Happy Fourth of July

Entryway - Tobi Fairley

 Happy Fourth of July. I hope everyone will be celebrating this great country of ours with family, friends, and food! I have created a fantasy show house with my favorite rooms that include red, white, and blue, and Chinoiserie. Remember that "red" includes a deep coral and Chinese red and "blue" includes turquoise blue and navy blue, all favorites of mine.

For more red, white, and blue inspiration, check out my Pinterest board here and follow all of my boards here. Did you know that you can have my post for the day delivered by email each morning? Just fill in the "Subscribe Via Email" box in my sidebar.

Living Room - Alessandra Branca

Dining Room - Lonny 

Kitchen - Domino

Office - Betsy Burnham

Powder Room - House Beautiful

Bedroom - Lonny

Bathroom - Mary Watkins Wood

Outdoors - Ashley Whitakker

Happy Fourth!

Zebras - Fourth of July Tablescape and My New Houzz Ideabook

This is one of my favorite tablescapes ever, from the January/February 2013 Lonny. With its red, white, and blue color scheme, I think it would be great for a non-traditionally traditional Fourth of July table. The focal point is the tablecloth in Brunschwig & Fils Gillian S Zebras. This fabric features blue and white Chinese porcelain, flowers, and zebra figurines on a red background. Red, white, and blue and stripes!

Speaking of zebras, my new Houzz Ideabook for July is on zebra wallpaper. Check it out here. It is filled with inspiration boards of mine with Scalamandre Zebras as well as other ideas for zebra walls.

Brunschwig & Fils Gillian S Zebras

My zebra

My zebra

Red, White & Blue Chinoiserie - The Foyer and an Inspiration Board

In honor of the upcoming 4th of July, I thought it would be fun to focus this week on decorating with red, white, and blue with Chinoiserie, of course. This color scheme need not be country or kitschy. When combined with Chinoiserie, it is quite sophisticated and is a natural with Chinoiserie - think blue and white Chinese porcelain, blue and white Chinoiserie toile fabrics and wallpaper, navy blue, Chinese red, coral red, and glossy white lacquered furniture.

Tobi Fairley

Tobi Fairley

Danika Herrick

Jamie Meares

Mary McDonald

Miles Redd

Red, White & Blue Inspiration Board

For this Memorial Day weekend, here is an entryway inspiration board in red, white, and blue Chinoiserie. This would be perfect for a beach house in Nantucket, but I love this combination anywhere. I have used a Blue Dot Strut console in Watermelon, a pair of ginger jars from Charlotte & Ivy, a navy blue pagoda mirror, a pair of Dana Gibson ikat lamps, a pair of Charles Edwards pagoda bell lanterns, a pair of antique blanc de Chine Italian greyhounds, and a blue and white striped rug.

Red, white, and blue combines so well with Chinoiserie - think white blanc de Chine, blue and white Chinese porcelain, and Chinese red lacquer. I have a Pinterest board filled with red, white, and blue rooms here. Here is a sampling.

Mary McDonald

Ashley Whittaker

Tobi Fairley

House Beautiful

Miles Redd

Danika Herrick

Meg Braff

Meg Braff

Saturday Inspiration - Grecian and Chinoiserie Entryway

Tobi Fairley

This space had me at hello. I love the mix of classic Greek, modern, and a touch of Chinoiserie -

The striped rug with Greek key border
Red frames on the classic art
The red pagoda lantern sconce
The blue skirted and banded table
Baby blue lamps - Christopher Spitzmiller, I assume
Klismos chairs painted in bright blue and trimmed in Greek key
The blue ceiling

I would love to borrow some of these ideas for my own home - perhaps for the entryway or a hallway.