The Triple Gourd Wicker Lamp High/Low

Triple Gourd Wicker Lamp 

 

The Chinese triple gourd lamp is a chinoiserie classic. Traditionally made of ceramic or porcelain, this wicker version is a modern approach that would work anywhere.

Pick Your Quarantine House

This "pick your quarantine house" has many different versions that have been making the rounds on Facebook - there are ones with politicians, actors, singers, historical figures, and the like. This one I found you choose the style house you would choose to be quarantined in. Let's add a Chinoiserie Chic category. We need to come up with five design elements we would include in our Chinoiserie Chic home.

Here's mine:

7. Chinoiserie Chic
Gracie hand painted Chinoiserie wallpaper
A collection of blue and white Chinese porcelain
A pair of Christopher Spitzmiller  lamps
A tufted sofa in navy blue velvet
A collection of interior design coffee table books

Which of these 7 houses would you choose to be quarantined in?

Now let's see your version of the Chinoiserie Chic quarantine house list. I'd love to see what Chinoiserie you would choose.

Chinoiserie Gone Wrong

Scale & An Accident Waiting To Happen

I just had to post this. It made me cringe. The room is o.k., not great, but what in the world is that triple gourd Chinese lamp doing sitting on a Chinese garden stool?

*First, the garden stool is too small for any lamp.
*Second, the garden stool is too low for lighting while sitting on the settee or any piece of furniture for that matter.
*Third, the lampshade is too small and its style does not work at all with this lamp.
* Fourth, it must be a magical lamp, because there is no electrical cord.
*Fifth, it is an accident waiting to happen, one bump and the lamp is on the floor.

How could anyone think this looks right? They should have put the lamp on the desk in place of that dinky metal thing. The garden stool and the lamp are both nice pieces, but don't belong on top of each other. And those green pillows are ugly and don't work either. I think someone decided the room needed pops of green and didn't really think it through.

Love it? Hate it? Thoughts?

BTW, I love all the thought that has gone into your comments. Bright, funny, informative - a really nice diversion. Thank you!

The Chinoiserie Dining Room

Patterson Flynn Martin

Such a gorgeous dining room - Chinoiserie wallpaper, Chinese triple gourd lamps, blue and white Chinese porcelain, and leopard chairs.

Saturday Inspiration - Autumn and Chinoiserie

I love the autumn colors of the triple gourd lamp in orange and the small brown turtle shell.