To absolutely hate the totally misused and overused and teeth clenchy phrase.....

[Back2Two]

"shabby chic"

When on ebay or gumtree or at bootfairs now everything has been listed as "shabby chic". There are whole mass produced departments in shops all "shabby chic"

For the second hand stuff it is fair to say it IS shabby. Shabby and manky. But painting something pretend farrow and ball white or grey doesn't make it chic. Then charging a ridiculous amount of money for it.

For "shabby chic" read "shit furniture painted white or grey in the hope that you are a fool and will buy it"

Same starting to go for "up-cycled"

Or AIBU?

[cheekydevil]

Reminds me of that sketch with Harry Enfield, "Hello, I saw you coming"

[HecatePropylaea]

shabby chic.

That's code for wrecked piece of crap, isn't it?

[WowOoo]

Dh calls it scabby shit. I love the 'I saw you coming' sketches. So very observant.

[givemeaclue]

Oh yes cheeky!

Shabby chic equals shabby

[MrsMiniversCharlady]

YANBU. Sometimes I'm tempted to email Ebayer sellers to tell them they've ruined a perfectly nice piece of furniture

[INeedThatForkOff]

I hate 'organic' as applied to a process (not as an adjective to describe certified organic food / produce). Bleugh.

[cheekydevil]

YY forkoff that makes me sick in my mouth and 'holistic'.....arghhh!

[RyleDup]

Shabby Shit.

[justmyview]

How about another one - it's not second hand, it's "vintage"

[ItsAllintheMindYKnow]

...and 'sourced' from somewhere - not found, stolen or purloined

[Back2Two]

Oh yes justmy that is often tacked on the list on the description "vintage shabby chic retro pile of old tat"

[Back2Two]

Yes "sourced" local carrots .....

[autumnfrost]

Vintage is nothing to do with being second hand,it is to do with age .I am 49 and I should know!

[ItsAllintheMindYKnow]

Paint it chalky white
Stick some fairy lights on it
Add some text from a disused printer

Vintage Gold!

[hellsbells76]

Also: steampunk.

[lisaro]

Yep, but some stupid twats still buy it. I dread to think what their homes are like.

[MulledWineOnTheBusLady]

I once read in a magazine how somebody "sourced" their bed or whatever from Graham and Green. I can "source" things from Graham and Green.

I raise you "sustainable".

[MulledWineOnTheBusLady]

Also "eclectic", which now seems to be a synonym for "includes wooden shoe casts, plaster deer heads and watch parts".

[MulledWineOnTheBusLady]

Ooh, time for a Not Remotely Steampunk link!

[Tenderisthenight]

Everything's vintage these days. My town is over run with vintage clothing stores selling manky old granny jumpers for £25 a go. The profit margins must be unbelievable. You wouldn't be able to give the stuff away at the average car boot sale. I'm currently using a bag ive had since te mid 90s and must remember to tell everyone I'm 'wearing vintage' otherwise they may think I am just very unstylish.

[BCBG]

"Distressed" DH says he gets farkin' distressed every time he sees the price of tut

[BlissfullyIgnorant]

Would rather source things from Green & Black

Ditto cheeky - Def a Harry Enfield snigger moment, there.

On the telly; Cash in the Attic? No...Crap in the Attic, more like

[sixlostmonkeys]

Do you mind? You are slagging off my business!

[CambridgeBlue]

Right with you on this and also my personal favourite - 'quirky'. All of these phrases are used to dress up stuff that nobody really wants by making it sound somehow appealing.