A Chinoiserie Vignette

Charlotte Moss

 Many of us were intrigued yesterday by my photo of the living room with lighting fixtures with perplexing pink cords. A commenter mentioned a similar fixture and cord in a Charlotte Moss room. I thought it would be fun to post the room. Here it is - of course done right as one would expect from Charlotte Moss. Another commenter pointed out that the pulley system was used to clean the glass and replace the candle.

Note too the impeccable use of pattern. Most people would not think to put chinoiserie panels on a wallpapered wall, but here it works beautifully. And no white outlet covers here! LOL. I love the fluted blue and white ginger jar atop the etagere.

That upholstered chaise is wonderful - the perfect spot to read or catch a power nap.

Green Chinoiserie

Leta Austin Foster

Green Gracie panels and sumptuous silk draperies with scalloped pelmets with trim, a jabot, and chou are a stunning combination.

Serene Chinoserie

Veranda

This California home is a lovely example of using Chinoiserie in a neutral and serene setting.

Framed Wallpaper Panels

Michael S. Smith - Architectural Digest

Serene Chinoserie

Veranda

Saturday Inspiration

Concerned about the price and portability of doing an entire room in hand painted silk Chinoiserie wallpaper? A framed panel solves both problems so effortlessly and elegantly. I also adore the lavender and yellow color palette of this room.

Pink Chinoiserie Walls

I love pink, as you may have guessed, and I love seeing the new penchant for painting walls pink in rooms like living rooms heretofore never seen in pink. But my favorite of all is pink Chinoiserie walls. The bedroom above of Carolle Thibaut Pomerantz in Veranda has a hand painted early 19th century Chinese panel. Here are more gorgeous examples. Also, visit my Houzz Ideabook this month on Pretty in Pink Chinoiserie and my Pinterest board on Pink Chinoiserie.

David Kaihoi

Michael Taylor

Amelia Handegan

Framed pink Chinoiserie panels

Ruthie Sommers

Parish Hadley

An inspiration board I created

Coral and Chinoiserie and My Redo

 I saw this vignette above and was absolutely smitten. I love the coral pink silk taffeta, the khaki Chinoiserie wallpaper, and the gold leaf table. I discovered it was by Nancy Pearson for the American Red Cross Designers Show House in Palm Beach - Traditional Home - 2013. Armed with this information, I wanted to see the whole bedroom.

I first found this enlarged view below and I thought - gee, I'm not liking the bed linens, the bed, the carpet, or the bed in front of the window.

Then I found this even larger photo and I'm still not liking the bed, the bed linens, the carpet, and the bed placement, and I also don't like the dinky chandelier and the fact that the Chinoiserie wallpaper is two unmatched panels.

This often happens to me where I see a beautiful close-up vignette but then don't like the rest of the room.

I would use my gold leaf Annie Selke pagoda bed (preferably not in front of the window), Leontine Linens with a coral monogram, a Marjorie Skouras Designs chandelier in pale blue, and a bound sisal rug. I would have either used one of the wallpapers for the entire room or as two matched panels.

Crazy day today - my painter arrives to start on my office, I need to work on my post for tomorrow's One Room Challenge update, and DC is bracing for its first snowstorm in two years starting tonight.

Chinoiserie Panels How To

Create a focal point in any room of your home with a pair of Chinoiserie panels as in this living room by interior designer Jessica Lagrange from Traditional Home. Another great trick - give that Persian or Oriental rug of yours a modern look by layering it over a sisal rug. The Decorator Archives has an extensive selection of Chinoiserie panels at very affordable prices for that dramatic focal point your home has been waiting for.