new face of cottage.....whats the word?

[greenoak]

im going for a lot more european elegant but shabby look ....but whats the word for this...? is it growing in your area?
we are shabbifying lots of kind of fancy furniture....and even that french provincial stuff from the 70s....its not so clean and white, which i like a lot....and its not all pink and girly which i also like....
and it fits with the fun whimsicle altered art i like...like on ullabenulla ....what a site!!! we are even putting some gold and brocades with it...
.i love this business, its always interesting and changing.....
we cover the whole range of cottage styles in our store,,,, country, foo foo,key west, and in the rough, and this fancy but european shabby look....need a name here!!!
ann
www.magpiecottage.blogspot.com
www.greenoakantiques.com

[Memmey]

Green hello:)
Aristocratie( aristocracy) dedore (tarnished with the gilt rubbed off) Aristocratie dedore....shabby old beautiful furniture. I have a French dictionary.;)

[greenoak]

that would definitely descrilbe the look......
ann
www.magpiecottage.blogspot.com

[Lisa S]

I've heard it described as Euro Trash.

[cheapdiva]

I have NO idea what it's called but I like it!!!

[Alida Akers]

A Cottage Medley...perhaps?

[gigiG]

Well this all sounds interesting...I have to do some investigating on these terms that I haven't heard of before... I'm a visual person---any pics to share?

[zuzus_garden]

"European elegant but shabby" like this?

http://www.shabbychic.com/Darcy_Chair/pd/np/118/p/1149.html
http://www.shabbychic.com/Renaissance_Mirror/pd/np/184/p/1518.html

[greenoak]

see the white pidctures on my blog...im liking garden items, old archetectural relics, silver, big cement things, big fancy urns , big fancy furniture shapes but worn, french provencial..nature themes, mercury glass and cloches.....a bit bigger and wierder than the racheal ashwells shabby chic...i see it in the mags, and some on curious sofa, i sell a lotof it to a g uy who sells at the big atlanta fleas..... i like it a lot....
ann
www.magpiecottage.blogspot.com
www.greenoakantiques.com