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 […]
Collecting travel memories {Easy DIY with paper bags}

To quickly organize my travel memories I used some white paper bags and a set of stamps…. more about this easy DIY project in a blog I wrote for the IKEA Family site.
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 […]
Color trend {Shades of gray with a touch of gold}

This week I made a Color trend for Dutch site Kleurinspiratie. THE Dutch site for Color inspiration! I stayed close to myself with different shades of grey and industrial black. And added a touch of Glamour with gold but you could easily use some beautiful copper as well. You can see the complete color trend here and there is a little interview […]
Giveaway – Win a cushion from Ferm Living

We previously had some lovely giveaways with Wonen met LEF, a webshop with tough, contemporary home accessories. Ferm LIVING is one of the brands you can find in their collection. This Danish company aims at designing and manufacturing interior products with a graphic touch. For today’s giveaway Wonen met Lef choose to give away one of their large! (80×50 […]
Blackboard walls and pictures

This post was supposed to be about black walls. But while surfing to Netta’s blog Likainen Parketti to look for some of her blackboard pictures I found this huge collage…. and a little goodbye post. So this became a little post in honor of another blogger who after more then 2 years decided to call it a day… […]