Tropical Chinoiserie

Amanda Lindroth

Since moving to South Florida, my favorite interior design style has definitely become chinoiserie that has a beachy, tropical, coastal, island vibe. Nobody does this better than Amanda Lindroth.

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. 

Wicker & Silk

Amanda Lindroth

This is one of my favorite foyers of all time. Absolutely nobody does the beach vibe better than Amanda Lindroth in my book. Her stunning wicker furniture collection is on sale right now with 25% off ending tomorrow. Here are my top picks from this collection. Click on the captions to link. Discount will auto apply at checkout.

Coastal Lanterns High/Low

Maize Lanterns

Woven lanterns are the epitome of the relaxed beachy coastal vibe. I love using them for dining whether outdoors, in a lanai, screened porch, breakfast room or dining room.

Beachy Chinoiserie Chic for Home & Gifts

Serena & Lily

 

Whether you live at the beach or not, Serena & Lily is the perfect place for finding chic beachy tropical furniture and decor that is so on message now in interior design. They are having a Tent Sale with some wonderful choices for your home or for Christmas gifts. Here are some of my favorites.

Tropical Chinoiserie

Genevieve Faure - Architectural Digest

This wonderful living room is in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Does it remind you of anything? To me, it is reminiscent of the Bunny Williams/John Rosselli home, also in Punta Cana. The walls and floors look virtually identical to mine. Note the blue and white ginger jars on pedestals and the large jar with tropical fronds. The pup is on an Oscar de la Renta collection trellis chair.

A fascinating feature is that the sofas are on concrete bases.

Genevieve Faure - Architectural Digest

Here is the Bunny Williams and John Rosselli living room.

Bunny Williams/John Rosselli

 

Wallpaper & Musings

Katie Ridder - Architectural Digest

 Now that I have found a wallpaper hanger, my thoughts have turned again to my darling little bathroom that is awaiting its paper. I came across this photo and love it. The turtle wallpaper is by Katie Ridder and note how they retrofitted the antique mirror with elephant sconces. This really has a British Colonial/Tropical/Island vibe that I adore. 

I was on a Zoom yesterday with Amanda Lindroth and Mark Sikes and I was thinking about how THE look in interior design today that they both do beautifully is the chinoiserie, blue and white, wicker, rattan, coastal, island, tropical vibe, that works regardless of where you live. Guess where this powder room above is? Hudson Valley in New York. I remember doing a post several years ago about a home in Norway completely filled with palms and chinoiserie.

I am off down the rabbit hole of my thousands of posts to find it - and voila! This stuck in my brain because the house is in Oslo, Norway where my maternal grandmother was from. So if this is your taste, you don't need to live in the tropics - go for it.

Nicolette Horn - House Beautiful

Nicolette Horn - House Beautiful

The wallpaper BTW is Turtle Bay by Katie Ridder available in several colorways. I like both of these.

Prussian Blue

Seafoam

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. 

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