Happy Father's Day

Mark D. Sikes

 

Happy Father's Day! I hope everyone has a lovely day celebrating the dads in your life and remembering fondly those you have lost. 

Happy Father's Day

Ralph Lauren

 

I hope many of you will be spending a lovely day today with your father and/or husband. For those who have lost a father, or husband, a brother, or son, may your day be filled with wonderful memories.

 I don't think anyone does a masculine version of chinoiserie better than Ralph Lauren, so I thought today I would share some favorites. His rooms are filled with navy and white, stripes, oversized pieces, and dark woods, giving them a more masculine vibe.

Eclectic

Richard McGeehan

A fascinating mix in this room with stunning blue and gold Chinoiserie wallpaper.

Masculine Chinoiserie

House and Garden UK

When we think of Chinoiserie, we generally think of the pretty, feminine side of it. But more and more I am drawn to the masculine side of Chinoiserie, like this wonderful dining room above with grasscloth walls, a pair of Blanc de Chine lamps, and a gorgeous pair of Chinese urns.

A Chinoiserie Christmas - Day 14

Matthew Patrick Smyth - Traditional Home

Decorating for Christmas need not be red and green. A beautiful chocolate brown silk table skirt trimmed in Greek key tape is elegant, sophisticated, and festive for holiday entertaining.

Masculine Chinoiserie

Peter Durham

This is a wonderful example of Chinoiserie with a more masculine edge, combining black walls and floors with a Chinese Coromandel screen, blue and white Chinese porcelain, an Hermes blanket, custom chaise, and an antique rug. This palette of black, beige, and blue is masculine, modern, and elegant.

Here is the same room styled a bit differently. Can you spot the differences?

The patterned pillows have been changed out and rearranged
A blue and white Chinese ginger jar in one, a blue and white Chinese vase with branches in the other
The chaise has been moved
The Hermes blanket is tucked in one, untucked in the other
Fresh flowers in the one above
The Chinese screen is angled differently
The pedestal is on the rug in one, on the floor in the other
A brass floor lamp in one, a pair of hurricane lamps in the other
An embroidered textile sash on the chaise above
The pedestal has been turned

Stripes and Chinese Chippendale

Beau Brummel

The Chinese Garden Stool

William McClure

The Chinoiserie Bedroom

William McClure

Masculine Chinoiserie

Steven Gambrel

Neutral Chinoiserie

William Hodgins Interiors - Architectural Digest

Chinoiserie need not be about color. Here is a wonderful example of the serene side of Chinoiserie with a palette of black, gray, and cream. The large black ginger jar under the Chinoiserie cabinet is wonderful.