Setting the Chinoiserie New Year's Eve Table

Phoebe Howard

If you will be entertaining at home for New Year's Eve, this gold and white table is such pretty inspiration. And if you are like me, you could use a change from all the reds and greens of the holidays. 

The Nautical Chinoiserie Summer Table

Kim Seybert

 

This is a great look from Kim Seybert for setting the summer table. Blue and white stripes and navy chain link napkin rings add a preppy and nautical vibe. Wicker placemats/chargers are so popular and perfect for summer. And bamboo flatware is a favorite for lovers of chinoiserie.

Setting the Thanksgiving Table

Tory Burch

This beautiful Thanksgiving table setting by Tory Burch has lots of great ideas to borrow. The color palette is orange and purple with hot pink. Chinoiserie touches include Imari vases filled with fresh flowers and berries and pewter bamboo flatware. Tealights are a pretty alternative to candlesticks and nice and low so as to not block your view of others at the table.

The Red & Pink Chinoiserie Dining Room

House Beautiful

 

I was thinking yesterday about upcoming posts for Valentine's Day. I came across this chinoiserie dining room in pink and red that I posted on several years ago. The room was featured in the December/January 2014 issue of House Beautiful. Such pretty Valentine's Day inspiration.

Fabulous Chinoiserie Chic Deal

Fortessa Royal Pacific Bamboo Flatware

 

It will surprise absolutely nobody that my favorite flatware is bamboo. I have a vintage set in gold for dinner parties, faux bamboo in black and in natural for picnics and tailgating, and real bamboo for al fresco dining at CCC. But my favorite for everyday use is my stainless steel set of Fortessa Royal Pacific Bamboo Flatware. It is very elegant but dishwasher safe.

Thanksgiving Table Inspiration

Stephanie Hoppen

I was shopping at Publix yesterday and they had the most beautiful purple mums. It brought to mind this table setting I posted several years back. I really like the blue and white with purple palette and I think this would be wonderful for setting the Thanksgiving table. 

Setting the Summer Table

Filipa de Abreu

 

This is a beautiful and simple summer table setting with scalloped placemats, peacock plates, wicker wrapped glasses, seashells, and of course - bamboo flatware. Easily 90% of the tables settings I happen upon use bamboo flatware - I use mine every day. Potted basil in a scalloped orchid basket in lieu of flowers is a fun choice. The orchid basket and wicker glasses are Amanda Lindroth. Who notices something different here?

......The napkin is on the right.

Chinoiserie Outdoors

Veranda

 This wonderful outdoor space features trelliage in a beautiful blue for al fresco dining styled with lots of chinoiserie. Note the pagoda on the console, bamboo flatware, and chinoiserie china. I always get questions on choosing bamboo flatware. There are lots of choices out there. For a great look at a great price, I love Cambridge Silversmiths that comes in natural and in black. It is available everywhere (Amazon, Walmart, Bed, Bath & Beyond, etc. for about $27.00 for a set of 20. I've had mine for years. 

I also really like the chargers - I have a collection of wicker and raffia chargers and I love them for a summer, beachy, casual, tropical vibe. Here they have layered it with a pretty linen placemat - another great idea.

Setting the Chinoiserie Table

Ware M. Porter

As a follower of social media, the vast majority of table settings I see use bamboo flatware. I have two sets and use mine all the time. Especially in Florida, my silver flatware seems too serious. But this is an interesting alternative - mixing bamboo and silver for a more formal table setting. I love this idea. The script on the place card made me laugh - at first I thought it spelled "nerd."

 

Setting the Table

Danielle Rollins

Harvest colors for Thanksgiving and red and green for Christmas just don't work at CCC. But pink and blue - bring it on! I love this table setting by Danielle Rollins and best of all, I don't need a thing - woven placemats (I purchased coral, blue and green ones from Amanda Lindroth), seashells, bamboo flatware, and flowers and tropicals from my garden mixed with roses I'll get at Publix or Trader Joe's.

For china, I would use my Lenox Morning Blossom. Such a pretty pattern - I have service for eight that I collected as a newlywed and I still love it - and it's chinoiserie!

Lenox Morning Blossom

 

A Global Dining Room

Philipa de Abreu - Elle Decor

 I wanted to share this very fun Lisbon dining room of Philipa de Abreu, a design consultant and brand ambassador for Tory Burch. The pink hand painted mural features tigers and a giraffe and is painted on canvas so it can be moved with her. (The apartment is a rental).  

A blue and white ginger jar filled with tropical foliage and a petite blue and white Chinese lamp atop books adorn the sideboard. The table is set with faux bamboo flatware, a favorite of mine for large groups since place settings can be had very reasonably. I love scalloped anything - note the scalloped rug and scalloped dining chair cushions.

Setting the Tropical Chinoiserie Table

Caroline Gidiere

 I have been seeing these raffia placemats of late, and I like the way they are used here with bamboo flatware, leaf plates, Amanda Lindroth linens, and pink and green. I think I will research the placemats today and report back. These are Tory Burch and quite $$$.

Tory Burch

I have also sourced these wonderful seashell place card holders and yes, he is local and very nice. I am putting an order together. I like the ones with the sterling silver slits. I will include this in the planned raffia placemat post if anyone is interested. I will be all ready for my pretend dinner parties. Sad.

Bunny Williams

Bamboo Flatware and Sterling Flatware

Tiffany & Co. Bamboo

Bamboo (circa 1961). Introduced in 1961, Bamboo was designed by Tiffany's then Design Director, Van Day Truex. In 1965, Bamboo won the International Design Award for silver. Its simplicity and character have made it a favorite for modern table settings, but the thematic reference to 19th century Chinoiserie decorations makes Bamboo compatible with more traditional interiors as well.  

This sterling pattern is highly collectible. Alas, it is not mine. But I do like the idea of a bamboo pattern in stainless steel for everyday use.

I have loved reading about everyone's china patterns.

Do you have a sterling pattern you love?

Does anyone have a suggestion for a bamboo pattern in stainless that is elegant - not just your generic cheap version? I would love to get a new set. I have tired of my RL Equestrian Braid.

BTW, my sterling pattern is Kirk Steiff Williamsburg Shell.

Kirk Steiff Williamsburg Shell

And finally, I have read that you can wash your sterling flatware in the dishwasher so long as you do not use lemon or citrus dishwasher detergent and you place the sterling in a separate compartment away from stainless steel. Has anyone tried this? It would encourage me to use my sterling more.

Setting the Chinoiserie Table

Pinterest

A pretty cobalt blue table setting with bamboo flatware and blue and white Chinoiserie plates.

Summer Entertaining

Tory Daily - Shelley Johnstone

Chinoiserie Chic and Palm Beach Chic meet in this table setting with leaf plates (I have a collection of these), straw placements and straw covered glasses, bamboo flatware, blue and white china, and my favorite color palette of blue, white, pink, and green.

Chinoiserie Entertaining Outdoors

Aerin Lauder

Blue and white is such a lovely choice for setting the table indoors or out. Bamboo flatware is my flatware choice - I have sets in black and natural that I love.

The Blue and White Table

Carolyne Roehm

A perfect spring table with daffodils, blue and white china, and bamboo flatware.

Setting the Chinoiserie Table for the Holidays

Mark D. Sikes

With the holidays coming, here is some lovely inspiration for setting the table with Chinoiserie style - the bamboo flatware can be had for a song and bring out some blue and white Chinese porcelain for the centerpiece.

120 Items Every Beautiful Home Should Have - #7

House Beautiful

Next on our list of necessities for the beautiful home per House Beautiful is bamboo flatware. Bamboo flatware is a favorite of mine. I have a set in black and a set in natural and use it for casual dining like picnics and al fresco dining as well as fancy dinners and entertaining. It can be high end like the Juliska version featured above or had for a song - Horchow has a 20 piece service on sale right now for under $25.00.

Joe Nye

Aerin Lauder

From My Chinoiserie Home-Setting the Chinoiserie Breakfast Table

I have set the breakfast bar with vintage Mottahedeh china, vintage foo dogs, vintage blanc de Chine, and vintage blue and white Chinese porcelain from my collection, a white topiary pagoda from HomeGoods, a piece of art from Annechovie, bamboo flatware, and blue and white Chinoiserie placemats "Lightfoot House" from the Williamsburg Collection.