Announcing the Next One Room Challenge

I am thrilled to announce that the next One Room Challenge is set to begin on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. I am so pleased to have been invited again - this is my 5th ORC. I have previously redone my kitchen, powder room, laundry room, and man cave, all with lots of Chinoiserie, of course.

This time, I have selected to do a Chinoiserie Chic ______________. Sorry, but it's top secret until October 1, as is the list of the other participants. Trust me, Linda has knocked it out of the ball park (little baseball analogy - go Nats!) this time.

And for those of you who would like to play along, the One Room Challenge Linking Party starts on Thursday, October 2, 2014. You can read more about it here. If you'd like to see the rooms I have done in the past One Room Challenges, you can click on the buttons in my sidebar.

Judging from the list of participants for this one, it will be spectacular. I am going to have to get my game on.

One Room Challenge Linking Participants: Chinoiserie Chic Favorites

Worthwhile Domicile

I spent some fun hours over the weekend checking out all the reveals of the One Room Challenge Linking Participants. I was so impressed by many of them and it was so great to see how many included Chinoiserie in their rooms. I picked my five favorites that I wanted to share with you. I thought these rooms turned out very well and used Chinoiserie elements especially effectively.

One tip - if you are going to go to all this trouble with your room, please beg, borrow, or steal a good photographer and camera - I had to eliminate so many wonderful rooms because of bad photography!

Worthwhile Domicile created a stunning blue and white Chinoiserie bedroom with outstanding attention to detail. The headboard is incredible!

Goodwill Glam put together a Chinoiserie Chic/Hollywood Regency/Palm Beach Chic dream of a dining room.

Suburban Bitches designed a fabulous Chinoiserie filled guest room retreat that even has a DIY juju hat.

I love the office created by Shell & Chinoiserie - so feminine and chic and lots of Chinoiserie!

And a stunning two-fer from The Green Room Interiors - a living room and dining room with Chinoiserie gems.

A Passion for Detail: The Chinoiserie Man Cave

First of all, the winner of the gorgeous set of prints from The Pink Pagoda is Vickie H. You lucky girl - congratulations!

I was so impressed by the One Room Challenge reveals and those of the linking participants, I've decided to post over the course of the next week with some details and sources from my own Chinoiserie Man Cave and feature my favorite rooms of participants that included Chinoiserie - and there are many!

Today, I thought we would take a peek at my absolute favorite part of interior design - the accessories. These are some of my favorite pieces in the room - the ceramic giraffes, zebras, and dragon, and they are all vintage Fitz & Floyd. I found them all on Etsy and eBay for an absolute song. I especially love vintage accessories like these - they add so much personality to a room. Some folks commented that the room has an Ernest Hemingway or Ralph Lauren or Out of Africa vibe.

Blue and White Bash on Monday

The Pink Pagoda will be hosting one of her wonderful blue and white linking parties this coming Monday, May 5th. If this will be your first time participating, you can read more about it here.

I plan to do a post for the linking party on how I am using blue and white in the Chinoiserie Man Cave that will be revealed in the One Room Challenge finale this coming Wednesday, May 7th. Any of you who are in the One Room Challenge or are One Room Challenge Linking Participants might like to post on how you are using blue and white in your rooms for the Blue and White Bash. I hope to see you there!

Mary McDonald uses blue and white Chinese porcelain in a neutral and masculine room

The One Room Challenge Returns

My One Room Challenge Laundry Room

I am thrilled to let you all know that the next One Room Challenge begins on Wednesday, April 2, and that I will be participating. Here is a little ORC recap and what I have planned between now and the 2nd.

For my very first One Room Challenge I redid my kitchen. You can follow the 6 weeks here if you missed it.

My next One Room Challenge was the transformation of my powder room. This was quite a change - you can follow it all here.

For this last ORC, I did a makeover of my laundry room. If it's possible to love a laundry room, I do - see it all here.

I hope you are all looking forward to seeing the transformation of my next room. I am VERY excited about my plans for it.

I thought that over the next week or so before the launch, it might be fun to do some posts related to the One Room Challenge. This is your chance to ask any questions you might have about the One Challenge itself or my design process. You can email me or leave a comment with your question.

I'm going to start tomorrow with a post on a question I am very frequently asked - "Where do you start with a room design?" I almost always begin a room with the same inspiration point that I will reveal tomorrow.

I am also happy to announce my fellow participants in the next One Room Challenge and it is a really great group.

Abby M. Interiors 

Because it’s Awesome 

Bijou & Boheme 

Calling It Home 

Chez V 

Chinoiserie Chic 

Copy Cat Chic 

The Decorista 

Design Crisis 

Design Indulgence 

Design Manifest 

The English Room

The Glam Pad 

Little Black Door 

Mimosa Lane 

My Notting Hill 

The Pink Pagoda 

Simple Details 

My Sweet Savannah 

Verandah House

And there is more exciting news - Linda is having another wildly popular One Room Challenge Linking Party. It begins the day after the launch of the One Room Challenge, on April 3rd. You can find all the details here.