Green and White Chinoiserie

Traditional Home

Here is a pretty alternative to blue and white from the Savannah Showhouse by interior designer Melanie Turner - a collection of green and white Chinese porcelain with pops of orange and metallic and a piece of modern art by Sally King Benedict. The gilt console is 18th century. Here are more shots of this master bedroom below. It's my daughter's birthday today - Happy Birthday Kate!

More Dead Birds and Cousin Itt Stools

Melanie Turner

An update on my earlier post of today. Here is another dead bird photo from Melanie Turner - this is her profile picture from her Tastemaker Tag Sale on One Kings Lane. Can we tell whether the dog she is holding has been stuffed too? And yes Linda, apparently they do move the dead animals from room to room. And here are more strange furry stools too.

Melanie Turner

More Dead Birds and Chinoiserie

Melanie Turner

I have posted several times before about the growing trend by some interior designers of using dead birds with Chinoiserie. This is bad taste in the extreme. Just because Chinoiserie wallpapers, fabrics, etc. often depict peacocks and other beautiful birds does not mean one should up the decorating ante by incorporating real stuffed ones.

Here are my previous posts on this subject here and here. Here Melanie Turner has tried to be different and has used a taxidermied emu in lieu of a peacock in this foyer. Just say "No" to this awful trend that I take personally because interior designers invariably use these poor birds with Chinoiserie.

And what about those ghastly furry stools that look like Cousin Itt from the Addams Family?

The Addams Family Cousin Itt

Nothing says welcome to your guests like being greeted by a large dead animal

Interior designer Melanie Turner

The Multi Functional Chinoiserie Room

Melanie Turner

With its plethora of white Chinese Chippendale chairs, this room does triple duty as dining, work, and living space. Note the two Parsons table desks next to each other creating a two person or large work area.