wallpaper removal

M&J Trimming - Greek Key in Orange/Cream

Add autumn spice to your home this fall with Greek key trim in orange. These are two favorites. Use it to trim pillows or ready made curtains for an easy DIY. And don't limit your choices to white or ivory curtains - these cotton velvets in light turquoise, gray, and lilac from Ikea would be beautiful. Other great ideas include using it to trim a lampshade, a roman shade, a stair runner, or a piece of furniture.

M&J Trimming - Greek Key in Brown/Ginger

Add orange Greek key trim to pillows

Or curtains

Ikea Sanela in Light Turquoise

Ikea Sanela in Gray

Ikea Sanela in Lilac

More ideas -

The October issue of House Beautiful is a real keeper. My favorite feature is this wonderful home of interior designer Nicolette Horn in Oslo, Norway. It unexpectedly combines lots of Chinoiserie in a historic Scandinavian home. I found this article especially interesting because my grandmother was Norwegian and from Oslo. Interestingly, she loved Chinoiserie. The house includes palm trees, blue and white Chinese porcelain, Quadrille fabrics and wallpaper, faux bamboo, pagodas, Chinese garden stools, fretwork, and Chinoiserie furniture and wallpaper. Notice how she combines purple and Chinoiserie in one of the bedrooms. I think using purple with Chinoiserie is going global.

I am very excited to be participating once again in the One Room Challenge. I'm sure most of you are aware of this hugely popular blogging event that was the brainchild of Linda from Calling It Home. In this semiannual internet sensation, Linda selects twenty interior designers, interior design bloggers, and DIY bloggers to redo a room of their choice from start to finish in 6 weeks with weekly posts and a big final reveal.

Here are the reveals of my two previous rooms - my kitchen and my powder room. If you would like to see the entire process of my two previous ORC rooms, click on the ORC buttons in my sidebar. I am VERY COMPETITIVE and this was great motivation/pressure for me to get these rooms done. The launch of the new ORC is next Wednesday, October 2nd. The room I have chosen and my fellow participants are secret until the launch, but I can tell you that my room will be blue and white and have lots of Chinoiserie. The group of participants is fantastic.

The new twist this time is that all of you can participate!!!! Linda at Calling It Home will have linking on Thursdays where you can do your own posts on your room and your progress on your blog and link with everyone else. Here are the details. Jennifer of The Pink Pagoda has a wonderful explanation of the process and the schedule here. The room you choose can get a complete renovation or just some tweaking and TLC - it's up to you.

If any of you decide to join in and will have Chinoiserie elements in your room, please email me with your blog. I'd love to feature some of your rooms here on Chinoiserie Chic. Come join the fun. It is a no brainer - the chance to get a room finished as well as new followers and publicity for your blog. I look forward to hearing from you.

I think this is the coolest idea for fall decorating outdoors - towers of pumpkins and gourds. Pumpkin pagodas! I have a couple of tuteurs in my garden I would love to try this with.