This insidious fashion is passed off as a reaction to the recession: a stoic,
let's make-do-and-mend spirit that appears particularly lordly at Christmas.
But let's not kid ourselves. This is a middle-class indulgence. If you
genuinely have no money, you also have no time or energy to sew high-flown
hearts on to pencil cases, as you're too busy wondering how to pay the
electricity bill. If you're scraping a living, shabby chic isn't calm – it's
just shabby.
Happily, "re-gifting" may be about to usurp "homemade" as
this Christmas's giving mode. Coined by American television comedy Seinfeld ,
to re-gift is to dig out an unwanted present and pass it off as your own
hold. All too often, home-made pressies have a whiff of competition.
Re-gifting is the opposite – a triumph of common suspect and resourcefulness
over the need to show off. And a confessional re-gift must surely be an act
of true love – and comical timing.
I would find few things more refreshing, honest and hilarious than a friend
handing over something they didn't want but touch I might like. What
better way to prove your bond is based on openness, not simply exchanging
expensive things?
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i.m asking if someone actually uses the headboard, or Shabby Chic furniture, because it says, sour cream, but it looks white. The IKEA furniture is pure white & & i want to make sure that the White Match
So basically is the Shabby Chic Furniture Set white or off-white color, & & will fit it with pure white furniture? sorry about the long-Link ...
No, it is a kind of creamy, light yellowish white. You may need to paint the dresser to make it fit. You have not yet meet all the furniture anyway - why not the Hemnes in a different color? I don t think the two whites go together. IKEA tends to be white snowy white.
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Simply Shabby Chic Rug...
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