The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Grace Kaynor Interiors - Southern Living

This pretty New Orleans dining room has me perplexed. I love the antique marble mantel, gilded mirror, pagoda pelmet, crystal chandelier, antiques, and the gold Chinese Chippendale chairs. It is painted in Benjamin Moore Beach Glass - a grayed blue green. The color works well in beach houses. I love New Orleans style - lots of high ceilings, crystal chandeliers, antique mantels, aged wood floors, and antiques. 

The Blue and White Chinoiserie Dining Room

Thibaut

 

This pretty blue and white dining room features Thibaut's new Cumbria Mural and Greenwich Chairs in Campania Paisley. A collection of blue and white porcelain tops the table with gorgeous blue delphiniums. The table is however a bit too dumpster rustic for my taste for the room, nor would I have chosen that lighting fixture.

The Pink and Red Chinoiserie Dining Room

House Beautiful

 

I was thinking yesterday about upcoming posts for Valentine's Day. I came across this chinoiserie dining room in coral 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.

The Red and White Chinoiserie Dining Room

Ariel Okin - House Beautiful 

 

Although I am usually drawn to blue and white chinoiserie dining rooms, this one in different shades of red and white one is a beautiful alternative. Chinese Chippendale chairs by Bungalow 5 are a perfect choice.

The Blue and White Dining Room

Huff-Dewberry, Inc. - Veranda

This dramatic dining room is featured in the latest issue of Veranda. The hand-painted blue mural has a Florida meets chinoiserie meets Italy vibe. I love the use of plants with a large potted tropical and a pair of urns with agave.

More Kips Bay

Tristan Harstan - Veranda

 

Kips Bay Palm Beach opens today and this is the wonderful blue and white dining room by Tristan Harstan. 

"Rooted in Harstan’s love of classicism and history, the space reflects its coastal context through the scenic de Gournay wallcovering, palm leaf Paul Ferrante chandelier, and palette of refreshing blues. An ivory Colefax and Fowler silk fashioned into draperies by The Shade Store adds an extra dose of warmth and serenity while a mix of antique and contemporary furnishings from Ainsworth-Noah bring depth and texture."

Palm Beach Style & Yellow

Cathy Kincaid Interiors

This Palm Beach inspired dining room is from a Kips Bay Dallas Show House. I think it is a wonderful example of how well yellow works with blue and white Chinese porcelain. The millwork is beautiful as are the gorgeous plaster palm trees. The palm trees were created by one of Dallas' oldest plasterwork companies. The walls are stenciled.

Pink

Amanda Lindroth

 

With the Barbie movie and pink all the rage, I thought it would be fun to post a very sophisticated room featuring pink. This stunning dining room is by Amanda Lindroth. The pecky cypress–paneled dining room was designed around a set of early 19th-century Dufour wallpaper panels depicting Captain Cook’s voyages to the South Seas.

The Mini Chinoiserie Dining Room

CCC

My newest addition to my mini rattan beach house is this pair of Chinese panels. The panels are over 100 year old antique Chinese embroidered silk. They feature beautiful exotic climbing tropical plants and even a palm tree. I made them from remnants from an antique kimono.

The wool needlepoint rug is vintage from an estate. It is circa 1981 and dated and signed by the creator.

Blue and White

Brunschwig & Fils

The coastal look has definitely taken over interior design by storm. Everything is styled with blue and white, palm trees, wicker and such. No complaints here - I can't get enough. This is Brunschwig & Fils' Majorelle Collection. I don't use a lot of yellow, but I like it in a breakfast room with blue and white - very French Provence. The same with buffalo checks - a little goes a long way, but it's quite charming in blue and white in small doses.

The Blue and White Dining Room

Anna-Louise Wolfe

 

A stunning blue and white dining room in a beautiful blue and white palette. I love the bullion fringed skirted table. I have one on my breakfast room table. 

The Christmas Chinoiserie Dining Room

Alex Papachristidis

The Upper East Side of Manhattan apartment of interior designer Alex Papachristidis has always been a favorite of mine. Here is the plum dining room adorned for the holidays. The deep red roses and amaryllis are perfect examples of my taste in floral arrangements. First, I love using a lot of one type of flower in one color. I think it is far more elegant. And I love leaving flower stems long like this. Much more dramatic.

The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Liz Caan

 

This is an intriguing dining room by Liz Caan featuring a favorite chinoiserie fabric of mine - Quadrille's Paradise Background in Black on Tint. A farmhouse dining table paired with cane wingback dining chairs is lit by a white and brass ring chandelier. I like the unexpected choice of the pink velvet on the chairs.

Calamondin Oranges

Aerin Lauder

 

Such a beautiful dining room in Aerin Lauder's Hamptons home. 

The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Mark D. Sikes

A beautiful dining room by Mark D. Sikes featuring Madame de Pompadour wallpaper for Schumacher in Blush.

The Blue and White Dining Room

Phoebe Howard

 

This blue and white dining room is so pretty and so achievable. I love the striped rug - I would use a polypropylene indoor/outdoor rug so there is no worry about spills. I have two Annie Selke Dash & Albert ones and love that they can be hosed down outside to clean. They are indestructible.

The Blue and White Chinoiserie Dining Room

Aerin Lauder

 

This dining room in Aerin Lauder's Hamptons home remains such a favorite of mine. I love a skirted dining table and have one in my breakfast room and another in my lanai - in blue and white of course. 

Happy Memorial Day

Christoper Maya - House Beautiful

Happy Memorial Day to all. Here is a great dining room with a color palette of red, white, and blue and chinoiserie. The wallpaper is de Gournay Earlham custom colored in cobalt blue, paired with trim and bookcases lacquered in red. Below is the shot that graced the cover of House Beautiful in 2013 with Louis XVI chairs and a 1940s Edward Wormley dining table.

An Eclectic Dining Room

Emma Grant - House & Garden UK

I really love this eclectic dining room in the Regent Park London flat of interior designer Emma Grant. The chairs are vintage bamboo. The curved marble topped table is 19th century. This wonderful table reminds me of a grand piano. The high ceilings and millwork are stunning.

The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Shelley Johnstone

 

This is a fun dining room by Shelley Johnstone that combines chinoiserie and beachy/tropical elements. I love a round skirted table. Interesting that she combines rattan Chinese Chippendale chairs with grotto shellback chairs.