interior update

Saturday 27th of July

An interior update in our bedroom with photos from the Marrakech archive and 'floating' cabinet of curiosities made of wire steel.

The XL cigale paintings have moved to the opposite wall.

c l u t t e r c o r e

Cluttercore. A colourful collection of memories, colours, patterns and designs, that together form a personal style.

Our interior isn't about what's trendy or good taste, but solely what we think is worth displaying and about personal items that we've have collected over the years.

faire la vaisselle

Souvenirs de Paris.

French plates by Paola Navone and vintage cutlery by Sabre.

After Paris in August for a couple of days, we had bruch today with our new plates and cutlery from Merci.

Both not dishwasher proof, so I did the dishes myself, with pleasure!

In the next days I will come back with some Paris posts. We had an amazing time, I think it was our best stay in Paris ever.

eclectic style

Well, to cut a vintage moroccan handwoven blanket into pieces was the most scary part of my newest project...

A beautiful unique piece! I bought the blanket in Marrakech some years ago.

I'm gonna make some sturdy pillows for our bamboo daybed, so we can also use it as a sofa. And not just to hang on or take a nap on it.

The plan was to make all three covers today. It already took me forever to make the first cut. After a few hours, a couple of broken needles, I finally succeeded to finish only one pillow cover with a zipper at the bottom. The woven fabric is quite a challenge to sew!

Pillow one is done! I am more than satisfied with the result, especially with my average sewing skills it was a tricky project.

Monday I will continue with the two remaining covers. First purchase a few spare needles, before I can continue. At least now I know how to do it and the other two pillows will be 'a piece of cake'.

The advantage of my studio is that I can close the door and leave everything on the floor and don't have to tidy up the mess.

Have a nice and relaxing weekend everyone! ... and some of you may enjoy an extra hour of sleep tonight.

PS: In the next post I will take you back to Essaouira again.

bright light

After weeks and weeks of long 'backyard' summer evenings, we moved to the living room because of the summer storm yesterday. For the first time since a long time, we spent the evening indoors. Cooler days ahead of us...

The August days are slowly getting shorter, so we also need to turn on the lights. Well that has its charm too.

The 1980s toucan desk lamp designed by H.T. Huang, our vintage find from Palermo, ushered in the first indoor-evening. Bright, cheerful and funny light.


Palermo, 19th of June 2018 - our toucan in the vintage shop, a practical souvenir because of the folding beak.

Have a cool weekend you all, wherever you are!

summer finds

Summer finds.

Some new items in da house. Souvenirs for our 'casa'.

On the wall, next to the new library table*, a colorful crab and lobster creel, seems almost like crochet, don't you think?

On the other wall a poster from the art book Nus Vestidos (Not So Nude). we found in the most beautiful bookshop Ler Devagar at the LX Factory in Lisbon.
The drawing was made with only a blue, green and red Bic cristal ballpoint.

The drawing is inspired on La Grande Odalisque, the painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres from 1814 (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
We also bought the small art book Nus Vestidos with a collection of drawings of thirteen well-known masterpieces.

* on the desk in the living room, the art-, interior and 'green' books and interior magazines are piled up now. Since I hardly ever work at my desk in the living room, but at the kitchen table.

july garden

lingerie cabinet

New on the attic.

A super cute vintage cabinet. Finally a functional and fancy way to store my favorite lingerie.

The moroccan rug I brought home from Marrakech in October, is absolutely in the right place in our attic bedroom.

the simple things

The simple things.

A single palm leaf in a bottle.
The shadow on the wall, as soon as the sun peeks inside.
Kitchen utensils on the kitchen counter.
Stunning light in the backyard.
Eye candy is everywhere...

portuguese beach finds

A collection of ropes we found in the last two weeks.

During our first day on the most south-eastern beach of the Algarve, we found lots of small fishing rope pieces.
A day later we went to the Natural Park Ria Formosa (one of the 7 Natural Wonders of Portugal). On the barrier islands, which only can be reached with small boats, once again we found many pieces of rope and orange floating corks.

So we started to collect them on each beach visit during our roadtrip in Portugal.

At home I have washed the ropes in the baththub and here they are drying on the bathroom floor. I will put them in a big glass jar as a beautiful souvenir of our holiday.

apple & pear

Curiosities on the tiny table:

The pear jar is a gift from my sweetheart.
He bought the pear for me last Saturday at Lammie's Saturday shop in Dordrecht. (he knows what i like)
The vintage apple mirror is from Marseille.
The tile is a souvenir from Sevilla, we bought it in a antique shop years ago.
Old german book about trees from Berlin.

publication sweet living magazin - froh & munter

Housetour shot by Holly Marder of Avenuelifstyle.
Publication in German interior magazine Sweet Living Magazin, issue 4 - 2015.

Froh & munter - happy & cheerful.

'Wir bringen von überall, wo wir waren etwas mit, verrät Ingrid. Kein Urlaub oder Kurztrip ohne Interieur im Handgepack.' - 'We bring something with us, from wherever we were, reveals Ingrid. No holidays or short trip without interior in hand luggage.

ciao

Ciao from the kitchen counter.

Funny funnel by Alessi.
Wooden mirror from Marrakech.
Handmade scrapwood frame with lemon wrapping paper.
Moroccan bottle cover.
Casa Negre vintage soda bottle from La Bisbal.
Glass jar by Household Hardware with straws from Ikea.

Have a bright Tuesday!

zingaro

Longer days from now on.

Daylight saving time.

Straw hats are waiting to be worn.

early daylight

I love this time of year.

Every morning the sun rises slightly earlier and it's getting easier to get up.

kitchen flavours

Flavouring the kitchen with souvenirs.

eureka from ourika

The plastic baskets are from Morocco. It took a while but now they are here in our garden.
During the Cool Crochet workshop in April, I've found them at a market place down the Ourika river and got an EUREKA(!)thought...
The baskets have the most marvelous colors and patterns.
I imagined the baskets would look great around the terra cotta pots in our garden.
It looks even better than I imagined. We love it!