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.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Now What


So, I found this cool old chair back that had such great details I had to have it. But I wasn't sure what to do with it. Then I found a cute little shelf that fit perfectly, so I added it....painted the whole thing, distressed the whole thing.......and now I don't know what else to do with it. It looks great. But it serves absolutely no purpose. Maybe a shelf on the bottom?? To be continued.

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Something I'm working On



This table has led many lives. I have painted it twice now.....and hated it both times, broke it....repaired it... and now it is on treatment number 3. I'll get it right ....I hope.

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Hats




Just in case you thought I was done with the hat thing......here are a couple more pics of hat lamp number two, as well as a somewhat underlit reminder, of both lamps together.

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OK...here it is, hat lamp number two. Made from a creamy white vintage hat, the base was painted sage green and hilighted with white before being aged with Smoke glaze. I added a teal coloured ribbon around the crown of the hat and a few "floating" pearls in a matching colour. Of course, a vintage brooch has been pinned to the hat to finish it off. It looks like pistachio ice cream.......smile.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Of course, having made that grand resolution.......I suddenly become overwhelmed with my actual job,post holiday cleaning and family stuff. But I have this weekend off !!!!! Finally. So updates are on their way. Stay tuned.

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Resolution

Always make a resolution that is attainable, I am told....so I plan to devote much more time to the persuit of blog-dom. I think it's time for a new look here,more pics and more projects. So, over the next week or two I'm going to try some tweaking.
Please come back, and Happy New Year !!!!!!
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