Yellow and Chinoiserie

Krista Ewart - House Beautiful

Yellow is making a big reappearance this year, and a kitchen or breakfast room is a natural for such a cheery color. The wallpaper here is Clarence House The Vase, an iconic wallpaper that is very hot right now. A Palm Beach lantern and Chinese Chippendale chairs are perfect choices. The black painted floor makes for a great contrast. The built in banquette adds storage space.

Clarence House - The Vase

Meg Braff

Guest Posting Today at My Crafty Home Life

Today I am guest posting over at My Crafty Home Life. I hope you'll pop over and see the Chinoiserie kitchens that inspired me in transforming my own kitchen for the One Room Challenge and how I interpreted that inspiration in my own space.

A Lonny Chinoiserie Mystery

A follower of Chinoiserie Chic and eagle eye emailed me that the Farrow & Ball wallpaper Wisteria in this Lonny kitchen above I posted on last week is upside down. She is of course correct-below is wisteria as it grows and below that the same wallpaper hung correctly. I wonder if this was done on purpose or accidentally? I much prefer it hung the right way-it looks more graceful. Quite interesting.

Lonny Chinoiserie Kitchens

Look how wallpaper transforms these Lonny kitchens into Chinoiserie gems. For another wonderful Lonny Chinoiserie kitchen, read my previous post here.

Chinoiserie Kitchens on a Budget

I love these two kitchens. Both would work for renters, assuming you are allowed to paint, or for those on a budget. They are also a perfect solution if you have existing cabinets you'd like to give a face-lift to. I personally love painted kitchen cabinets. In the top kitchen, the cabinets are painted in a robin's egg blue and the walls are papered in a Chinoiserie wallpaper. In the kitchen below, the cabinets are painted yellow and gorgeous Chinoiserie chairs add great pizazz. The wallpaper is Chinoiserie by Thibaut and the chair is the Kartell Mademoiselle Chair in Chinoiserie. Easy, breezy, and gorgeous way to transform your kitchen. I have shown the wallpaper and chairs used in the photos, but any Chinoiserie wallpaper and fabric could be substituted. Don't settle for a sterile white kitchen when you could have this. For previous posts on Chinoiserie kitchens, click here and here. Photos courtesy of fellow lover of Chinoiserie and prolific blogger The Glam Lamb.

Thibaut Chinoiserie Floral Tea House Collection in Aqua

Another great shot of the chair at Perch. Recognize the Thomas Paul plates I have posted on before?