Shabby Swank: Hat's off to me !

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, December 9, 2009

Hat's off to me !

Sometimes I really hate myself for these headings, but apparently blogging brings out the cheesey-ness in all of us.

So, here's the story. I saw the most beautiful vintage hat in a local antique mall....but for some reason it just cried " lamp shade". I brought it home and the search began for the perfect base. It took a while, but let us all now praise Goodwill 1/2 price days !! There was the perfect base, albeit an ugly gold finish - but we all know that can be easily rectified.

A coat of Heirloom White and covering of Smoke glaze later....my base now loks like vintage soapstone. An old plain lampshade was cut to fit....add a vintage pin, and here we are......my hat lamp. I have one more to come.