But before we get into that, let us pause to remember the dearly departed. Shabby Chic is, or was, a small California-based retail chain, started in 1989 by a British-born Los Angeles resident named ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even if you don’t know the term Shabby Chic,* there’s a good chance you know the look: extra-plush bedding with slightly rumpled ...

At a time when weathered woods, vintage treasures and timeworn flea market finds are enjoying a renaissance in the decorating world, it is more than a bit ironic that Rachel Ashwell, the queen of ...

Rachel Ashwell remembers her first trip to Round Top. Friends had been urging the creator of shabby chic to check out the semiannual antiques fair for years before she made the trip to Texas from ...

A battered painted dresser; an overstuffed sofa covered in faded, flowered fabric; a chipped vase filled with nearly-gone cabbage roses; a light fixture draped in ropes of rock crystal. These design ...

Liliput & Co., which does business as Shabby Chic, the home goods brand known for its rustic furniture and ruffled drapery and bedding, is aiming for another area of the house — the closet. “I’ve been ...