woodwoolstool saturday shop

woodwoolstool saturday shop

xl lemon on canvas 80x60cm 200,-
moroccan raffia bottle cover 1.5l 20,-
red enamel teapot 15,- SOLD
wooden ‘piece of cake’ sign 15,-
xl xala lungo watering can 12l 20,-
plastic portuguese brush 15,- SOLD
vintage vase red with golden leaves 15,-
brocante pink metal adjustable plantstand 100,- SOLD
portuguese ceramic vase with orange dots 30,-

Interested? Send a DM @woodwoolstool or email to info@woodwoolstool.com

vase d'août

Vase d'avril août

Playing with flowers, half from the florist and the other half from our garden.

over-the-top

Exuberant over-the-top flowers on a rainy Monday in November.

Nothing wrong with that.

Normally, I'm not a fan of any chrysanthemums whichever, but these brightly colored mega flowers are extremely over-the-top, it's funny for a change.

Have a good week y'all!

french finds

This morning we visited our friend Lammie in her surprisingly nice and special Saturday shop.

The shop was packed with new finds from France.
We had coffee in front of the shop on the small french terrace at the harbour and had a chat with fellow customer Carmen from Almada (Lisbon), needles to say it was all about 'a vida portuguesa'...

After coffee we went back inside for a closer look at the motley french collection and did some serious shopping.

we spoiled ourselves with white harlequin plates, more yellow and black plates, a blue vase of opal glass, a grape vase, a tea towel with fish print and a gift for a friend. In short, we bought a lot, however we hadn't stopped by for a long time.

If you'll ever visit Dordrecht, you should really drop by.

Saturday shop by Lammie - Knolhaven 15 - 3311 BJ Dordrecht

august

Saturday, 1st of August.

We celebrated my birthday at home with family.
Unlike previous years, when we used to celebrate my birthdays abroad. But hey, it was a lovely summerday and it felt just as special as a 'holiday birthday', like the ones in Cadiz, Madrid, Pamplona, Berlin, Antwerp...

Nowadays we travel in the early and late season, so I will be celebrating my birthday probably at home more often in the future. Nothing wrong with that...

Dahlias on the table. The August flowers par excellence!

My birthday party was relaxed, with the kids, my sisters and niece. We ate cake, had lunch together at the round kitchen table and dined in the garden.

And evermore it feels kinda special Yves Saint Laurent was born also on the first of August.

His characteristic portrait, which we found in Lisbon some weeks ago, got a 'place of honor' in the hallway.

the ever-changing cupboard circle

The ever-changing cupboard circle in our house.

A number of cupboards will soon leave my studio when Pippa gets her new home.
The cupboards in my atelier are originally Pippa's closets, so I knew I could use them only 'temporarily'.
They are stuffed with wool, books and handicrafts, so a new storage place has to be created.

Since we have enough furniture and I strongly support reuse, we cleared out the tall old wooden hall cupboard.
But hey, where do you put the things that are inside? Vases, paperwork etc...
As a flower lover I naturally have many vases. So the 'less beautiful' ones moved to the storage shed and Pippa is happy with my golden gun vase for her new home.

Next I emptied the steel circle cupboard in the living room (mainly wool inside) and that's the new vase cupboard.

Conclusion; in my studio it's a mess at the moment, it's rather a storage place, with even more wool and furniture waiting for their new spot.

Nonetheless, the 'vase collection' looks pretty behind the round windows of the cupboard.

faded flowers

The last garden flowers of the year, which are already faded but still pretty.

This field bouquet with nigella damascene, corn flowers and coriander flowers, I picked last week from the Villa Augustus garden. And hey, 2018 has been a lush floral year! I can not remember a year, the flowers in the garden bloomed so abundantly and flowering lasted until mid-November.

From now on we get the flowers from the auction.

I'm not only fond of flowers, I also love vases, as you may have noticed.

The painted vintage flower vase is also from Villa Augustus. I bought it in the market shop where I work 3 days a week. It's always hard to resist special items like these. I've set myself a rule, that I can never buy something impulsively. I have to wait at least one week, until I proceed to a purchase. Simply because you don't have to buy everything you like right?... And often the need is much less after a week, I know from experience. It is a great rule if you work in a nice shop like the Villa Augustus market shop, where almost daily beautiful new stuff comes in.

This unique vintage vase stared at me, and even now I kept to the 'wait a week' rule...

Well I cheated a little bit, because I put a 'reserved' sticker on it.

So the painted vase has found it's place in my new studio (under construction) and I love it, even without flowers in it, still beautiful.

catch of the day

Catch of the day; fresh peonies from my dearest flowergirl Pippa!

At the moment she's busy preparing her final school exam Flower & Design.

pineapple tuesday

flowers & fruit

My winter survival method with fresh flowers & fruit!

(the Anemones I bought from Pippa, at the flower shop where she works on Saturdays)

ce matin

Picked this morning; a long zinnia from our backyard.

bamboo

Bamboo grows quite wildly and spreads in our backyard.
Pruning is inevitable.
Today some bamboo shoots ended up in the hallway in an old olive jar, for a change...
Nevertheless a small benefit.

lavatera du jardin

It's that simple, a Lavatera twig in a vase.
There's nothing like flowers from your own garden.

quince blossom

quince blossom, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Damn pretty!

jansen & jansen

jansen & jansen, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

The picture of the Cow Parsley bouquet, is published in Jansen Magazine issue 3 as j@nsen tip for a free summer bouquet.

The motto of the Dutch Jansen Magazine is: not rich, but stylish!

In the vase once more free flowers, this time a Valerian branch.

a vase is a vase is a vase

a vase is a vase is a vase, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

I'm not only fond of flowers,
I also love vases.
For any kind of bouquet I can seize an appropriate vase.

On the upper jugs post, I received some requests for a front view photo of the collection.

upper jugs

upper jugs, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

The high-pitched collection on top of the kitchen cabinet is a variety of pitchers, jugs and jars in all shapes, sizes, colors and materials.

Except the fact that it's beautiful collection, I do use them piece by piece. They serve as vases, juice jugs and the beautiful pinkish red one - with the attractive spout - is actually a watering can.

jamie & cow parsley

jamie & cow parsley, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

On the kitchen table; Cow Parsley (spotted while running and picked on the way back) and the latest issue of Jamie magazine, with delicious recipes from Marrakech!

happy women's day

happy women's day, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

For all women a pretty blossom branch,
well okay a picture of a pretty blossom branch.