Shabby Chic is an interior design trend where furniture and furnishings are either chosen for their appearance of age and signs of wear and tear or where new items aredistressed to achieve the appearance of an antique.

At the same time,a soft, opulent, yet cottage-style decor, often with an affected feel isemphasized to differentiate it from genuine period decor.

Fabrics tend to be cottons and linens. Pure whites, as well as ecrus and worn or bleached out pastel colors are favorites. Vintage floral patterns with pastel colors, cotton ticking patterns, or linen in earth tones, are all typical of shabby chic style.

Other popular decor items are pillows made of vintage barkcloth fabric, vintage linens, chenille bedspreads. Vintage chandeliers, and anything with roses in the design. It is a soft, relaxed, feminine, romantic style of decorating that looks comfortable and inviting.

Almalusa Interiores focuses naturally on Shabby Chic Luso (from Portugal)

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