Color Inspiration

Sothebys

A stunning yellow cloisonné vase against an antique blue and white Chinese screen.

The Chinoiserie Bedroom

Mark D. Sikes

A gorgeous black and gold Chinese screen and a blue and white Chinese garden stool are wonderful touches in this bedroom vignette.

The Chinese Screen

Alexander Doherty

Using a Chinese screen behind a sofa or bed adds a dramatic focal point. It is a favorite interior design tip.

120 Items Every Beautiful Home Should Have - #9

House Beautiful

Next up on our tour of the essentials for a beautiful home is the Chinese folding screen. Whether in a living room, dining room, bedroom, or study, it becomes an instant focal point. Here is more inspiration.

Michael S. Smith

Ashley Goforth

Petr Durham

Peter Frank

The Chinoiserie Living Room

Peter Durham

A lovely living room by Peter Durham with an elegant and eclectic but comfortable mix. A dramatic Chinese screen and a pair of ginger jars in a lovely shade of blue add Chinoiserie touches.

Masculine Chinoiserie

Peter Durham

This is a wonderful example of Chinoiserie with a more masculine edge, combining black walls and floors with a Chinese Coromandel screen, blue and white Chinese porcelain, an Hermes blanket, custom chaise, and an antique rug. This palette of black, beige, and blue is masculine, modern, and elegant.

Here is the same room styled a bit differently. Can you spot the differences?

The patterned pillows have been changed out and rearranged
A blue and white Chinese ginger jar in one, a blue and white Chinese vase with branches in the other
The chaise has been moved
The Hermes blanket is tucked in one, untucked in the other
Fresh flowers in the one above
The Chinese screen is angled differently
The pedestal is on the rug in one, on the floor in the other
A brass floor lamp in one, a pair of hurricane lamps in the other
An embroidered textile sash on the chaise above
The pedestal has been turned

The Chinoiserie Bedroom - Alexa Hampton

Alexa Hampton - Kips Bay Decorator Show House - So Haute

 I am in love with this cozy elegant bedroom by Alexa Hampton. Can you find the Chinoiserie elements? I spot a Chinese screen, a Chinese gourd lamp, Greek key pillow shams, and blanc de Chine figures on the bedside table. To me, there is nothing nicer in a bedroom than a canopy bed - I have two in my home. I love the lacquered charcoal walls and silver ceiling. Dark lacquered walls were a signature of her dad Mark Hampton. BTW, his book Mark Hampton on Decorating is to me one of the best books on interior design of all time.

I tend to be very symmetrical in my tastes and I'm not sure I adore the mix of bedside tables and lamps. I tend to favor not matching the bedside tables, but using a matched pair of lamps. This is just a matter of personal preference of course. All in all, this is a stunning bedroom with a great English country vibe made all the better with its views of the Manhattan skyline.

Saturday Inspiration

Alessandra Branca

The Chinoiserie Living Room

Alberto Pinto

Sunday Inspiration

Miles Redd

The Chinoiserie Bedroom

Nick Olsen - Traditional Home

Sunday Inspiration

Jackie Kennedy - Chinese Screen

Study by Ashley Goforth

Isn't a Chinese screen the answer to just about any question? In a living room, behind a bed used as a headboard, in a study, in a dining room, it becomes an instant focal point. I love the juxtaposition of a simple desk and chair with this stunning screen by Houston interior designer Ashley Goforth. Have you noticed that Houston seems to have more than its fair share of wonderful interior designers?