www.shabbybydesign.co.uk

Passion for recycling & reusing Painter of kitchens (since 2006) And the Everyday lovely Nonsense of busy Family Life including much loved Bulldog Stanley!

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Delighted to be working on this lovely kitchen this week….

Custo,erh has chosen farrow and ball blue gray…going to look fantastic! 

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Delighted to be working on this lovely kitchen this week....

Customer has chosen farrow and ball blue gray...going to look fantastic! 

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Another lovely kitchen project completed in just a week! Customer buying new cooker hence large gap :) 

prepped primed and painted - 3 coats .. £290

Transformed by 1980′s pine to farrow and ball chic!

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Goodbye Facebook and hello again to tumblr...shabby by design is back! 

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sadly its goodbye to Tumblr and hello facebook....loved Tumblr blogging but  find my waffling at shabby by design on facebook - linked very soon!

In the meantime search for me on Facebook - Shabby by design

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I have decided to reduce my worry load....by only worrying about things that have happened rather than things that might happen...I’ll let you know how it goes :) xx

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This is where you shall find me today....eating lovely food and enjoying a medicinal Guinness :) 

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My favourite tea set for a long long time....not fussy or tooooo chintzy..

full set in the matlock shop £15

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Feels like summer after a few lovely days in North Wales with my favourite people visiting middle daughter at Uni xx Wherever you are...hope its blue skies x

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comfortable stanley?

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Beautifully restored and in the shop next week x

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sometimes you just gotta snooze....

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I love leaving part of the wood on show - its all part of its story x

Table & 4 chairs £195 (2 sets)

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I loooooooooooooove this coop ....called the Nogg - sadly currently out of production but sooo cool for an urban garden to house two ladies 

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Monday is my official day off!

I firmly believe Busy is overrated! And that people believe unless you’ve seen something amazing, visited a new place, been out and about or jogged up a mountain then a day off  is wasted..

so I ‘wasted’ a day (yay).. lazy breakfast with my favourite person..walked to allotment....repaired some fencing whilst chatting to my hens....had a fantastic village pub lunch and a pint...then home, fire lit, old film on and glass of wine poured..fell asleep on the sofa...Full tummed and Happy...please note..No mountains climbed :)

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My middle daughter inspecting the bee hive after winter....in her new season  bee keeping suit (of course)

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Is there anything cuter??