My Pink and Red Study To Be

Pink and Red Chinoiserie Chic Inspiration Board

Thanks to everyone who played the home edition of the game show Chinoiserie Chic yesterday with "let's pick a dining table for Beth." And the winner is .......

The Williams Sonoma Home Mercer Table. Thank you for all your comments. So many great points were made - especially that it won't clash with my gorgeous stone floors, it is a classic, its clean lines; I am sold. For those who thought it too modern, the original it is based on is from the 1930s.

Yesterday I returned to HomeGoods and found another even more fabulous Mary McDonald piece - a red leather Chaddock House Grant Campaign Chair. I can't find the retail price online but I bet it was/is a fortune. If anyone can find the retail price for me, I would appreciate it. I got it for $230. It is stunning.

Mary McDonald for Chaddock House

Here is it above in white leather - mine is red leather and white painted wood and brass.

I love the combination of red and pink. The inspiration board I did a while back above combines these colors. FYI, I am not doing this for my study - I wish! Below is a shot from my former library/office in Alexandria.

So, a few hints about my study in the new home. A pink velvet couch. The Mary McDonald red leather chair. Favorite art in reds and pinks. Beautiful built-in desks and bookcases. A pink marble coffee table.

Pink Velvet Sofa

Inigo Jones

Dana Gibson Pink Leopard Pillow

The study is going to be a show stopper. Very chic and girly. The Mary McDonald chair yesterday made it all come together. Funny how that happens.

Pink and red..........

The Chinoiserie Library

Pinterest

Black bookcases and a white skirted table are a great backdrop for blue and white Chinese porcelain.

The Chinoiserie Library

Pinterest

Lovely inspiration here for a home library - glossy green walls and bookcases, a crystal chandelier, a pair of leopard stools, and some blue and white Chinese porcelain.

Blue and White & Books

Pinterest

A lovely example of how to combine a book collection with a collection of blue and white Chinese porcelain.

The Chinoiserie Office

Victoria Press - Vogue UK

Isn't this a wonderful example of how to incorporate Chinoiserie in your office, study, or library? A beautiful Chinoiserie desk and a collection of blue and white Chinese porcelain are perfect choices.

Cordless Chinoiserie

Miles Redd - House Beautiful

 I was looking at my file of photos of skirted tables and came across these shots of this room by Miles Redd. It is a library in his mother's home in Bulkhead that he turned into an office for her. He used the dining room table that he thought too large for the dining room, having switched it out for a round table. It is covered in chintz called Althea by Lee Jofa and trimmed in Samuel & Sons fringe. The walls are glazed in emerald green. What caught my eye was the missing electrical cords on the two oversized Chinese lamps. I learned that he snaked the cords between the table leaves and under the rug. I assume he had slits made in the table skirt as well, right?

It reminded me of this iconic photo of Billy Haines at bottom with its cordless Blanc de Chine lamp. Haines had an obsession with cords and drilled a hole in the table so that the cord could run along the underside of the table and not be visible.

I too hate visible cords and do everything in my power so that none are visible. I rubber band them, or attach them to the backs of furniture, or run them behind curtains, or even position furniture to hide the cords. But Miles and Billy have one-upped me here.

Miles Redd - House Beautiful

Billy Haines

Blue and White

Amanda Lindrroth - House Beautiful

The Chinoiserie Library

Lance Jackson and David Ecton - Traditional Home

The Chinese Chippendale Chair

Larry Hooke

Red Lacquer

Mario Buatta - Architectural Digest

Inspiration Board - My Office Makeover

Here is my inspiration board for my little home office makeover I have just started on. The painter comes tomorrow to paint. The walls will be Benjamin Moore Poppy - I decided my previous two red paint candidates were too brown with this fabric. The window treatment will be Charlotte Moss Caroline in Currant.

My Chinese Chippendale mahogany fretwork desk will get jazzed up with a beautiful blue and white Chinese porcelain lamp and some chic accessories. I have some great art for the room including a huge Inigo Jones that I love. My big score of the weekend was this fantastic dog bed in Scalamandre Zebras because Izzy likes to hang out with me in my office.

A black leather mid century modern bench will be a great spot for not only extra seating but magazines and files. A red lacquer Victoria ghost chair is for extra seating. I have a DIY makeover planned for my desk chair that is still in the planning.

Two projects will be styling the wall of built-in bookshelves and perhaps creating a gallery wall above the bench.

If you have been following along with my virtual makeover of a fantastic Chinoiserie historic property in Coral Gables, Florida over at The Glam Pad, you'll want to pop over today and see what I have envisioned for the kitchen.

The Green Chinoiserie Work Space

Lonny

Martha Angus

Vogue

Ruthie Sommers

Meg Braff

Meg Braff

Jonathan Adler

Green Chinoiserie Dining Room/Library/Home Office

Meg Braff - Green Library

Meg Braff

Meg Braff's green library gets lots of punches of Chinoiserie color from a red Chinoiserie desk and Chinese Chippendale chair, blue and white Chinese porcelain, green and yellow foo dogs, and an Imari porcelain plate.

The Chinoiserie Desk

Are you looking for an incredibly elegant and classic desk? This Chinoiserie version by Williams-Sonoma Home from its Hampstead Collection with its mahogany bamboo legs and glass top would be a wonderful choice.

The Red Chinoiserie Bookcase

I am working on a post on red Chinoiserie and I stumbled upon this photo from my archives. What a great way to turn a bookcase into a Chinoiserie focal point by painting it red and adding some Chinoiserie accessories. Wonderful!

Chinoiserie Library

Several of my blogger friends have done wonderful recent posts on libraries, books, and reading nooks. Visit Sanity Fair, Style Carrot, and Ticklish from a Distance for their posts. These are three of my daily read blogs-check them out if you haven't already.  I found this photo in my archives. I love the freestanding open Chinoiserie black lacquer bookcase. The black really pops against the yellow walls. I really like the staging of the bookcase as well with the tole palm topiaries, John Derian decoupage plates, and Chinoiserie objets d'art. What a beautiful room and a beautiful way to turn some of your beloved books into the focal point of a room. I would love this bookcase for all my interior design, gardening, and art books.