When I walk through my hometown Amsterdam, I can’t help but notice that one shop after another seems to be slowly disappearing. Rents are high and for many shops it’s payback time, after they received help from the government during the pandemic. I enjoy beautiful shops and even started an entire website about interior shops […]
No need to say I really enjoyed this years Maison et Objet and my visit to Paris. It was my second time visiting in January and I must say I also really love this edition. Normally I visited in September when the fair coincides with Paris Design week. In January it is time for Deco […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On my last night in Paris I went to the annual Party at the Merci store for the opening of the new design season and Paris design week. See some pictures of last years party here: Merci Y Design party & Meeting Paola Navone i will sort out some more pictures from the party gang tonight […]
