restored, cleaned and reused but now an industry has sprung up around this craze and if you do not have the time or the inclination to go looking through smelly, cobweb ridden attics or hob-nob with weird people at some garage sale you can buy new cupboards that have been painted and repainted over and over and then sanded down and distressed to show signs of wear and tear just like the real thing. Some of the furniture makers go as far as making fine holes in the furniture that look like wood worm holes for a really authentic look. There are two ways of going about getting your vintage look on. Some hardcore fashion victims roll their own and even go so far as staining their own fabrics with tea or other colouring agents like bleach to give them that much vaunted look but new devotees of the shabby chic look can now buy furniture that look just as authentic right in the store itself even when brand new. You just need to know where to look and if you don't then just grab hold of the nearest starving artist with eclectic tastes and a hatred of mainstream trends and they should help you get what you are looking for.
Shabby Chic is the new vintage in Furniture Design
