maxi wallet

Friday mood.

Almost weekend, preparing for an exiting visit to Amsterdam.

On the kitchen table:

maxi wallet - handmade leather purse by Pien tassen, @piens_life on Instagram (big enough for phone, money & lipstick)
appetizer - new interiors for restaurants and cafes, interior book by Gestalten
red lipstick - rouge allure velvet lipstick by Chanel, no 57 rouge feu
bird mug - design by Hennie Haworth for Habitat (collection 2008)
make up mirror - by Primark
brandnew handmade cardigan - by woodwoolstool, unique piece called Infinity (because it's not finished yet, a lot more colors to be added)

Ready to have a party!

Cheers and enjoy the weekend.

good morning!

good morning!, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

let the summer begin

let the summer begin, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Tomorrow is the beginning of summer.

The sun will reach its highest position above the horizon and it will be the longest day.

I'm looking forward to lots of sunshine. Let the summer begin!

summer lights

summer lights, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Lights on, curtains closed.
Time for a relaxing evening in the garden. Enjoy the long weekend!

EveRy enDiNg hAs a NEw BegiNniNG

EveRy enDiNg hAs a NEw BegiNniNG, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Our good old FLAP analogue wall clock has been around for a while.

Only once a year it needs a little help to adjust the year, no further need to worry about.

2011 has flown in my opinion (that's a good sign I believe)

Have a nice New Year's Eve and a happy new beginning everyone!

summer celebration

summer celebration, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Celebrating the first real summer evening in the garden.

Sunday 9.22 pm
with all the trimmings
a Petit Pan garland garland
a Habitat festival outdoor fairy light
all cushions and floor mats available
drinks & salads
cheers to a nice long summer!

twenty ten

twenty ten, originally uploaded by wood & wool stool.

Twenty Ten

Years ago I bought a FLAP clock at Habitat in London.

Every first day of the year I’ve to change the year of the analogue wall clock manually.

This year the zero & nine had to be changed in one & zero and I found out that the one-piece is less than half the size of the other numbers. There was also a blank piece to fill the extra space. It looked stupid, like a gap between the 20 and 10. So I was asking myself if I really had to look at a stupid clock for the next nine years.

I searched in the numbers to check if there was no larger "one" hidden somewhere. No, there wasn’t. So this is it. Twenty ten! Or like my son Minne said; “it looks like if it’s always ten minutes past eight”.

After a few days I’m used to it and actually I’m starting to like the sound of it; twenty ten. An alliteration that will sound all year.

It’s funny to read and hear people around me wishing eachother a Happy Twenty Ten. I wonder; do they have a FLAP clock at home?

When I took the photo it was ten minutes past ten and that happens to be the state of every IKEA clock. A friend who worked at Ikea, once told me, it's because the clock hands look like a smile that way.

The l'amour toujours print is made by Ninainvorm and the South African frame is from OXO in Den Bosch.