The Blue and White Dining Room

Kaitlin Smith Interiors

 A classic chinoiserie dining room. The fabric is Quadrille's China Seas Seya, a tropical design often used in beach houses. Chinoiserie elements include the navy blue Chinese Chippendale chairs, the navy blue faux bamboo sideboard, the gold faux bamboo frame on the coral art, and the foo dog lamp. I have the same seashell encased hurricanes I got from HomeGoods.

Chinoiserie Gone Wrong

Red, White, and Blue Miss

I suspect that the interior designer here was trying to combine Country and Chinoiserie, but it does not work at all. That glamorous chandelier and that log cabin braided rug are about the worst mismatch imaginable. IMHO, trying to meld these two styles is an impossible task to begin with, which is why you never see it. The room needs a serious intervention. It's having an identity crisis. And BTW, this room was published in Traditional Home.

I REALLY DISLIKE -

The Little House on the Prairie braided rug - this is really what ruins the room for me.
The plates on the wall
The beige wall color
The badly tarnished platters on the wall - has she not heard of silver polish?
Those odd diagonal stripe curtains
The too small ceiling cap for the chandelier
Those red, mint, and blue pillows
The ugly clunky vase in an even uglier color green
The dinky crown molding
The table
Overdone palette of red, white, and blue

I LIKE -

The red Chinese Chippendale chairs
The beaded chandelier
The banquette with Chinoiserie fabric although the back is too high and does not look comfy
The built-ins (but the china, etc. doesn't have to be all white/boring)
The floors

LET'S SUBSTITUTE -

A sisal rug
A blue and white Chinese porcelain vase on the table for the tulips
Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray (soft blue/gray) on the walls
A mix of blue and white porcelain and white in the built-ins
White linen curtains with a hefty navy and white trim
Larger crown molding
A table with a less busy base
Pillows in a solid color velvet

What are your thoughts on this room? Love it? Hate it? Just don't quarantine me in it, please. And burn the rug, I beg of you.

More White Chinoiserie

Pinterest

Another lovely example of a white Chinoiserie dining room featuring white Chinese Chippendale chairs, a white ginger jar used as a vase, white wing chairs, and a dramatic beaded chandelier.

Turquoise

Tobi Fairley Interior Design

A stunning dining room featuring a turquoise beaded chandelier, blue chairs with Chinoiserie fabric backs, and pops of orange.

Country and Chinoiserie

Traditional Home

This breakfast room combines country elements like a braided rug and wood table with red lacquered Chinese Chippendale chairs and a bench upholstered in a blue and white Chinoiserie fabric and a glamorous navy and red beaded chandelier.

The Chinoiserie Breakfast Room

Marks and Frantz

Today we look at another approach to the Chinoiserie breakfast room with built-in banquettes, a stunning beaded chandelier, a collection of botanicals, and a Chinese Chippendale chair.

Great Find & Inspiration Boards

Dahlia Chandelier

 I love mixing beaded chandeliers with Chinoiserie. Beaded chandeliers are such a hot decorating trend and so beautiful, but can be very expensive. This wonderful beaded chandelier from Pottery Barn Kids has so much going for it. A neutral color, great size, and only $179.99. It is ideal for an entryway, hallway, laundry room, powder room, bedroom, breakfast nook, or nursery. A pair would be fantastic over a dining room table. I am snatching one up for my powder room before they are gone as it says that quantities are limited.

Schuyler Samperton

Colordrunk Designs

Meg Braff