Sad News for Rachel Ashwell and her Shabby Chic company

Rachel Ashwell, the creator of the style Shabby Chic and the founder of Shabby Chic stores announced in her blog that Shabby Chic filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

This is such awful news. She sounds so devastated. They are not closing all the stores but unfortunately for them they have been seriously expanding in the last two or three years and in this financial climate they could not support that kind of growth.

You can check out her blog yourself at http://rachelashwellshabbychic.blogspot.com

Some Shabby Chic Features in My Bedroom

My bedside table decor. I used a delicate vintage milk jug (thrift shop find) for my (fake) roses (ebay $12), a vintage style Tiffany lamp (Target $39.95) and a picture frame that you can find in nearly any Shabby Chic decorating shop for under $10.

Another gorgeous little vase (thrift shop $1) and more of the ebay flowers.

My shabby cane chair (Ikea $29 ) and white wicker basket (Target $12).

I used one of the Hydrangea pattern Simply Shabby Chic Shower Curtains but made it into a lining for the dirty clothes basket. The only thing with the Ikea chair is that it has nice detailing on the back rest and normal 45" inch pillows overwhelm the chair. So I am searching for a smaller style cushion to work with it, I am thinking a round one.

My Shabby Chic Bedding Set

My bed. I love it. I have also mixed in a few pillows from one of the other Simply Shabby Chic ranges.








This pic is the stock one of the Simply Shabby Chic™ Belle Bedding Collection I got in Queen size.

Shabalicous

I moved into a new place last weekend and I have a lovely huge room with hardwood floors, two large windows and a neutral tone colour scheme. Check out my pics as I use the Simply Shabby Chic range from Target (USA) by Rachel Ashwell (the founder of Shabby Chic style).