The Chinoiserie Fireplace

As the temperatures drop and thoughts turn to the holidays and winter decorating, the fireplace and mantel become even more important focal points. Here are ideas for decorating your fireplace with Chinoiserie panache. The first gorgeous example above is by Carolyne Roehm.

1. A Chinoiserie style fireplace mantel

2. Blue and white Chinese porcelains-think vases, ginger jars, tulipieres

3. A Chinoiserie fireplace screen-can even be made from Chinoiserie wallpaper

4. A Chinoiserie fireback

5. Blanc de Chine

6. A Chinoiserie mirror

7. Chinoiserie wallpaper on that wall

8. Asian antiques

9. Pagodas

10. A Chinoiserie oil painting, framed silk fragment or panel, or framed Chinoiserie wallpaper

11. Flanked by one or a pair of Chinese screens

Kensington Palace

My Family Room

My Family Room decorated for Christmas

Freer Gallery The Peacock Room

Terri Long of La Dolfina

Domino-Osborne & Little Summer Palace

Charlotte Moss

Ames Ingham

Coco Chanel's Apartment

Antique fireback-Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Shelly Riehl David via HGTV

Phoebe Howard

Buckingham Palace via The Peak of Chic

Charlotte Moss via Cote de Texas

Horchow

COCO BEFORE CHANEL - Movie Review

COCO Before Chanel is a new movie by Warner Bros just released in Vancouver. Coco Before Chanel stars Audrey Tautou, the French actress, who I love best in the movie Amelie. It was shot in Paris and Normandy. Many decades ago André Malraux predicted “From this century, in France, three names will remain: de Gaulle, Picasso, and Coco Chanel.” Not even the mythomaniac Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel could have anticipated how her legacy would persist triumphantly into the next millennium. I, for one, am going to be first in line at the box office for Coco Before Chanel. I will take my classic Coco Chanel handbag (which I bought in Paris when I was studying Interior Design) with me to the show.

In character as Coco Chanel, Audrey Tautou reclines in the designer’s private apartment on her famous voluptuous
suede sofa, above her Paris couture salon. Karl Lagerfeld made her classic Chanel suit specially for the film Coco Before Chanel.
Vanity Fair February 2009 Photo by Brigitte Lacombe
Coco Before Chanel - Movie Review


The Chanel logo is an overlapping double 'C' - one facing forward and the other facing backward, and comes
from the name Coco Chanel. "Coco" is the nickname frequently used for Chanel founder, Gabrielle Chanel.
Coco Before Chanel - Movie Review


Audrey Tautou stars as Coco Chanel in "Coco Before Chanel." Warner Bros. Photo
Coco Before Chanel - Movie Review

Classic Coco Chanel Handbag
Coco Before Chanel - Movie Review

Please let me know if you have seen the movie and what you think about it by leaving a comment.

 

Patricia Gray writes about 'WHAT'S HOT 'in the world of Interior Design, new and emerging trends, modern design,
architecture, and travel, as well as how your surroundings can enhance your world.
© Patricia Gray Interior Design Blog, 2009

COCO BEFORE CHANEL - Movie Review

COCO Before Chanel is a new movie by Warner Bros just released in Vancouver. Coco Before Chanel stars Audrey Tautou, the French actress, who I love best in the movie Amelie. It was shot in Paris and Normandy. Many decades ago André Malraux predicted “From this century, in France, three names will remain: de Gaulle, Picasso, and Coco Chanel.” Not even the mythomaniac Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel could have anticipated how her legacy would persist triumphantly into the next millennium. I, for one, am going to be first in line at the box office for Coco Before Chanel. I will take my classic Coco Chanel handbag (which I bought in Paris when I was studying Interior Design) with me to the show.

In character as Coco Chanel, Audrey Tautou reclines in the designer’s private apartment on her famous voluptuous
suede sofa, above her Paris couture salon. Karl Lagerfeld made her classic Chanel suit specially for the film Coco Before Chanel.
Vanity Fair February 2009 Photo by Brigitte Lacombe
Coco Before Chanel - Movie Review


The Chanel logo is an overlapping double 'C' - one facing forward and the other facing backward, and comes
from the name Coco Chanel. "Coco" is the nickname frequently used for Chanel founder, Gabrielle Chanel.
Coco Before Chanel - Movie Review


Audrey Tautou stars as Coco Chanel in "Coco Before Chanel." Warner Bros. Photo
Coco Before Chanel - Movie Review

Classic Coco Chanel Handbag
Coco Before Chanel - Movie Review

Please let me know if you have seen the movie and what you think about it by leaving a comment.

 

Patricia Gray writes about 'WHAT'S HOT 'in the world of Interior Design, new and emerging trends, modern design,
architecture, and travel, as well as how your surroundings can enhance your world.
© Patricia Gray Interior Design Blog, 2009