Feature Trailer
Shabby Rose Delight
WORDS LISA MORA
PICS HEIDI WHITSON
Clever use of furniture appliques and pastel hues transformed this 1968 Scotsman
into a shabby chic pink palace fit for an Arizonian entrepreneurial queen.
Sharin Louis has always been
creative. As a child she always
loved to draw and paint.
She says that she probably
inherited her artistic flair from her father
who was always tinkering away on
projects or working on the restoration of
his old vintage truck. A frequent visitor to
vintage markets, her passion for shabby
chic style began when a friend first took
her to a shabby chic store.
“Everything was old and white and I
thought I was in heaven!’ says Sharin.
Inspired by what she had seen, Sharin
began buying furniture to refurbish and
paint just like the items she had seen
in the Shabby Chic Store. The first item
she did up was an old dresser that she
then sold. One item led to another item
and before long Sharin established a
successful business called Shabby Rose
Décor.
Having seen a few vintage trailers
used by some of the vendors at the
vintage markets she attended around
Arizona, Sharin says that she fell in
love with their “adorable” charisma
and decided to buy one to do up in the
shabby chic style that she loves so much.
After about a year of searching, she
eventually she found the 1968 Scotsman
Trailer for sale for $2,200 online. The
process of restoring and decorating
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