Shabby Chic: Sumptuous Settings and Other Lovely Things

By Rachel Ashwell

Book Overview

In this beautiful, practical decorating and entertaining guide, Rachel Ashworth reveals how to make any event a special occasion using her signature Shabby Chic style. In this beautiful, accessible book, Rachel Ashwell, the founder of Shabby Chic, shows that sophisticated entertaining doesn't have to be expensive. Transforming the every day into an elegant extravaganza is a matter of inspiration and imagination, and in Shabby Chic: Sumptuous Settings and Other Lovely Things she offers exciting ideas to help you create beautiful settings of your own. Travel with her to unique locations, including a Chinese grocery store, a local antique mall, a flower market, and flea markets, to search for the perfect accents that will give an event unexpected charm--without breaking the bank. Rachel teaches you how to use inexpensive treasures to enhance ordinary objects--from adding a coat of paint or some ribbons or flowers to decorate chairs and tables, to creating a themed meal, to easily customizing menus and place cards. When it comes to setting a scene, Rachel is an expert, and in Shabby Chic: Sumptuous Settings and Other Lovely Things she offers easy how-to advice for making any occasion extraordinary, including baby showers, weddings, birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, and even old-fashioned family dinners. Illustrated with 200 full-color photos throughout.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060523948
• ISBN13: 9780060523947
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Shabby Chic Settings and Lovely Things

The ideas and photos are just superb! Rachel is a romantic Goddes with all that soft and lovely collors and treasures! Very inspiring!

Shabby Chic Gorgeous

As usual Rachels books never fail to delight the eye with the sumptuous photography, attention to detail and her style of putting together the simplest objects to create visual feasts. A book to devour over and over with a lovely cup of tea !

Looking for Femininity

This is a great book! With having only sons and a husband, I am a minority in my household. I am constantly surrounded by comic book hero toys and other action figures. The book was so pretty to look at and I enjoyed the femininity of it. It gives great ideas to share with my friends who have daughters.

The best yet!

This is Rachel's best book yet! I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to create and decorate. There are endless pages of beautiful photography with creative ideas to feed off of. Without doubt, she has outdone herself with this book. As long as you can appreciate antiques and vintage style-you will LOVE it! I will have to buy more copies for my friends!!

truly wonderful entertaining

i think this is her best book yet, but it's on entertaining, not decorating, so some ladies may not be prepared for this.....