The Olive tree is there… {I declare summer officially started!}

  I got this cute olive tree on the market yesterday .. sadly the previous one I had never really recovered from the freezing cold winter we had..  Wouldn’t it be great to be able to keep this trees alive indoors, they are just so pretty 😉 Don’t you think? Gisteren op de markt dit […]

Do you still have…

Do you still have your first camera? I do and I am so happy I will never throw it away… it brings back good memories of teenage holidays and the sound of little tapping toes over the floors… music, sunny holidays and people I love. Heb jij nog je eerste camera? Ik wel en ik […]

Crispy white rooms + a masterplan in progress

  I love to do different projects at the same time… trying things out, just adding items or furniture to a room or a wall to look at it for a few days {or if I am being lazy for weeks} to see if I really like it. Lately I was busy with this corner […]

DIY Industrial coatrack…

Last week I have been making a new coat rack for my hall. I am very happy with my DIY’ing and think it looks really nice and even a bit industrial. The previous one was painted with blackboard paint and it was getting a bit old  *I had this time I used a lot of […]

Give away house

Marion, a dutch girl living in Sweden likes to make little wooden houses that she shows on her blog Basiclabel. In a comment I told her I really loved the pictures she made of them.. Especially the one with the black painted border.. It somehow reminds me of the walls in the Italian house of […]

Pols Potten + Idiosyncratic

(pictures made yesterday for my Personal City Guide) When reading the English text on the Pols Potten website I had to look up the word Idiosyncratic..  Reading the Dutch definitions in my online dictionary I finally understood why maybe it is I feel so at home in this shop. I pop in very often, to drool […]

Concrete + Tape

 Concrete + Tape = Simple beautiful  accent  If you want to see it I love to use my concrete walls as a little playground Do you ever feel like sticking tape on the wall ! Or do you hang strange and unexpected things onto your walls?? I really would love to hear your opinion and […]

Friday Next + Concept store

Last week I went to one off my favorite stores in town to make some pictures for the Amsterdam City Guide I am writing for my blog (a little  page with my personal favorites) I updated a little part again yesterday and thought I show you the rest of the pictures I made of Concept […]

My new home

When can I move in was the first thing that came in mind when visiting  the studio of Glass artist Phillippa Edwards and textile designer Sabin Kech.  I met Sabine at ‘Open workshop day‘ last month. I visited this warehouse, near my house, where many studios are located and was blown away by the beauty […]

Unplugged

Yesterday I had a great time at the beach, lots of  sea, sand and sunshine. A lunch with a colleague from work (best birthday gift for a person like her, who always thinks someone else can use her birthday presents better) Today another sunny Saturday morning with some unplugged shots from around the house. I […]

Behind the scenes with IKEA Family Live

Reflections on an IKEA Family Live shoot Previously posted on the IKEA Famly Live Website on April 20 2011   If the IKEA Family Live team should ever take over your house for two whole days, like it did with mine, be prepared to enjoy every minute of it. It is not everyday you get […]

Simple + Serene + Paris

I was so happy to come across the pictures of this stunning Parisian apartment, belonning to one of my favorite designers Paola Navone. They show some more of that white lamp I felt for the minute I saw it.(most definitely chez Emma I think) Ever since then it is the background picture on my computer. […]