Bodie + Fou + The Batgirl

Last June when my friend Karine was in Amsterdam we did a two day photo shoot for the new catalog in my home. In case you missed it, you can see some of it here: Styling from Amsterdam. As said in the up-following post about the Meet the Blogger weekend it took some time to finish. But now it is here and if […]

Noël 2012 by Paola Navone {MERCI loves Monoprix}

Paola Navone recently designed a Christmas line for French magasin Monoprix. From November 14-17 there will be a preview in a special installation at MERCI in Paris. The line consists of affordable design by Paola Navone. If you love dots and a good dose of black, white and red this is the thing for you. […]

A blogger working for a good cause

Lots of bloggers are busy bees, travelling around the world, doing brainstorm sessions, styling jobs for magazines, brands and hotels… or writing books and Online magazines. The recent project the very cool and inspiring lady on the picture, Emma from Emma’s designblogg, the oldest  and most read design blog! did, really goes close to my heart.She […]

Crosses + concrete {unplugged series}

Hello there on this late Sunday night.. or if you were already asleep, Good morning! I have had a really busy weekend around the house. Now winter has really kicked inn I feel like changing things around in my home as well. It has been really light and bright for the last months and I think it […]

Faded colors and black board walls

The thing I like most about black boards maybe, is the faded white effect it has after cleaning them…  I think a black board or if you think big .. a black board wall! [Like these amazing ones] is a very easy way to make your home look more lively. A really nice and personal quote […]

Win a signed copy of the Edible Selby

Photographer Todd Selby is back with his new book Edible Selby this time he is focusing his lens on the kitchens, gardens, homes, and restaurants of more than 40 of the most creative and dynamic figures from Copenhagen to Tokyo working in the culinary world today. Last week he was in Amsterdam for a book signing and […]

DIY a {Christmas} Star for your home…. Snapshots from Vosgesparis readers

Remember the Snapshots from Vosgesparis readers? When I asked you to sent in your projects, I got these pictures from Miranda from ‘Lekker Fris‘ She wrote me how she made her own Christmas star. Her friend has a garden center and Miranda made the star with some already beautiful grayed leftovers she found in there. I love it and asked her to […]

Styling by Karin Meyn – Trust your own creativity…

Karin, creative director at Piet Boon launched her first book Piet Boon Styling by Karin Meyn last week. A book filled with amazing still life’s  mood boards and pictures in different color scenes. Karin says orderliness is one of the most important hallmarks of her style. When making still life’s – orderliness on a small scale – I have always […]

Imperfection in wood and ink

I was having a nice week of Herfst (autumn) vacation, as we call it here in the Netherlands, last week. And actually quite busy… Off to DDW in the first weekend and having dinner in the fabulous USINE, where we had a great salad with wasabi-mayonaise [Now how Tasty is that!!] It really was a week of eating […]