Vignette

Danielle Rollins

 

A lovely vignette in the Palm Beach home of Danielle Rollins. It includes so many of my favorite things. A blue and white Chinese vase is filled with palm fronds from the garden.

Fashion Photography

Charlotte Moss

 

The framed photo is from Vogue 1959 by famed photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe. It features models on the beach at the Dorado Hotel in Puerto Rico and is entitled - "Models on the Beach." LOL.

The Academy Awards

Sharon Stone 1998 Academy Awards

I watched 5 minutes of the Oscars last night and gave up. Actually, I couldn't even make it through the Beyonce opening song. Words cannot express how annoying I find it all. But the Academy Awards being on did bring to mind one of my favorite Oscar moments - Sharon Stone in 1998 wearing a Gap white shirt with a Vera Wang skirt. Such glamorous irreverence. I personally love wearing a dressy long skirt with a white shirt. It's such a chic look. I even wore it once to a Presidential Inaugural Ball - a J. Crew white shirt with a huge navy blue silk taffeta ballgown skirt.

Chinoiserie DIY

Charlotte Moss

  

For this coffee table above and chest below, leftover chinoiserie wallpaper is topped with glass for a fabulous and easy DIY.

Danielle Rollins

 

A Tiny Bit of Normalcy

Danielle Rollins

 Yesterday, after the appropriate waiting period after my second Moderna shot, I got my hair colored, cut and blow dried, my eyebrows threaded, a manicure and pedicure. I am thrilled. I feel like me again. (BTW we were all masked).

On the way home, I ran into HomeGoods. I have been wanting to find a blue and white Suzani to cover my Warren Platner table in the breakfast room to change it up sometimes. I love a beautiful skirted table. So far, I have found the right size and color of Suzanis to be quite elusive. Here was my one of my inspiration photos below.

Miles Redd

I found something at HG that might just work. So today, I am going to have some fun and try to transform my breakfast room in one day. I will take some before and after photos of the breakfast room and try to do a one day makeover. Hopefully I will post tomorrow. Hopefully being the operative word. 

Here is a hint on my HomeGoods find. India Hicks has used a tablecloth on this bed as a duvet.

India Hicks

Setting the Table

Danielle Rollins

Harvest colors for Thanksgiving and red and green for Christmas just don't work at CCC. But pink and blue - bring it on! I love this table setting by Danielle Rollins and best of all, I don't need a thing - woven placemats (I purchased coral, blue and green ones from Amanda Lindroth), seashells, bamboo flatware, and flowers and tropicals from my garden mixed with roses I'll get at Publix or Trader Joe's.

For china, I would use my Lenox Morning Blossom. Such a pretty pattern - I have service for eight that I collected as a newlywed and I still love it - and it's chinoiserie!

Lenox Morning Blossom

 

Tropical Styling

Danielle Rollins

 I love this bar styling - a palm tray and using palm fronds in a silver ice bucket. With all this craziness, drinking seems like a good idea - LOL. BTW, it's amazing how long cut fronds from my garden last - as long as four weeks. I love the look and they are free and last so much longer than flowers.

Danielle Rollins

Does anyone have a source for coral handled flatware? Horchow used to sell a darling set, but no longer. I'm looking for something fun and casual and well priced. 

Horchow

Displaying Face Masks

Danielle Rollins

 Here is an idea for these crazy times we live in - Danielle Rollins displays her and her boyfriend's favorite face masks on a silver tray. Note the monograms on many of them - I love that.

Masks are not going anywhere anytime soon - I like the idea of making them fun and stylish. I have two really nice chinoiserie ones in my collection. This has motivated me to expand my stash. I refuse to wear those disposable ones. Luckily, every designer seems to be offering great choices, many with profits going to charities. Have you found any you really like? 

We are all in this together - wear a mask. Stay safe and chic.

More on Making the Perfect Bed

Danielle Rollins

 A wicker bed tray is a great addition to the perfect bed. This wicker tray is from Danielle Rollins' online shop and is shown above in her former Buckhead Atlanta bedroom. She has recently moved into a newly restored home in Palm Beach.

For those who are not fans of eating in bed, a bed tray also is wonderfully useful for magazines, mail, or a mini desk with so many working from home now. A quick search turned up many new and vintage wicker versions - there are lot of vintage ones on eBay and Etsy starting at around $60 that could even be spray painted - coral pink, emerald green, or navy blue would all be fun. I have also seen them used on sofas as a little mini work station.

Danielle Rollins' former Palm Beach pied a terre

I was at HomeGoods in Sarasota the other day while my pups were at the groomers and remembered their excellent bedding department where I have found Matouk, Frette, and Pratesi. I scored a beautiful set of Italian cotton sheets in white embroidered in navy that retail for $600 for $80 as well as a lovely summer weight goose down comforter perfect for here.

Towels

Danielle Rollins

I have always had white towels monogrammed with my initials, usually in blue. But after seeing Danielle Rollins' gorgeous coral pink towels, I am rethinking this whole white towel thing.

So, if I ever get five minutes, I am going to find coral pink towels for my new house and have them monogrammed in white. Why do I have a feeling this is going to be hard to find?

For years, I bought the Ralph Lauren towels at Horchow when they had them on sale and with free monogramming. The towels were a great price and excellent quality. But I think the quality has really gone downhill on the RL towels.

BTW, I absolutely loved reading all of your comments yesterday about using your china, silver, and cloth napkins, and especially all your wonderful china patterns.

If anyone has ideas about sourcing these towels, I would be grateful.

Below another beautiful towel example where she has used coral pink on white.

Danielle Rollins

And exciting news for me - my painters surprised me yesterday by completely finishing my closet out of sequence so I can start bring my clothes over today. I can't wait.

The Chinoiserie Dressing Room

Danielle Rollins - Veranda

This post is a real favorite of mine. Some of you may recall that in my home in Alexandria, Virginia, I had converted a bedroom into a walk-in closet and it was pink - I color matched the walls to a Thomas Pink shopping bag.

Thomas Pink

Alas, I unfortunately do not have a spare room to convert here in Florida, but I do have a walk-in closet with ten foot ceilings and built-ins that works just fine.

I am loving the idea of a gallery wall in my closet. The Danielle Rollins dressing room is absolutely stunning. I love it all - the coral pink, the Chinese Chippendale casegoods turned into a wardrobe, the slipper chair, the gallery wall, and that monogrammed tote. The straw tote is from Nantucket Monogram & Design, but I don't see it on their website - I hope it is still available.

Danielle color matched the walls to a sadly now discontinued Estee Lauder lipstick "Princess Grace," a gorgeous coral pink. I wish I had purchased a bunch when they came out with it. It is a great color!

In the shots below you can see a vintage wicker and faux bamboo pagoda chandelier, a Chinese garden stool, and a pair of mirrored chests placed back to back topped with plywood, Chinoiserie fabric, and glass.

 My goal this weekend is a gallery wall in my closet and styling it. Stay tuned. This has really motivated me. Mine will be far less luxe, but this is wonderful inspiration.

Models at a Beach - Loise Dahl-Wolfe

Here is a sneak peek - my earring drawer -