Blue and Whte

Biscuit Home

A wonderful bedroom featuring Schumacher Chiang Mai Dragon wallpaper.

The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Meggie H. Interiors

One Room Challenge Chinoiserie Series

Barbara from Hodge: Podge used Chinoiserie to add pops of color to a dark, patternless, and monochromatic living room. Note the Schumacher Chiang Mai Dragon pillows, the blue and white ginger jar print from The Pink Pagoda, a red lacquer tray, the blue and white Chinese porcelain bowl, and the sideboard lacquered red. A great example of how even a small dose of Chinoiserie can take a room from dull to dazzling.

The Year of the Dragon

Dragon House at Park Sanssouci

2012 is the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese Zodiac, a symbol of wisdom and power. Here are some of my favorite ways to incorporate the dragon into your Chinoiserie home this year. I especially love this new dragon giclee from The Pink Pagoda.

The Pink Pagoda Tangerine and Hot Pink Chinese New Year Dragon

Lilly Pulitzer Tail Lights

Antique Silk Dragon Robe

Scalamandre Chi'En Dragon in Coral on Cream

Scalamndre Chi'En Dragon in Pink, Yellow, and Green on Cream

Schumacher Chiang Mai Dragon

Number Four Eleven Dragon Napkins in Pink

Number Four Eleven Dragon Napkins in Orange

The Chinoiserie Love Letter

Email is wonderful for many things, but not for that perfect love letter to be tucked away and cherished for a lifetime. For that, choose gorgeous Dempsey & Carroll Chinoiserie themed stationery worthy of your words. Three of these limited edition sets are part of a collaboration with Schumacher. Choose from Chiang Mai Dragon in the aquamarine colorway, Chenonceau in a mixed boxed set of five different colorways, or Imperial Trellis in a mixed boxed set of five colorways. I also love the limited edition Bamboo Border by Celerie Kemble.

Thank You The Skirted Roundtable

Thanks so much to Joni, Megan, and Linda of The Skirted Roundtable for featuring Chinoiserie Chic as one of their favorite sources for holiday decorating ideas. Click here to listen to their discussion of their top picks for holiday decor. Stay tuned here as I continue the tour of my Christmas decorating ideas from my own home. So far we have looked at-

My sitting room

A Chinoiserie vignette in my living room

A beaded fruit display in my dining room

Chinoiserie gift wrap

Carolyne Roehm Christmas decorating

Chinoiserie ornaments

Anne Harwell Chinoiserie gift ideas

The red Chinoiserie room

Chinoiserie Christmas gifts

A Chiang Mai Dragon Christmas

Chinoiserie Christmas cards

A Chiang Mai Dragon Christmas

Who wouldn't love a Christmas stocking made from Schumacher Chiang Mai Dragon and Kelly Wearstler Imperial Trellis? I first saw these designer stockings on the wonderful new blog Aesthetic Oiseau who also created my gorgeous new blog design. The Etsy shop Plum Cushion makes them and the price is great! I purchased the first two pictured and already received them and they are perfect. Have you ever seen Christmas stockings as chic as these? So simple and elegant, using the best and hottest fabrics, and letting the great fabric designs speak for themselves. Don't think stockings can only be used on fireplace mantles. I love them anywhere in the house at Christmas-on a chair, on a table, hung from a doorknob or kitchen cabinet-use your imagination!