Shabby Chic

It's a new style, an old style reclaimed. A life revisited.
You see it all over Pinterest
Little antique furniture shops focus on sleigh beds, ladderback chairs
Window vignettes feature old kitchen tools on metal pantry shelves
Rusted items have 'patina'
Chipped paint is 'distressed'
Old wood floors replace plush carpeting or shiny tile
A bunch of wild flowers outshine elaborate arrangements
Most colors are softer but old red is back
Ruffles, natural muslin, and tea roses
China cups with tea sometimes replace mugs of coffee
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Maybe we are looking for a simpler time
Less complicated
We find comfort in the old things
We remember
We go back to our roots, as they say
We go home.