Shabby Cottage Chic

After more than 200 years, a uniquely British taste is on the way out. Shabby chic has been vacuumed, whitewashed and dry-cleaned out of existence. Frayed shirt collars, egg yolk on the tie, soup stain on the crotch, roses rambling out of control over the The style of the house can be described as vintage, or shabby chic, with several books on the coffee table in the lounge, including Perfect English Cottages and Vintage Style giving a clue to the atmosphere she wanted to create. Rachel Ashwell, creator of One of my favorite styles of home decorating is shabby chic/cottage style decor. This style of decorating started in Great Britain and could be found in grand country houses but shabby chic decor has evolved since then due to influences from the Swedish These design elements are a few of the lasting legacies of Shabby Chic, the home décor empire founded in the late '80s by British transplant Rachel Ashwell. In her latest book, “The World of Shabby Chic” (Rizzoli, $45), the design doyenne looks back Some of the cutest, Instagrammable and downright Tumblr-like home furnishings and accessories are having us oohing and ahhing over at Shabby Chic Shop. We’re the first to admit we’re suckers for the whole boho-chic furniture thing - you know, faded Shabby Chic, a trend that became a lifestyle, weathered the return of "Mad Men" and midcentury modern, bankruptcy and confusion to emerge with its soul intact. Rachel Ashwell is the sheikha of shabby, the founder and creator of the look that embodies .

She said she nearly named the company Slip, which would have been a big one. Her new book, “The World of Shabby Chic: Beautiful Homes, My Story & Vision” (Rizzoli, $45), looks like a coffee-table book but reads like a memoir. Filled with photographs How has the Shabby Chic brand evolved over the years? For many years, I was known as the queen of white and pink. That was my reign, especially for my Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic stores. Over time snow whites took on more ivory, my pinks have become more Yesterday, The New York Times wrote about Rachel Ashwell, the L.A. designer whose "Shabby Chic" brand went bankrupt a year ago and has been revived thanks to a new flock of investors. Shabby Chic, like comfort food and knitting, seems to be the type of CAMERON BRUNNER was happy as a clam, ensconced in a Santa Monica condominium done up in Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic furnishings. Then, four Mother's Days ago, she stumbled upon the 1936 screenwriter's cottage that, she recalls, "was meant to be my home." .

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