Check out the baby section for old-fashioned cribs and soft, adorable linens in pinks and blues. One of the most exciting days of my life was when i made shabby chic furniture and sold it at a lil store in ventura and the owners told me rachel came to. Everything on display is pastel and pacific find every shade of white, plus pale tints and delicate floral patterns, often accented with ruffles. A converted loft space with soaring ceilings, this massive Soho outpost is bisected by a row of imposing white pillars and filled with furniture, housewares and bedroom necessities. Ever since, she’s been selling high-end merchandise, books, and even a television show anchored in her trademarked phrase-think cozy chintz sofas stuffed with goose down, gently-timeworn (read: intentionally distressed) painted wooden furniture, and comfy poplin bedding in an English country garden’s share of sun-bleached florals. "Shabby chic" may be part of the everyday style lexicon, but before 1989, the phrase simply didn’t exist-until Brit-born, LA-based interior decorator Rachel Ashwell introduced her family-friendly, washable slipcovers, and single-handedly revived a long-dormant (not to mention, dowdy) design aesthetic.
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