A mix of different styles and a beautiful tiled kitchen | Arrogant verneuil in Paris

Before heading to Milan for Milan design week, a last update from when I visited Paris last January. After reading an article about Rozemarijn de Witte and Pierre Traversier’s Parisian gallery, Arrogant Verneuil I was curious to visit their boutique and Open House and get a sneak peek into their world. I previously visited their hotel […]

Leclaireur Herold – A Paris must visit

It was not that I was not familiar with the Leclaireur stores, when in Paris I often visited the store in the Marais at Rue de Sévigné. But it was by accident when walking in Rue Herold, two men stepped out of an enormous door and I got a glimpse of a beautiful entrance… only […]

Pierre Augustin Rose in Paris

It was love at first sight when visiting Pierre Augustin Rose last month in Paris. Over time I have created a long list of places I love to visit when in Paris. And the gallery was on my list for some time. Next to visiting the Maison & Objet fair, I stayed two days in […]

A new dining concept by Marie Michielssen for Serax | Jeanne

At the beginning of January I also visited the Serax showroom in Paris, where I was deeply impressed by ‘Jeanne’, Marie Michielssen’s new furniture line for Serax. In recent years she has focused more on designing furniture and objects with which she herself has a deep connection. Her furniture collection Jeanne and her first tableware […]

My Paris guide | The Caravane house

I was happy to have booked a few days more when I was in Paris for Maison & Objet and Paris Design week. Although I love being in company and it is always more fun to explore all the old and new Paris has to offer. I do not hesitate to travel alone or hop […]

My Paris Guide | Atelier Brancusi

Let’s talk about Paris this week!  Through the years the name of my blog makes many of you thinking I live in Paris, but it’s nothing more than a nickname I created on an interior design forum in 2007 which expressed my affection for the city. When discovering blogging that same year I just continued […]

Finding a perfect ceramic Wabi Sabi pot in Paris

Of course visiting Paris is not complete without visiting Merci My first post about the shop goes back to 2010 and every time when being in Paris. I stop by for a visit and a lunch at one of my all time favourite stores. I always love to have a look at their collection, the […]

Artisans discovered in Paris

In Paris for the Trend lunch with imm, read the six trends here: six interior trends for imm cologne 2022 I also met my friend Elisabetta from Italianbark.  We travelled and worked several times together after meeting in Helsinki a few years ago: Hello from Helsinki design week After lunch we had a walk and a […]

OGATA | 48 hours in Paris

OGATA Paris

After years of absence, I was finally back in Paris last month. The city where I can wander around for hours, just like in my own city of Amsterdam. It was a quick 48 hours with the Thalys there and back…. and every time I make the three-hour trip I wonder why I don’t do […]

A Parisian SPA in wabi sabi style

French architect Emmanuelle Simon is responsible for the design of this beautiful spa in Paris, it was created by French-Japanese brand Evidens de Beauté in celebration of their 10th Anniversary.  I think the colour palette of this minimalistic place is amazing and it is all I am dreaming of for my Masterplan 2.0 The small metal shelves […]

Paris design week | Visiting Mad et Len

Being a huge Mad et Len fan for some time, visiting their temporary showroom during Paris Designweek was one of the only wishes I had while traveling to Paris last month… looking at the one or two products I can find in Amsterdam and writing a blogpost about Mad et Len with some borrowed product […]

IKEA PS Collection 2014 | A sneak peek in Paris

Wall shelf with 11 knobs by Keiji Ashizawa Tokyo, Japan From April 1st the new IKEA PS Collection ‘ On the Move ‘ can be found in IKEA shops worldwide. The official launch was last week in Paris and I had the pleasure to be invited by IKEA to jump on the TGV and have […]