Shabby chic décor became popular several years ago, and now it’s only getting more and more popular because it has special charm and chic. Besides, it’s budget-friendly because thanks to – you can restore some of your grandma’s things or flea market finds and use them again. You can even distress some cheap new furniture, including some of those products you can find in IKEA. Thanks to lots of DIY shabby chic tutorials you can find on our site achieving the appearance of an antique furniture isn’t that hard.
Shabby chic is a quite soft style which fits perfectly for cottages but can be used at many other homes too. It easily can add a feminine touch to any interior and make it quite unique. Usually, in such interiors, you can find one or several furniture pieces that are heavily painted through the years and are showing through time-worn areas.
DIY Shabby Chic Furniture
The simplest way to imitate aged and distressed look on your furniture is by using faux painting techniques with glaze or by simply painting your furniture piece and sanding this paint away from some of its parts. If you want some of your lamps to look shabby chic then you need to use vintage fabric, making ruffles and cover these lamps with them. You can even make different metal objects like clocks or buckets to look aged so they fit your shabby chic interior nicely. Just use the right metal aging technique for that.
Shabby Chic Rooms
In this roundup, you’ll find shabby chic decorating ideas for different rooms so buckle up and enjoy the ride!
Shabby Chic Kitchens
Create your own shabby chic kitchen furniture, use pastel colors and your kitchen would look amazing!
Aged furniture looks great with modern kitchen tools.
Charming shabby chic kitchen with lots of details.
Combine patterns with aged furniture and your kitchen would shine.
Even a kitchen hood can look shabby chic.
Table is the centerpiece of any shabby chic kitchen.
Shabby Chic Bedrooms
Besides aged beds, headboards and wardrobes it’s a great idea to add some ruffled bedding, bedspreads and curtains to create an atmosphere in a bedroom.
Aged headboard is probably all you need to make your bedroom look chic.
Lovely bed with a shabby chic look.
Shutters are perfect for country chic bedroom decor.
Sweet shabby chic bedroom with a canopy bed.
Vintage wardrobe is perfect for a shabby chic bedroom.
Shabby Chic Bathroom
Vintage bathtubs and washbasins, exquisite ruffled curtains, stunning aged mirrors and distressed cabinets will make a base of your shabby chic bathroom looks amazing.
Chandaliers are also great for shabby chic interiors.
Curtains, distressed washbasin and an awesome bathtub...you don't need more for cozy shabby chic bathroom.
Distressing technique could be used as on furniture as on a bathtub cover.
Fabric canopies could be used in bathrooms too.
Modern approach to a shabby chic bahtroom design.
Shabby Chic Living Rooms
Whitewashed walls could be a tender base for your shabby chic living space. Although adding old doors, used shutters and simply aged clocks would work well in living rooms too.
Colorful shabby chic rooms are less popular but looks good too.
Distressed coffee table is a perfect focal point of any living room.
Faux fireplace and aged furniture make this living room looks great.
Old doors and shutters are perfect objects to decorate in a shabby chic living room.
Shuuters could fit any country chic living room.
Shabby Chic Kids Rooms
Pink, blush, grey, white, pastels combined with ruffles and floral patterns will become a breathtaking base for such a shabby chic kids room or a nursery.
Canopy is perfect idea for a bed in nursery.
Lovely shabby chic bedroom for a kid.
Modern looking shabby chic kids room design.
Shabby chic girl rooms could be all pink.
Vintage design suits well all nurseries.
Shabby Chic Hallways
Vintage furniture looks great in hallways so don’t hesitate to use it there. Whitewashing walls or covering them with reclaimed wood planks is also a great idea.
Contry chic looking hallway thanks to aged chairs and shelves.
Disstressing could be taken on the next level.
Front door is one of those surfaces you can make look aged.
Old furntiure can easily make a hallway look shabby chic.
White washed walls looks great in a hallway.
Other Interesting Shabby Chic Room Designs
