{"id":4638,"date":"2020-03-18T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.casaomnia.it\/shabby-chic-history-and-characteristics\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:01:38","slug":"shabby-chic-storia-e-caratteristiche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casaomnia.it\/en\/blog\/shabby-chic-storia-e-caratteristiche\/","title":{"rendered":"SHABBY CHIC: HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
SHABBY CHC: INTRODUCTION<\/h2>\n\n
The Shabby Chic style<\/strong>, with its vintage and romantic air, is increasingly popular among interior designers and young couples who decide to buy a house. Literally shabby means \u201cunkempt in an elegant, refined way\u201d and indicates the vocation of giving new life to forgotten objects and pieces of furniture from another era.<\/p>\n\n
This is an interior design style, in which furniture, accessories and furnishings are aged, worn<\/strong> and the greater the cracks of time and the better the soul of this style is represented.<\/p>\n\n
According to this first and very important feature,\nshabby chic furniture could be of any age and material, but it is the final\neffect that can change completely. In fact, a lacquered, modern piece of furniture can\nbe \u201cshabbed quietly,\u201d but which ones are best suited for the purpose? <\/p>\n\n
Using Silvia Falcone<\/strong>\u2018s words, we can say that: <\/p>\n\n
The style of the furniture we choose to transform is very important in shabby chic. The furniture we prefer is highly ornate, with bosses, friezes, and inlays that in their natural state appear tacky but become sublime when transformed into shabby chic colors. We can also adapt linear and modern furniture to this style, but we certainly won\u2019t achieve the final effect we can achieve with furniture with rounded edges, moldings, cornices, and so on. If a piece of furniture is heavily ornate, sometimes simply painting it white and then pairing it with small accessories like candles, cages, little hearts, and linen fabrics is enough to give a shabby chic touch to the room. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
ORIGINS<\/h4>\n\n
Shabby Chic originated in the English countryside<\/strong>, where the houses were furnished with old and faded furniture, without too many pretensions.<\/p>\n\n
Typical elements, such as wasted chintz sofas, old paintings, wall hangings, white curtains, large chandeliers, were present in every stately home.<\/p>\n\n
It is no coincidence that shabby chic has much in common with period furnishings, especially those in Victorian style, even if it is the glamorous and eccentric element that makes the shabby chic \u201cdifferent<\/strong>\u201d than all the other interior design styles.<\/p>\n\n
In Italy we saw its appearance towards the end of the 1980s thanks to its creator and designer Rachel Ashwell<\/strong> who gave life to this style with the recovery of old furniture for the creation of familiar and cozy environments, marked by the attention to detail that transforms it into a poor style, but luxurious at the same time.<\/p>\n\n
The term \u2018shabby chic\u2019 was coined, for the first time, by the magazine \u201cThe World of Interiors\u201d in 1980<\/strong>, spreading all over the world since then and featuring itself according to variations and nuances dictated by one\u2019s taste.<\/p>\n\n
Nowadays, in fact, shabby chic has seen its fame increase thanks to upcycling-that is, the ability to transform an old object, piece of furniture, or accessory into something new without recycling it, which also makes it possible to talk about cheap shabby chic.<\/p>\n\n
SHABBY CHIC FURNITURE<\/h3>\n\n
Let\u2019s go together to see how to make the various rooms of our home in line with the principles of this style!<\/p>\n\n
BEDROOM<\/h4>\n\n
The recipe for a perfect shabby chic bedroom<\/strong> uses careful ingredients that range from the recovery of ancient flavors to a good dose of romance.<\/p>\n\n
It is precisely the latter that represents one of the mainstays\nof the shabby style, which manifests itself in interior design in the form of\nprissy complements, rich in inlays, openwork and deco profiles, as well as\nthemed accessories in which a dreamy vein pulses and floral prints, on wallpapers\n, curtains or linens, inspired by the Provencal style.<\/p>\n\n
Another undisputed must-have to be introduced in the bedroom\nshabby chic is vintage or vintage-inspired furniture.<\/p>\n\n
From genuine reclaimed antique furniture to new generation furniture with a retro look, in the ideal Shabby-style room it is in fact the charm of the past that reigns supreme, accompanied by a love of the imperfections that make old-style furniture unique.<\/p>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n
LIVING ROOM <\/h4>\n\n
The furnishing elements of the living room<\/strong>, we refer in particular to tables, sideboards and shelves, should preferably be in recycled wood.<\/p>\n\n
Therefore, vintage furniture is perfect regardless of its coloring; natural wood is fine but variations on white or with a lived-in effect are obviously appreciated.<\/p>\n\n
If, on the other hand, you are wondering what is the right sofa to\ninclude in a shabby chic living room, the answer lies, of course, in lines\nthat are decidedly classic and preferably in white upholstery or\nfloral if necessary. In short, just those fabrics that remind us a bit\nof those employed by our grandmothers. <\/p>\n\n
Instead, as for the colors to choose for the\nperfect realization of a shabby chic living room, white is obviously the\nprimary color. It is then followed in succession by pastel shades that fade\nbetween ivory, beige, pink, and gray. <\/p>\n\n
To this starting base you can then choose to combine different color variations, the important thing is to choose natural, soft and soothing colors.<\/p>\n\n
So, in a nutshell, we can say that The furniture to choose should be essentially white or light wood, such as bleached oak, decoupled. As a general rule, it is advisable to aim for essentiality, so few pieces of furniture with great visual impact. <\/p>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n
KITCHEN <\/h4>\n\n
Furnishing the kitchen with Shabby Chic furniture<\/strong> means giving it a romantic and naturally rural and rustic taste. A style that immediately makes one \u201cfamily\u201d and evokes a relaxed and \u201cold-fashioned\u201d atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n
Shabby Chic decor, even in the kitchen prefers the\ncolor white, in its many variations, juxtaposed with the most disparate\npastel shades, from gray, beige, light blue to lavender.<\/p>\n\n
The Shabby kitchen prefers furniture on which the passage of time is clearly visible, lived-in and glamorous at the same time. It also does not disdain a touch of country style, of which Shabby is called the natural evolution. <\/p>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n
BATHROOM<\/h4>\n\n
One of the first requirements of a shabby chic bathroom<\/strong> is the air of romance and relaxation typical of this stylistic approach. It also has elements in common with vintage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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