The Chinoiserie Collection is a collaboration between SKL Home and interior designer Vern Yip from Saturday Knight Ltd. The collection includes all of the motifs I love from Blue Willow china and adds in some other elements traditional to Chinoiserie. The collection is “Inspired from traditional Asian motifs and culture.” It “brings a modern twist…
I’ve still not found exactly the Blue Willow bath accessories I am looking for. These are close, though. They are blue and white porcelain. Not a Chinoiserie pattern, but a beautiful blue and white that would coordinate. The set includes a soap dish, pump for lotion or soft soap, a cup and toothbrush cup, tissue…
They make a version of the memory foam mats with Cobalt Blue and White Ginger Jars printed on them. They are available as a single ginger or three ginger jars. They also come as a ginger jar or vase holding bird of paradise leaves, a monster plant, maidenhair fern, eucalyptus, or palm fronds….
I found these little bath mats that are printed with a koi fish pattern. I have bought three of these memory foam mats now and I have not been disappointed. They are very inexpensive. Once they took a few weeks to arrive. The other two times they came sooner than I expected. This one is…
This month is the Trend Issue of Better Homes & Gardens magazine. It has about a dozen pages about “What’s next in Home, Garden and Food”. Effervescent Iridescence We’ve always been drawn to the bright and shiny. The rainbow-esque look of iridescence improves everyday items and our mood. After the warm, serene rose gold trend,…
Bath Mats, Kitchen Mats or Doggie Beds I was looking for bath mats and found these. They are all very similar, but sold by a lot of different companies. They are very well priced on Amazon, but the descriptions came from other websites. Style and comfort come together in these Asian Motif memory foam mats….
I would love to have Blue Willow accessories in the bathroom. That sounds pretty easy, doesn’t it? Not as easy as it sounds. This is what I have been able to find. This tissue box cover by Jacaranda Living is sewn out of a linen cotton blend. The pagoda is embroidered in cobalt blue. It can…
Fifteen years ago, maybe more, I saw a little Blue Willow table made out of ceramic at TJ Maxx. By the time I thought about it and decided I couldn’t live without it, it was gone. And I have repented ever since. Every time I see one in a picture on someone’s porch, I wish…
House Beautiful issue for December 2016/January 2017 feature The Essentials: Bath of the Month shows a spectacular glass chandelier. These chandeliers are absolutely timeless. “A midcentury Murano smoked-glass chandelier at the bath room entrance sets a glam scene.” Glass Chandeliers, Traditional & Contemporary Venetian Chandeliers Venetian chandeliers feature intricate arabeques of leaves and flowers stylized…
Even in the smallest bathroom or powder room, good lighting and good switches and dimmers make all the difference! Once you have light control in your bathroom, you will wonder how you ever lived without it. Have one switch for ceiling lighting, whether it is recessed lighting or a ceiling fixture. Have the mirror lighting…
