TRAVEL | Volkshotel | Hotel and meeting place for creative minds

Volkshotel is a brand new hotel located in the former Volkskrant building. And after a weekend of partying, music and special acts now open for guests, creatives minds and neighbours. I was invited to the opening weekend and just before the party started I had a sneak peek at some of the 172! rooms and […]

Elle Festival | Pavilion favourites & A Slideshow

My last weekend was marked by Elle festival taking place in Amsterdam. A selection in the field of interior design, fashion and food made by the three Dutch Elle magazines, Elle fashion, food and Elle decoration was presented in shops, offices, gardens, garage and private houses throughout the city. The opening took place Thursday evening at the Elle […]

SPRMRKT X WDSTCK | SPRMRKT concept store Amsterdam

When Nelleke Strijkers first entered the space she knew she had found the raw and unfinished area where she could do whatever she wanted. Her concept store SPRMRKT has a perfect raw and honest emotion that she is really comfortable with. At SPRMRKT you will find wearables, interior, exhibitions and more. It is one of the shops […]

A piece of Finland | Finnish design shop + coffee corner

It had to be a new Finnish design shop that opened it doors last week to introduce me to the ‘WARM’ coffee and tea set. A ‘mini classic’ of Finnish and Scandinavian design combining ceramic teacups and teapots with bracelets of laminated bent wood |Design, Brian Keaney| ‘A piece of Finland‘ is a brand new […]

Men only by Tim Collins | Amsterdam Next

While searching for new shops to add to my other blog Amsterdam Next I came across the beautiful shots of Tim Collins. Shots of men with tattoos, blue denim, whisky, brown leather, cigars and beards & barbers. A mens’s world in Amsterdam and surroundings that feels like stepping back in time. I suggested Tim to make a […]

Coffee & Celebrations | Harvest & Co | Amsterdam

Today a little birthday wish to my friends Jeroen and Denise of Harvest & Co ! Happy first birthday guys with your beautiful store and concept! I am looking forward of all things 2014 will bring you!  If you are in the neighborhood and visiting don’t forget to check out their brand new coffee corner with coffee from Lot Sixty […]

Design Icons | Get a free ticket for you and a friend

If you love vintage design pieces from the 1930s – 1980s… well-known classics to anonymous designs, with Eames next to Mies van der Rohe and from Italian-chic to raw industrials. Then The upcoming Design Icons trade show in Amsterdam might be just the place for you!  In collaboration with Design Icons I am giving away […]

Cotton Cake | Amsterdam Next

Drinks at Amsterdam based Cotton Cake, a small and beautiful white world with a cozy corner to relax, have a drink and read some magazines. I posted this on my other blog Amsterdam Next  today and thought you might like it as well.  More info & pictures at Amsterdamnext.com | pictures (C) Vosgesparis

Atelier Sukha presents | blankets for cozy autumn nights

Autumn is slowly starting up and with this maybe last warm weekend , I was enjoying the sun all day yesterday and exploring some of Elle Inside design. |see some pictures here: Amsterdam Next| Sukha, one of Amsterdam’s most loved concept stores is one of the hot-spots on the Elle inside design route through the city. If […]

Elle Inside design | Amsterdam 2013

A little impression of some graduation work and design I saw today. Read the story behind this curtain by Fee Kokke (You will love it!) And see some pictures of the work of Studio Pepe Hueykoop in his Amsterdam home in a former horse stable at my other blog Amsterdam Next Enjoy!

Harvest & Company | New in Amsterdam

Two friends with a shared vision. Both naturally curious and eager to discover new things. Continuously hunting for treasures in whatever shape or form, selecting and gathering the things they love. From furniture to fabrics, from coffee to cosmetics, from magazines to music. All together this is their harvest. Harvest and Company is an amazing […]

Visiting Amsterdam | Modenus blogtour

The other day I had the pleasure to meet up with a group of fellow interior design bloggers in Amsterdam. Modenus blogtour tour stayed in Cologne and came over to Amsterdam for one day! And I loved meeting this group with bloggers from the US and Great Britain. We had a meet up at the college Hotel in […]