Green

Green was the silence, wet was the light,

the month of June trembled like a butterfly....

- Pablo Neruda

Photo by me via instagram

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More Malachite and Gorgeous Green

My malachite bowl giveaway was a good excuse to put together a post of more malachite and gorgeous green images.  You probably heard that Pantone recently named emerald green the color of 2013.  I feel like this was more of a reaction that a prediction.  Green has been a popular color for a while, so much so that it's become my new favorite neutral.  I bet all the other colors are pea green with envy now...pun intended. 

via World of Interiors

via Tommy Ton

Tony Duquette

via Garance Dore

via Elle Decor

via The Sartorialist

Dawnridge via Lonny

Anna Dello Russo via Harper's Bazaar

Hutton Wilkinson

Gucci

Mary McDonald

Amanda Nisbet Design

via JouJou Villeroy

via Atlantis Home

via Fashionologie

Lorenzo Castillo

via Tommy Ton

Sally Wheat Design

Amanda Nisbet Design

via 1stdibs

via Stockholm Street Style

via Elle Decor

Paris Street Style via Harper's Bazaar

via Stockholm Street Style

Lorenzo Castillo Design

Kelly Wearstler

Nate Berkus Design

Tony Duquette

via Stockholm Street Style

Lorenzo Castillo Design

via Street Gentleman

Ashley Whittaker Design

Top image: Fornasetti: The Complete Universe

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Malachite Bowl Giveaway

How about a giveaway to lighten the mood?!  Hillary Thomas Designs and Chic Shop have generously offered to give one lucky reader one of their fabulous malachite bowls. I have one and can tell you that it really is chic.

To enter to win the Medium Oval Malachite Bowl, please leave a comment with your name and where you will put your bowl if you win.  One entry per person.  Giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents only. You may enter until 11:59pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012.  A winner will be announced on Monday, December 17, 2012.  Good luck!

This giveaway has ended and the winner is Emily Allender.  Congratulations!

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Chinoiserie Chic

As a follow up to my Griffin and Wong post, I thought I would post a little chinoiserie wallpaper inspiration.  I also learned more about the history of the wallpaper from their site and thought you might like to read it as well. 

Chinese silk wallcoverings are one of the earliest global luxury products. Originally, the exclusive domain of Ming Dynasty Chinese nobility, by the 18th Century, the papers  had also been widely adopted by the English and French nobility as the high-water mark of interior design. In France, they were known at the Louis XIV Versailles court as” papiers peints panoramique”. 

 Chinoiserie wallpapers that depicted flowers, birds and butterflies subsequently became the rage of the day with the affluent 18th and 19th Century European Commercial class, and became a standard of elegant living during this period. With the gradual shift of wealth and power to the New World, silk wallpapering followed, and the look became closely associated with the rise of the railroad and manufacturing dynasties of the Vanderbilt, Huntington and Carnegies (many fine examples of silk wallpapering still exist in Newport and other Eastern US historic homes). 

via de Gournay

via de Gournay

Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berger residence. 

de Gournay

Marjorie Gubelmann apartment via Elle Decor. 

De Gournay wallpaper in Balfour Castle. 

Tory Burch residence, 

Pauline de Rothschild

Aerin Lauder dressing room. 

Elsie de Wolfe residence. 

via Thomas Jayne

Elsie de Wolfe bedroom. 

via Michael Smith

Pauline de Rothschild residence. 

Ann Getty residence 

Abbotsford House

de Gournay

Aerin Lauder dressing room again. 

Ann Getty residence via Harper's Bazaar.

Martha Angus

Miles Redd via Elle Decor

Jeffrey Bilbuber

Thad Hayes room with Gracie wallpaper. 

via Thomas Jayne.

Janklow residence. 

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