Before order there is chaos. + Meet the blogger

It has been almost a week… And what a great week it was! I really apprecited attending the Meet the Blogger event this weekend. And I was truly impressed by the story Holly Becker shared with us on how she first started blogging to become the successful blogger and writer of  Decorate she is now.  […]

The Selby at my place

Last week the window display of the American Book Center in Amsterdam was all about the  The Selby’s  new book. {As you see it was kinda hard to make a picture of it with the sun beating the city!} I loved the little exhibition they made around the book and the posters that I could […]

Imperfection in North London

Jimmie Karlsson’s home Today I have been working on a previous bedroom…. I steamed of some old wallpaper and tomorrow I will take out the old floorboards. Then next week I hope to get a plan from a friend of mine. She is an architect and is making me a 3D simulations of how it […]

My new home

When can I move in was the first thing that came in mind when visiting  the studio of Glass artist Phillippa Edwards and textile designer Sabin Kech.  I met Sabine at ‘Open workshop day‘ last month. I visited this warehouse, near my house, where many studios are located and was blown away by the beauty […]

Bringing the outside in

I love the house of Danish artist Anja Blinkenberg, it was showed in several magazines some years ago. She is someone who likes to bring nature into her house. Like antlers and this prepared animal in front of the mirror…I love the picture but I prefer to have my own wolf on a cushion. How […]

Therese Sennerholt Design

A while ago I came across the website of Therese Sennerholt, a Swedish art-director who mainly works with advertising. Recently, as a side hobby, she started to produce graphic prints with new and old quotations, found or self made up. Not only do I love graphic prints but I also love the little sense of […]

Brushes and Bamboo

A little corner on one of my tables I have always loved to look around in those shops where they sell paint and paper. Beside painting walls and some furniture I’m not really a painter (although I followed a few years of painting for advertisement). Especially the brushes I think are very beautiful… if they […]

Unwired

Sinds ik tijdens mijn opleiding reclametekenen/vormgeving enorme vellen met passer en inkt vol letters moest tekenen. Ben ik gefascineerd door haar vormen. Met name de lettertypen die worden gebruikt op kisten en dozen vind ik prachtig om te zien. Ik kan dan ook erg blij worden van alles wat daar mee te maken heeft. Bij […]