Foo Dogs and Christmas

My real life foo dog Izzy

Today we look at including foo dogs in your holiday decorating. Here are all my holiday posts to date -

Holiday Decorating at Chinoiserie Chic
The Easy Peasy Chinoiserie Chic Christmas Tree
Get Your Bar Cart in the Holiday Spirit(s)
Tartan and Chinoiserie
2013 Chinoiserie Chic Christmas Gift Wrap
Blue and White Christmas Preview
A Blue and White Chinoiserie Christmas
An Easy Chinoiserie Christmas DIY
Pine Cones and Chinoiserie
My December Houzz Ideabook - A Chinoiserie Chic Christmas
Can of Paint Chinoiserie Christmas DIY
Dreaming of a White Chinoiserie Christmas?
Christmas in the Pink
2013 Chinoiserie Chic Christmas Ornaments
A Chinoiserie Christmas at And George
Pineapples at Christmas
Saturday Inspiration
I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas

The winner of the Marquin Campbell antler canvas and calendar is Christina Manduley. Please email me and we'll get these off to you. Congratulations.

My Christmas tree

Sunday Inspiration from My House

Now that another One Room Challenge has come and gone I am turning my attention to getting my house all cleaned and polished and spruced up before I start my Christmas decorating.

This week I added a couple of new things. I found these gold foo dogs on sale for half price at Z Gallerie and I had a rewards certificate so they were free! I love them with all the pink and gold on my Chinoiserie chest.

I picked up from the framers this week this wonderful leopard print by artist Caitlin McGauley. I love the combination of the modern print with the very classic Chinoiserie wallpaper in my dining room. Leopard and Chinoiserie are so good together.

Saturday Inspiration

via Pinterest

Such a pretty vignette. I love all the gold with the pops of pink and blue velvet on the chair and stools. The use of Chinoiserie, as is often the case, adds a bit of whimsy to a fairly serious spot. I like the large gray cloisonne vase on top of the snakeskin boxes. Cloisonne is so underused and can be had for a song on Etsy, eBay, flea markets, and such. Pairs of small cloisonne vases are also very effective as shown below. In the photo above, I also love how the foo dogs have been placed a bit askew and with their back towards each other. Perhaps they had a fight.

House Beautiful

Sunday Inspiration - Gallery Wall

New York Times

I love a great gallery wall. Add a a pair of foo dogs for a touch of Chinoiserie! This is Ben Pentreath's shop on Rugby Street in Bloomsbury, London.

What Foo Dogs Really Think

"This decorating with orange Hermes boxes trend has been so overdone."

 Ever wonder what your foo dogs are thinking as they guard your home so serenely? Read my captions to find out.

"Do you think the laundry is dry?"

"We've been trying to quit."

"More hot tea?"

"Would you like to dance?"

"Get off of me!"

"This geisha with a foo dog puppet ventriloquist idea is really dumb."

"I think we clash."

"I've really grown."

"You look like an idiot in that T-shirt."

"It's rude to point."

"Honey, I shrunk the foo dogs."

"To hell with Mayor Bloomberg, I love my sugary drinks."

"I think we look stupid."

"I guess we are dinner."

"The cleaning lady never puts us back right."

"I thought we were supposed to match."

"That was a really good book."

"Go Blackhawks."

"Good foo dog."

"A really bad hair day."

"Don't tempt me, I'm on a diet."

'I'm sick of soup."

"Can you help me up on the couch?"

"I'm not speaking to you."

"We look like idiots."

"I love it when we all get together."

"I need a drink."

"Leave me alone!"

"A family photo."

"I hate heights."

"I know Miles Redd is super talented, but I don't get his thing with ruffled curtains."

"We look great, but that painting is creepy."

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."