Guess Where

House Beautiful 

I posted just yesterday about how the beachy chinoiserie look is being used virtually everywhere, including cold weather locations. Often in shots you look out the window of a tropical room and see snow.

So can you guess where this hanging rattan chair is? 

A 120 year old loft in SOHO in NYC.

BTW, if you are wondering, the chair looks like the one from Serena & Lily.

 

Wallpaper & Musings

Katie Ridder - Architectural Digest

 Now that I have found a wallpaper hanger, my thoughts have turned again to my darling little bathroom that is awaiting its paper. I came across this photo and love it. The turtle wallpaper is by Katie Ridder and note how they retrofitted the antique mirror with elephant sconces. This really has a British Colonial/Tropical/Island vibe that I adore. 

I was on a Zoom yesterday with Amanda Lindroth and Mark Sikes and I was thinking about how THE look in interior design today that they both do beautifully is the chinoiserie, blue and white, wicker, rattan, coastal, island, tropical vibe, that works regardless of where you live. Guess where this powder room above is? Hudson Valley in New York. I remember doing a post several years ago about a home in Norway completely filled with palms and chinoiserie.

I am off down the rabbit hole of my thousands of posts to find it - and voila! This stuck in my brain because the house is in Oslo, Norway where my maternal grandmother was from. So if this is your taste, you don't need to live in the tropics - go for it.

Nicolette Horn - House Beautiful

Nicolette Horn - House Beautiful

The wallpaper BTW is Turtle Bay by Katie Ridder available in several colorways. I like both of these.

Prussian Blue

Seafoam

Tropical Pineapples

Lyford Cay

I have an absolute thing for pineapples - I have lots in my home. Pineapples can go two ways - that whole Colonial Williamsburg look or a Hollywood Regency, Palm Beach, Chinoiserie Chic vibe, the latter being what I like.

Here is what I'm talking about below, also at Lyford Cay.

Main Club at Lyford Cay - Tom Sheerer

Here is some inspiration for adding pineapples the way I like them to your home. Here's a great party idea - paint pineapples in fun colors  -

Marry Me Tampa  Bay

Add some pineapples to your wardrobe -

Atlantic - Pacific

Kate Spade

A pineapple pool float would be cool -

Sun Freaks

A pineapple lamp - also check out yesterday's post - 

Maison Jansen Pineapple Lamp- 1stdibs

A very elegant pineapple -

Amanda Lindroth

Do you use pineapple decor in your home? Here are some pineapples in my home -

Copper pineapples on one of my bars

A spot in my laundry room

Pineapple laundry hamper in my lanai bath for towels from the pool

Pineapples in my old laundry room

Tropical Pineapples

Amanda Lindroth

I must admit I have a thing for pineapples in decorating. Not the Colonial Williamsburg look, but pineapples with a tropical island vibe. This is a fabulous example - large and dramatic and with beautiful detailing.

Target was selling these Nate Berkus ones a few years ago and I got a bunch. That Nate Berkus line for Target was really excellent.

Saturday Inspiration - Coastal Chinoiserie DIY

Wisteria

I found this vignette on Wisteria's website and really like the mix of the acrylic console with the ginger jar, chevron mirror, and the rest. I love the palm fronds that add such a great tropical/coastal/beachy vibe.

It inspired me to do a post using palm fronds or leaves from other tropical plants with Chinoiserie, an idea you could borrow, for a wonderful summer vignette.

India Hicks

Tria Giovan - Gap Interiors

Mark D. Sikes

Alessandra Branca

Sara Gilbane

I Need Your Help

Linda's idea of Coastal Tropical

Today I am guest posting over at Calling It Home. Linda and her family are moving to Florida this summer. She is busy house hunting for her dream home that she wants to decorate in what she is calling Coastal Tropical.

The bad news is that Linda loves driftwood decor. I hate it. Luckily, her current location in New Jersey has kept the driftwood demons at bay. I am terrified that they will be let loose in Florida. Linda posted about how much she loves this dining room above. She said it stopped her in her tracks. Oh my. I have visions of her new Florida home being turned into Restoration Hardware at the Beach also known as Coastal Dumpster Chic.

Here are her driftwood finds from her latest trip to Florida over the holidays. She "died" over the driftwood coffee table. Me too, but not in a good way.

Linda asked me to guest post about Coastal Tropical Chinoiserie Chic style. What I am really doing is staging an intervention today over at Calling It Home. This is the kick off to my Just Say No To Driftwood campaign. Please stop by and help Linda say no to driftwood and yes to Chinoiserie. I know she can do it with our support.

My idea of Coastal Tropical - Bunny Williams' Punta Cana home