Designer Dusty Deyoe explains how to create a romantic bedroom, shabby-chic style, with items found at garage sales, salvage yards and antiques shops. She uses imperfect, well-worn furnishings in a comfortable, elegant way. Painting is an easy, inexpensive way to brighten up a room. This bedroom was painted pale yellow with a touch of green, a soft color that blends nicely with well-worn furnishings. The bed was turned sideways to make more space and covered with a lovely patchwork quilt. A piece of architectural metalwork hung lengthwise along the bed adds height and interest, and an inexpensive canopy made with 10 yards of fabric softly frames the bed. A big hooked rug is an inexpensive alternative to new carpeting, and a worn spot made it even more of a deal. Camouflage is the name of the game when decorating with second-hand goods. The worn spot on the rug is easily hidden, and the damage on a lovely beaded lampshade is camouflaged with a drape of flowers. An old chair in need of upholstery is covered with a Salvation Army slipcover, and accent pillows that don't match the decor are stuffed into vintage dresses and tied at each end to make pretty pillow shams. Simple Bed Canopy Materials:
10 yards of fabric
Four ceiling hooks big enough to hold the fabric
Decorative wire vine
Ladder
- Lay the fabric on the floor in a rectangle the same size as the perimeter of the bed, allowing enough fabric between corners to permit blousing.
- Place hooks in the ceiling directly above each corner of the bed.
- Lift the fabric, one corner at a time, and wrap it around the ceiling hooks. Wrap a piece of decorative vine around the fabric and hooks to make the canopy more secure (figure A).
- Blouse the fabric in a pleasing way as you loop it from hook to hook (figure B).
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Shabby Chic
Model: 0060982047
Author: Rachel Ashwell
1996
HarperCollins
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-207-7000
Fax: 212-207-7145
Shabby Chic: Treasure Hunting and Decorating Guide
Dusty Deyoe, Designer
Company Collection
Los Angeles90039
Phone: 213-935-2330
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