When Rachel Ashwell’s book The Shabby Chic Home was released in 2000, the author and design guru already was well established as a purveyor of new and vintage accessories, furniture and linens at her ...

The wonderful thing about shabby chic is that you don’t ever have to apologize for your old couch or how faded your tablecloth looks. The style reflects furniture and accessories that are much loved ...

A battered painted dresser; an overstuffed sofa covered in faded, flowered fabric; a chipped vase filled with nearly-gone cabbage roses; a light fixture draped in ropes of rock crystal. These design ...

When Rachel Ashwell’s book “The Shabby Chic Home” was released in 2000, the author and design guru already was well established as a purveyor of new and vintage accessories, furniture and linens at ...