shabby chic

American  

[shab-ee sheek] / ˈʃæb i ˈʃik /

noun

1. a style of interior design characterized by antique or reproduction furniture with an aged, distressed appearance.

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adjective

1. relating to a style of interior design characterized by antique or reproduction furniture with an aged, distressed appearance.

2. fashionably distressed or worn.

Example Sentences

In some ways, Gyngell told reporters, the Michelin stamp of approval was a curse: New customers arrived with expectations of luxury, then grumbled when they found shabby chic.

From The Wall Street Journal

Clean lines and minimalism, or vintage shabby chic?

From Science Daily

The ensemble comes to the edge of what today we would call shabby chic.

From Los Angeles Times

The restaurant’s charmingly crumbled masonry and artfully lit exposed rafters give it a romantic Bohemian atmosphere — think a shabby chic Café Juanita, or a grittier Spinasse, with comparable food.

From Seattle Times

He shows Bill how to express love physically, but also aesthetically, turning Bill's neighborhood wasteland into a private shabby chic utopia.

From Salon