Simply Shabbilicious - New Free Magazine

I was visiting Cabin & Cottage this morning which is one of my favorite home style blogs.  I subscribe to Cabin & Cottage via Bloglovin.  Cabin & Cottage also as a second blog called Cabin & Cottage, etc.   Both of Jacqueline's blogs are super beautiful.  If you adore pretty, pastel and white colors, feminine style decorating Jacqueline's blog is a must for your list of home style blogs.  Anyway, Jacqueline mentioned a beautiful online magazine that just came out named Simply Shabbilicous.  I downloaded it right away and I am blown away by it.  Jacqueline's blog is mentioned in the magazine as well.

Simply Shabbilicious is a publication by Shabby Art Boutique.  You can download the magazine for free to read at your own leisure.   I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.

I Love Cath Kidson Designs

For many years I thought of opening my very own home decor store.  I love interior decorating and just about anything related to the home.  I even went so far as to register a name with the IRS for my store in 2005 and started attending trade shows at Jacob Javits Center in NYC.  I enjoyed the trade shows so much.  I learned a lot and met so many wonderful people in the industry.  The name that I chose for my store was Victoria tea.  I wanted a name that was unusual and not necessarily a name that one would associate with a home decor store.  Then I thought of adding my name to it to make it Xenia's Victoria Tea. My store was going to have a section where customers could sit down for tea, pastries and finger sandwiches.

Unfortunately, Victoria Tea never opened.  I had just recently purchased my brownstone which required so much of my time to restore.  I am just now finishing up with that project in 2012.  Anyway, during my time trying to plan Victoria Tea, I found out about Cath Kidson at the trade shows.   I immediately fell in love with Cath Kidson products and you can easily see why.  The Cath Kidson brand feeds right into my shabby chic, feminine, girlie girl image.  I just LOVE this stuff!
         

Cath Kidson fabrics are so beautiful.  They are great for quilting, making curtains, pillow covers, etc.

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Lampshade made with Cath Kidson fabric.

Cath Kidson fabric makes a great floor pillow.

Cath Kidson tins for buttons and pins....so cute.

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Accessories that any girlie girl will LOVE.

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Cath Kidson even has carpeting too.

 

England's Cath Kidson.

Click HERE to go the the Cath Kidson's online store.

Shabby Chic Rugs

I recently wrote a post about French Aubusson area rugs.  If you missed it you can read about it Here.   Another type of area rugs that I love are shabby chic in design.  Shabby chic area rugs are so feminine.  They also give a lighter feel to a room since the colors used in them are pastel for the most part.  Sometimes shabby chic rugs will some contain vivid pinks to highlight roses.  Or the background will be a little deeper color to highlight the pastel colors on top of it. 

Here are photos of some of my favorites.

   

 So girlie and feminine.

I love the Asian look of this one.

 This area rug reminds me of a chenille bedspread.  Love it!!!

 This one is more of a mat than an area rug.  I love it.  This would be great in a bathroom.

Pink Living Rooms

Since pink is my all time favorite color, I really appreciate these living rooms.

 This living room comes closest to my own personal decor preference,

 I love the pink sofas and the chaise lounge chair here.

 Plainly pink and understated.

 Wow

 This living room is so pretty.

LOVE this sofa!

I really love this sofa that is sold at Ikea.  It is very well priced too at only $399.00 for it in white.  It is so much more affordable than the ones sold by Rachel Ashwell.  My only challenge is that Ikea is not in my area and it costs just as much to have it freight delivered from the nearest Ikea store.  Somehow I have to figure out how to get this sofa without having to pay such high shipping charges.    I wish Ikea was in my area.  So many people in Upstate New York love Ikea but we have to make a major trip to either New Haven, CT. or Paramus, NJ if we want to shop there.  

Ikea corporate offices, if you are reading this please bring your store to the Capital District of Upstate New York.