Shabby Chic or Stupid Junk?

So, I saw this at Target and was so shocked that I had to take a picture.

This is an actual product, costing almost $8, and it is SUPPOSED TO LOOK THIS WAY.

The tag says that it is Shabby Chic - which evidentially means a cheap white paint job that someone has scratched with a pen, or perhaps a set of keys.

Shabby Chic is supposed to be vintage - old fun stuff with quirky style and unassuming charm. You should be able to tell it was well-used and well-loved over years.

And, if the item is new, it can go through a process called being distressed - where an item is intentionally damaged to produce a vintage look. Definition from Wikipedia: "In distressing, the object's finish is intentionally destroyed or manipulated to look less than perfect, such as with sandpaper or paint stripper. For example, the artisan often removes some but not all of the paint, leaving proof of several layers of paint speckled over wood grain underneath. This becomes the "finished" piece."

That is obviously what someone intended to do with this "distressed" but new fixture from Target. But instead of distressed, it looks like a 2-year-old scratched it with some keys. Hello? This is just bad.