friday morning

Friday morning.

Together at the kitchen table, Henk working from home and i'm having a day off.

We are already quite used to it, although for me it is less drastic because I still go to work at Villa Augustus 3 days a week.

The desk in the living room we hardly ever use.
I always like to sit at the kitchen table, which now is Henk's office during the day.

Especially in the morning when the sun is shining it's a lovely space, and Henk allows me to sit at his desk haha...

This morning i was working on assembling the new loopy patchwork pillow i've made this week.

We drink coffee together and both do our own thing. We're glad we have adult children and no home schooling at the kitchen table.

la cucina

Latest addition to the kitchen:
A 'Casalino' chair by Alexander Begge for Casala, from the 1970s

Sometimes all it takes to add interest to the kitchen, is some unique shapes.

The round table and shapely chairs make the kitchen less kitchen and more dining room.

Since we got a round tulip table in the kitchen, we have been sitting here more often than before, and we already spent a lot of time in la cucina.

wind & unwind

Current crochet project.

Working with 8 balls of yarn simultaneously.
Once in a while, everything has to be rearranged thoroughly, otherwise it will end up in a very tangled mess!

Wind and unwind...

The new chevron crochet project is a challenge, requires patience and precision, yet it's getting cooler every stripe.

new cool crochet project

This weekend I've been working on a new cool crochet project.

After a crochet break, it is so much fun to start something completely new!

The newest crochet project is still in the development phase, but I think it will be cool!
You know I always like to take crochet to the next level.

Think Crochet 2.0 - a more complicated version of the chevron pillow.

More on this soon...

geoffrey harcourt F154

Another Harcourt in da house!

Not necessary at all, but irresistible.
Found on Saturday afternoon at 5 minutes before closing time in a vintage store in Rotterdam.

Geoffrey Harcourt F154 by Artifort.

Design year 1967.

A luxury chocolate brown leather chair for day-dreaming. It's a swivel armchair with a coated chromium five-legged base.

Geoffrey D. Harcourt (1935) trained at the Royal College of Art in London. In 1962, he designed his first series of small office fauteuils for Artifort. His designs introduced Artifort to the international market for contract design. In the beginning, Harcourt designed mostly seats for reception areas. His first design for Artifort, the 042 series in 1963, was an immediate international success. His philosophy is that the chair should focus on the person and not the other way around. “First the person, then the chair.” Harcourt has won many prizes and in 1978 was awarded the title of "Royal Designer for Industry".

In the store I was convinced immediately, this had to be a Geoffrey Harcourt, and after investigation it turned out to be a family member of our other leather swivel chair, the F978 from 1968.

habitat, make it yours

I've spent more time at home in November than I did over the past half year. I'm a 'summer person' and I love playing in my garden and being outside. Inside the house I'm surrounded by just a few (big) plants and interior is getting more important to me.

Interior is an extension of your personality. That's what makes it so interesting and creative. Your interests, personal stuff collected over the years and being surrounded by things that are important to you. Certainly during the autumn and winter months, your habitat has to be a place where you can relax and really charge.

Well this time of year is fine too and I've been looking forward to spend more time at home, reading, watching movies, netflixing and finally finish the unfinished projects and find time to be creative and start new projects.

While the golden xs woodwoolstool cover is still in progress, I already have ideas about what to make next...

cheers to the weekend

Friday in the late afternoon.

Back home from work. It was pouring outside.

I had been looking forward to this moment all day: lights on, fresh coffee and continue my crochet project.

Cheers to the weekend!

spring fever in sunny february

Henk brought me a huge bunch of yellow tulips from the market this morning.

The florist told him the Victorian interpretation of yellow tulips; there’s sunshine in your smile!

I have arranged the tulips in the big yellow mustard tin, which I bought on the berber market near the Atlas Mountains on my latest workshop trip in October.

On this sun-drenched Saturday in February it looks even more like spring.

The appreciation and joy in 'the little things' in life.

Cheers to the weekend!

light light light

Wow, it feels like it is spring already.

Mid February and the temperatures are rising to serious spring level.

The next few days are filled with sunshine and what I like most about it; the light!

Although we have a rather light living room with white walls and light furniture, it can be quite dark during the winter months. The daybed space evokes the fresh feeling in the afternoon when the shadows of the plant are playing on the wall.

The hand knitted blanket is now for sale in my ETSY SHOP.

Size: 230 x 150 centimeter

Material: 100% New Zealand Wool, hand knitted in Nepal (fairtrade)

alluring dahlias

A bunch of bright and beautiful Dahlias on the kitchen table.

Dahlias are so elegant, lush and stylish, they simply have a certain 'allure'.

For a change I chose to put the tubes of the Vase d'Avril in a circle. An awesome sight, especially from above.

The dahlias are from the Villa Augustus garden, they have been blooming abundantly since the beginning of summer, it has been a great dahlia season so far.

I really can't choose which dahlia is the prettiest...

la cuisine

Saturday 18th of August.

Café dans la cuisine. Proper place to drink coffee.

My favorite place in the house is the kitchen.

The light is beautiful because there are many windows. And since the new Moroccan tiles are on the wall, the light is even brighter, still on a cloudy day like today.

The typography mugs I bought years ago at Anthropologie.

palmtree pattern

A new cool crochet summer project.

You can download the PALMTREE PATTERN in my Etsy shop.

The palmtree pattern I've designed, is made in filet crochet and you can it use as a curtain (back to the seventies) or as a wall hanging.

I've made it with a unbleached cotton, but you can also use any another yarn.

palmtree having its moment

Palmtree travel shoebag.

From one of the tryouts of the upcoming cool crochet workshop projects, I've made a matching travel shoe bag for my golden palm tree slingback pumps.
I attached one of the tiny CC palm projects to a linen shoe bag.

Those small bags are ideal for traveling; you can put in your lingerie, shoes, toiletries and loose parts in your suitcase, which makes it easier to pack and organize your travel luggage.

The bag completely fits into my 'golden palm phase'...

tulips join the book table

Vintage tulip arm chairs by ? at the book table.

The iron table was my former worktable & home desk, now serving as a book table for quite a while and it’s chock full with our favorite books and (interior) magazines.

Joining the iron table is the best spot for the newest vintage design furniture.
I think we will take the tulip chairs outside, by the time the garden doors can be opened again. There even is a small water drain hole in the seats, so it's suitable as outdoor furniture as well.

I really like the new peek into living room, from every corner and paired with just the right amount of houseplants, books and the oak herringbone floor. I'm in love with this place...

new stuff on the sofa

New stuff on the sofa.

A couple of pillows I made recently, two harlequin and a brand-new herringbone design.

Some will soon be for sale in my Etsy shop.

Because of satisfactory enthusiasm, I had to post this colorful pillows-on-the-sofa picture...