Monday Giveaway – Win a set of white canvas baskets by Heel Wit

Heel Wit (very White) the shop of Mirjam Boon is back with a sunny giveaway this Monday. A set of three canvas baskets. Designed by Marie Michielssen and to use everywhere in and around your home for everything you can think off. But also outdoors they are a great addition to your garden or patio as you can make […]
Summer in Amsterdam + A patio

I just came across this beautiful picture of this gorgeous patio with concrete floor of Daniella Witte It looks like the perfect place to end a warm and sunny day. In Amsterdam today it was really sunny, when I was biking home around 6.30 I noticed a sign that said 31degrees! Biking through town on […]
Creative spaces & paint

I got an email this week saying…… “I’ve been enjoying being distracted with nice cup of coffee in the studio by reading your blog for over a year now and just thought today i would contact you to say thanks”….. this was a part of the email I got from North London based artist Sue Williams. And […]
Design + Fashion + Inspiration

The new Bodie and Fou Spring/Summer 2012 Catalogue is out! And it reads like a good book, just like their first on, that even won an award! Filled with tons of ideas on how to style the products from their concept store in your own home. It is also interactive, if you like something one […]
A new lamp + a kitchen update {The masterplan}

Last autumn when my new kitchen was just the size it is now and before I was so lucky to win the VT Wonen competition and getting a new floor for my apartment. I was still painting black walls and playin around with paper and tape to see how the Bamboo lamp from Ay Illuminate I love so much […]
Monday Giveaway – 3 Beach towels from De Strandhanddoek

Have you seen them yet? Those beautiful, soft, colourful, sunny Kikoy beach towels? You can spot them all over the beaches of Ibiza, and now also on all the hippest Dutch beaches. The “Strandhanddoek” (Beach Towel) is the ultimate accessory for anyone who loves the sun, sea, and sand. A double sided towel, featuring a […]
A new website for Black Sheep {White Light} + Black & White

Black Sheep White Light they Canadian company that is specialized in eco friendly sheepskins recently launched their brand new website and online shop. The picture above is from an interior design project by Jewel Weeks where she used one of their Icelandic sheepskins. If you are in to a sheepskin for your own home, you might like to purchase one now that they […]
Creative spaces & Clipboard inspiration

You might remember those cool creative work spaces I showed in a previous post. Some days later I got an email from Gudrun Arndt, a freelancing photographer from Germany. She sent me some pictures of her own workspace at home. And some of her still lives… as you can see she loves shades of black and white. […]
A message from my Parisian reporter

After having seen the limited edition Paola Navone designed for MERCI in their Pop up Store in Milan I was wondering how it would look in the MERCI concept store in Paris itself… Now I am lucky enough to have a blog friend from the early years I was blogging who lives right around the corner! I follow his blog, […]
Monday giveaway – Win a Moroccan Berber blanket

Bij El Ramla Hamra vind je mooie producten op het gebied van living en fashion. Een combinatie van Marokkaanse ambacht en trendy lifestyle. Onze give-away is een prachtig geweven Marokkaanse Berber deken, afgezet met pompoms. Handgemaakt & 100% zuiver wol ter waarde van 99 Euro! Join this giveaway – naar de giveaway El Ramla Hamra is a webshop with […]
She Can Leap Tall Buildings {mothersday}

Fashion writer, photographer and photo stylist Heidi Lender’s series She Can Leap Tall Buildings, is a nod to her mom, and all women who do it all, and do it all well. She poses wearing a black wig in a graphic background , representing all the roles woman – and mums have… I thought it […]
IKEA on tour…. a report from il Salone 2012 in Milano on IKEA Live

Today you will find a little report I made of IKEA taking part of the fuorisalone in Lambrate during the Milan Design week on the IKEA Live website. Please note all links to IKEA are taken off as the site no longer exist