Tartan & Chinoiserie

This coming weekend is a great favorite of mine, the Scottish Walk Christmas Weekend in Alexandria, Virginia. My thoughts have turned to how much I love the combination of tartan and Chinoiserie as I focus on swathing my home and myself in tartan for the festivities. Here are some pictures of past Scottish Walks.

A Chinoiserie Chic Christmas Tree

Chanel

I absolutely adore these red and black Chanel Christmas trees. What a creative idea. Christmas trees can easily be flocked using spray paint.

The Chinoiserie Christmas Tree

Celerie Kemble

A great DIY for the Chinoiserie Chic Christmas tree - paint branches from your garden orange - red to look like coral.

Christmas Chez Chinoiserie Chic

Instead of braving the Black Friday sales today, I plan to spend the day decorating my house for the holidays. Hope you all have fun whatever your day holds. Over the next month you will see lots of posts here on decorating your home for the holidays with Chinoiserie.

Happy Thanksgiving

Christmas Chinoiserie Chic Style

Williams - Sonoma

I know that Thanksgiving is tomorrow, but I am chomping at the bit to start decorating my house for the holidays and posting about Christmas decorating. How's this for a simple and beautiful idea? Style a grouping of blue and white Chinese porcelain with some red touches - carnations, roses, amaryllis, red ornaments, pomegranates, ribbons would all work beautifully.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Parker Kennedy Living

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Lonny

A folding tray table makes a great bar for entertaining and is even more chic with a blue and white Chinese garden stool standing by.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Suzanne Rheinstein

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Shelley Johnstone - Traditional Home

 This lovely dining room is in a home in Lake Forest, Illinois where I grew. up While traditional, the color palette of orange damask on the walls and pops of turquoise on the sideboard give it a modern vibe.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Furlow Gatweood

This is still one of my favorite dining rooms of all.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Dimples & Dangles - House Beautiful

Use a blue and white planter or tureen as a centerpiece filled with flowers in russet tones and striped feathers. I love the mix of gold, pink, leopard, and chevron here as well. A fun modern take on traditional Blue Willow for the Thanksgiving table.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Carolyne Roehm 

Imari plates and floral arrangements of dahlias, roses, rose hips, viburnum berries, and leaves in red and russet and orange create a lovely Thanksgiving table.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Mark D. Sikes - Lonny

A beautiful dining room in the home of Mark D. Sikes with Chinoiserie wallpaper and buffalo checks on the dining chairs - a great combination. Mini white pumpkins at each place setting are an easy and charming touch for the Thanksgiving table.

Christmas Decorating Begins

Rustic Pinecone and Berries Holiday Wreath from Tree Classics

There are few activities I enjoy more than Christmas decorating. Recently I was sent this Rustic Pinecone and Berries Holiday Wreath and Garland by Tree Classics. I love the fact that these have battery operated LED lights with timers. No cords, no fuss, no mess, and great looking. I thought the rustic vibe of this wreath and garland with their pinecones, ribbons, ornaments, branches, and berries would work beautifully in a waterfront condo I just recently finished for a male client of mine. Check out the black chalk paint nutcrackers I used on the bar too. They can be purchased at Lowe's and they come with chalk if you'd like to decorate them yourself.

I was delighted with the quality and how easy the wreath and garland are to use. You can find these and lots more great Christmas items at treeclassics.com.
 

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Mchael Taylor - House Beautiful

Chinoiserie wallpaper takes center stage in this classic dining room by Michael Taylor. The woodwork was faux finished to look like pale oak.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Alessandra Branca - House Beautiful

Chocolate brown Chinoiserie wallpaper by Fromental, Louis XVI style dining chairs, and a mahogany dining table combine in this winter garden.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Nathan Turner - House Beautiful

De Gournay wallpaper, bamboo shades, and rattan chairs by McGuire create a gorgeous dining room by interior designer Nathan Turner.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Gary McBournie - House Beautiful

Walls glazed in duck egg blue are the perfect backdrop for this dining room outfitted with very elegant white Chinese Chippendale chairs. If you have a mahogany dining room set that is looking dated, a great idea is to keep the table and swap out the dark mahogany chairs with white Chinese Chippendale ones. I love the pop of the green vase on the  sideboard too.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Ned Marshall - House Beautiful

Designer Ned Marsall used Benjamin Moore Bittersweet Chocolate on the walls of this dining room - a beautiful contrast to the gilt Chinoiserie mirror and the blue and white Chinese porcelain.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Palmer Weiss - House Beautiful

This dining room has a fabulous modern approach to Chinoiserie. The walls are lacquered in Benjamin Moore Seaweed. Chinoiserie elements include a fretwork sideboard, a blue and white Chinese garden stool, a blue and white bowl on the sideboard, and turquoise blue foo dogs.

Thanksgiving Series - The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Catherine Brown Paterson - House Beautiful

With Thanksgiving approaching, I thought it wold be fun to look at dining rooms that include Chinoiserie elements. I am also in the middle of redoing my own dining room that I will share when I finish.

Chinoiserie takes a major role in the dining room above featuring the classic wallpaper Clarence House Flowering Quince. The hot pink is an unexpected pairing.

The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Katie Rosenfeld

Bamboo furniture painted in teal with pops of coral pink pillows in this fun and modern dining rom.

The Chinoiserie Powder Room

House Beautiful

Yellow Chinoiserie wallpaper and a yellow silk roman shade are paired with black in this lovely powder room.

Classic Chinoiserie

Kevin McNamara - Architectural Digest

 Such a lovely mix - a lavender sofa, dark green walls, leopard, a black Chinese coffee table, and blue and white Chinese porcelain.

Greek Key Trim

Megan Rice Yager

A perfect way to dress up curtains, whether custom or ready made is with Greek key trim. These are a great example - green silk taffeta with pale blue trim and the perfect one inch break. Of course I love the leopard carpet and the bamboo blinds as well.

Miles Redd

Miles Redd

Leopard, silk taffeta curtains, a red lacquer Chinese coffee table, a large Chinese vase, striped walls, all so fantastic. The red, green, and paperwhites are getting me in the mood for Christmas decorating.

Albert Hadley

Albert Hadley - House Beautiful

The walls are hand painted Chinoiserie. Note the mirrored fretwork detail at the top under the molding. The striped silk curtains are a whimsical touch. The chandelier is Russian and the mirror is Venetian.

Green and White Chinoiserie

Fenella Interior Design

The Chinoiserie Butler's Pantry

House Beautiful

A very sophisticated butler's pantry using Clarence House Tibet wallpaper.