GIVEAWAY time!

Growing up, my mom had tons of blue and white porcelain all over the house.  It was everywhere.  I think, as a tween, you're obligated to dislike your parent's taste so I was right on track to forming my own opinions early on.

Let me stress, though, that I really didn't get it. What was the allure of blue and white porcelain? It's so traditional. And why did she always brake for a new piece? 

Somewhere in the last few years I started shifting my attention from how great my grandmother's taste was to how great my own mom's taste is.  Was I actually beginning to like this stuff now?  Don't tell anyone, but I think so...

And then I hit 30. Something changed and I stopped resisting. I started 'getting' the allure of good porcelain.

Last week, the day before my 30th birthday, mom took me to our favorite spot (yeah yeah, I know, we talk about Middle Kingdom a lot) and helped me pick out my first piece for my home.  A lovely rite of passage.  I didn't actually get a piece of the blue and white variety (they couldn't find the price and have to call me with a quote), but …

What I did get is an awesome gift for YOU, dear readers.  For my birthday, I'm giving you a present! And hopefully once we give this thing away to a lucky winner, we'll stop with the obsessive posts on their porcelains.

As much as we'd love to gift you a ginger jar the size of a small child, we decided it might not be practical to ship (or on our pocketbooks).

So we're offering you a Middle Kingdom porcelain bowl from the Red Chamber series in the lavender colorway with a yellow inside.

They come in the yummiest colors, and this lavender color is perfect for spring. I can envision this piece as a vessel for a tall white orchid (or even the fuchsia ones) with some fuzzy green moss on top.

And no wonder they come in yummy colors, just look at Bo and Allison Jia's home published in Washington Spaces a few years back.  DELISH.

[photos by Morgan Howarth]

Here's how to win.

1 - Join our blog! (click "Join this site" on the right-hand side of the page)

2 - For extra credit, leave a comment on this post telling us what you would do with your MK vase.

3 - For extra, extra credit, 'like us' on Facebook.  

4 - For extra credit for those who already like us on Facebook and subscribe to our blog, leave us a comment telling us the one decor item you couldn't live without. 


We'll announce the winner next Monday, so you have a whole week to spread the word. 

Good luck and "may the odds be ever in your favor"!


-Bethany and Nancy