Brighten Your Chandelier with Inexpensive Blown Glass Ornaments
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Brighten Your Chandelier with Inexpensive Blown Glass Ornaments

For a fun change up, hang some blown glass ornaments from your chandelier or pendants. You can loop them over the arms or replace some of the crystals. The look goes beautifully with painted finish chandeliers. These exotic drops are hand blown in Egypt. No two are exactly alike. They look like blown glass perfume…

Cable Lighting at California Surf Museum in Oceanside, California

Cable Lighting at California Surf Museum in Oceanside, California

If you want to see how cable lighting can be used, check out the California Surf Museum in Oceanside, California. When the museum moved to a new location, 312 Pier View Way, they used cable lighting throughout. Cables run wall to wall. One end of each cable run has anchors. The other side has turnbuckles…

Queen Anne’s Lace Accents, Décor and Collectibles

Queen Anne’s Lace Accents, Décor and Collectibles

Queen Anne’s Lace grows wild around here. If you pick it, it smells like carrots. That’s because it is a carrot, pretty much. It’s sometimes called wild carrot, although there is another kind of wild carrot around here that makes more carrot, less flower. You can eat the carroty root of Queen Anne’s Lace. It…

Two’s Company Chinoiserie Jigsaw Puzzles in Decorative Gift Boxes
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Two’s Company Chinoiserie Jigsaw Puzzles in Decorative Gift Boxes

I love everything from the company Two’s Company. I especially like their Chinoiserie Chic Collection. Inspired by the unique designs first introduced in 17th century China, our Chinoiserie Chic collection features a beautiful array of Chinoiserie décor, bamboo decorations, and much more. With… a vast selection to choose from, it’s easier than ever to add…

Miniature Blue and White Porcelain Pagoda Ornaments
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Miniature Blue and White Porcelain Pagoda Ornaments

I have found more of the adorable miniature blue and white porcelain pagodas. And they don’t cost much at all! The one on the left is from a brand called Hoolerry. I don’t think there is any difference between it and the one from Mpapali. The second is from Sophinique and the one at the…

Blue and White Chinoiserie Towel Sets
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Blue and White Chinoiserie Towel Sets

I can never have too many hand towels. I prefer the cotton terrycloth ones. Any cotton towel that is absorbent is useful. And I have a lot of rather useless un-absorbent synthetic towels that I bought anyway because I like the picture so much. This set has chinoiserie designs embroidered onto cotton terry cloth. Quera…

Lomonosov Russian Blue Net or Cobalt Mesh China
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Lomonosov Russian Blue Net or Cobalt Mesh China

This is the Cobalt Blue Net or Mesh pattern china from Russia. The basic pattern is crossing lines with “bugs” or bows where they cross. They have been made a long time and are available new and used in hundreds of variations. The white porcelain with cobalt blue is accented with solid blue and gold….

Blue and White China Figurines
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Blue and White China Figurines

Chinese figurines in white china with cobalt blue transfer or painting is a wonderful accent to your blue willow china collection. They are available in different sizes. The smaller ones are easiest to find. Larger ones are less common and cost quite a bit more. Some have beautifully applied details. Others, not so much. This…