Great Chinoiserie Finds

Dana Gibson Large Chinoiserie Travel Bag

 

If you have the patience to play around on it, T.J.Maxx (and Marshalls) have some great online finds too. Check these out - 

Setting the Holiday Table

Juliska Country Estate Winter Frolic Ginger Jar Place Card Holders

 

Place card holders and place cards are such a charming touch for setting the holiday table - old school, elegant, and so functional - everyone knows exactly where to sit. I have found some wonderful chinoiserie choices - 

Palm Beach Style

Les Esembliers

I posted before on this Palm Beach home because I was fascinated by the ginger jars in front - four of them if you look closely. I'm sure they bring them in for hurricanes though! I do love this home. I am planning to redo my driveway at some point and love this with the pavers and grass in between, but I don't think this would fly with my HOA.

Christmas @ CCC

CCC

My ginger jars liked the Santa hat on my seashell bust (see yesterday's post), and some of them decided to join in the Christmas fun.

A Chinoiserie Chic Find

Ginger Jar Place Card Holders

 

The holidays are approaching and I have found the cutest place card holders - blue and white ginger jars. These would be fabulous all year round of course. The perfect finishing touch for your blue and white table setting.

Sourcing Ginger Jars

Green and White Jasper Ginger Jar

 

I love ginger jars and have them everywhere at CCC. I use them as decorative objects of course, but they are also my favorite vases for fresh flowers sans lids.

The Blue and White Chinoiserie Bathroom

Jonathan Adler - Elle Decor

This bathroom is in fashion maven Liz Lange's Palm Beach home. It is filled with great ideas to add blue and white chinoiserie chic style to your own bathroom.

Ginger Jar Loafers

Jack Rogers Ginger Jar Loafers

 

Jack Rogers has these gorgeous velvet loafers embroidered with ginger jars on a fabulous Memorial Day sale.

Sleeping with Ginger Jars

Ginger Jar Robe

 

I love this blue and white ginger jar robe. This would be so chic for lounging at CCC and at your home too.

Chinoiserie Chic Footwear

Ginger Jar Loafers

I always find it fun when I find a great wardrobe addition that is Chinoiserie Chic. Last year, Jack Rogers came out with velvet ginger jar loafers in navy blue. I got a pair and love them. They are very comfortable, and can be worn indoors as velvet smoking slippers or out as street shoes. They can be dressed up or down, from jeans to dressy dresses.

Chinoiserie Chic Clothes

Sancerre Cashmere Sweater

I have posted before about this very Chinoiserie Chic Farm Rio dress below that is a favorite of mine with its gorgeous print of blue and white flora and pagodas.

Spring Flowers & Blue and White Chinese Porcelain

You're Invited: Classic, Elegant Entertaining by Stephanie Booth Shafran

I came across this wonderful picture of a loggia with blue and white Chinese porcelain filled with some of my favorite Spring flowers - viburnum, hydrangeas, and lilacs. There are also tulips, but tulips are not favorite cut flowers of mine. The stems keep growing in water and I think they look messy and crazy after the first day or so - LOL.

A Chinoiserie Christmas @ CCC

CCC

 

A sneak peek at my blue and white ginger jar Chinoiserie palm tree. I will try to muster the energy today to take more photos around my home of my Christmas decor.

DIY Chinoiserie Christmas

A Chinoiserie Christmas

This is one of my favorite Chinoiserie Christmas DIY. Grab a can of spray paint in glossy red or green and a Chinese vase stand and voila! Your ginger jars are ready for Christmas. Rust-Oleum spray paint in gloss is excellent.

Arranging Roses Successfully

CCC

 

For those of us who live in Publix territory, roses are on BOGO this week, buy one dozen for $10.99, the second dozen is free. Not sure if all Publix are the same. With my abundance of tropical plants outdoors, I tend to use cut palm fronds and philodendron leaves from my garden for free, but can't resist when Publix has roses on BOGO.

Wicker & Chinoiserie

Amanda Lindroth

 

Wicker is not just having "a moment" - it is hotter than hot in interior design with absolutely no signs of slowing down. And it combines so incredibly well with chinoiserie. Here are my top unique wicker pieces that I absolutely love. Some are indeed chinoiserie wicker!

Don't Put Me on a Pedestal

Elly Poston Cooper - Frederic Magazine

 The title is tongue in cheek, because I have always admired ginger jars on pedestals. Now that I am no longer living with a man who was a bull in a china shop, I am exploring adding a pair because I love the look and the ginger jars won't end up smashed on the floor. The pedestal above is one of a pair in this Charleston, S.C. dining room, repurposed from porch columns from a nearby centuries old home. These could be sourced at an architectural salvage store. I think I'll check out Sarasota Architectural Savage this coming week.

Welcome

CCC

Welcome to Casa Chinoiserie Chic. Here is a photo tour of my foyer filled with many of my favorite things - a gold leaf Chinese Chippendale chair, an antique black and gold Chinese chest, blue and white Chinese porcelain, a pagoda chandelier, a vintage wicker elephant table, books, seashells, ginger jars, and palm trees are a great introduction to what's to come. 

The Blue and White Chinoiserie Entryway

Bunny Williams

 

This wonderful entryway in an East Hampton home features a beautiful collection of blue and white Chinese porcelain with some oversized ginger jars. It appears that the one under the console needed to be sans lid to fit. Has the lid been inverted? Bird prints, a stenciled and painted floor, and a striped stair runner are lovely choices. I love the pair of hall chairs.

Blue and White

Ethan Allen

 Massive blue heron prints mix beautifully with a collection of blue and white ginger jars and vases - a perfect look for a chinoiserie, island, beach, tropical, Florida home. With the white walls, wainscoting, and dark woods, this is a classic look that really works anywhere.