Celebration Week - New Inspiration Board & New Ideabook

I am celebrating my four year blogiversary this coming Saturday.This week I am doing a new fantasy inspiration board each day and on Friday I will be announcing my blogiversary giveaway.

I would love to have this office. It is painted a very soft lavender. The lacquered metal desk is the Large Strut Table in Watermelon by Blu Dot. The art is Paule Marrot's "Feathers." The rug is vintage Fornasetti. On the desk is a Harry Allen gold pig bank and a vintage Chinese lamp with a kelly green silk dupioni shade. The chandelier is by Marjorie Skouras. The canary yellow silk bergere club chair is from Charlotte & Ivy. The pillow is a new favorite fabric - Mandarin Dragons by Design Legacy.

My May Houzz Ideabook is up and it is on monkeys - so fun! Check it out here. I have done 24 Ideabooks for Houzz with sources for hundreds of fantastic Chinoiserie picks - you can always find them by clicking on "My Ideabooks on Houzz" in my sidebar. This is a an excellent Chinoiserie sourcebook.

Setting the Thanksgiving Table

Jennifer at The Pink Pagoda posted this fantastic table today that is from one of my favorite interior design books, Stephanie Hopen's Blue and White Living. This is a wonderful alternative to the harvest colors (that are not my favorites) for the Thanksgiving table. Blue and white with deep purple flowers and blanc de Chine singerie monkeys for a dose of Chinoiserie are a stunning combination. Any Chinoiserie figurines can of course be used. Here are other great examples below.

Eddie Ross

Alberto Pinto

Phoebe Howard

Hutton Wilkinson