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Seasons February 2012

2012-02-08T10:23:00.000+01:00

SEASONS, the biggest Dutch magazine for interior, exterior life and country-lifestyle... The newest February-issue counts exactly 200 pages, filled with beautiful inspiration, delicious recipes, gorgeous photos, interesting tips for gardening and much more! On their website you´ll find a small digital appetizer (´Nu in Seasons/blader door´).

More news: a special webpage dedicated to extraordinary places/Bed-and-Breakfasts in the 11 Dutch provinces: www.seasonsbedandbreakfast.nl.

China by Anthropologie.

[All pictures copyright Seasons]

Links:
Seasons on Facebook

Pearls in Romania

2012-01-13T10:12:00.002+01:00

In most Western and Northern European countries the cultural heritages are kept and taken care about with love, but there are countries as well which have more difficulties with their past. Romania is maybe one of them: old factory-buildings and houses are often completely abandoned or demolished, because they remind too much of the communist era. Romanian architect Corvin Cristian shows and proofs that it is possible to restore these buildings into useful and beautiful places.

These pictures are from the Mecanic Bar in capital town Bucharest/Bucuresti (2011), which gives - through its industrial style - homage to machines and factory workers.

[Source: Eigen Huis & Interieur, the ultimate Dutch Design Magazine]

[All pictures: via]

Links:

Profile Corvin Cristian

about Bucharest

Happy new Year!

2012-01-08T13:10:00.002+01:00

To start this new year some fun images of the playful ´Air Heads´ balloons by Héctor Serrano Studio. Create your own party animals! Six animal balloon heads with paper sculpture features to fold and stick on. The paper flap system means no need for glue. Each animal consists of a balloon on a wand, plus pre-cut colour features which are attached with sticky pads. Also included are colour stickers for eyes and features.

[All images: via]

Colourful Droog Design: the Superpatata lighting. While playing, one controls the intensity of the light, so the light can be either direct or ambient. The Superpatata can be used as a lamp but also as a pillow, an anti-stress device and an object to warm your bed. Superpatatas can be easily stacked on top of each other.

Héctor Serrano received the Peugeot Design Award in 2000.

Links:

about Hector Serrano

Bed & Breakfast Netherlands

2010-11-02T11:33:00.002+01:00

In the region of Overijssel in The Netherlands you can find this beautiful Bed & Breakfast - Chambre d´hôtes Madame Lescaut. You easily can imagine a French setting, background and atmosphere in this charming house of the late 19th century and it has 4 guestrooms of which 2 are large enough for families. Each room is designed with nice items: a combination of modern style with romantic and charming antiques & ´brocante´. Sauna and hottub available in the B&B´s garden.

Links:
Weblog Madame Lescaut
Tripadvisor Overijssel

NAP-chair by Kasper Salto

2010-09-13T12:04:00.001+02:00

[All pictures: http://www.notcot.com/archives/2010/05/fritz-hansens-nap-chair-by-kas.php]

Kasper Salto (Danish industrial designer) was born on 14 February 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark, as the son of textile artist Naja Salto and grandson of leading Danish ceramist Axel Salto. He first trained as a cabinet maker before attending the Danish Design School, graduating in 1994. From 1994 to 98 he worked for designer Rud Thygesen. At that time he met Peter Staerk: their friendship would have a deep influence on his professional life. In 1997, he designed the Runner chair for Peter Staerk who made the chair famous in Denmark, but also abroad.

In 1998 Salto opened his own design design studio, wprking for companies such as Fritz Hansen, DubaB8, Engelbrechts and Lightyears. In 2003 he opened a new office, Salto & Sigsgaard, together with architect Sigsgaardan.

On the pictures: the NAP chair by Kasper Salto. The name of the chair reflects Kasper’s mentality. NAP stands for normal, active and passive. Normal means sitting up straight, all the way back into the seat. Active is when we are leaning forward to listen or speak, eat or work at a table. Passive means leaning back and relaxing. His aim was to make the NAP chair functional without compromising on appearance - just like the great designers of the past like Arne Jacobsen.

Links:
Kasper Salto
Ambiente Direct

Day Home Winter-Collection 2010

2010-09-02T20:50:00.005+02:00

The new campaign for Winter 2010 by Day Home shows a lot of black and grey basics with a touch of nice and spicy Autumn colours like burgundy red, several tones of green or ochre. Unfortunately the brand doesn´t have any flagstores in Belgium, The Netherlands or Germany, but in some webshops several of their Home-Collection-items can be found yet.

Links:
Day Home DK
House in Style NL
Tutze Home NL
Perfectly Basics NL
Decokussens NL
Dots ´n Stripes NL
Tintin Style Sweden

Old Soul Studios

2010-08-12T21:21:00.000+02:00

´Welcome to Old Soul Studios, an online magazine to share and inspire with you with what we consider to be the best parts of life. We love vintage and aged items that portray a silent story about them. We create new items from salvaged items and create new stories, kind of like the makings of "An Old Soul". We love the art of making something out of nothing. Thank you for stopping by, have a great day´!...

Links:
Old Soul Studio
OSS on Facebook

Hume sweet Hume

2010-06-23T11:27:00.002+02:00

[Pictures: Pauline Joosten & Hume sweet Hume]

Well, I know, Summer has started now and it´s time for light dresses, open and airy sandals, walking barefoot on the beach and swimming in the pool. But the beautiful Dutch magazine Seasons (July-August 2010 issue) came up with a great article about the Hume sweet Hume Company. This might be a Winter-theme, but anyway the story is too nice to not bring it to your attention.

The Company is runned by 2 sisters - Jenna and Lizza Hume - who fill the former fish & chips-shop (which is situated on the Orkney Islands in Great Britain) of their parents with wonderful knitted creations. Light Mint, Erin, Denim, Biscuit, Burgundy, Duck Egg, Linnet, Charcoal, Violet, Logansberry, Laurel or Midnight are just a few of the poetic names given to the specific colours of their creations, which remind us of the seaside. Most of the used materials come from Scotland, but for fine wools as Mohair, they find it in Italy. Their trademark: the unique buttons, made of small flints polished by the seawater.

Bags, cushions, jackets, scarfs... you don´t need to travel to the United Kingdom to purchase one of these unique pieces, but you can order from the webshop: Hume sweet Hume.
Pierowal Village, Westray - Orkney Islands GB / 0044 1857677259.

Links:
Pauline Joosten Photography NL
Visit Scotland
Visit Orkney
Seasons Magazine NL

Rattan furniture & Outdoor living

2010-06-22T13:29:00.001+02:00

Danish label Sika-Horsnaes a/s is a merger between the two eldest rattan furniture manufactures in Scandinavia SIKA MØBLER A/S, established in 1950, and HORSNÆS DESIGN A/S established in 1940. Both have been specialised in production and distribution of rattan- and wicker furniture ever since, and until 1992 also with their own production plans in Denmark.

I can easily imagine how perfectly these chairs would fit in our own interior, but also for outside-living on a terrace. The rattan furniture is becoming popular again, since it was out of sight quite a while. The black variants are really nice in combination with some ethnic accessories, as for example the new Africa inspired prints ´Vilmie´ at Ikea...

Vilmie-fabric/cushion by Ikea

New papermoulds for cupcakes ´Drömmar´ by Ikea... for a happy Midsummernight party!

Links:
Sika Horsnaes Design
De Compagnie - Sika-retailer for Belgium
Woontheater Belgium
Woontheater Blog

Tine K Home - Rie Elise Larsen & Rice

2010-06-16T11:40:00.004+02:00

Rie Elise Larsen, via Bo Bedre

[Rice]

[Tine K Home]

[Rie Elise Larsen]

[All pictures: via Car Möbel Germany]

Denmark - and other Scandinavian countries as well - is blessed with many famous designers and brands. Two amongst them: Tine K Home and Rie Elise Larsen. Tine K Home stands for ´noblesse´ with a touch of ethnic feeling, Rie Elise Larsen shows a bright and lovely coloured world with vintage elements.
In Germany products of both brands can be purchased at online shop Car Möbel.

Links:
Tine K Home DK
Rie Elise Larsen Store Locators
Lille Lykke NL
RoseMamuze B
Car Möbel D
Ps Ik hou van jou NL

House Doctor Autumn 2010-collection

2010-06-15T00:24:00.004+02:00

[All images via: Thoughts & Finds by House Doctor]

Their collection Everyday for this Spring 2010 was already a beautiful festival of colours and vintage inspired furniture and home-accessories, the upcoming Autumn-collection Moments shows the same eye and attention for concepts and details. Enjoy up here a small preview...

House Doctor offers furniture and interior design products to discerning consumers with an interest in interior design.

Each year, House Doctor presents two collections: Everyday and Moments. Everyday is presented in January and contains new products as well as popular products from the existing range, while the Moments collection, presented in August, mainly consists of novelties and seasonal accessories.
The product range is very wide, ranging from kitchen utensils, vases and furniture to an exclusive assortment of clothing and sophisticated accessories – and much, much more!
House Doctor is represented throughout Europe, New Zealand, Israel and several other countries. The main office is in Ikast, Denmark, where they employ a staff of 20 committed people.

Links:
House Doctor Denmark
Thoughts & Finds by House Doctor Blog
House Doctor on Facebook

De Groene Maan B&B

2010-06-09T22:40:00.002+02:00

[City-pictures: found on internet]

[all pictures: De Groene Maan]

When they bought a manor from the 19th century in 2007 the owners of this B&B De Groene Maan (The Green Moon) decided to rebuilt and redesign this house in an ecological way. They chose for the recycling concept and bought only secondhand furniture (except from the beds) for the rooms; you´ll find also sheets and towels made of soja-fiber, nature-based care and cosmetic products, and a breakfast will be served that consists of biological food.
This charming B&B is situated in the beautiful old city of Mechelen/Mechlin/Malines, in between Brussels and Antwerp, which both aren´t far neither. Visitors to Belgium often only visit the main cities like Bruges, Brussels and Antwerp. This is because they don't know that a little bit outside of the beaten track, there are other beautiful historic sites in our country. Mechelen is one of those sites and deserves to be visited!

Links:
B&B De Groene Maan
Stad Mechelen
City of Mechelen

Bungalow DK

2010-06-08T13:18:00.001+02:00

[All pictures: Bungalow]

Beautiful block-print textiles with bright colours are the showpieces of Danish brand Bungalow.

´For thousands of years, craftsmen of India have been making decorative block-printed cottons, enchanting and inspiring others around the world.
Skilled craftsmen stamp the cloth using carved wooden blocks to imprint the designs unto the fabric. Depending on the number of colours and the inticracy of the designs the printer hand stamps the cloth 500-2000 times to complete a set of bedlinen.
The art of block-printing is passed down from generation to generation and to achieve the highest quality we are working with some of the best block-printers in India.We love the charm and vividness of these traditional prints and hope that they will bring joy to your shop or home.
Block-printed textiles are handmade products and the printing process is lengthy and complex. No piece is identical. Small spots and imperfections can occur from the printing process. These are not faults, but reminders of the fact that it is made by hand, and are to be expected´ [Minna Hildebrandt, chief]

But the company not only provides textiles, but also pretty lamps with a fairy touch, steel caddies, all kinds of stationery (notebooks, giftpapers a.s.o), bags & baskets and much more.

Links:
in the Netherlands partly available at Lille Lykke and at Savonnerie in Amsterdam.

RM Amsterdam

2010-06-06T11:09:00.001+02:00

[All pictures: Raw Materials]

No, this time we aren´t talking about the famous Dutch interior-brand Rivièra Maison which focusses mostly on Long Island-style, but about the Amsterdam based shop for amazing furniture and exotic accessories with a good vintage and/or industrial character Raw Materials. You can find here unique items like old wooden tables, steel cupboards and chairs, original furniture from India, handwoven textiles and also tribal art: special art-pieces from far away countries.

If you´re in Amsterdam don´t miss to visit Rozengracht 229-233!

Another beautiful link:

De Weldaad. Please check Vosges Paris-blog for more interesting pictures and informations.

BEMZ Sweden

2010-06-05T11:53:00.008+02:00

[All pictures: BEMZ]

Sweden based company BEMZ is specialized in making slipcovers for the most popular of Ikea-sofas and chairs. The company is now launching their newest product: a slipcover with a new loose-fit in country-style.

Lesley Pennington is the founder of Bemz. A couple of years ago Lesley went on maternity leave, and during that time she had a compelling desire to do something with her career that had a higher purpose in her life. Something more fulfilling, and something that would allow her to balance her family life with her chosen career. While the business idea for Bemz has evolved over the last three years, it is the children in Lesley's life that are the inspiration for Bemz. Bemz is dedicated to them. The name Bemz is an anagram comprised of all of their initials: Björn, Emil, Madeleine, and Zoë. They are a constant reminder of the real successes in life…

´We have created a new style of slipcover for all those who love vintage interiors and a ´shabby chic´ style. These slipcovers are sewn in an exclusive Belgian-linen fabric and have a looser fit and more details than our usual slipcovers´.

Links:

BEMZ-blog
Ikea
Libeco Lagae Belgian linen

The Comforts of Home

2010-05-31T10:51:00.002+02:00

[Photography credits: Polly Wreford, Lisa Cohen, Debi Treloar, Jan Baldwin]

In this inspiring book The Comforts of Home, author Caroline Clifton-Mogg enters into the spirit of how we want to live now, at a time when excess is no longer desirable, and puts a welcoming, beautiful haven within everyone´s reach.

When you walk into a well thought-out home, you can almost sense the comfort in the air. It will smell good, feel warm and look inviting. The book offers clever decorating ideas to rejuvenate rooms that rely on style and creativity rather than a deep purse and shows us how to make the most of what we have so as to put the heart back into our homes.

First published in 2010 by Ryland Peters & Small. ISBN 978-1-84597-966-9.

Links:
Book Depository Free delivery Worldwide!
Polly Wreford Photography
Lisa Cohen Photography
Debi Treloar Photography

Zen Living

2010-05-03T18:29:00.001+02:00

Today I bought the new May-issue of the Flemish interior-magazine ´Actief Wonen´ and found several stunning home-interiors inside that show a lovely quality of ´Zen´ living. The most interesting about this magazine is that they present a good combination of different styles, design and lifestyle-ideas.

I do like this very stylish mix of old and new furniture: the antique wooden table with the famous white Panton-chairs around.

[All pictures by Verne Photography]

This home can be found in Antwerp/Belgium, where lives Elsie with her partner Yves and their Danish dog Nelson. They bought the cupboard in their hall from an antiques-shop and it has been sanded for a more modern and light look. Several lamps in their home are from the Dutch brand Zenza. the big white leather sofa with straight shapes in the livingroom is model ´Costa´ from interior-shop Okay and the kitchen was bought at Ikea.

A home in modern country and industrial style in French Normandy: an old farm which has been transformed into a pretty holidayhome. The original lamps in this Ikea-kitchen are designed by Frenchman José Esteves.

[All pictures by Serge Anton photography]

Sylvie - la maîtresse de maison - made the burlap-cushioncovers for the sofa and chairs and this special carpet (see picture up here), sewn together of vintage coffeebean-bags, all by herself.

Links:
Actief Wonen Magazine
Zenza

Special things for Kids-rooms

2010-05-01T16:04:00.001+02:00

Beautiful design clamping lamp by Cathérine Lévy and Sigolène Prébois for Tsé & Tsé Associées. Available at Wannekes Design Shop, The Netherlands, or at Tsé & Tsé Online Boutique.

Originally started by Ingrid Daniell and her good friend Tania Egan in 2004, Cocoon Couture took its first baby steps into a select number of unique children's boutiques across Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. From these early beginnings Cocoon Couture soon gained momentum and a loyal following.

Melanie McLeod joined Cocoon Couture in 2007, bringing her dynamic business sense and vast manufacturing and production experience to the partnership with Ingrid.
With a delightful four year old girl Charlotte ...and another little baby on the way; Melanie helped Cocoon Couture to expand its range and propel its success in the Australian and International market place.

Links:
Cocoon Couture.

Their products are available in several countries around the world (entire list on their website):
Switzerland: Milkmagazine
Germany: Emma & Co
The Netherlands: Mozzee Design

Plümo

2010-04-09T21:56:00.002+02:00

[All pictures: Plümo]

Plümo is an online boutique that features a mix of easy-to-wear clothes, unusual hand crafted gifts from all over the world, luxurious home accessories as well as a selection of designer jewellery.
Originality, detail and craftsmanship are the hallmarks of its range with a tailored selection emphasising quality not quantity. Clothes, Shoes, Bags and Jewellery are all impeccably cut and crafted, creating a style that is classic, but with a twist that really blazes its own trail in the fashion stakes.

In addition to clothes and accessories, which focus on personal style, Plümo offers a really stunning collection of home and living related accessories – Pearl and Crystal encrusted Clothes Hangers, Jade Jewellery Boxes, or a decorative wire frame Dress Maker's Mannequin are all highly desirable and are shown off to their best advantage by some excellent photography. But that's only the start of it. Scroll down within the Living section, and more gems appear.

My own personal favourites for clothing and shoes... the ´Ava lace dress´, a pale green silk evening dress, layered with grey tulle for a two tone shimmering effect. Elaborately embroidered with silver sequins across bust and along hem. And fabulously chic shoes in graphite black suede with tassel trims. Olala! There are some really good deals in the Red Zone of this site!

Links:
Chie Mihara Shoes

French Country Style at Home

2010-04-05T18:52:00.003+02:00

[All pictures in the book by: Sébastien Siraudeau]

Photographer Sébastien Siraudeau captures all the natural charm of France´s rural paradises in this enchanting invitation ´French Country Style at Home´ to discover a selection of homes tucked away in the countryside: from a farmhouse in Alsace to a traditional eighteenth-century stone mas in Provence.

´Those who love French style or want to stay in some of the most charming interiors should let him be their guide.´ [Washington Post]
´The ideal guide to inspirational antique shops and fleamarkets throughout France.´ [The Financial Times]

In his previous books ´Vintage French Interiors´ and ´French Style at Home´, Siraudeau uncovered home inspiration in guesthouses, antique shops and fleamarkets. Here he turns his experienced eye to hidden gems of interior design in the French countryside and unveals the wealth of decorative inspiration they have to offer.

Links:
Éditions Flammarion
Carnets de Charme
In my Volvo car, blog by Sébastien Siraudeau
Book Depository free Worldwide shipping
Bord de Scène Normandy

The Swedish Room

2010-03-28T13:46:00.009+02:00

[All pictures: The Swedish Room]

The Swedish Room was the first agent introducing a wholesale-concept of Gustavian lifestyle in the Netherlands. It´s the company of Colette Peek, which offers a wide range of beautiful products, not only in classic, but also in modern style. With a focus on quality and authenticity, elegance and beauty: furniture, fabrics, lighting, tableware aso. Soon her new webshop will be opened: Nordic Blends.

For their collection of Authentic fabrics the company worked together with Lars Sjöberg, the man behind the Gustavian collection at Ikea. This Ikea collection was assembled with his help, being a curator at the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. With his wife, Ursula, Mr. Sjoberg wrote "The Swedish Room" (Pantheon, 1994), the current bible of the style.

GUSTAVIAN (1111-1809)
The Gustavian era stretched from the reign of Gustav II (1771-92) and his son Gustav IV Adolf (1792-1809) during which time Sweden was greatly inspired by French manners and taste. The generous elegant lines of the Rococo became more geometric in their Gustavian development. Straighter lines allowed ´ebenists´ or cabinet makers like Georg Haupt and Gottlieb Iwerson to use more intarsia inlays. Their chests of drawers fetch enormous prices at auctions today. Other masters from this era are Jonas Hultsten, G.A. Ditzinger, Nils Petter Stenström, Anders Lundelius, Fredrik Scholin, Karl Fredrik Ekström to name just a few.

Links:
Authentic Historical Collection
Country & Estate Collection
Allinwood Swedish Furniture

More links on Swedish furniture:
Broers & Broers NL
In de Nije Poorte NL
Gustavian GB
The Swedish Chair GB
Scandicasa Interiors B
Odehof B
The Old & The Beautiful B
White Sense by Martine Colliander S

Romantic Bed & Breakfast

2010-03-16T14:06:00.001+01:00

[All pictures: B&B Loverlij & Claude Smekens]

In the Spring 2010-issue of the Belgian Landelijk Wonen - magazine I found this beautiful report about B&B Loverlij, situated in West-Flanders/Belgium.

´All the bedrooms have the names of old roses. Blanche Fleur, Rosalita, Belle Amour´...

´All started with roses´, tells Lies, owner of the most lovely Bed & Breakfast Loverlij, which is situated in Belgium, near romantic town Bruges. ´In fact it did start with one rose and finally we managed to create 40 garden-rooms with more than 1000 kinds of roses, ranged according to a theme´.

The interior of this B&B is white, fresh and romantic. The lady of the house likes to use natural materials and combines easily old things with new, vintage with modern. The building is a ´hoeve´, a farm from the 1300´s and Lies and her partner rebuilt and renovated the entire building. Amateurs of canopy beds, embroidery and soft colours will find their pleasure here. Guests may take a bath in the nice perfume of roses-oil and during Summertime everywhere you´ll find bouquets with fragrant roses.

Links:

B&B Loverlij

Claude Smekens photography

Gemex Publishing

At Home with Country

2010-03-12T12:16:00.003+01:00

[All pictures: Edina van der Wyck]

The new book ´At Home with Country´ by author Christina Strutt brings the vintage charm of Cabbages & Roses into your home, wherever you live: town, country or coast. It celebrates romance, showing Christina Strutt´s evocative vintage style is equally at home in city apartments, rural retreats and seaside cottages, in an English country cottage or a Long Island beach house.

The first chapter, Classic Country, illustrates the idyllic homespun lifestyle characterized by the union of old and new elements in rural cottages and country houses. In Modern Country, the cosmopolitan nature of urban living is combined with vintage style, think: faded florals and ticking fabrics softeningan industrial space. The look of Island Country is fresh, breezy and dreamy. Outdoor Country embraces life on the farm, in the park and by the pool. The homes featured in this book range from Christina´s own 500-year-old country cottage and a houseboat on the River Thames, to a New York loft appartment and a stylish Cape Cod beach home.

Cico Books London New York, ISBN 978-1-907030-16-1.

More links:
Edina van der Wyck Photography
Book Depository
Tricia Foley Design
Feather Down Farm

Similar fabrics at:
Twins´ Garden

Slices, Chips & Shells lookalikes

2010-03-11T10:29:00.001+01:00

Lounge Chair by Eames Orange-Slice Chair by PaulinShell-Chair by Wegner

CHIPS-Chair

Recently I found in a Belgian interior-magazine some publicity about a new chair-model ´Chips´, available at online-store 3Suisses. This model reminds me a lot of some great designer-pieces which have already been produced in past times. One of those design-chairs is the ´Orange Slice´ by French designer Pierre Paulin. The seat and the back of that chair look like slices of an orange, where its name comes from. This model has been and still is produced by Dutch enterprise Artifort. If copies don´t bother you or if you prefer spending less money on chairs for your home, then the 3Suisses-Chips-chair might be of some interest for you.

Links:
Charles & Ray Eames
Hans Wegner
Scandinavian Design
Danish Furniture

Beauty in Bloggerland

2010-03-10T00:54:00.001+01:00

[All pictures: by Maia Shabby Charm]

Sometimes you´re surfing on the world wide web and then you stumble on something beautiful, pretty, filled with light and charm. This was my first impression when I discovered this very charming home and interior, created by Maia from Shabby Charm in Norway.

Links:
Norske Interiorblogger

Hampton Villas

2010-03-05T22:53:00.002+01:00

[All pictures & text: Hampton Villas NL]

Hampton villa’s zijn gebouwd in een stijl die is ontleend aan de authentieke huizen die met name te vinden zijn in het prachtige landschap aan de Amerikaanse oostkust. Bijvoorbeeld op Long Island, in The Hamptons. De stijl is klassiek en tijdloos tegelijk, en is vertaald in eigentijdse ontwerpen.

In villa’s met de charme van historische, ietwat buitenlands aandoende architectuur. Die toch perfect passen in de Nederlandse bouwtraditie. Het resultaat: stijlvolle villa’s traditioneel gebouwd, uitgevoerd in houtskeletbouw of een combinatie daarvan. De witte houten beplanking contrasteert op fraaie wijze met het steen van de gevel en de donkergrijze natuurleien op het dak.
Fraaie veranda’s en balkons openen het huis naar de buitenwereld. Verspringende daken, porches, overdekte terrassen, grote balkons en vele andere stijlvolle details maken de villa’s tot een ware belevenis.

Hampton Villas are built in a traditionally classic and at the same time timeless style, translated into modern concepts. Their charm is principally due to the specific elements of this type of construction, which has clear similarities and resemblance with the typical houses on the American East coast, in The Hamptons on Long Island.

Hampton Villas is een projectontwikkelaar gespecialiseerd in villa’s in de Colonial stijl. Geen complete woonwijken, maar kleinschalige projecten. Hampton Villas onderscheidt zich door stijlvolle architectuur en hoogstaande kwaliteit. Zij werken samen met enkele vooraanstaande bouwbedrijven uit Nederland en België gespecialiseerd in deze stijl, uitgevoerd in traditionele bouw of in houtskelet- of houtstapelbouw.

Links:
Hampton Villas NL
Hampton Villas Blog

Colourful Spring at Ikea

2010-03-02T11:01:00.004+01:00

Colourful flowers are the new design for bedlinen and cushions (designer: Emma Jones): Renate Slinga, Renate Blom... just some of the poetic names for this 2010 Spring-line. Läckö is the name of the metal gardentable and -chair, Väte for the white paper tablelamp.

Green chair: original Fermob Luxembourg Chair. White model: Ikea designed Blanko Chair (available in white, blue and red).

Links:
Ikea
Fermobshop-Oxo Netherlands
Ambiente Direct Germany

Studio DITTE

2010-02-26T11:31:00.001+01:00

Studio Ditte: a Netherlands-based design-agency, specialized in concept-development and product-design. ´Studio Ditte wants to add something to the user’s perception of the environment by giving everyday life an extra touch. A hidden story, an element from another culture or a twist that makes you think about things. We do not believe in heavy philosophy or in design movements. However, we do believe in people and their emotions, desires and dreams´.

Several products are available in their Webshop.

On the agenda:

Belgium - Batibouw in Brussels Expo from 25/02 - 07/03/2010.

Sfeer in Flanders Expo Gent from March 13 - 21.

TSJILP

2010-02-23T09:43:00.003+01:00

[The designers: Linda & Annette]

[All pictures: TSJILP]

´Omarm de schoonheid van de crisis en geniet van hergebruik. Wij maken producten van oude wollen dekens en proberen zoveel mogelijk alle originele kenmerken te laten zitten, zoals wollabels en festonrandjes. Alles wat je in deze webshop ziet is handgemaakt en daardoor uniek´. [Tsjilp, by Linda & Annette]

´Embrace the beauty of the recession and enjoy recycling. We make products of old woollen blankets and try as much as possible to keep all original details as labels and blanket-stitches. All you can see in this webshop is handmade and therefore unique´. [Tsjilp, by Linda & Annette]

More links:
Linda Lammerts

Hotze Eisma

2010-02-22T18:08:00.000+01:00

[All pictures: Hotze Eisma]

Netherlands-based photographer Hotze Eisma has been working for nearly two decades to ´chronicle inspirational one-of-a-kind homes, people, and places for the world`s finest lifestyle magazines.´ Eisma’s portfolio has been developed through professional commissions and his own personal travels. They include a variety of different styles, locales, and subject matter. Carefully considered lighting and a candid tendency allow Eisma to truly capture the mood of his subjects, whether live or inanimate.

Sibella Court

2010-02-22T10:58:00.007+01:00

[All images: Sibella Court]

´Sibella encourages us to find our own colour palette, our own story, derived from the things that capture our attention, things we treasure.´ [Vogue Living]

The Society inc. is an old haberdashery meets hardware store specialising in local and global textiles, furniture, homewares and beautiful things.

Set up by long time interior stylist Sibella Court in an 1800s corner shop in Paddington, its contents and interior will change 4 times a year, each time a new 'theme' will transport the visitor to different societies. The first is The Indigo Blues Society followed by Travellers & Magicians. Each theme will be accompanied by seasonal paint colours designed by Sibella for Murobond Paints.

Sibella Court: an Australian interiors stylist; she used to live in New York, but opened a shop in Sydney: The Society Inc.. You can find some pictures of her bohemian-chic apartment in New York here. Her new book ´Etcetera´ can be purchased here.
About the work:
Containing tips of the interior stylist's trade, this book combines contemporary elements with antiques and junk-shop finds, textile fragments, wallpapers, and collectables and ephemera. It focuses on styling rather than decorating. It celebrates the individual and the personal rather than the wholesale adoption of a 'look'.

´Adriatic´ whites

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[Photos: Nicolas Mathéus]

Rustic chic white interior in the southern part of Italy, near the Adriatic Sea, seen through the eyes of French photographer Nicolas Mathéus. The owners tried to restore the authenticity of this place and to respect local traditions concerning interior and decoration. These files were published in the August-September issue 2009 of French magazine Côté Sud.

Industrial Loft-Living

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[Photo: Stephen Clément]

[Photos: Morten Holtum]

Metal, glass and concrete: the base-elements which are used by London based French furniture designer Solenne de la Fouchardière for her loft-home in a former sewing factory.
Along with founding partners Harriet Maxwell MacDonald and Joanna Bibby, she is part of luxury design outfit Ochre.
About the furniture in her own home she says:
“We spent all our Sundays going to flea markets and bought most of the furniture without having a space to put it in, which was quite a risk,”. “But what can you do? We’re compulsive furniture buyers.”

Source: Property.timesonline.co.uk.

More links:
Atelier159
Loftboutik
Les nouveaux Brocanteurs
Getback Inc.
American Furnishings
Maisons du Monde
Spoor38

Beach House Company

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[Photos & text: Beach House Company]

Sleeping in jersey sheets is the natural thing to do for many people with houses on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Beach House Jersey Sheets are made for the wear and tear of life lived in salty air and sand blowing from moving dunes.

Our sheets provide a kind of comfort in cotton that's softer than percale but cooler than flannel. With stretchy give and take, the knits wrap more snugly around you than any woven sheets.
The quality can be depended on whether sleeping in a tiny attic room or a tent pitched in the woods. The cotton used is combed and ringspun, and the sewing with lockstitching is a long-lasting advantage. Testing has been made for twisting, strength, durability and colorfastness.
This bedding is made to be as essential to people as the distance of beaches, the vastness of the sea and the microcosm of a shell collection. We want to remind the world not to forget about verandas and wicker furniture, bonfires and beach picnics, even if life and work pulls the other way.

www.beachhousecompany.com

Sheets available at: www.parcourrier.se

Seasons magazine

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The new February-issue 2010 of the Dutch Seasons magazine is now available! Have some digital glimpses here: Buiteninspiratie.nl.

Krima & Isa Decorative Art

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Strings in different pastel colours.

Their philosophy: clear simplicity, beautiful colours and a zest of fun. Stationery-items are available in their own webshop: Krima & Isa.

Babushka-themes

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Laissez Lucie Faire

Babushka

Babushka-cushion by Olliebollies.

The German interior-magazine Living & More, issue nr.2 February 2010 (pages 22-30 offers a lovely contribution on Russian folkart at Susann´s Home in Danish Charlottenlund. All pictures by photographer Pernille Kaalund on: heyhome.dk (feature: Babushka Charlottenlund).

Fabric tags at: Lemon Tree Studio/Etsy.

Christophe Madamour

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French photographer Christophe Madamour´s pictures have been published in many different magazines.

Credit images: www.photo-madamour.fr and

Gallery.mac.com

French Paradise

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Welcome in the world of Isabella Sallusti, mother, farmer, B&B-keeper and TV-cook. Isabelle started her career as a contributor for a Parisian magazine, but she bought a piece of land in Saint-Jeannet (1 hour from Nice), when she didn´t like anymore the stress of the city. And there ´Graine & Ficelle´ was born. The B&B and its lodges are situated in the ´Alpes Maritimes´-area, in a village at half an hour distance of Nice Côte d´Azur Airport and the Nice-TGV station.

Nearby you can visit Grasse, famous for its lavenderfields and perfumes.

www.graine-ficelle.com

670 Rue des Collets

Saint Jeannet

France

Artedona Shop

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In the glass-atelier of Carl Rotter (Lübeck/Germany) about 5 hours are spent on the engraving and polishing of just 1 single waterglass ´Nemo´. With a little candle inside they bring Spring into your home!

Vase ´Spheric´

Lovely detail of handmade embroidered tablecloth ´Flowering Meadows´ (100% linen).

All items available at www.artedona.com.