The nice spring weather adds two perks to our cinema room. First, it creates beautiful shadow patterns everywhere: And second: the sun encourages our little mandarin tree to bloom. The blossom makes the entire room smell amazing! I wrote about our cinema room before: here and here. Have a happy & sunny weekend!
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Our two semis
When I counted the pendant lights in our home on monday (8… oops!), I completely forgot about our Gubi Semi pendant lights. They hang in my husband's practice. Actually it's only one real Semi lamp, designed by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup in 1968, found at a Dutch flea market for a lucky 5€. We Read article…
The ugly truth
Oh yes, this is it: our current bathroom. I'm certainly not following the unwritten rules of the ugly truth challenge by showing ALL of it (I'm trying to keep my blog pretty hihi), but as you can see it's quite an emergency! Even though I still prefer watching the pretty side of home interiors, peeking Read article…
Camouflage
During a quick visit of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, I spotted this pretty pendant lamp designed by Front for Zero lighting. Swedish design trio CKR also used this lamp in the famous lobby of the Nobis hotel, where it looks really stunning. But to me, this historic ceiling looks even better as a backdrop for Read article…
Red Blossom branches
While I'm impatiently waiting for warmer nights to get my succulents and palm trees out of their winter storage, I can't help but picking flowers. I know… again! I may turn into a real flowergirl… After the yellow daffodils and blue hyacinth grapes I found these red blossom branches in another neighbor's garden. I'm so Read article…
Spring grapes
In our house a few grape hyacinths in a blue rimmed shotglass means spring has officially started. Back in the 80s my Dutch neighbor used to drink his gin from one of these pottery shot glasses. But in the early spring his wife dressed his favorite glass with some grape flowers. Many years later I Read article…
Easter squee
Ever since I was a little girl, these 4 piggie banks stand on the windowsill at my parent's house. They were made by my mom in the early 80s when she was into pottery and ceramics. One of them lost part of his belly in the oven, but he survived. A few hours after I Read article…
Happy Home Blog
Last week the lovely Kathrin from Happy Home Blog posted a little interview with me about our home. You can check it out here, it's both in German and English. Hope you like it :o) Thanks for having me, Kathrin! Read more about our home and renovation in my Vintage Sapique series.
Spring birds
Chirp chirp! I hope these fake birds will encourage the real birds to kickstart spring. Finally! I can't wait for warmer days without coats and scarfs. I spotted these little birds at a small Floral Art Fair in Paris. I was not impressed by the quality of the flower arrangements exhibited but it was a Read article…
2 Daffodil Girls
Actually I was planning on styling some ranunculus for the #2flowergirls project by Elodie and Inga today. But without a nice variety of fresh flowers available nearby, I went for an simpler solution: the first fresh daffodils from our garden. At this time of the year, the forests here in the Oise are covered with Read article…
