Shabby Chic is the antithesis of modern living style and allows you to collect and decorate to your heart's content. Rooms furnished in this style appear feminine, inviting and cozy. If you want to give your home a playful, dreamy but elegant look, you can make shabby chic decorations yourself and create unique masterpieces.
Harmonious pastel colors for elegant home accessories
The shabby chic decoration, whether table, wall decoration orother home accessorieslive from a harmonious world of colors. Delicate and predominantly matt colors are typical of shabby chic. Pastel colors such as rosé, yellow and sky blue, which are combined with delicate gray tones, antique white and beige, are typical representatives of shabby chic. Bright tones are rarely found in this style.
Decoration for spring
The first project we would like to introduce to you is this beautiful wreath, which creates a distinctive atmosphere thanks to the typical colors and patterns. This colorful wreath can be used in many ways as a shabby chic decoration. For this easy idea, you need a wooden ring and scraps of fabric in the right colors that you simply tie to it. Artfully arranged, it is a pretty spring decoration.
Table decoration – DIY ideas
The rosé color, for example, is a perfect choice for a feminine and romantic decoration. Check out these beautiful balls from the picture above! The flower balls are a charming table decoration not only for festive occasions such as weddings, anniversaries and christenings, but also a pretty table decoration for your home that brings flair.
You can punch the cute flowers out of delicate pink paper using a motif hole punch in the desired pattern. Get needles with pearl heads to give the simple flowers an elegant shine. To get the perfect bark shape, you need foam balls to attach the tiny flowers to. You can place the finished balls on a plate or a candlestick. Placed next to a tiny cage in antique white, this ball will decorate your table.
You can easily make these beautiful peonies yourself and use them for numerous shabby chic decoration ideas. You can create elegant table decorations with peonies as well as use them to design carpets, bedspreads or to decorate pillows and fabric bags. The flowers are only sewn on and great and unique individual pieces are created.
For the enchanting flowers, you need scraps of cotton, velvet or silk, which are typical of shabby chic, as well as the layered look of textiles. First, cut out the leaves of the flowers. A tea light will help you with the slightly curved shape of the leaves. You need to quickly pull the individual leaves over the flame so that the material curves slightly. You can then arrange the leaves together and secure them with thread in the shape and size you want.
Shabby Chic materials
The materials used are primarily natural materials. Older or already used materials such as linen, leather or wood can be transformed into great accessories. You can make original shabby chic decorations yourself using limed wood, for example. If you still have old pieces of furniture in the basement or have discovered a pretty flea market find with signs of wear, you can transform an old wooden drawer into a charming flower pot.
To create the right atmosphere, you can use various old objects and furniture. Lovingly restored and artfully decorated, give your decoration individuality. Let your creativity run wild and combine materials such as driftwood, old wood, worn metal, porcelain, blind mirror glass or rustic silver for the decoration.
Even if you can't find antiques in grandma's attic or at the flea market, you can decorate yourself using everyday objects and materials. If you are planning your next outdoor party, you can easily copy the cute vases from the picture above. For this you need mason jars, which you decorate with a wide strip of fabric in a pastel color and decorate with sisal or natural paper.
From a wooden ring that you glue with a lace ribbon, you can make an attractive, flowery chandelier or simply a great decoration that hangs over your guests' heads and delights them with the wonderfully beautiful scent of the flowers. Hang flowers of different stem lengths of your choice and create a cozy atmosphere.
Pretty decoration ideas for Easter
You can also create attractive and colorful Easter decorations in shabby chic. Color the Easter eggs in delicate pastel colors and decorate them with matching patterns and ornaments. As far as the pattern selection for decoration is concerned, you are therefloral designs, rose prints, dots and checks, bird motifs and plants on the right track.
Paisley and Toile-de-Jouy prints from the 18th and 19th centuries create beautiful and unique Easter decorations. Arrange the colored eggs on a beautiful stand or on an engraved crystal glass bowl.
Another great idea are these arrows in delicate colors and chic patterns that you can mix and match to your heart's content. Wooden skewers or straight, thin branches are painted matt white. Cut the paper or fabric into an arrow shape or heart shape and attach the figures to the wooden skewer on both sides. With this homemade shabby chic decoration you can decorate vases, flower pots or create individual bouquets of flowers.
An original craft idea is this enchanting and beautiful mask, which is suitable for a unique decoration idea and can be part of your carnival costume. In both cases it will undoubtedly attract enthusiastic looks. You can choose the craft materials for this project according to your taste. With rose and white as base colors for your mask you will express the chic charm.
Glue small rhinestones, various flower accessories from the craft store or paper flowers that you make yourself with the hole puncher and feathers to the mask. You can wrap the handle with organza fabric and add accents to the mask with gold or silver glitter powder.
Take a look at this cute lampshade. It provides soft light and creates a romantic and pleasant atmosphere. With this lamp you will definitely bring a touch of shabby chic into your living room. For this simple project you will need lace doilies, wallpaper paste, a balloon, a lamp holder with LED and possibly textile paint.
First, you can dye the lace doilies with a color of your choice. Once the crochet doilies are dry, you can brush them generously with wallpaper paste and place them on the inflated balloon. Allow the doilies to dry thoroughly for a few days and then pop the balloon with a needle. Lightly sheathe the lace doilies, remove the balloon and insert the light. You can use some craft wire to close the open part of the cut.
You can also combine the style with other styles such as the country house style and the vintage look and create beautiful creations. This chest of drawers with the characteristic signs of wear, which you can also create artificially, is decorated with shabby chic-look picture frames and old books. An old map that you stick on a plate provides additional vintage flair.
Make vintage decorations yourself
When it comes to decoration ideas, you can use natural materials such as linen, leather or sisal as a contrast to the silk or velvet. You can make such a bowl yourself in no time, which completes the style. Place a bowl with the opening facing down and line the surface with cling film. Brush the bowl with glue and wrap sisal ribbon around it. Coat the decorative bowl with glue again and let it dry out.
Nowadays we usually travel with the practical trolleys and the old suitcases lie unused in the basement. Made of leather, wood or metal, they can be converted into perfect coffee tables. They also look really great when stacked and create a real vintage flair in the room. Such a side table or bedside table also offers additional storage space.
All you need to enhance the table decoration are old book or newspaper pages and lace ribbon and jute. You can decorate the vintage books according to your taste and create unique and individual pieces. A lace bookmark looks equally original.
An unusual table runner can be made from old, unusual book pages. Spread the pages out on the table and stick them together with scotch tape. If you want a straight table runner, you can glue the book pages next to each other in the desired width. You can also punch the edge of the worn paper with a motif hole punch and create beautiful patterns.
Make wall decorations
If you want to create a cozy corner in your garden in shabby chic, light vintage wooden furniture, which is often painted white, is very suitable. To achieve a unanimous atmosphere, you can imitate this great wall decoration with small, triangular flags, which create a cozy and warm atmosphere with the pastel colors.
If you are looking for wall decoration ideas, then perhaps these beautiful angel wings are something for you. You can make this original craft idea yourself at home using just a few materials. Cut out the angel wings from cardboard and glue them with coffee filters. You have to fold the coffee filters together and stick them close together to achieve this great layered look.
Children's room decoration
If you also want to decorate the children's room, this cute wall decoration with names is a great idea. It consists of old window sashes on which small panels with initials and bows with the children's names are hung. Paper flowers in pink and light blue, as well as wooden clips complete the pretty decoration.
In this picture you can see a beautiful vintage wall decoration that is actually also a practical item. Old picture frames painted in white brighten up the shelf and old keys serve as clothes hooks and create a vintage look.
Make your own kitchen decorations
You can also easily beautify your kitchen. Old cans, even those that are already a little rusty, can be transformed into stylish cutlery holders in no time. You can color the cans with white paint, decorate them with lace or cover them with vintage paper.
Design pillowcases
If you like sewing, you can make beautiful pillowcases with floral patterns from fabrics such as cotton or silk. Satin bows in delicate colors and ruffles give the room an elegant and romantic flair.
