The Blue and White Chinoiserie Dress

100% Washable Silk Slip Dress

 I have one of these washable silk dresses and love it. They are available in lots of colors and have just come out with them in prints. This blue and white version reminds me of Gracie or de Gournay hand painted blue and white silk chinoiserie wallpaper.

"We love the midi length and bias cut of this dress! This super flattering fit is made from 100% mulberry silk, in a satin finish. The kicker? Our silk is washable. Easy to style, easy to wash for low-maintenance luxe. Plus, silk fiber contains 18 kinds of amino acids that make it amazing for skin nourishment, hypo-allergenic, and naturally thermoregulating to help maintain body temperature."

Saturday Inspiration

Concerned about the price and portability of doing an entire room in hand painted silk Chinoiserie wallpaper? A framed panel solves both problems so effortlessly and elegantly. I also adore the lavender and yellow color palette of this room.

Sunday Inspiration

de Gournay

One Room Challenge - The Glam Pad

Today for my One Room Challenge series I am featuring one of the linking party participants, Andrea from The Glam Pad. A girl after my own heart, she has created an incredible Chinoiserie powder room on a budget. The room includes "faux de Gournay" hand painted silk wallpaper she commissioned in China, a Sherle Wagner marble sink retailing at over $22,000 she got on Craigslist for $250, faucet, sconces, and chandelier from eBay, and a DIY mirror.

The result is a Moet & Chandon Chinoiserie gem on a Bud Light Lowe's budget. This room points out two important interior design truths.

First, that money is no substitute for taste and style. If you have a good eye, you can walk into HomeGoods or a thrift store or stalk Etsy and eBay and walk away with beautiful things for pennies.

Second, hiring an interior designer is no guarantee of a beautiful home. There are lots of interior designers out there with no talent whatsoever. I think you are either born with the talent or you are not. Style is not something you learn. Did you know that Miles Redd, Charlotte Moss, Darryl Carter, and Mary McDonald do not have degrees in interior design? Darryl Carter graduated from Georgetown Law School!

At any rate, I digress. I just found it interesting that in the One Room Challenge and with the One Room Challenge Linking Participants, almost every one of my favorites was done by a "non-professional."

This amazing powder room is such a perfect example of this. Pop over to The Glam Pad to read all the details and to follow the transformation from start to finish. If you missed my laundry room reveal, you can find it here. It too was done on a budget with (I think) a great result.

Pink Chinoiserie Walls

I love pink, as you may have guessed, and I love seeing the new penchant for painting walls pink in rooms like living rooms heretofore never seen in pink. But my favorite of all is pink Chinoiserie walls. The bedroom above of Carolle Thibaut Pomerantz in Veranda has a hand painted early 19th century Chinese panel. Here are more gorgeous examples. Also, visit my Houzz Ideabook this month on Pretty in Pink Chinoiserie and my Pinterest board on Pink Chinoiserie.

David Kaihoi

Michael Taylor

Amelia Handegan

Framed pink Chinoiserie panels

Ruthie Sommers

Parish Hadley

An inspiration board I created

Paul Montgomery on One Kings Lane Today

A little reminder that Paul Montgomery has a large collection of hand painted wallpaper and panels on sale on One Kings Lane this morning starting at 11 am ET. I'm sure I'll see you all there!

Paul Montgomery Tomorrow on One Kings Lane

PAUL MONTGOMERY

Classical techniques have been chic since ancient Greece. Paul Montgomery has taken them to the next level for the past 30 years. All of these pieces, from chinoiserie roses on silk to vivid European panoramas, are dreamy as wallpaper, screens, or simply framed into art.

Paul Montgomery on One Kings Lane

 Looking to make your holiday weekend truly memorable? Here is a sneak preview of the large collection of original hand painted wallpaper and panels Paul Montgomery will be offering this weekend on One Kings Lane. The sale begins this Saturday, May 26th at 11:00 am ET. This will be a wonderful opportunity to add a stunning Chinoiserie piece to your home. Don't miss it.

More Hand Painted Silk Chinoiserie Lighting

More beautiful hand painted silk Chinoiserie lighting available here from Neo Silk Road (NSR).

Hand Painted Silk Chinoiserie Lighting

These hand painted silk lampshades, lanterns, and chandeliers look like Gracie or de Gournay hand painted silk wallpaper, don't they? Lots of colors and styles available here.