Liliput & Co., which does business as Shabby Chic, the home goods brand known for its rustic furniture and ruffled drapery and bedding, is aiming for another area of the house — the closet. “I’ve been ...

Flea markets are in Rachel Ashwell’s DNA. Her mother bought, restored and sold antique dolls and teddy bears; her father dealt in secondhand rare books. She learned to appreciate imperfect items, ...

At a time when weathered woods, vintage treasures and timeworn flea market finds are enjoying a renaissance in the decorating world, it is more than a bit ironic that Rachel Ashwell, the queen of ...

A battered painted dresser; an overstuffed sofa covered in faded, flowered fabric; a chipped vase filled with nearly-gone cabbage roses; a light fixture draped in ropes of rock crystal. These design ...

Even if you don’t know the term Shabby Chic,* there’s a good chance you know the look: extra-plush bedding with slightly rumpled ruffles, teeny-tiny floral prints and vintage furniture, often ...

Empire Rebuilding Rachel Ashwell built a powerful retail brand. Then she lost it all.. Misha Gravenor Rachel Ashwell was a single mother when she opened her first Shabby Chic boutique in Santa Monica, ...

Rachel Ashwell remembers her first trip to Round Top. Friends had been urging the creator of shabby chic to check out the semiannual antiques fair for years before she made the trip to Texas from ...

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When Rachel Ashwell's book "The Shabby Chic Home" was released in 2000, the author and design guru already was well established as a purveyor of new and vintage accessories, furniture and linens at ...