Is "shabby chic" just a euphemism for butt-ugly?

[KitchenWitch]

:shrug:

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Maybe. I think of it as a euphemism for

"cheap with no sense of style." For example, my whole house is done in shabby chic.

[crim son]

2. No, it refers to a decor that was once hip and fresh

but has been worn down through the years by kids, pets, and various effluvia.

[KitchenWitch]

3. But why, when I comb the CL ads for things

and they say "shabby chic" do the pictures actually show butt-ugly?

:shrug:

[crim son]

6. One woman's butt ugly is another's stunningly beautiful.

It's like all those "fake" antiques out there with the false distressing to simulate age. It makes no sense to me. Nor do real antiques with peeling paint, but WTHell do I know? :shrug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. no. its a euphimism for really expensive things that look like they have been used or

are vintage or casual.

[Burma Jones]

5. I think it's something promulgated by manufacturers of

Avocado Green appliance paint

[KitchenWitch]

7. You are on to something there!

:hi:

[wildhorses]

8. it has jumped the shark

like so many other things...

[Katherine Brengle]

9. No!

No no no no no no!

I love things that look like I found them in the attic where they had been aging for 100 years...

[Kerrytravelers]

10. When your kids drip ice cream on your furniture and sandpaper is the only remedy,

you now have shabby-chic.

[LaraMN]

11. Moreover, does dressing like a hooker constitute "shabby chic?"

Inquiring minds want to know.

[lies and propaganda]

12. HAHAHA!

why yes, i think it is !

[RedStateShame]

13. No, that's "great personality."

[Arugula Latte]

14. That British woman who popularized shabby chic uses too much white, too many frills

Too many butt-ugly chandeliers and fake flowers...Too much "grandma's house" feel, IMO.