spike

Spike, the dachshund.
By far my favorite plate in tha house!

This plate by Nathalie L'été is a painting of her own dog Spike.

Love at first sight.

dorine de vos in galerie herfst

Tekeningen van Dorine de Vos, nu te zien en te koop in GALERIE HERFST!

HERFST is een nieuw initiatief van Villa Augustus!
Kamer 24 wordt zo nu en dan omgetoverd tot tijdelijke galerie.
Villa Augustus nodigt kunstenaars uit er hun werk te tonen om zo een inspirerende plek aan het bedrijf toe te voegen.

Openingstijden: Donderdag tot en met zondag van 13.00 uur tot 17.00 uur.

Het werk van Nathalie Lété en Dorine de Vos is tot eind 2014 te zien.
Op de foto houdt Dorine een 'steak' van Nathalie Lété in haar hand, haha...

Vanmiddag bracht ik een bezoekje aan Dorine en heb ik een mooie tekening gekocht, die ze ter plekke voor ons heeft gesigneerd.

Dorine de Vos zal zelf aanwezig zijn op zaterdag 13 en zondag 14 december en zaterdag 20 en zondag 21 december EN op 1e en 2e kerstdag.

Komt dat zien!

advent season

Everything seems to go much faster this year...

PS: Our Piet Hein Eek tie silk table lamp is looking for a new place to s h i n e.

my farmer's bag

Madly in love with My Farmer's Bag, [de]signed by Nathalie Lété.

nathalie lété at villa augustus

When you are a fan of Nathalie Lété, you need to visit Gallery HERFST at Villa Augustus.

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.

Nathalie Lété's work is currently exhibited in Gallery HERSFT.
The gallery is open from Thursday to Sunday from 13:00 - 17:00 PM.
The exhibition will last until the end of the year and in the market shop we sell a wide selection of her work throughout the week. Come and see!

Nathalie stayed at Villa Augustus for some days and has been signing piles and piles of her newest books in the market shop. She also made some beautiful drawings during her stay.

Yesterday I was at work in the market and asked Nathalie if she would sign her 'Farmer's bag' for me, instead of a book.
Sweet as she is, she signed the pears & birds bag and also made a few more drawings on the bag.

Je suis heureuse comme une poire!

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

summer is in the air?

summer is in the air?, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Summer is in the air, at least in our bathroom.

The gorgeous pastel colored hammam towels are a souvenir from Turkey, we bought them last May.

The bucket is by Natalie Lete.

My toilet bag (with French lesson) might be very useful on vacation.

The pink [beauty room] sign is for a lady from Paris and acted only as a model in our bathroom.

grey garland

grey garland, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

A grey garland may not sound very festive at all - and the gloomy weather is even less cooperative - but the lace crochet squares appear quite a nice basic merry-maker.

The lamps are from Sissy Boy Homeland and the plate & bucket by Natalie Lete.

nathalie lété plates

nathalie lete plates, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Yesterday the mailman brought two boxes from Londen.
Content; thirteen diner plates by Natalie Lete.
Well, there's only one plate pour moi.
Last Thursday I showed my colleagues the Natalie Lete plate I was planning to order at Anthropologie. In no time I had a collective order of 13 diner plates.
Today I have displayed the colorful collection on the garden table (for the picture) and tomorrow I will hand out the dinner plates to my colleagues.
Tonight we have opened the 'dinner outside' season (using other plates by the way).