![]() ![]() ![]() But it didn’t take long to rebound, and this time around, she’s adding even more surprising elements to the mix: Not only launching new shops and products for her devoted fans, she’s also putting down roots in Texas by throwing open the doors of a bed-and-breakfast. Never flagging in her embrace of imperfection and artistic vision for uniting seemingly disparate elements, the business hit a bump in the road when the economy tanked in 2008, and she closed her stores. ![]() After 25 years, eight best-selling books, and untold numbers of timeworn floral motifs paired with dripping chandeliers, cushy slipcovered sofas, and well-loved vintage finds, she’s still growing onward and upward. Designer Rachel Ashwell (shown with Pearl on the porch of Liliput Lodge at her Texas bed-and-breakfast) creates environments brimming with beauty and romance, and, of course, plenty of flowers.īritain’s Rachel Ashwell made her mark on the world of interior design when she launched her first Shabby Chic home furnishings store in Santa Monica in 1989. Filled with masses of both faux and fresh flowers, they can be refreshed quickly in the scorching Texas sun. Prairie barrels have become an iconic element of Rachel Ashwell’s Prairie bed-and-breakfast. ![]()
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