# Build brief: Shabby Chic

Resource base: https://mejohnc.org (or the preview host used to obtain this file).

Use this direction within the user’s requested project and existing design constraints.

## Illustrative use case, not project requirements
A vintage homewares listing with condition photographs and clearly labeled item details.

An interiors-inspired treatment of weathered finishes, vintage florals, and soft color. On a screen, the worn effect belongs to imagery and framing rather than text clarity.

## Essential cues
- Weathered finish
- Vintage floral
- Soft pastel

## Recipe
- Use distressing on a border or photo.
- Keep body type crisp.
- Repeat one floral motif sparingly.

## Optional decoration
Use a restrained floral or worn-paper image treatment.

## Avoid
Distressing the actual text, low-contrast pastel controls, or manufacturing age as a factual provenance claim.

## Values and validation
Read [tokens](/territories/shabby-chic/tokens.json) and [acceptance checklist](/territories/shabby-chic/checklist.md). Use [the working example](/territories/shabby-chic/example/) to inspect color roles, spacing, hierarchy, and interaction states. It is a UI translation, not a reproduction of historical art. Tokens describe the base UI; [example CSS](/territories/assets/example.css) contains the style-specific composition and decorative layer. Preview navigation with `?navigation=top`, `?navigation=sidebar`, or `?navigation=tabs`; combine with `project`. Use [Compare](/territories/compare/) for mobile (390 px), tablet (820 px), and desktop (1440 px) viewports.

## Delivery
Preserve real content and existing working behavior. Check keyboard, narrow layout, error, empty, and success states. Report any departures from this recipe with a reason. Do not claim to have inspected a preview or run checks that you could not access.

Schema 1.0.0; revision f5fd78058ba2.