ARU TO NAI | Monochrome art by Daijiro Hama at Ashes to snow

When shopping in my neighbourhood I sometimes pop in at Ashes to Snow, a hair atelier with a relaxed, artistic atmosphere where you will also find selected design, objects and art pieces from like-minded creatives from various disciplines. The gallery presents, promotes and sells the work of young artists, photographers, designers and craftsmen. You can […]

La Cabra X Frama Pop-Up Cafe | Amsterdam

For the occasion of the World of Coffee festival, taking place in Amsterdam this week, Danish La Cabra Coffee Roasters teamed up with Frama  and opened a pop-up coffee bar at the Amsterdam Pijp area In the store next to some great coffee, I had my first ever cup of coffee from Burundi! selected furniture and lighting from the Frama […]

Salt Water Amsterdam | A little store & café | Amsterdam Next

A mix of the Far East and France probably discribes Salt Water Amsterdam, the store of Malaysian born Wanting Choo, best. After having lived in different places around the globe she is now combining her passions for art and design and her love for the ocean and natural products in Salt Water Amsterdam – a […]

Amsterdam city guide | New pictures from Sukha Amsterdam

It is more than five years I first posted about one of Amsterdam’s most iconic stores, since then I showed different interior changes of Sukha Amsterdam, see them all here, the picture showing a huge tipi is still going around on Pinterest, do you follow me on Pinterest? The store has been bright white for some years […]

Mae Engelgeer X Fest Amsterdam | CRUSH Collection

FEST Amsterdam was founded in 2013 from a personal need for well designed furniture without the high-end prices and has quickly become a brand known for its Dutch design with a fresh twist and a pop of colour. When visiting the store in the Pijp area for my city guide my eye caught the new […]

Scandinavian design | BOLIA store in Amsterdam

With a grand opening and a 20% discount on everything! till december 27th, Bolia opened it’s first store in Amsterdam and the Netherlands. You have to believe me if I say the team build up the store in only two weeks and the result is pretty amazing! Two floors of affordable Scandinavian design and a […]

Industrial X「In Visible」by Daijiro Hama

Last month I wrote about Ashes to Snow and when I went to bring some magazines with the article I made about them for the vt wonen love blogs magazine, the store was even whiter then the first time I visited. At the entry a beautiful green bench and some plants blended perfectly with the green gas bottles of […]

TRAVEL | Taturo Atzu | the garden which is the nearest to God

Although it can be really busy in town with the many visitors Amsterdam welcomes every day, I am still deeply in love with my hometown. I live in a quiet area myself and within no time I am downtown to enjoy the small shopping streets, or bike along the canals. Did you see the pictures and giveaway of […]

Mr Benjamin’s Loft | A dream home in the Amsterdam canal belt

This last friday I was invited at the opening of The Loft, a beautiful evening with an intimate private dinner and party afterwards at Prinsengracht. This is the third edition, and ‘the apartment’ is fully decorated with Mr. Benjamin in mind…Mr. Benjamin is a fictive person and wandering through his home you can discover more about him… […]

TRAVEL | Ashes to Snow | Hair atelier and art gallery

When working on an article about my city guide for the vt wonen love blogs magazine, I wrote about yesterday, I decided to stay a bit closer to home instead of going downtown. The area close to the Eastern docklands where I live, is welcoming many young entrepreneurs lately. One of them are the owners of Ashes […]

Cool new places in town X vtwonen love blogs magazine

With finishing almost all my blogposts about Spain last week I love to take you to my hometown this week as I have to share some great projects with you! Lets start with something I worked on almost six months ago and finally can show you this week! If you have a subscription to vtwonen […]

GIVEAWAY | A Tivoli Audio Music System Three+ for Summer fun!

Just before leaving for Spain I received an email from Tivoli if I wanted to try the new Tivoli Audio MSY3+ or maybe even take it with me on vacation. I have to admit I have always been a fan of the beautiful design of the Tivoli radio and music systems, I have spot them in magazines and […]