vintage, veggies, flowers & french lunch at lammie

Wednesday 16th of August

Last Wednesday my friend Ank came by to pick up her french Lammie finds. Together we visited Lammie's wonderful house, a kind of interior inspitation museum really...

Lammie spontaneously invited us for a lovely and delicious lunch and spectacular garden tour! Full of inspiration and packed with new old stuff, we left in the late afternoon.

While enjoying French aperitifs, Ank & I chatted in the backyard about our Paris adventure and Henk prepared a festive summer dinner for us.

Joie de vivre en Août!

weekend in the villa

Last weekend we had a mini break at Villa Augustus. We stayed in one of the water tower rooms, on the first floor overlooking the vegetable garden.

A bright hotel room with high ceiling and a balcony, with a view of my favorite charming 'French terrace' under the mulberry trees and the Limonaia.

In the evening we dined in the pop-up restaurant in the Limonaia, where you imagine yourself in Italy.

On Monday morning, Minne & Pippa joined us for breakfast, which was super nice!
Breakfast with our family doesn't happen that often anymore, since the children both have their own home.

We really enjoyed every single minute of the annual weekend break 'at work'.

augustus in august

Thursday 23rd of August.

At work at Villa Augustus. The garden is always at its most beautiful in August.

It's the best harvest month and all flower fields are in bloom.

nathalie lété at villa augustus

Above two brandnew notebooks from Nathalie Lété & Dorine de Vos.

When you are a fan of Nathalie Lété, you need to visit Villa Augustus!

Program Saturday, October 18th:

Gallery HERFST / AUTUMN is a new initiative of Villa Augustus. Hotelroom 24, located at the garden of the hotel is occasionally transformed into a temporary gallery. Villa Augustus invites artists to show their work and so add an inspiring place to the hotel.

On Saturday, October 18 world famous French illustrator and designer, Nathalie Lété, will be the first to open the sliding door of HERFST / AUTUMN.

Book Launch in the Limonaia: An additional reason for Lété's stay at Villa Augustus, is the appearance of the Dutch edition of her pop-up book 'Wandeling van het kleine meisje "(original title:" Promenade de la petite fille "), published by Villa Augustus. Villa Augustus also brings two luxury notebooks with specially commissioned illustrations Lété created around the theme of reading. Following the opening of the gallery Nathalie Lété will be signing her books in the market of Villa Augustus.

Besides the new notebooks and pop-up book you can find many Nathalie Lété products in the market; colorful illustrated postcards, ceramics, beautiful silk scarves, fabrics, pillows, serving trays, dolls, toys and notebooks.

See you at Villa Augustus. Au revoir!

Programma opening galerie HERFST en boekpresentatie
Datum: zaterdag 18 oktober 2014 van 11:00 - 13:00 uur
Aanvang: 11:00 uur
Plaats: Limonaia, de citroenbomenkas van Villa Augustus, Oranjelaan 7 - Dordrecht
Toegang: vrij