Shabby Chic Interiors: My Rooms, Treasures, and Trinkets - Hardcover

Step inside Rachel Ashwell's beautiful world of shabby chic interiors and be guided through stunningly beautiful homes that are bursting with design ideas and sumptuous details. Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Interiors showcases the many ways that shabby chic design can be applied with gorgeous results. See how Rachel has used grand items, such as crystal chandeliers and aged furnishings, to create a calming, romantic and imaginative retreat. Across numerous stunning locations you'll explore colour-schemes of off-whites and discover the power of detail with beautiful shells and flowers. You'll even visit a gorgeous Spanish hacienda that was once lived in by Marilyn Monroe, and the stylish New York apartment that was lived in by fashion designer Betsey Johnson. In the sixth chapter, Rachel will take you Behind the Scenes where you will delve into her passion for fabric and vintage clothing before teaching you how to mix and match elements to create a perfectly imperfect shabby chic paradise.

Rachel Ashwell, founder of Shabby Chic and author of ten books celebrating the ethos of edgy, faded pastel prettiness. Rachel's Simply Shabby Chic collection can be found at Target. Her designs are available online at shabbychic.com, there is a Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture store in Los Angeles and, in 2011, Rachel opened "The Prairie by Rachel Ashwell" - a bed and breakfast in Texas. Her other titles published by CICO Books are Rachel Ashwell: My Floral Affair, Rachel Ashwell: Shabby Chic Inspirations, and Rachel Ashwell: Couture Prairie. Rachel lives in LA, USA.