What is Shabby Chic?
Shabby chic refers to a type of design and decorating style that incorporates using furniture, sofas and pieces of art from older design periods, specifically ones that look a little bit worn, in order to create a pleasingly aged but elegant design scheme. Designer Rachel Ashwell coined the term in the mid 1980s, and has partnered with Target® to create an inexpensive line of furniture that expresses this design scheme. The furniture can draw on a number of different historical design periods, including 1800s country French, Shaker designs, and many others. Most pieces are meant to look as though they are old and worn and have perhaps been handed down for several generations.
