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Stabby chic

16 replies

LegoLady95 · 30/10/2013 21:32

Shabby chic makes me stabby. Not the style so much (well quite a bit), but the phrase.
Watched some wedding programme where 2 annoying people from Geordie Shore got to plan a couples wedding. All they wanted was 'shabby chic'
this and 'shabby chic' that. AAAARGHH. Aibu?

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gingerbreadshoes · 30/10/2013 21:35

Yadnbu!! It seems to be code for buying cheap, crap furniture and painting it craply with white paint.

It is a very over used term now.

Cremolafoam · 30/10/2013 21:37

Did they say "light and airy" at any stage too?

deepfriedsage · 30/10/2013 21:37

I think along with Kath kidson, it has had its day.

FetchezLaVache · 30/10/2013 21:38

YANBU. I have hidden people on FB for their tediously frequent updates informing me that they have pinned to a board on Pinterest, inevitably accompanied by a picture of a tatty old dresser painted cream & baby blue and used to store/display artfully rolled-up towels.

killpeppa · 30/10/2013 21:39

I watched that too!

I wanted to hit that couple! shabby chic this, shabby chic that, it's not her style because its not shabby chic- blah blah blah
I like it but it's not like I can't like anything else. think they were being abit 'try hard'

DevilsRoulette · 30/10/2013 21:40

shabby chic

That's wankspeak for pile of shit, is it not?

TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 30/10/2013 21:42

I weep for all the beautiful, simple pieces of wooden furniture that have been destroyed with Annie Sloan paint and fake 'distressing'

carvedpumpkin · 30/10/2013 21:42

this sounds like just the sort of crap tv I love! what was the programme? can't believe I missed it. Oh but yanbu

happydaze77 · 30/10/2013 21:43

Don't forget 'boho' stabby stab stab

SinisterSal · 30/10/2013 21:43

If shabby chic has had it's day what's next?

Is it mid century modern?

progressing through the decades

deepfriedsage · 30/10/2013 21:46

Gplan

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LegoLady95 · 30/10/2013 21:47

Should be renamed 'can't think of my own taste so will piggyback on this load of tat and pretend I am stylish chic'.

Add it onto your ebay listings and you'll make a mint mind - every cloud.

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DameDeepRedBetty · 30/10/2013 21:51

OOooo a new Twigs and Pebbly Shit thread!

Gingham checked stuffed heart things dangling from every protrusion.

Painted wickerwork Anythings.

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LegoLady95 · 30/10/2013 21:51

Pumpkin - celebrity wedding planner perhaps? I have no idea why I was watching it, I suppose it was a bit of painful pleasure like tampering with a loose tooth.

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dontyouknow · 30/10/2013 22:42

Couldn't agree more - it REALLY annoys me.

And it's not shabby chic, it's shabby shit. Well, that's what we call it.

SaucyJack · 30/10/2013 22:47

I yearn for the good old days of period features.

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