Shabby Chic Roses or Cottage Roses
Roses in home decor are often used in fabrics, prints, and on china and decorative accents, especially in Victorian, Romantic, Shabby Chic and Cottage decorative styles.
Shabby Chic or Cottage decor often features white furniture that has been distressed by lightly sanding the edges and corners to give a worn appearance. Vintage pieces of furniture found in antique shops and at garage sales add to the look, as are slipcoveres which are a common feature. In the bedroom and bath, fabrics with rose designs are usually used.
Roses can be seen on china pieces and are also painted on wood accent pieces throughout the home. Baskets of roses add a nice touch to complete the theme.
Shabby Chic or Cottage decor often features white furniture that has been distressed by lightly sanding the edges and corners to give a worn appearance. Vintage pieces of furniture found in antique shops and at garage sales add to the look, as are slipcoveres which are a common feature. In the bedroom and bath, fabrics with rose designs are usually used.
Roses can be seen on china pieces and are also painted on wood accent pieces throughout the home. Baskets of roses add a nice touch to complete the theme.
Table of Contents
- What is Shabby Chic
- Beautiful Rose Prints and Posters for Your Shabby Chic Rooms
- The Founder of Shabby Chic is Rachel Ashwell
- Fine China with Old Country Roses - Great Accents
- Books for More Information on Shabby Chic
- Roses Poster
- Pink Roses
- A Poll - Your Favorite Color Of Roses
- More Shabby Chic Squidoo Lenses
- How to Distress Wood for a Shabby Chic Look - Video
- Browse These Websites For Cottage Roses
- Do you have other ideas for using roses in home decor?
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What is Shabby Chic
Shabby chic items are often heavily painted with many layers showing through obviously worn areas. The style is imitated in Faux Painting using glaze or by painting then rubbing and sanding away the top coat to show the wood or base coats. Fabrics tend to be cottons and linens, with linen being particularly popular, inspired by old French linens. Whites and worn or bleached out pastels are favorite colours. Fabric is often stained with tea to give it the look of old fabric. Bleached and faded are terms often applied to the style.
The essence of shabby chic style is vintage and antique furniture painted white (or another soft pastel color) and distressed at the corners by sanding. Pink, mint green, and soft aqua are also popular colors seen in accessories and fabrics.
Popular decor items are pillows made of vintage barkcloth fabric, vintage linens, chenille bedspreads, vintage chandeliers, and anything with roses on it. It is a soft, relaxed feminine romantic way of decorating that looks comfortable and inviting. Also called Cottage style
From Wikipedia.org
The essence of shabby chic style is vintage and antique furniture painted white (or another soft pastel color) and distressed at the corners by sanding. Pink, mint green, and soft aqua are also popular colors seen in accessories and fabrics.
Popular decor items are pillows made of vintage barkcloth fabric, vintage linens, chenille bedspreads, vintage chandeliers, and anything with roses on it. It is a soft, relaxed feminine romantic way of decorating that looks comfortable and inviting. Also called Cottage style
From Wikipedia.org
Beautiful Rose Prints and Posters for Your Shabby Chic Rooms
These beautiful prints, available at Amazon.com, are just a few of the choices they have online. Click below on any painting and it will take you to the pages on Amazon where you can browse their complete collection. Just search- Shabby Chic Rose Prints --on that page. Or type in-- Shabby Chic Roses --to go
to the wonderful bedding line on Amazon.
to the wonderful bedding line on Amazon.
Roses, Framed Art Print by Armitage
Still Life with White Roses, Framed Art Print by Henri Fantin-Latour
The Founder of Shabby Chic is Rachel Ashwell
No page about the Shabby Chic style of decorating would be complete without mentioning the founder, Rachel Ashwell. The following is taken from an article on About.com.
Rachel Ashwell, founder of the popular Shabby Chic ® style, began her decorating quest in the late 80's, searching garage sales and flea markets for furniture with "good bones" and nice lines. Then she took it home and painted it all white. Upholstered pieces were dressed up in loose washable slipcovers, and vintage accessories were collected to complete the look.
She started doing it to furnish a home for her young family, but has since expanded from these humble beginnings into designing her own custom furniture and fabric lines, opening a network of Shabby Chic(r) stores, writing style books, and becoming a TV how-to expert on E network's style channel. She is also a featured designer in Victoria Magazine's book, Designers In Residence .
Rachel Ashwell, founder of the popular Shabby Chic ® style, began her decorating quest in the late 80's, searching garage sales and flea markets for furniture with "good bones" and nice lines. Then she took it home and painted it all white. Upholstered pieces were dressed up in loose washable slipcovers, and vintage accessories were collected to complete the look.
She started doing it to furnish a home for her young family, but has since expanded from these humble beginnings into designing her own custom furniture and fabric lines, opening a network of Shabby Chic(r) stores, writing style books, and becoming a TV how-to expert on E network's style channel. She is also a featured designer in Victoria Magazine's book, Designers In Residence .
Fine China with Old Country Roses - Great Accents
Beautiful FRANCISCAN DESERT ROSE China
Click on the images to view more pieces that go so well with any decorative theme you choose for your home.
Click on the images to view more pieces that go so well with any decorative theme you choose for your home.
Franciscan Desert Rose 20-Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4
Books for More Information on Shabby Chic
Country Living Cottage Style
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 12/19/2009) 
Shabby Chic
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The Shabby Chic Home
Amazon Price: $26.60 (as of 12/19/2009)
Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Treasure Hunting and Decorating Guide
Amazon Price: $23.10 (as of 12/19/2009)
Roses Poster
Abraham Lincolns' quote about rose bushes
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Pink Roses
My favorite color for roses is the pink rose, which in Victorian days stood for joyfulness.Pink roses were also said to be a symbol of grace and elegance and were often given as an expression of admiration and appreciation.
Pink roses had a gentler meaning than red roses which, although used for all occasions today, were thought to mean deep feelings for someone special. A bouquet of long stemmed roses say, "I will remember you always," where a single long stem rose can say "I love you" or "Thank you."
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- One of the hottest trends in decorating right now is the shabby chic look. Here we have some delightful wooden birdhouses and also hand painteds for your Shabby and Sweet Bird Houses look.
How to Distress Wood for a Shabby Chic Look - Video
Shabby Chic Distressing
Get the Shabby Chic look by layering paint and sanding. Paint layer coats: 1st: Espresso Spray 2nd: Heritage White Spray (2 coats for full coverage) 3rd: Acrylic Craft Paint (
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Browse These Websites For Cottage Roses
- Katies Rose Cottage Vintage Romantic Cottage Chic
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- Shabby Chic Style by Shabby Rose Chic and Shabby Rose Cottage
- Shabby Rose Cottage is a Collection of New and Vintage Furniture and Home Accents for the Shabby Chic,Vintage Cottage and Romantic Home. Specializing in the white home and the new look of shabby chic. Decorating ideas and a free decorating ezine.
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- Becky's Rose Cottage : ~ Vintage Rose and Cottage Designs for your home.
- Becky's Rose Cottage : ~ Vintage Rose and Cottage Designs for your home. - Here you will find vintage rose plate clocks, vintage architectural moulding frames, vintage rose wallpaper items as well as flea market finds and more.....take a walk through the cottage and enjoy... Becky's Vintage China Ti
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- colak colak Oct 15, 2008 @ 11:34 am
- Thanks for a great lens - the 'shabby chic' look is perfect for my kitchen. I already have an couple of old rockers in there, stripped and ready for painting. I was going to just varnish them, but doing a 'shabby chic' on them sounds so much better.
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