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.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

When in need.....check the junk pile.

For years I have searched for the perfect old door to make into a headboard for my bed. I actually found the perfect one, but $450 seemed about $400 too high.

One day, while perusing my junk pile searching for my next project, I came upon 2 large, matching ornate picture frames. Having deemed them too large to install mirror, they had been banished to the "one day" section and forgotten. But inspiration struck and I thought....headboard !

The 2 frames were attached and wooden backing cut. Two foam squares were placed inside the opening of the frames and covered with vintage fabric. An old porch baluster was sliced in half to use as side pieces and a decorative header placed on top. The entire piece was painted to match and voila.......a custom headboard with a vintage French flair............you just can't buy this stuff !!!!

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