Shabby Romantic Home and Garden Decorating

Shabby decorating is one of the most popular trends in decorating.

Pastel colors and floral patterns have been used for decades in decorating. People love the soft look of whites with a hint of color:

pale pink, aqua, blue, sea glass green. 

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And why not bring the paint and art outdoors? A big impact can be made inside and outside the home, with painted benches, rocks, books, lamps.  

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 There are tips and tricks for creating the perfect shabby room on a budget. Vintage shops, estate auctions, and flea markets are all good places to find items to use for decorating a shabby room. Up-cycling is the new name given to an old way of touching up things for reuse.  

Old handkerchiefs and linens make a great display hung over hat boxes, used as doilies, up-cycled into curtains and aprons, sewn together and formed into pillows.

Whatever you vision when it comes to decorating, plant it, paint it, sew it. Be you. Be free and apply whatever it is you want, because that's the fun part.