Mrs. CRICHTON-BROWNE: Blue and White

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Ginger Jars

The recent trend of accessorizing with blue and white ginger jars is adorning many diffenent homes and styles in design displying the versatility of these acient asian ceramics On a bookcase for display, as vase full or fresh or faux flowers, in the middle of a table centre piece, in the garden, on the kitchen bench top as a cookie jar, used as a lamp or adorning a fireplace in place of a flame these jars are the most versatile decorative accents suiting almost all themes of design. They come in many different shapes, colours and sizes allowing you to bring a small piece of the orient to your home.

Take a look at the different ways they have been styled in the rooms below.

Barclay Butera

My own home, I purchased this ginger jar in Beijing. Its a traditional wedding jar.

This blue and white ceramic houses my faux orchards on the dining table.

My Ginger Jar with flowers from birthday!

Barclay Butera

Ethan Allen

Ralph Lauren

Barclay Butera

Williams Sonoma

Barclay Butera

Williams Sonoma

Barclay Butera

Mrs CB

See you next time x

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Lighting

In my opinion lighting is one of the most important features of a room creating ambience and character in a home. I have a preference to lamps as a source of lighting to add warmth and mood to rooms in my home. It seems very common for homes in Australia to use down lights and lots of them, although they are nice in contemporary homes I feel they are stark and uninviting. Here are a few lamps on my wish list.... which keeps getting longer!