About Shabbyswank

I rarely see anything that I don't want to embellish. Having started as a decorative painter in 1994, I soon developed a passion for re-designing, re-purposing and re-defining vintage furniture and accessories. Little did I know that someone else had already coined the phrase "Shabby Chic" and created a design empire around it...I was just taking ugly old castoffs and making them pretty again.
Working out of my home studio in Ontario, Canada, I have established a popular line of vanities, mirrors and other accessories in the Shabby Chic style as well as a line of retro kitchen ware and one of vintage Paris artwork.
Please contact me at qb623@hotmail.com for information on any piece pictured or to request custom work.

Friday, September 25, 2009


Rubbed black............it's the new off-white !!!
Here is my first example of 2 pieces that did not originally belong together.............but you would never know.
Painted matte black and rubbed to show a red undercoat. The drawer pulls are vintage clear glass and the carved applique, which I added, is shown below in detail.
It is not visible in the picture, but in the top left hand corner of the mirror I added a cut vinyl floral flourish.



$325.00
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