chevron pillow - crochet pattern - make your own

The multicolored chevron pillows I've made with yarn leftovers. If it's too colorful to your opinion, you can make the chevron pillow in your own favorite colors or only two contrasting colors.

You can download the CHEVRON PILLOW PATTERN from my ETSY shop.

black lemon

Black lemon on canvas.

Size of the canvas is 80 X 60 cm, acrylic paint on cotton canvas.

Charcoal black lemon (with gray freckles) on sandstone beige.

If you like more information about the painting or want to buy the black lemon canvas, please send me an email (info@woodwoolstool.com) or DM on instagram @woodwoolstool.

moroccan nook

Collecting is no stranger to me...

The precious handmade souvenirs from my beloved Marrakech are gathered on an old tiny table in the kitchen.

The vintage breakbaskets, coasters and a bottle cover and clever candle holder we use daily.

I love the kind of souvenirs, genuine for everyday use and not just decoration.

The items of my Moroccan collection nook are one by one handmade in the medina of Marrakech, with simple materials and the objects are of no great value, but to me they are priceless. They remind me of my travels to Morocco and bring back fond memories.

How i miss the Red city and its lovely people.

creating a color story entrance - hallway wall painting

Yesterday while wearing my sunday dress but not having any plans for the day yet, I decided to make a wallpainting in the hallway out of the blue.

Impulsive projects are often the best...

So I just started using tray the pots with paint from previous projects.

We had already removed the scrap wood wall a while ago, to give the hallway a freshening up.

At the end of the day I only had a few more colors to go... But I had enough of it and it was getting too dark anyway, so I decided to clean the paint brushes and finish the hallway wallpainting tomorrow.

After breakfast I went on with the wallpainting and now I only have to paint the final block, but the original wall color goes actually beautiful with the rest.

I will sleep on it for another night, for I think I might consider the wallpainting 'unfinished' otherwise.

The other walls have to be repainted anyway, because of stains and minor damage. So if I use a different color for the other walls, the gray area at the bottom might seems a 'new' color in the end.

Making a fresh colorful entrance was super fun to do and now I truly hope we can welcome our friends and family soon!

his & hers bathroom mirrors

New in my Etsy shop:

Set of two handmade bathroom mirrors. His and hers.

The mirrors are made of gray scrap wood with white paint remains and they are easy to attach to the wall with an iron wire at the back of the mirrors.

They only come as a set and can be shipped everywhere.

Could your bathroom use an eclectic touch?

First take a look in my ETSY SHOP.

sunglasses archive

With the purchase of two new sunglasses this season, my 'mini sunglasses suitcase' was completely packed and they didn't fit in anymore.

A vintage rotatable spectacle rack would be a good solution for the expanding collection, so I went looking for it, yet without result.

Then suddenly I realized that we still have a vintage postcard rack in the attic, I found 3 of them in a bulky waste container years ago.

The frames fit exactly into the 'landscape postcard' side of the rack. I love these creative solutions, re-using what you already have.

13 sunglasses, it may seem like a lot, however collected over the years. A new one every year, sometimes two ;-) and prescription sunglasses have been added.

Summer ain't over yet!

vintage brandy bottle

New guy in da house.

A matador. Well, a glass matador.

A vintage (1950s) Brandy Bottle from Lammie Saturday Shop in Dordrecht.

Henk spotted the matador, when he went to Lammie last Saturday, while I was at work. It was a brandy bottle from Lammie's private collection, but she decided to sell this guy in the shop.

Now in our living room with a dried allium, instead of brandy inside. Cheers to the weekend anyway!

dar nour & le salon bleu

DAR NOUR

House of Light, in arabic Dar Nour, our bright & blissful guesthouse during our stay in Tanger.

Close to the el­e­ments, the house breathes in harmo­ny with the sea and the wind. It is built from nat­ural ma­te­rials with whitewashed walls, wool car­pets and cedar wood windows.
No two rooms in the guesthouse are the same. They all have their own atmosphere, colour and unique (vintage) furniture. Our mini suite had a natural mix of styles, so that we had the feeling that we were staying in someone’s house. Original, historical materials have been used everywhere in the building. The guesthouse is stylishly furnished by owner and architect Philippe and we felt at home immediately.

Dar Nour is perched high up on 11th centu­ry ram­parts, not far from the palace. The roof terrace pro­vides stunning panoramic views over the Bay of Tang­i­er and the old Me­dina. A perfect place to enjoy breakfast in the morning or a pre-dinner drink in the evening. Be­ing both in the heart of the Kasbah and facing the Med­iterranean, Dar Nour is a magical place in Tanger and has retained the spirit of a tra­ditional Moroccan sea­side building, with sub­tle touches in its fur­ni­ture and decor reflecting the cosmopoli­tan history.

LE SALON BLEU

A small sea­side house, transformed into a tea­room and restaurant on the Place de la Kasbah. Just a few steps away from Dar Nour.

Overlooking the kasbah and the views of the beach and Spain are spectacu­lar! When you visit the restaurant you will find out why they named it Le Sa­lon Bleu. Here too, you will find many original and authentic objects in the interior. We visited the place a few times, at all hours of the day. Morning coffee on the roof terrace (via a small spiral staircase), lunch in the blue salon on the first floor, with a 'spools of thread wall' and dinner on the terrace below overlooking the Sultanate Palace.

TANGIER was surprising! Both Dar Nour and Salon Bleu made our trip even more special. Above all it was very nice to discover an entire different part of Morocco.

So very different from Marrakech and at the same time it felt so familiar. I enjoyed the beauty of Morocco, the overwhelming colors, the hospitality and daily life in the kasbah and medina in the same way! The light is different in Morocco. Oh how I love that light!

(and I'm already looking forward to return to Marrakech in October)