The Blue and White Breakfast Nook

Hallie Neley Sims - House Beautiful

This darling breakfast nook right off the kitchen features the iconic wallpaper Quadrille Climbing Hydrangea. This is a great wallpaper for anywhere, working beautifully in literally any room of the house.

Saturday Inspiration

Amanda Lindroth

As you may recall, I bought a new pink velvet sofa for my study that I really love. I was thrilled to find a room that uses a pink velvet couch, as it is for sure rare. 

This Amanda Lindroth room incorporates a stunning pink velvet corner banquette with bullion fringe, dramatic coral wallpaper, a lucite cocktail table, a Chinese Chippendale chair, a palm frond lighting fixture, bamboo blinds, wicker sconces, and a seagrass rug topped with a striped flatware rug. These rugs made out of seagrass squares are very well priced and a signature item of hers. She loves juxtaposing high and low end pieces. Note the pale green ceiling. The wallpaper is Schumacher's Great Barrier Reef.

I just found a second shot of this room with a vintage Blanc de Chine Chinoiserie monkey and a white faux bamboo sconce. I love this room.

Amanda Lindroth

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.

The Chinoiserie Kitchen

Debi Davis

I had a crazy busy but wonderful weekend. I spent Sunday looking at neighborhoods in Venice and decided conceptually what I want which is the complete opposite of what I live in now. I have a large house and large yard and am not close to downtown Sarasota. I want something small and very chic and close to the heart of Venice.

And yesterday I directed from 1000 miles away clearing out what's left in the Alexandria house so I don't have to return for closing. Luckily my daughter Kate is nearby there.

And I am starting to put together ideas for my new house. I love this kitchen. I love an all white kitchen - I always have. These lucite counter stools are amazing. And that kitchen hood and the blue and white Chinese porcelain. Wow. Any guesses on what the countertops are?

A smaller house is much more my style. Golf Guy is a McMansion away from the city fan and I like something small and historic and very close in. I lived in Georgetown in DC during law school and for the past 20 years lived in Belle Haven in Alexandria. Moreover, too many guest bedrooms encourages too many guests! (Especially when you live in Florida)

Stay At Home Shopping

Brass Palm Tree Sculpture

I have been trying to to enjoy shopping online as an alternative to shopping in person at stores. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention....

I have been looking for a great palm piece for my coffee table and fell in love with this brass and lucite palm sculpture at Williams Sonoma Home. It was even on sale. So I put it into my shopping cart and starting checking out and it tells me that it is not available online, but just in stores, and all their stores are closed. A corona conundrum. Customer service confirmed this. I tried in vain to find someone selling it on eBay or Poshmark or elsewhere. Have you had the experience of finding something you just had to have and it was discontinued or out of stock or whatever? Very frustrating.

Brass Palm Sculpture in a room

Brass Palm Sculpture - 2 sizes - Williams Sonoma Home

Years ago, Lonny featured the bedroom of Lonny founder Michelle Adams with the Kate Spade Cloverdale Rose Bowl. People went nuts over it. Unfortunately, it had been discontinued. Bloggers were posting their own DIY hacks, and bidding wars erupted on eBay when one was listed.

Lonny

I was patient, and kept checking eBay after the sensation calmed down, and eventually found a brand new one on eBay at a great price. It took me five years of hunting, but I finally got one.

Kate Spade Cloverdale Rose Bowl

In the meantime,  I found it in its other cylindrical style at HomeGoods. Here it is in my previous home office.

My Office

These are my favorite vases and two of my favorite pieces. Hopefully, I will have the same sort of experience with the brass palm. At least I am safe at home. Have you had a similar experience hunting down an elusive piece?

And I am making progress in my walk-in closet as promised. Here is my bracelet drawer -

Saturday Inspiration

Pinterest

Wonderful combination of blue and white Chinese porcelain, lucite, Brunschwig & Fils Les Touches fabric on the chairs, blue and white Chinoiserie framed panels, and pops of pink.

Styling

Pinterest

So many favorites here - blue and white Chinese porcelain, coral, palm fronds, roses, stripes, brass, and lucite.

The Chinoiserie Living Room

Shelley Johnstone Paschke - Traditional Home

A pair of lucite and brass tables are used here in lieu of a coffee table styled with blue and white Chinese porcelain in this lovely home in Lake Forest, Illinois where I grew up.

Blue and White

Wisteria

A modern Chinoiserie mix with blue and white Chinese porcelain, a Swedish style table, and lucite bench.

Chinoiserie Vignette

Mackensie Horan - Serena and Lily

A lovely Chinoiserie vignette features a faux bamboo mirror, brass pineapples, and a potted orchid paired with favorites like a lucite console table, a Baies candle, and pink upholstered gold stools.

The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Amy Berry

A stunning Chinoiserie dining room featuring many favorites - Chinoiserie wallpaper, silk curtains, a glass dining table, lucite, a gold mirror, and blue and white Chinese porcelain. Not a fan of the crown molding that looks unfinished to me.

Mixing

Dimples & Tangles

So many favorites are combined here - Chinoiserie fabrics, Greek key, and blue and white Chinese porcelain mixed with malachite, animal print, cowhide, brass, and lucite.

Blue and White

Jenny Keenan - Coastal Living

Framed French garden prints, a collection of marine objets in a lucite trunk, a chair in Quadrille Bali Hai fabric, and an amazing collection of blue and white Chinese porcelain in this blue and white living room.

The Chinoiserie Living Room

Unknown

A wonderful mix in this living room with blue and white Chinese porcelain, a lucite coffee table, Chinoiserie fabrics, and shades of blue with touches of red. The neutral walls, rug, and couch really make everything pop.

Dream Chinoiserie Kitchen

via At Home in Arkansas

I am a sucker for a white kitchen and this one is stunning. I love it all, but especially the lucite barstools and the blue and white Chinese porcelain. The blue and white ginger jar and pair of vases are great examples of how to incorporate  Chinoiserie in your own kitchen.

The Chinoiserie Nursery

Domino

The Chinoiserie Entryway

Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine

China Seas wallpaper, Wayfair pagoda mirror, CB2 console, Oly ottoman.

Lucite & Chinoiserie

Neiman Marcus

Lucite and Chinoiserie go so well together - here is a great combination of black walls, lucite console, a wonderful pair of ginger jars, and some chic modern styling.

Saturday Inspiration

Charles Faudree

Saturday Inspiration

Charles Faudree Interiors

I love mixing lucite and Chinoiserie. I even have a Pinterest board on this topic here.