My New Passion Part#2

I just can't stay still, it is a matter of fact! I wanted a coffee table but I didn't really have a clear idea on what I wanted. My favourite shops are Charity Shops or Second Hands Shops in general. Sunday I went out to buy just few tools but the case (or it was fate ) sent me to this Charity Shop where for £5 I bought an amazing coffee table that under my crazy hands changed completely! This time the ingredients were: strong arms to get the table from town centre to my house!, lots of Love, passion for what you like to do, believing in yourself (ALWAYS!) and voila a Shabby (lovely) Chic coffee table... I am so proud of it :)






                                               Before

   Work in progress

                                   

And Ladies and Gentlemen...

Getting Shabby..Chic

My new passion  

One of the steps that makes you an Adult with capital "A", in my opinion, is to have a house for yourself; a place that you can make a Home, the place where after a very stressful day at work you can go back to and be Yourself.

I recently moved in a new place, the exiting  part of it is that this, for the first time in my life is a flat ALL for Myself (and my lovely Sweet Half of course).

"Luckly" (or maybe not, it depends on how you see things!) the flat wasn't furnished so I had to provide for everything, from A to Z, or in my case from bed to sofa! The bright side of it is that I was, and I am as the house is still a Work in Progress!, FREE to choose whatever I wanted to buy to turn it into my little cave! 

I am really into Vintage, not just clothes wise though, I like the idea that objects had a different Life before me, that they had a Past and now they have a new Present. Is not a surprise then, if I say I decided to go for Shabby Chic for my lovely new house.

As you can imagine having to buy everything (this is why I was saying before it depends on how you see things!) my budget wasn't very high, but having a look around I found exactly what I was looking for!

I desperately wanted to get two bar stalls for my kitchen cuz  I have a little bar area ,as I call it!, but the minimum was £25 so I went to a Car Boot and guess what? I bought two for £5, Happy Alessia :)

With few tutorials, international advices from my sister (she lives in Sicily I am in England!), the help of all the people who have visited me during the creating process, sand paper, water based paint, and of course LOVE I am very happy to introduce my first ever Shabby but very Chic experiment :) 

Before

                                             Sand Paper Process

                                           Getting the Shabby Chic Look

                                                           

                                 And DaDa..My two lovely bar stalls

                                            Details of the Shabby effect