A Wonderful Chinoiserie Dining Room

Colleen Bashaw - House Beautiful

 I really love everything about this dining room. For me, it is the perfect mix of classic and modern, of formal and casual.

The marble oval Saarinen tulip table is such a favorite of mine. Created in 1957, it is an iconic and timeless mid century classic. Louis XVI chairs are covered in an indoor/outdoor Quadrille fabric. Practical and beautiful. The fabric is Quadrille's Magic Garden. I love the green tape and nailhead trim on the chairs too.

The Chinoiserie Outdoor Dining Space

Bunny Williams and John Rosselli - Architectural Digest

 We have looked many times at the wonderful living room in the Punta Cana Dominican Republic home of Bunny Williams and John Rosselli. This is the outdoor dining area. In many homes in tropical locations, there is no formal dining room and meals and entertaining take place in the outdoor dining space.

I love the limestone dining table, wicker chairs, and antique wrought iron chandelier. I also love the tall leggy palms in blue and white Chinese fishbowls. They are elegant and beautiful and do not take up a lot of visual or actual space. I might borrow this idea for my lanai. All the blue and white Chinese porcelain looks great with the natural and organic elements. Note the elegant lettuce ware centerpiece. Do any of you collect lettuce ware? 

Beachy Chinoiserie

McCann Design Group

I really like this look for a beach house. It is so bright and airy. The chairs are incredible - rattan, raffia, and lucite. I found some on 1st dibs and of course they are vintage and a zillion dollars. Someone needs to start making these. They are circa 1975.

Great choices here - the table is covered with a tailored and elegant table skirt in gray linen and styled with a blue and white Chinese vase filled with palm fronds (that echo the wallpaper) and coffee table books. I love the library dining room look. I like the sleek black console table with a pair of green lamps. Using the wallpaper on the lower part of the walls keeps it from being overwhelming and accentuates the height of the ceilings. The Palladian window and door are stunning.

This space can be a dining room, a sun room, a library, an office - I love its versatility. Since I'm  looking for a smaller house, this idea would be wonderful for me - a room that you use in different ways. Now I am fixated on those chairs - but not for $30,0000.

Chinoiserie Vignette

Pinterest

A stunning Chinoiserie vignette featuring Dana Gibson fabric on the chairs.

The Chinese Chippendale Chair

Aerin Lauder

Don't miss the mint green table and the blue ceiling in this lovely dining space.

The Blue and White Chinoiserie Dining Space

Create your own blue and white Chinoiserie breakfast room, dining room, or dining space like the lovely example above with blue and white Chinoiserie prints and blue and white Chinese porcelain from The Pink Pagoda. Have you visited her brand new blue and white porcelain store?

The Pink Pagoda