Author: Carla

Chinoiserie Melamine Dinnerware
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Chinoiserie Melamine Dinnerware

I looked and looked for Blue Willow Melmac for the porch. Ballard Designs Bamboo Melamine Dishes Ballard Designs has introduced this Bamboo Melamine Dinnerware that has a Blue Willowish scene in blue on white with a bamboo edge. The smaller plate has the scene. The larger dinner plate is white with the bamboo edge. They…

LBL LED Illuminated Monorail
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LBL LED Illuminated Monorail

 LBL LED Illuminated Monorail System LED Illuminated Monorail Hand-bendable Monorail with a fiber-optic band of colored LED light. State-of-the-art LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) brilliantly illuminate through fiber optic cabling that runs through the center of LBL’s Monorail. Simply plug in a single-ended LED generator at the ends of the Monorail and you have a brilliant,…

Michaelian Home Blue Willow Needlepoint Pillows
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Michaelian Home Blue Willow Needlepoint Pillows

You might have seen things from Michaelian Home. I’ve seen their rugs and pillows in Southern Living. I just saw they have a series of needlepoint pillows with the motifs from Blue Willow china. They are from the Williamsburg Reserve Collection. NCU488A Blue Pagoda 18″ x 18″ NCU490A Blue Bridge 16″ x 20″ NCU492A Blue…

Eric Cortina Blue and White Pagoda Ornament
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Eric Cortina Blue and White Pagoda Ornament

Eric Cortina makes ornaments. They are sold at Barney’s and Bergdorf Goodman and a lot of other places, too. There are quite a few in blue and white chinoiserie. Eric Cortina Blue and White Pagoda Ornament on Amazon Eric Cortina Blue and White Pagoda Ornament Set on Amazon Every year there are more variations of…

Azulejos Medallion and Ralph Lauren Dorsey Bedding
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Azulejos Medallion and Ralph Lauren Dorsey Bedding

Azulejos Medallion bedding from EIKEI Home USA looks very much like Ralph Lauren Dorsey bedding. Azulejo is Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tilework. It began centuries ago with stone mosaics with interlocking curves, lattice and flowers. Later colored tiles were used. Imported blue and white Delft tiles and transferware tiles were used. Ralph Lauren’s…

Cowboy Style at Indian Cave Lodge Auction Preview
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Cowboy Style at Indian Cave Lodge Auction Preview

We recently went to an Auction Preview at Indian Cave Lodge, a mountain hotel near Hendersonville, NC, built in 1892 that is now a private home. The home was completely furnished in what I think of as Western or Cowboy Style, which is a surprise to find in North Carolina. It was set up like…