A Valentine's Day Vignette

Carolyne Roehm

 

I love this vignette and it would be so pretty to do with Valentine's Day coming up on a fireplace mantel, sideboard, or chest.

Valentine's Day Flower Tips

Carolyne Roehm

Many of us will be getting roses for Valentine's Day whether as gifts from others or to ourselves. Most will come in those generic glass florist's vases or no vase. Do yourself a favor and put them in one of your blue and white Chinese vases or ginger jars. Such a beautiful combination. And carnations as shown above in this beautiful vignette by Carolyne Roehm are a gorgeous and very chic again alternative to roses.

Setting the New Year's Eve Table

Carolyne Roehm

This is great inspiration for setting the table for New Year's Eve - a very chic color palette of black, gold, and red. A very glamorous and sophisticated look. 

Another Interior Designer Tip

Joe Nye - Flair

 

I posted an interior designer tip the other day - switching out your lamps' light bulbs with pink light bulbs and lots of you did just that - great job! You can find them here.

Today I am sharing another interior designer secret - using carnations for your flower arranging. They are very budget friendly and they are the troopers of cut flowers - they last for two to three weeks if you keep the water fresh. Carolyne Roehm and Martha Stewart both love them too.

A Chinoiserie Christmas - Day 11

Matthew Patrick Smyth - Traditional Home

A wonderful Chinoiserie Christmas vignette featuring a vase of berries, a silver glitter reindeer, an arrangement of white carnations, and a stunning white belled pagoda nestled in Christmas greenery.