le weekend

Waking up late on Saturday morning with sun streaks on the wall!

a fresh summer suite

In March 2020 we moved from our cosy attic room to Minne's old room.

We made a paneled wall and painted it Moroccan pink and it turned out gorgeous.
After a few years some of the wooden parts of the wall came loose and then (preferably) fell down at night. First we glued the parts back to the wall with mounting kit or double-sided adhesive tape. But over time, we had to fix so many panels and it didn't look so smooth anymore and after our holidays we decided to tear it down completely.

I smoothed the walls and painted it white a few times, Well the result was neat but boring, so we were looking for a cool bed head, but couldn't really find something suitable. Finally we decided to get the blue & white wooden beach house panels from the attic again. Nonetheless the fresly painted white walls in the room needed more to make it fresh and cozy again.

Different bedside tables with a bit more body? So we shopped in our own stock and with tables from the garden and studio we both got ourselves a 'new' bedside table.

Solely with a big pot of good paint, a new poster and a new bedside lamp, we turned our room into a fresh summer suite!

mix don't match

Day & night.

The new pendant light on the ceiling is an alluring wedding anniversary gift from Henk.
Made of terracotta, raffia and fringe, an unusual combination, which fits very well in our mix-don't-match bedroom style.
The light effect on the ceiling is surprising and phenomenal, it adds so much atmosphere.

Our bedroom has such a good vibe, day and night, it feels like a cheerful, comfortable and spacious hotel room.

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!

attic archives

One of my favorites from the crochet archives.

The harlequin herringbone pattern I designed in 2016.

A mix of my two favorite patterns combined in a colorful carpet.

Tonight I was looking in my cool crochet archives to find some inspiration for 'the next project' and maybe I will start working on this one again.

What do you think? Perhaps only two colors?

hello monday

Hello monday!

inspiration - may 2019

New inspiration in da house;

White & colors chevron pillow with two front sides (lilac & yellow chevrons inspired by the woman with headscarf art print)

David Hockney Joy of Nature exhibition poster (souvenir of the Van Gogh museum visit last week)

The World of Apartamento interior book (an irresistible book, with ten years of everyday life interior by one of my favorite spanish interior design magazines)

the chevron pillow on repeat

New chevron pillow in the making.
Since both chevron pillows I made in January have moved to Boston, USA.

Actually only one chevron pillow was listed in my etsy shop, however Gillian, a friendly customer, asked me if she could buy them both. Well I thought it's better when the pair would stick together anyway.

I miss the pillows in my studio, so I started a new pillow project the same evening. Chevron pillow on repeat, in white & colors, my best loved combination.

Fancy to make one too?

You can download the chevron pattern (with chart) in my ETSY SHOP.

attic bedroom

Wednesday morning, 10:30 AM

Curtains blowing in the breeze...

I just L O V E the look of the waving curtains and shadow play.

To capture the atmosphere, I made a video and posted it on Instagram this morning. P L A Y video

(and watch how the left white curtain closes itself in the wind)

sneaker storage

I've 'built up' an elegant and functional storage for my sneakers with colorful crates. The Ay-Kasa crates are foldable & stackable and come in awesome colors.

I figured by folding only the frontside of the crate, it would make an original storage for my sneakers.

It was quite an investment to collect enough crates for my sneakers and one on top for my socks. Let's say, you can buy a cool pair of sneakers instead of 9 crates. I started collecting them a few months ago and purchased the first pile in Antwerp. Some weeks ago I bought some new colors at Evernow in Rotterdam.

The stacking is finished for now and it's a good thing no more crate fit, because the cupboard has reached the sloping attic roof. I'm really happy with the result.

striped curtain

Spicy stripes for the curtain in the dormer window on our sloping attic room.

A good crochet project to use the colored wool from marrakech, in very easy filet-crochet harlequin pattern. I started it some weeks ago, not knowing what it would be.

Well, in the end it's a 'crocheted curtain anno 2019' and obviously it was not exactly fitting the window size. Do you see the subtle line? I subsequently made it a little bit longer. That's what I like about handmade; never perfect...

The colorful crochet fabric is made horizontal, but I preferred to hang it vertically.

In our (almost) all-white attic bedroom it's okay to use some colour.
I am thrilled with how serene this space turned out with the filtered light. Great atmosphere!

studio tour

All the walls in my studio are white now.

I've been painting the only colored wall in my atelier white too last week and it looks so much brighter. Moreover, the sun is shining for days now!

I love white walls! It's the perfect base for all the colorful items in the room.
The wool cabinet, moroccan carpets, framed photos, 'green table' with plants and my handmade pillows in the workspace are making the interior pretty bright and colorful.

It is wonderful to be here and so cool I do not always have to clean up all my stuff...