Chinoiserie Panels How To

Many of you will recall this incredible sepia toned apartment of Ellen O'Neill from House Beautiful featuring Cowtan and Tout's wonderful Chinoiserie toile Siam. If you love this palette, check out the stunning sepia panels in the three bottom photographs from The Decorator Archives.

Printed as 5 rolls of paper

Available as a small or large print or as an original work of art hand painted on silk

Available as a small or large print or as an original work of art hand painted on silk

Black and Chinoiserie

So far in our color series we have looked at purple, gray, white, orange, and red. Today we turn our attention to black and Chinoiserie. I thought it might be fun to revisit an apartment featured in House Beautiful that uses a black and white palette with Chinoiserie. This New York City studio apartment in Gramercy Park belongs to interior designer Ellen O'Neil. It is one room -  it does not even have a separate kitchen. What I especially love, of course, is the way she anchors the apartment with a Chinoiserie toile, Cowtan & Tout's Siam. What a superb example of living large in a small space. Stay tuned later today for many more examples of combining black and Chinoiserie.