Calling all blue and white lovers!!

Good morning! Hope your week is off to a good start. Over here, I have a list a mile long of things to get busy cracking on (mostly house related) so no rest for the weary...it's already another busy week. When I start my morning with a healthy dose of blue and white, I just know its going to be a great day. Every now and then I have to post on blue and white, to give me my regular "fix" of this scrumptious combination. It just never gets old........what can I say!!

 I am also super excited to have added some truly exquisite new pieces (below) so this was a perfect post to tie it all in. Hopefully some of these images are new to you, while some I realize you have seen.......they are just too pretty to not include. The truly wonderful things about blue and white is that literally it goes with every single color. I dare you to find a color that it doesn't work with. Impossible!! How about you, has blue and white-itis  struck you too? Happily there is no cure in sight. So lets take a look at blue and white at its very best.........

Ahhhh, this is sheer blue and white perfection accented by soft earth tones, Scott Snyder

 Like a breath of fresh air, this room is so crisp, clean and gorgeous! Verandah House

This picture just always draws me in, it is just sublime!

Love blue and white in virtually any kitchen, Alex Papachristidis

Blue and white, pink roses...the combination is so breathtaking! C Roehm

Carolyne Roehm long known for her love of blue and white always gets it right!!

 

Love the idea of putting a bunch of different shapes and shades of gingers jars together as a beautiful vignette, Sroka Design 

 Blue and white outside is simply perfect and so crisp and elegant, At Home

How great is Mary Ann's guest room from Classic Casual Home? Stunning!

 Gorgeous blue and white room by Scott Snyder

Ruthie Sumers

Amy Howard designed this beautiful understated room

 Love this fabric (have it in my kitchen) and the blue and white ginger jars are the icing on the cake, New England Home

Carolyne Roehm's magic touch with blue and white strikes again!

Rhapsody in blue....Scott Snyder

The blue and white is simply gorgeous against the rich warm brown, Alex Papachristidis

I love the use of blue and white against dark dramatic walls, Jeffrey Bilhuber

 Part of a Christmas vignette in my own home...love the way the red pops against the blue and white!

 Breakfast with blue and white is always a great way to start my day!

White hydrangeas were meant to be placed in blue and white containers!

 Adore this inviting, warm and super elegant breakfast nook

Love this elegant grouping and the dramatic effect of the branches, Classic Casual Home

My own little vignette of my favorite color combo

Charlotte Moss hit a home rum with this spectacular table setting in blue and white!

Love the way the white upholstery plays off against the crisp blue and white, New England Home

 

Love this cluster of magnificent blue and whites filled with white flowers...scrumptious!

 My friends beautiful center hall table, with an explosion of blossoms filling her beautiful blue and white vase

 Picture perfect....Carolyne Roehm at it again!

 Adore this picture...proof that there is simply no such thing as too much blue and white! Lonny

 William Eubanks used blue and white to  perfection in this ultra fabulous room!

 

Guess where and the following are also from my home...proof of my undying love for all things blue and white!

My newest ginger jars "put to the test" and they passed with flying colors:)

This kind of left me speechless...had to include it but how to describe this? A shrine to blue and white? An overdose of blue and white? A room you don't want to be in during an earthquake? Yes to all the above!

I must share with you the newest members of my blue and white family! I just added them to my online shop and I have to say these are some of my most favorite pieces! Absolutely stunning. What I love about them is that they have a lot of white in them so they are a beautiful contrast when using them as part of a grouping.....take a look!

15" bowl

Gorgeous diamond shaped foo dog jars

Oversize temple jar

Stunning foo dog ginger jars

And these are going to be added in the next day or two.....LOVE!

 15" round bowl

 14" tall flat top jar

 14" tall flat top jar

 30" mega impact vase

18" ginger jar

 9" flat top jar

Click here if you want to visit my online porcelain shop. Thanks as always for stopping by and seeing whats happening over here. I love to know your thoughts on everything I gab about...and wondering how many blue and white fans there are out there! Tell me if you too are part of the "blue and white club" and your favorite way to use it.  May your day be as delightful as blue and white makes me feel!


 

Canopies, Caronas and Crowns.....oh my!

Happy Wednesday to you! As I am starting to finally think seriously about my guest room and my own bedroom (at long last), one look I am continuously drawn is canopied beds and beds with crowns. Yes, it is very classic and traditional, having been done for centuries but now you also see it being done with a modern twist to give it a fresher cleaner feel. Its a beautiful way to use a favorite fabric or combination of fabrics and just feels so "cocoonlike". I remember the very first time I slept in a bed with a soaring crown was in a beautiful hotel room in Belgium about 15 years ago. I felt like a royal and must say I had an awfully great nights rest. So....am sure I want to do the same thing in  my own guest room and today's post is a tribute to all the wonderful treatments that can be applied to a bed. What are your thoughts? Is it a like? A love? Would love to know! Here we go.........feast your eyes on these beauties!

This beautiful bedroom has been an inspiration for my guest room, love the check fabric used inside, think it makes it less fussy and crisp feeling, Joy Tribaut

The colors here are my favorite, I like the idea of a very quiet print with solid colored muted bedding, so inviting! TH

Beautiful application, love how the fabric matches the wallpaper,also love the gathered carona,  Kendall Wilkinson

LOVE the scalloping detail on this vision in ivory, Phoebe Howard

Always adored this bedroom, so serene and inviting! Cathy Kincaid

 Fun twist on a traditional room for a lucky young lady! Palmer Weiss

How pretty is the soft billowy fabric used as a canopy? So soothing and calming.....Howard

Thom Felicia's bold take on a modern day canopy bed

Mary McDonald dreamt up this vision in white!

Wiliam Eubanks designed this fabulous master retreat using warm soothing tones...so elegant!

How sweet is the pink gingham? Love it! Shes so pretty

This sumptuous room by Mario Buatta just screams "come jump here" and bring your mags and books with you (and a indulgent little snack too:)

Love this serene oasis of a room, the scale of the room makes it feel majestic, Veranda

Always been a fan of this gorgeous dreamy room of canopied twin beds, Cathy Kincaid

Love pretty prints in rich warm tones for a canopy as Rinfret did in this elegant retreat

Love this monochromatic take on an elegant modern daybed....beautiful!

Of course everything Ralph Lauren touches turns to gold or at least into a bed fit for a princess!

Solis Bentancourt's modern take on a pair of canopy beds, pretty!

And for a more masculine approach, canopy beds can still work...as shown here in Cottage and Gardens.

I really like Michael S. Smith's take on a more transitional cleaner feel on a canopy bed, Elle Decor

Barry Dixon designed this fabulous retreat in brown, love the feeling!

And finally....who said canopy beds are just for humans?  Aristopaws

Too cute! Chinoiserie Chic

Had to throw in mans best friends, they like to live in great style too! So....whats your take? Do you love this look? Do you favor it more traditionally or like the more modern take? To me, its just beautiful any which way. As always, love to hear what you think. Wishing you a fabulous day!