A Moveable Feast

Mallory Mathison Glenn - Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles

I have seen this several times from magazine photo shoots, but I find it bizarre, if not somewhat humorous. Inanimate objects that move around in photo shoots.

Here we have a large blue and white Chinese porcelain vase next to the front door in the foyer. In the next photo, this very same vase has hopped onto the foyer table and is filled with magnolia branches. Then, to show its versatility, in the last photo, it has meandered over next to the chest in the foyer. So three different shots of the foyer, and the same vase is in three different places. Is the vase taking selfies?

Do they think we don't notice?

Here below is an even wilder example I posted a couple of weeks ago. In this feature in Elle Decor, the shell table is shown in the foyer and then shows up in the adjoining breezeway. I can't help but wonder what the rooms looked like before and after the shoot. Where does that table actually belong? I suspect it is from the foyer below with the green and white wallpaper. In the breezeway in the second photo it looks kind of tight and just stuck in there to me. So in the same article on this home, the table changes rooms. Weird. And the table is probably heavy and delicate to boot.

Do you find this as strange as I do? I think people who buy shelter mags actually notice such things. I do and it seems a bit off to me.

Jonathan Adler - Elle Decor

Jonathan Adler - Elle Decor

I found the table on 1st dibs - it is 20th century and has a travertine top. It was from a West Palm Beach store and this is Liz Lange's house in Palm Beach. Very Tony Duquette.

I bought a pair of seashell encrusted obelisks at Tuesday Morning years ago - see them on top?

Etagere in My Kitchen

I guess my point in all this is that it strikes me when I see things like this that the house has been so staged for the photo shoot and I'd rather see it the way it actually looks. You can't separate out the interior designer's work from the magazines's staging.

Thoughts?

The Chinoiserie Workspace

Tony Duquette - Lonny

A Chinoiserie Christmas - My Chinoiserie Home

I was in HomeGoods a couple days ago and spotted these fantastic gold faux coral garlands for $12.00. I created quite a Tony Duquette moment in my dining room. I picked up a second one too that I think I will spray paint coral pink for a different look in the spring or summer.

Inlaid Bone

My latest addiction is inlaid bone-below are some great pieces available at Wisteria. Schuyler Samperton has done a beautiful job with this inlaid bone chest vignette above. I spy a fiddle-leaf fig tree, two blue and white Chinese porcelain vases, three vintage books, a modern piece of art, Vogue Living:Houses, Gardens, People, Tony Duquette, a book I can't find, and a small silver vase with lilacs.

Tony Duquette on One Kings Lane

You can't miss today's Tastemaker Tag Sale on One Kings Lane at 11am EST featuring items from this visionary's home and personal collection. Hutton Wilkinson, creative director and president of Tony Duquette, Inc. describes the late Duquette's style as Hollywood Chinoiserie. He adored Chinoiserie for its ability to transform the mundane into the fabulous. If you love interior designers like Mary McDonald, you will be inspired by Tony Duquette.

Pink Chinoiserie II

This is another stunning pink Chinoiserie room-a foyer. Here again the use of coral pink walls, but this time with gold, green and black accents. The walls are not wallpapered, but painted. A wonderful trellis pattern was created like a giant French memo board using thin ribbon and brass tacks. This is a brilliant, cheap, and fabulous idea to copy. I love the Tree Console and Gold Leaf Twig Mirror and the decoupaged lamp and planter. Don't you think this has a Tony Duquette feel to it?  This lovely photo is from The Well Appointed House website and most of the items pictured are available through them. They are a wonderful source for high quality Chinoiserie for the home.