Apparatu | Ceramic workshop

Earlier today, and in my first blogpost about Spanish design, I shared some pictures of the atelier of Xavier Mañosa and his family. I really loved this industrial building, the raw environment, the concrete and the different ceramic and made lots of pictures. I could share a few, but decided to just share them all.  Apparatu is a design studio, pottery workshop and […]

Reflections on light X Marset | Spanish design

On our first day in Spain we visited Apparatu… In a huge industrial building we were welcomed by Xavier Mañosa, in the atelier he works, together with his family, on several collections for different Spanish design companies and his own collection. He explained us the ceramic process of several lamps and I was especially interested in the process […]

A white industrial home in Poland

It took Designer Jacek Kolasiński more then two years to create this white dream home in his hometown Szczecin, Poland. Jacek is a restaurateur and Scandinavian furniture collector and owner of Loft, a carpentry studio that makes bespoke furniture.  His love for Scandinavia is reflected in the overall white home that is filled with design […]

Deep dark brown X black | MENU

Lots of dark colours in this collection by MENU, I wrote about the colour brown before when showing these great images, I personally think brown works even better at home with a good dose of black!                                       […]

Tempo Polveroso | Still life by Frederik Vercruysse

Beautiful work made during an ‘artist in residency’ project at Villa Lena in Tuscany by Frederik Vercruysse.. the colours remind me of Iceland and marble quarry’s I passed by when travelling in Sardegna. photography ©Frederik Vercruysse

Life in and around the kitchen | IKEA 2016 catalogue launch

This week I was invited to the IKEA catalogue 2016 launch, and I think the Dutch IKEA team has really outdone their self this year! Towards the event I received several small updates by WhatsApp with foto’s and video’s made by the team, slowly revealing this years location Paviljoen Puur build on the unique location of the defence […]

Bloggers banquet | an evening with LZF

Last week I showed you the wonderful day we had at Gandia Blasco, truly one of the highlights of the tour for me, but then… my whole stay in Spain was wonderful, both with our bloggers team but also when I was on my own… Sitting in the garden of the Praktik Vinoteca, writing blogposts […]

Danish design | K.N.S.studio Copenhagen

Being home again I continue working on my studio and patio plans… Seeing it was raining everyday since I came home I worked indoors on blogposts of Sunny design days, read magazines and did some major cleaning… I feel like repainting some walls that are not as white anymore and maybe declutter even more. Homes […]

Skogsta | New kitchen and dining pieces by IKEA

Still looking for a larger  dining and kitchen table myself, I am always interested in the new IKEA collections, I saw some pretty new tables in the temporary store in Milan where Paola Navone transformed a simple Metod kitchen into a vibrant Italian family style kitchen and lets not forget the new collection by Ilse […]

Graphic lines X DIY with greens

I read this article at the TineK blog the other day and loved the mood board made by Stine Albertsen combining graphic lines with natural materials. She is using small twigs framed in metal frames in combination with the graphic lines from napkins, while placemat and greens add a natural touch. After the framed feathers and the botanic […]

Inspiration for your home | A bathroom with black details

It is not often I look into everyday bathroom details, but after discovering how updating my bathroom with some small black items like i did here, can give your bathroom a boost I noticed the Ferm Living bathroom accessories both in black stained oak and metal. Adding black accessories to your bathroom is a beautiful way […]

LFZ lamps Factory tour | Spanish design

Before our wonderful night in the garden for the ‘bloggers banquet‘, LZF gave us a tour through their showroom and factory, an impressive building where the LZF collection is beautiful presented. Small figures out of the Funnyfarm collection standing next to several wood veneer lamps from small wall lamps like the Hi Collar lamp to spectacular large […]