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Shabby Elegance Items and Free Shipping at Cozy Cottage Wholesale

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Shabby Elegance New Items at Cozy Cottage Wholesale

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Shabby Elegance decor

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  • Shabby Elegance store items at Cozy Cottage Wholesale.  Come by and browse thousands of home decor items. 
    Beautiful featured Lanterns
    White Fancy Candle Lantern with Stand
    White Fancy Candle Lantern with Stand
  • Exotic Amber Pedestal Lantern
    Exotic Amber Pedestal Lantern
  • Starlight Candle Lantern
    Starlight Candle Lantern
Shabby Elegance Decor
  • White Railroad Candle Lanterns
    White Railroad Candle Lanterns
  • Mini-Chandelier Votive Stand
    Mini-Chandelier Votive Stand
  • Fleur-De-Lis Shelf Set
    Fleur-De-Lis Shelf Set
Pet Accessories
  • Soho Pet Bed
    Soho Pet Bed
  • Royal Splendor Pet Bed
    Royal Splendor Pet Bed
  • Liberty Pet Bed
    Liberty Pet Bed

 

We offer all styles of home furnishings specializing in Shabby Elegance and Shabby Chic style decor, including furniture and home accents at wholesale prices. We are top quality drop ship suppliers and wholesale to commerce stores. We also sell to the public. Gift cards available as well as catalog orders. Thank you for shopping!

“Shabby Elegance” not just your mother’s decor

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“Shabby Elegance” not just your mothers decor…

Posted by Lesa James Richardson on March 25, 2011 at 11:32 AM Comments comments (0)

So many people ask me, ” Isn’t shabby elegance just antiques or victorian style?” This really is a good question.  Although you can use antiques and some of those may be victorian in style, shabby elegance is so much more. It is the art of using distressed or weathered items.  The color schemes are more pastel, using a lot of white as well. It is taking some shabby items, refurbishing them and making them “chic” or “elegant”.  It is a room that is so comfortable not only in style but literally as well.  Our mothers may have antiques that we mix with our “shabby elegant” items but the style is lighter, patterns smaller and stripes in matching pastels.  I would like to clarify that I do include sage green in the pastel family.  The lamp on the upper right side is more of our mothers style and the lamp on the left is “shabby elegance”.  Slip Covers over sofa’s and chairs to hide their true colors and give them crisp, clean and comfy make overs. Here are a few of my favorite “shabby elegance” items in the store today.  (I change my mind daily).

You see the distressed white wood with carved legs and trim on drawer. The drawer knob is clear and the shelf is perfect.  I could just stare at it and feel at ease.  This is “shabby elegance” to me.

Here is another of my favorites:

Again these are distressed white wood and come as a matching pair.  One shelf is longer than the other.  There is a fleur de lis pattern that appears upside down.  There is a lot of carvings and design but in a “shabby” manner that has been painted a bit.  I love the small vase with the white roses as it is so simple and soft.  I also like the way they look on the pastel yellow wall.  Simply Shabby Elegant.

Here is another:

These would be gorgeous on the table or shelves.  They are matching candle stands with delicate crystals dangling from them.  They are painted white and look “so shabby elegant” on distressed white wood.  They are froo froo, soft, shabby and elegant.

Email us your favorite things, ideas and pictures.  I will use them all, with the credits with them.  Thanks to my fellow “shabby elegance(r’s) out there. Drop in the store and browse.  We have new items today and I think you will love them.

Decorate your dreams come true…

Simply, Lesa

Simply Shabby Elegant,      Cozy Cottage Wholesale &   Cozy Cottage Drop Shipping

IMPORTANT: How I Got in Trouble on Ebay for using, “shabby chic style”

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Styles

We all know the style of furniture and accents we like.  Some like Country French, Victorian, Cottage, Shabby Elegance, French Provincial, Modern, Eclectic OR *Shabby Chic (name trademarked).  I have an ebay store that specializes in shabby elegance (new term for *shabby chic- “Comfy Cottage Gifts”.  I own a boutique called Simply Shabby Elegant and a wholesale company called Cozy Cottage Wholesale.  I have always used the term shabby chic as a style along with millions of internet users.

Shabby Chic not to be used on Ebay

I had the cutest distressed white corner cabinet with a title of, ” New Shabby Chic Distressed White Corner Cabinet”.  Out of no where, my item was taken off of ebay and my compliance level for my store was dropped from excellent to moderate due to a violation of trade marked use.  Ebay said it wasn’t them that had a problem with it, but for me to contact Rachel Ashwell at Shabby Chic website.  This is who insisted that “her” name could not be used.  What?  I received this huge document telling me how I violated her trademark name”shabbychic”.  Trademarked? Yes indeed she has a trademark on Shabby Chic. Now everyone is using Shabby Elegance and you will find tons of this style under a google search.

I fought this and got no where.  Ebay listed Shabby Chic in a drop down menu for styles of furnishings.  Yes!  I asked them how they could penalize me but use the term themselves as an option.  They could never give me a straight answer except they were working on it.  I just wanted everyone to be aware of this.  I have know of people who named their store with Shabby Chic as part of the name and were doing great.  I see now how they are having to remove shabby chic.  There is so much of it out there it will take forever to get this done, however just be aware as it could be your store that gets the notice.

Shabby Chic Trademarked

This is taken from the official Shabby Chic website: “All names, logos, images, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, brand identities, characters, and graphics appearing in this site, except as otherwise noted, are protected intellectual property of, or used with permission or under license by, SCB. In particular, “Shabby Chic,” “Simply Shabby Chic,” and “Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture” are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of SCB. All trademarks appearing on the Website are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Website should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any of SCB’s trademarks, service marks or trade dress, and our trademarks, service marks and trade dress may not be used in any manner for any purpose without our express written consent in each instance. You are also advised that the SCB will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution, for any violation of the above.” This is just part of a long terms -of-use-Racel Ashwell Shabby Chic @ this URL  :http://www.shabbychic.com/terms-of-use.  The official site home page is :   http://www.shabbychic.com

Wikipedia definition of Shabby Chic

Now, look at this definition, courtesy of Wikipedia, “Shabby chic is a form of interior design where furniture and furnishings are either chosen for their age and signs of wear and tear or new items are distressed to achieve the appearance of an antique. At the same time, a soft, minimalistic, and feminine feel is emphasized to differentiate it from regular vintage decor; hence the “chic” in the name.

Shabby chic items are often heavily painted through the years, with many layers showing through obviously time-worn areas. The style is imitated in faux painting using glaze or by painting then rubbing and sanding away the top coat to show the wood or base coats. Fabrics tend to be cottons and linens, with linen being particularly popular, inspired by old French linens. Whites and worn or bleached out pastels are favorite colours. Fabric is often stained with tea to give it the look of old fabric. Bleached and faded are terms often applied to the style.

The essence of today’s shabby chic style is vintage and antique furniture with the original aged paint, or painted white (or another soft pastel color) and distressed at the corners by sanding.

Popular decor items are pillows made of vintage barkcloth fabric, vintage linens, chenille bedspreads, vintage chandeliers, and anything with roses on it. It is a soft, relaxed feminine romantic way of decorating that looks comfortable and inviting. Also called cottage style.

The style started in Great Britain and evokes the type of decoration found in large country houses where there are worn and faded old chintz sofas and curtains, old paintwork and unassuming ‘good’ taste. The end result of shabby chic is to achieve an elegant overall effect, as opposed to the sentimentally cute Pop-Victorian. Recycling old furniture and fabrics is an important aspect of the look and was especially popular with modern Bohemians and artisans that made up a sidelined counter-culture movement during the 1980s when expensive quality decor became very fashionable with the upper middle classes. The original shabby chic interiors were usually considered in themselves works of art.

The early forms of shabby chic were rather grand but the style has evolved taking inspiration from many forms of decoration. These range from 18th century Swedish painted decoration, the French Chateau as well as the American Shakers where simplicity and plainness was essential”…Wikipedia

Sounds like the style has been around for a while, huh?  Confused? Yes me too.

This blog was just for some information, especially for anyone having a store with the name Shabby Chic in it.  I know everyone will say it is all over the internet and I agree.  I just wanted to give you a heads up due to my experience of using the term”shabby chic style”.  If you look at Google keywords, Shabby Elegance is equal to that of Shabby Chic  in terms of search. This is due to the movement from shabby chic to shabby elegance due to the trademark.  When you are searching, you might try shabby elegance along with shabby chic.

Oh yeah, you might not want to use Shabby Elegance in the name of your store or items as I am trademarking “Shabby Elegance” tomorrow. lol   Maybe I will trademark , Cottage Style and Victorian Style tomorrow.  Check with me and I will let you know when they are registered. lol

Please know that I do know and understand trademark names and respect them.  It is just difficult to think of the style “shabby chic” as being trademarked, especially after all the definitions of it like in Wikipedia.

Come visit our store, Simply Shabby Elegant and browse awhile. We have video’s , blogs and even decorating tips.

Thanks guys for letting me rant and talk in circles as even I am confused on where I am headed now.  Have a great day.  Remember no one can make you feel bad but yourself.  It is all in our reaction and perceptions.  No more, “You made me…”.  Now you could say, ” I felt bad when you said”.  It is amazing how free one can feel when we realize how important our self talk is to our perceptions.

Be good to yourself today and have an amazing afternoon!

Lesa

Cozy Cottage Wholesale,  Cozy Cottage Drop Shipping and Simply Shabby Elegant

 

Look at all the Talent…Where is Mine?

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Have you ever looked around on the web at all of the talent? People who can paint, make beautiful jewelry, take vivid pictures, design websites, make furniture.  I know of a lady who makes memory bears for people using her feet.  She takes special pieces of their clothing or what you want her to use and makes these beautiful bears that you can hold that have the essence of that person.  I know this because we lost our daughter and my mom told me to pick out some of my daughter’s clothing and get one.  How can some one have more talent in one of their feet than I have in my whole body?

We simply look at talent wrong.  Talent isn’t just something of the arts.  There are people who can make wonderful speeches, motivate others to succeed, run a company, make others feel better or stir a feeling at all. Everyone has a talent.  It may not be the one you want but you can sure work with the talent you have.  You simply have to find it.  This is usually just trying different things and making determinations of what you do best. Trial and error, trial and error, trial and error…  We all want to know what our talent is right now!  Sometimes we aren’t ready to handle the talent effectively and we find out as we mature.  Sometimes we bump right into it.  Don’t despair.

Maybe your talent is running a business.  Maybe it is your own business.  Yes, I know there is a lot at stake but not if you cross your t’s and dot your i’s.  We offer these opportunities so people can find whether they are talented at running their own business or whether their not. This is because there is no overhead charges.  No inventory, warehouse, employees to pay, products to find or building for offices.  We supply it all.  Lets get started.

Joe and Cindy Rhineheart have a website that they feel needs some help.  They also have a drop ship company where they feel like a number.  The products sounded great but between all the expenses, the products ended up higher than 99 out of 100 ebay stores. They have to pay a surcharge for every drop ship item and simply can’t afford to do this anymore.  They are broken.  They have decided to give it another try if they can find help.  They really thought if they had great products and a website people would come.  This happens all of the time.

1.  We supply a large assortment of quality home and garden products.
2.  We drop ship for free.
3.  We mail all of your items to your customers without our names anywhere.
4.  We give you the tracking numbers to supply your customers.
5.  We offer a  30 day money back guarantee
6.  We can help you with your website
7.  We can build a website for you
8.  We know what it takes to get a website recognized so it will rank high
9.  We will set up your facebook, twitter, stumbleupon sites and more
10. We will help you set up a great blog
11. We will market and promote your store
12. We will make video’s for you
13.  We will make you logo’s and banners
14.  We can make business cards too
15.  Starting to get the point?

We have the products and services to help you succeed with an internet store. Since you only purchase an item after it sells, you are out no money.  This makes this the perfect opportunity to see if running your own business is a talent you have.  We can help you find that talent and harvest it.

So look at all the talent.  Where is yours?   Cozy Cottage Drop Shipping might just be your cup of tea.

See you in your dreams
Lesa and Taylor
Cozy Cottage Drop Shipping & 58th Street Marketing….Sister Companies with one goal

Candles Make the World Go Round

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Posted by Lesa James Richardson on February 27, 2011 at 5:18 AM

Candles make the world go round, so we will have you spinning.  We are so excited to show you some of our newest candles.  We are very proud to bring them to you and at such low prices.

Shabby Elegant Mini Chandelier Votive Candle Stand Shabby elegance hanging candle holders.

Votive candles or tealights only (not included). Metal and glass with acrylic drops. 13 x 6 1/2 x 17″ high.

 

Shabby Elegance Turquoise Glass Double Votive Stand Shabby Elegance Turquoise Glass Double Votive Stand Fascination begins as “shabby elegance” candlelight glows behind turquoise glass and intricate copper scrollwork. Dramatic double votive stand adds an air of mystique that’s ever so right for a special night!

 

Jeweled Tone Shabby Elegance Candle Holders A quartet of cone-shaped cups in sumptuous amber, amethyst, emerald and ruby shades casts a hypnotic halo of colored candlelight! The stylish shabby elegance stair-step wrought iron holder cradles each votive in a cage of graceful curves for a breathtaking display

 

Candles can change a room just as quickly as a new piece of furniture.  They are a home accent which look beautiful and give off charming light.  You need to decide if you like the flicker of the flame itself, the color of the glass that is lit up or the crystals and etc. that sparkle and dance.  Next you need to consider how tall you want the candles to be.  A rule of thumb is that a room is more interesting if it has many different heights in it from the curtains to the sofa to the home accents.  It is very conservative and more formal to have the room have more heights at the same level. You might also consider the width or room that the candle will encompass.  You don’t want a candle teetering on a small table where it barely fits.  Finally… what do you love? What calls your name when you see it? It is so important to have items in your home that appeal to you.  So often, people get caught up in the “match” game where all of the items matching is the only priority.  It’s just not home if you aren’t surrounded by items you love.  I hope this helps in choosing candles for each room.  So as always…

Decorate your dreams true

Lesa

Owner, “Cozy Cottage Wholesale” and “Cozy Cottage Drop Shipping”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cozy Cottage Wholesale specializes in Shabby Elegance and Shabby Chic style.  We’ve put together a little video for you with a catchy tune. (You’ll find yourself singing it in your head during the day)  Visit us @ Cozy Cottage Wholesale.

 


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Cozy Cottage Takes Drop Shipping to a New Height

We have a website that will describe our drop shipping program in detail. It lets you know who we are as a company, who we are, our services, our drop shipping sign up form and more.  It is basically a website that is used to help sellers understand our mission, what we stand for and more personal info for our drop ship program .  You can still email us and we will send you a form, or go to this site and fill one out. We promise we are the best drop shipping company you will find.

We are currently setting up our package deals for marketing programs that you may want.  These packages include the drop shipping program and site building and/or logo’s and business cards and/or social media set up (setting up your facebook and twitter accounts including your fan page on facebook) and/or website promotions.  We are very excited to have our sister site, “58th Street Marketing”  with us to better service your needs. We will have a website ready for you to view these packages and 58th Street Marketing information so you can get to know them

You should be very excited.  We have not seen this type of program combination anywhere.  Most marketing sites charge an arm and a leg, but not ours.  We are here to ensure your success and help anyway we can.  Most drop shipping programs have their product prices too high for you in general, not mentioning any room for you to profit.  Look around and see.  Don’t be fooled into thinking that the bigger the site, the cheaper the rates. Wrong… Please take your time in searching.  We look forward to having a long and prosperous site with you.  Fill out our simple form and lets get started building your business today.


We look forward to meeting all of you and having a rewarding business opportunity with you.

James and Lesa
Owners

Cozy Cottage Drop Shipping   http://www.CozyCottageDropShipping.com
Cozy Cottage Wholesaling        www.CozyCottageWholesale.com