Coastal Blue and White

Serena & Lily - Palm Beach

 

I love the coastal chic look and nobody does it better in my opinion than Serena & Lily. This picture is from their Palm Beach store. 

I Need a Pool Boy

Meg Braff

 

This is so fun - banana leaf wallpaper in the vestibule and bathroom. Interestingly enough, this is in a historic 1901 home in Maine and not in Florida. This Tropical Palm Beach Chinoiserie look has become so popular no matter where you live. I have seen it in Manhattan apartments and country cottages. So let your freak flag fly - decorate your home with whatever makes you happy wherever you live. My daughter and her fiancé have put a tiki bar inside their Georgian Colonial in Annapolis, Maryland.

A Pink and Green Church

St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Germany

 

I bet you have never seen a church in blush pink and mint green with enormous palm trees to the ceiling, and would have assumed this is in Palm Beach or Bermuda, and not Germany. This is too beautiful not to share. The color palette of soft pink and green and the palm trees and the black and white floor are certainly unexpected in a church, but wonderful inspiration. 

Flamingo Chic

Flamingo Mule

Flamingos are the essence of summer, Florida, and Palm Beach Chic style, and here are some very chic choices. No plastic lawn flamingos here! Click on the captions to link.

Chinoiserie Earrings

CCC

After posting pictures of my closet, several followers asked about my earring collection. I wear a pair of statement earrings every day - a caftan/maxi dress, a pair of dramatic earrings, and a great pair of sandals and I am good to go. (Underwear is optional in the tropics - LOL).

CCC

Before Photos

Casa Chinoiserie Chic

Thank you for all your lovely comments yesterday. I appreciate them very much. Yesterday went absolutely great - my Alexandria home has lovely new owners and the inspections on my new house went smoothly. My painters came by after the inspection and surprised me with the best prosciutto ever and Italian bread. We all observed social distancing - I brought my treats home for a  lovely lunch. They start the day after I close. We looked at paint samples - he has a wonderful eye, and he had some great ideas on the project. They did a stunning job on this house, and I can't wait for them to transform the new house. Paint makes such a difference.

The house is so perfect for me. Three bedrooms, two baths, one level, a lanai that looks out on to beautiful preserves. I celebrated last night with a great bottle of Champagne and carryout from by favorite Mexican restaurant in Sarasota. I am not eating at restaurants, but like to support those I really like by taking out.

Here are lots of the listing photos. The community has swimming, tennis, golf, and a fitness center as well. I am going to take the weekend off and relax after a very productive week. I am so excited to have each of you follow along as I transform this already pretty home into a Chinoiserie Chic/ Palm Beach/Old Florida/Tropical home of my dreams. I also love gardening and am very excited about designing the garden. 

Palm Love

Meg Braff

This brass palm lamp is spectacular! I would love a brass palm floor lamp for my new home, but the prices on vintage ones are crazy - this one on 1st dibs is twenty thousand dollars.

1st dibs

I really love this one from cb2 and it is gorgeous in person -

cb2

And at $399 and 15% off right now, it is very tempting.

Here it is in a room. It has a Palm Beach, Hollywood Regency, vintage, a bit Bohemian vibe I really like.

Ocean Palm Floor Lamp

It's good there is online shopping during this. I notice that furniture delivery now is generally contact free and they leave it outside. I can't imagine doing that for really large pieces. I hope everyone has a lovely Memorial Day weekend in spite of everything. I am going to spend some time on Sunday driving around Venice.

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