Chinoiserie do-over

We have been working on a do-over for a client for the last few months. They went from an entirely peach interior to much more chic and colorful one. Here is some of the progress..... The upholstered pieces are all by Hickory Chair... Fabrics by Schumacher, Pindler and Duralee. Stay tuned for the finished product in a few weeks where we will post the before also. Huge change. HUGE!!!! I love my job!!!

High point

HAD to order this amazing 7 light corded ceiling fixture from Barbara Cosgrove Lighting! The foo-dog lamps are also from Barbara Cosgrove......you know how I love chinoiserie anything!

The last three - below are from the Cyan Design showroom - I REALLY want the mirror with the duck feet!

Great new lighting at the shop!

My mind is drifting towards fall as it always does this time of year. I would not really call myself a hot weather fan (BLECH!). I love wearing sweaters an boots and berets....and it just happens to be 95 degrees in Portland today and I hate it. 72, OK. 95 sucks. sorry...a little bitter.

Anyhoo...when fall comes around I always think about lighting (one of my favorite design elements!) and I just got a few new pieces that we will be putting our next month...I just had to share.

Anyone who knows me knows I have a very public love-affair with all things Chinoiserie and all styles of Chalkware lighting...especially if it is in a Chinoiserie style.....so you can see why I had to get these little lovelies.......

A gorgeous reproduction blackamoor lamp with a patent leather shade. 23" overall height. Price: $208 each. We have a pair of these in stock...

A totally killer Chinoiserie chandelier...so drippy and beautiful.... 33" overall height....price: $322 each...and we have a pair of them....

However, I am not sure I can part with these.....I think they would look killer in my office. I am thinking of painting my office Kelly Green....adding new draperies and roman blinds and these! YUMMY!

OK then........there you have it! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, I know I will...time for a cocktail in the garden with Frenchy!!!!

Chinoiserie chairs....

Are these lovely or what? I have a pair of them on their way to my shop right this very moment. They are made of a metal and they have been chromed. The fretwork pattern looks great with bamboo nodes for accent. LOVE IT! I will, of course, have then recovered. I am thinking of this Robert Allen - Crystal Lake - in chocolate. YUMMY!!!!!! I love chairs. I can't help myself!!! Ok...and I love fabric too. BTW - I scored 30 yards of this fabric at fabric.com for only $4.98 per yard and free shipping - be still my heart!!!!!

Check out this page on OregonLive.com

http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2010/04/shifting_out_of_neutral_two_ho.html

The above article link is an article in today's Oregonian about a client project we have been working on for the last few months. The article is all about color - from none to lots! Thanks SO VERY MUCH to the darling Miss Bridget for allowing us to be part of her color story.....so exciting!!!

The very best part is that the first photo was actually the cover of the whole Home & Gardens section! YIPPEE!!!

This photo is of the dining room into the living room. Love the Hickory Chair Chinese fretwork dining chairs in a French Blue finish.. We used a Calvin Klein for Kravet Collections linen fabric with metallic peacock blue fibers running through it with a Kravet Couture multi-colored checkered silk for the welting. The killer chandelier is the Pagoda Chandelier by Currey and Co. Dear God, I love chinoiserie!!!!! Barbara Barry lamp on the buffet....

Again, from the dining room to the living room. We used Hickory Chair made to measure slipper chairs with a Kelly Wearstler herringbone patterned fabric. The small black table is by Mariette Hines-Gomez for Hickory chair. The sofa we had re-upholstered in a raspberry Metro Chenille - totally indestructible - by Duralee. The drapery fabric is a Laura Ashley ikat pattern for Kravet. You can't see it, but the fireplace to the right of the chair in the foreground we had re-tiled in a crema marfil marble in a 1 x 3 herringbone pattern to work with the chairs - lots of texture and pattern with a neutral color - just in case they change chair fabrics down the road...... The lamps on the altar table from Legend of Asia behind the sofa are black and gold metal tole painted chinoiserie by Currey and Co.

Upstairs guestroom....... The drapery fabric is Tea Blossom by Kravet - so beautiful. coral base with multi-color Asian inspired vases. Delightful! The wall color - which is truly amazing is Benjamin Moore Wasabi - part of the Affinity palette - it contrasts nicely with the curtains! It is a pity you can't see the dresser on the right - it is ivory lacquered in a slightly modern Chinese style with beautiful chow feet - by Bungalow 5.

all photos by Faith Cathcart / the Oregonian

This chair in the entry hall is an antique from the client's great grandmother - we covered it in a super colorful Jim Thomson linen-ish fabric which set the color palette for the whole ground floor of the house. This piece is really special! ...did I mention that I love Jim Thompson??

So thanks again to Miss Bridget - I am so happy!!!!!!

beautiful chinoiserie table setting....

Check this out...

Anyone who knows me is well aware of my love for chinoiserie...LOVE LOVE. I found this image this morning on the Duralee Fabrics site......I just ordered this same fabric in the black colorway for draperies in my bedroom....such a strong pattern...I'm in love!

Isn't it lovely??? Thomas Paul is the designer and I think this is my favorite pattern he has ever done! It comes in 5 color ways....

Thomas Paul's pagoda pattern (20959-19) for Duralee looks gorgeous as the table cover in this beautiful setting by Tobi Fairley Interior Design for the Lenox Hill gala celebrating Albert Hadley.

Wouldn't you love to get invited to this party???