Blue and White Toile

J.McLaughlin

 

Love blue and white toile? J.McLaughlin has the prettiest collection of toile for the spring. From classic toiles and romantic florals to bold botanicals and standout seasonal motifs, these are patterns designed to be worn—and remembered.

Orange & Blue Chinoiserie for Autumn

CCC Alexandria

This vignette is from the dining room in my former home in Alexandria, Virginia. It was wonderful in the autumn especially with its orange chinoiserie toile wallpaper. The wallpaper is Clarence House Chinoiserie Baroque. I miss it, but luckily I had enough left over to wallpaper my powder room here in Florida.

Christmas Preview - Toile Bauble Stockings

Bauble Stockings Limited Edition Sarah Tucker & Molly Boyd

 

I posted yesterday on Mallory Mathison's wonderful new botanical limited edition needlepoint stockings for Bauble Stockings. These are two new limited edition by sisters and influencers Sarah Tucker and Molly Boyd that I really love.

The Chinoiserie Dress

Kahlo Imperial Toile Shirtdress

 

I love chinoiserie of course but don't go out of my way to dress in Chinoiserie Chic style, but I do have a few pieces in my wardrobe in chinoiserie fabrics.

Toile for Fall

Pressed Powder Toile Lyles Dress

 

I love toile for my home and my closet. Toile is a great print for fall. While some other prints have more of a spring and summer vibe, toile has a cozy, historic, vintage feel that works beautifully for autumn and winter dressing. Here are some wonderful choices.

Tabletop Christmas Trees

Blue and White Chinoiserie Tabletop Christmas Tree

 

Two's Company now has three versions of its classic tabletop Christmas tree. A tartan version has been added to its collection. These trees are perfect for the mantel, dining table, entryway table, or anywhere in the home. 

Setting the Formal Chinoiserie Table

Navy & White Chinoiserie Toile Placemat

 

If you are not familiar with Kim Seybert, she designs the most incredible tabletop items - placemats, napkins, napkin rings, and such. I have been collecting her pieces for years. I have had my eye on these stunning placemats and they are finally on sale. 

Blue and White

Apartment Therapy

This is a wonderful combination - a vintage grain sack armchair from One Kings Lane with a blue and white Chinese garden stool. This is a great choice for Farmhouse, Cottage, or French Country decor.

Although I have not seen this combination before, I could really see grain sack used with a lovely vintage Chinoiserie toile like this one.

Vintage French Chinoiserie Toile

Chinoiserie Christmas

MelanieTuner - Traditional Home

Emerald green curtains are wonderful all year long, but are especially lovely for the holidays. Here we have a classic blue and white Chinoiserie toile wallpaper, a blue and white Chinese garden stool, a leopard carpet, and velvet for even more luxe.

Understated Chinoiserie

I have wonderful new clients whose home I am working on right now. Their taste combines English and Chinoiserie with a very understated and elegant palette of grays and taupes and blues.

One thing we are considering is where to use this wonderful linen toile from Bennison called Chinese Toile. It is the epitome of the feel we are trying to create, I think. Here it is below on the right in the dining room of Nancy Meyers of Something's Gotta Give fame.

Here it is again used in a blue and white bedroom.

My Favorite Chinoiserie Wallpaper Ever

Garden & Gun

I have posted a couple of times about this wonderful Chinoiserie toile wallpaper. I first saw it about five years ago on eBay and I was outbid. The eBay listing did not identify the pattern name or manufacturer. I looked everywhere for it. Then I saw a bedroom by Suzanne Tucker using the green colorway and was able to find out through her that it is Enchanted Forest by Grey Watkins.

The other day a follower of Chinoiserie Chic gave me a head's up that it was featured in the latest issue of Garden & Gun. I thought you might enjoy seeing it in Garden & Gun as well as the Suzanne Tucker bedroom. I also "used it" in the kitchen of my Chinoiserie Chic "I'm a Giant Challenge" dollhouse for those of you who have been following long enough to remember that Emily Henderson debacle. Here are the reveals of my two Chinoiserie dollhouses if you've never seen them - the primary residence and the Dragon House.

I still don't have this wallpaper in my home - at the time, the blue and white colorway had been discontinued and I would have had to buy the entire remaining stock and it is super expensive. Still hoping I find it some day again on eBay. It would make great framed panels too.

Thanks for all the comments and emails from as far away as London on my fence issue. In honor of Earth Day, I'm happy to report that we have kept the scoundrels at bay and the trees are all still safe as of now. We have identified two strong legal arguments to hopefully prevent it from happening at all. Onward and upward.

Tune in tomorrow for my One Room Challenge update, I hope.

Enchanted Forest by Grey Watkins

Garden & Gun

HS2 Architecture

Suzanne Tucker

Suzanne Tucker

The kitchen of my dollhouse

The kitchen of my dollhouse

Scale - Using Large Pattern Chinoiserie Fabrics

Home Accents Fabric Cachepot

Our topic today is the wonderful pairing of a chair with a grand Chinoiserie fabric. As you can see here, an oversized Chinoiserie fabric is a magical combination with any chair - large, small, new, vintage, antique, and any style as well. I especially adore a Bergere chair done up in Chinoiserie.

And a reminder that tomorrow at 9 AM ET is the third edition of my new feature Chinoiserie Chic's Fabulous Friday Finds.

Jim Thompson Tea Party

Design Legacy Mandarin Dragons

Scalamandre China Rose

Chair by Pearson/High Point NC

Quadrille/China Seas Lyford Background

Design Legacy Mandarin Dragons

Schumacher Chiang Mai Dragon

Schumacher Chiang Mai Dragon

Lilly Pulitzer Tail Lights

Robert Allen Crystal Lake

Chair by Massoud - fabric not identified

Manuel Canovas

Home Accents Fabric Cachepot

Hazelton House Chinese Garden

Quadrille's Paradise Garden

Hazelton House Chinese Garden

Mia - Calico Corners

Scalamandre Chinoise Exotique

Schumacher Nanjing

Schumacher Chiang Mai Dragon

Brunschwig & Fils Le Lac

Ariadne at Home

Brunschwig & Fils River Song

Mia - Calico Corners

Introducing Thibaut's South Sea

I am excited to be partnering with Thibaut to bring you their latest Chinoiserie pattern called South Sea, part of their new Resort Collection. This collection is nostalgic and bold, celebrating bright days in sophisticated style. It is perfect for the lover of Palm Beach Chic and Chinoiserie Chic.

Thibaut's inspiration for South Sea was to create a silhouette design of their iconic Marco Polo pattern and color it in bright colorways in today's hottest colors.  It is available in wallpaper and printed fabric. I received samples of all the colorways and they are truly spectacular. So vibrant! I know South Sea is going to be a huge success in the interior design world. It is the epitome of what I call Chinoiserie Chic - today's version of Chinoiserie that is fresh and modern, but with classic and historic underpinnings. I can't wait to use it.

Thibaut's iconic Marco Polo, the inspiration for South Sea

Wallpaper in Turquoise

Wallpaper in Pink

Wallpaper in Green

Wallpaper in Navy

Wallpaper in Tangerine

Wallpaper in Grey

Wallpaper in Yellow

Fabric in Turquoise

Fabric in Pink

Fabric in Green

Fabric in Navy

Fabric in Tangerine

Fabric in Grey

Fabric in Yellow

More South Sea inspiration, including some shots of oomph furniture dolled up in South Sea for the creative collaboration between oomph and Thibaut for NY NOW.