Decorating with Chinoiserie

Chinoiserie is a Western style of decorative art that drew upon Chinese motifs and techniques. The style became very popular during the 17th and 18th centuries and was widely used in European art, furniture and architecture. Today, Chinoiserie is still a very popular design trend.  Due to its whimsical scenery and playful elements, it provides…

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Decorating with Blue & White

Blue and white is a classic and timeless color combination that can add a touch of elegance and sophistication to any home. Here are some guidelines to follow when incorporating blue and white design into your home: The Impact of Being Surrounded by Blue and White to our Psyche The colors we surround ourselves with…

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New Heron Pillow – The New Designer Pillow Collection

heron pillow

Hi, I’m Jaima Brown Emmert, your pattern stylist and today I am going to talk to you about why I love birds. I use to have a bird called Lily and she was an African Gray and she use to talk, it was quite fun. I do love birds in Florida and this is what…

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How to Style Your Home – Charleston Garden Mural and our new Designer Pillows

Today is all about what to put with a mural. We have this Charleston Garden mural right here and we love it. It’s a classic! It’s elegant and it looks fantastic with modern furniture or even traditional. So, if you want to put a little pillow or accent pillow on a chair in a foyer,…

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How to Style Pillows on a Navy Couch

What kind of pillows should you put on a navy couch? Pillow Ideas for a Navy Couch Well, here are some ideas! If you like blue and white and want to create a fresh novel look in your home, try using our Marview Stripe pillow as it has several different blue colors in it so…

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How to Style Navy Pillows

Design Tips: Styling Navy Pillows Blue colors express a variety of things. It could represent loyalty, confidence, and peace. It’s a lovely color that adds life to a space without overpowering the other tones. These particular features are what we’ve used in our Classic Chinoiserie Style Pillow, “Kyoto”. This pillow was inspired by Japan with…

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Tiger Pillow Accent Ideas – The Year of the Tiger

Tiger Pillow Companion Prints The designer Tiger Pillow is one of our most artistic creations. In honor of this year being Year of the Tiger. In the Chinese zodiac, if you are born in the year of the tiger, change is upon you. It’s the year to go for a move, new career or new…

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The Best of Chinoiserie – High Point Market

I am so excited to share the news, daisy bennett designs will be at the High Point Market and Furniture Show! This spring brings the best of chinoiserie to High Point, North Carolina on April 2- 6th. We will be featuring our Blossom Chinoiserie Mural. Along with our new designer pillows, fabrics, murals and bedding.…

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How to Mix Modern Patterns with Bird Prints

heron pillows

Do you love marrying modern designs with classics? Do you love bird prints? Well, here is an example of classic a heron bird print with hues of blues, grays and greens on an aqua sky blue background. It fits perfectly with this modern abstract lumbar pillow. Let me tell you why. This lumbar pillow was…

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Design Ideas for Decorating with Banana Leaf Wallpaper

Which pillows from our new Pillow Collection should you use with our Banana Leaf Wallpaper? Today we are talking all about the “Mixology of Prints”. Ever struggle with what colors to mix with large-print wallpaper designs? Don’t. Here, I’m showing you what’s the perfect match for this large-scale banana leaf “Paradisio “ wallpaper pattern. I…

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Mixology of Modern Patterns

I have another great pattern mixing tip for you this week! What is Mixology of pattern? It usually is saved for mixing cocktails but I like to create it with pattern. Mixing patterns is my specialty and I want to show you some ideas of what to put with a modern graphic wallpaper. The wallpaper…

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How to Create a Modern Traditional Look with Pattern

Traditional look is back in trend! If you’re a traditionalist like me, and you’d like to mix up classic designs with a touch of modernism, then this video is for you! In today’s video, we’ll be talking about using classic patterns and spicing them up by adding a touch of modern designs. Take something classic…

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Designer Pillows to Mix and Match with Chinoiserie

Wondering what designer pillows to mix with this Chinoiserie Blossom Mural? Well, try focusing on the novelty parts in the mural as one idea. We thought we would bring out the lemons that are in the Chinoiserie mural so we created an exotic designer tiger pillow with novelty lemons in it as well as a…

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Tips to Accessorize Your Home With Novelty Wallpaper

This week I want to talk to you about some decorating ideas and tips to accessorize your home when using a novelty print wallpaper. I love birds and one of my favorite wallpaper patterns is our Audubon from the Anthology Collection. It is a fun novelty print with the birds in the birdcage. It would…

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The Chic Look of Designer Pillows with Murals

chinoiserie mural in blue

I’ve got a great design tip for you this week! You may be wondering, how do you mix and match designer pillows with a mural? Well, I’ve got exciting news for you. I am coming out with a new mural collection that goes hand in hand with coordinated pillows.   I am into the boho-chic look…

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