The shabby style evokes the type of decoration that is in large country houses, where are faded on old sofas and curtains, old paint and everything made chic good taste and delicacy. The shabby chic is put in opposition to that elegant and costly style, sometimes grim, which is the Victorian. The recovery of antique furniture and fabrics is an important aspect of this style which it was particularly popular among Bohemians modern and craftsmen that have made a counter-culture movement started during the 1980, when the expensive furniture had become very fashionable with the middle classes higher.
