This beautiful set of elegant disposable dinnerware from Kate Aspen is designed to make entertaining simple and beautiful. The pattern is called Blue Willow. It is blue on white and perhaps these are willow flowers and leaves, but it isn’t the chinoiserie inspired Blue Willow. The site says it is French country and I can…
Repurposed old glass insulators are all over Etsy. People turn them into candle holders and book ends. I have about a dozen of them that I put over inexpensive solar lights. They mostly block both the light and the solar panel, but I don’t care. A number of lighting manufacturers make lighting collections that use…
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates historic area stores in Colonial Williamsburg, living-history museum in the historic district of Williamsburg, Virginia. The Hampstead Toile collection was inspired by an 18th century English fan found in the Foundation collection. It has chinoiserie scenes of pagodas, willow trees, stylized Chinese ladies and other traditional motifs in cobalt blue…
We had Pfaltzgraff when I was a kid. The stoneware stood up to us kids doing the dishes. We had a house fire and one of the only things to survive is one of the Pfaltzgraff plates. Pfaltzgraff now has dinnerware that looks like traditional Italian ceramics, but in durable stoneware and melamine! Villa della…
Spode, Royal Worcester and Pimpernel make coordinating tableware in the Morris & Co Strawberry Thief pattern. The first thing I noticed is the trays. They are made of durable melamine, so you can use them indoors or to entertain on the porch. Even if the only one I am entertaining is myself. Pimpernel Morris &…
I found another bath collection that goes with my blue and white. The colors are perfect, shades of blue and turquoise on a bright white background. I really like the border patterns. The Peri Home Capri Medallion Bath Collection includes a Liquid Soap or Lotion Pump Dispenser, Toothbrush Holder, Tumbler Cup, Tray and Wastebasket made…
This beautiful bedding has a chinoiserie toile print in cobalt blue and white on a turquoise blue green background. The Hampstead Toile collection, by the Williamsburg brand, was inspired by an 18th century English fan found in the collections of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. This quilt collection features meticulously illustrated cobalt blue follies and geishas…
SKL Home is a great source for fun shower curtains and bath towels. They make the Vern Yip Chinoiserie Collection I have in my bathroom. Now they have Splash Boxes, a box filled with everything you want to make a change in your bathroom. Take the guess work out of updating your bath! The Splash…
Our power went out last night. I was reading the Kichler Landscape Lighting catalog that is to the trade and decided to share some of the information. Bring it all together. With the right combination of exterior lighting, you can bring outdoor spaces to life. Achieve this look by incorporating integrated LED landscape lighting with…
Laura Ashley makes these photo frames in three sizes and three colors. Laura Ashley Bamboo Plated Photo Frames Traditional style with an oriental twist is effortless with our Bamboo Effect Photo Frame. In shining silver with knots of bamboo as the border, this piece effortlessly enhances any surface and helps to keep photographs safely displayed….
