With St. Patrick's Day and spring upon us, we are thinking green at Chinoiserie Chic. So today we begin a week of green Chinoiserie with green lacquer. Above is a fabulous little powder room by Katie Ridder. She lacquered the walls green and then glued faux silk flowers on the walls. Genius! What will you lacquer in green?
A Chinese Chippendale chair
Your kitchen cabinets-Miles Redd
A dresser or sideboard
Your front door
A Chinese Chippendale chair
Your kitchen cabinets-Miles Redd
A dresser or sideboard
Your front door
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I am working on a green lacquered Library for a client-still framing the house but this is a definite. Great examples-that Kitchen. Love the door too. pgt
Stalker and Parker, in their 1688 book 'A Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing', give the following recipe for geen japanning: "...put English Pinck; grind it with common size, and when it has attained the consistency of butter, convey it to a pottinger, and there Lamblack and White-lead mixt with it, produce the Olive colour;...". Easy peasy, obviously :)
I love lacquered anything! The green is perfect for St. Patty's day!
so pretty! thinking alike--you need to add the clover porthault sheets (on today's post) have a great day!
best Barbara
I just discovered this blog of yours. What a fantastic niche to post about!! Love it.
Cheers,
Karen O.
Love it all, especially the kelly green kitchen by Miles: brilliant!
Well...I am green with envy over this post! ;)
Emile-great insight to the background on green japanning.
All of the above, please!
Love it!! The campaign dresser is fabulolus!!
Little Augury-So perfect for a library.
Emile-Thanks-this will come in handy!
CC-Lacquer is great in any color anywhere.
Hampton-Perfection!
Karen-Thanks for stopping by.
Averill-What a way to transform ugly stock cabinets.
Theresa-Maybe you can try his japanning recipe.
La Dolfina-Some great ideas.
Dagny-All these are great DIY.
Green is a great color...My favorite is leaning toward LIME...pretty post!
Jen Ramos
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Thanks for all the green ideas. I really do need to add green to my world.
pve
Jen-Thanks for stopping by.
PVE Design-I agree!
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