In the middle of this bustling and extremely busy week with IMM in Cologne and Maison & Objet in Paris, I found a slice of calmth and design: at KOTI in the heart of Paris. Although it also felt very Finnish! KOTI, Finnish for home, is a creative idea launched by and in the Finnish Institute Read article…
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My personal favorites from IMM Cologne 2017
Earlier this week I was in Germany, in Cologne to be exact, at the IMM fair: an international furniture & interiors fair. While I was there mostly to work, I also took some time to check out some of the other booths and to spot new plant ideas for Urban Jungle Bloggers (more about that Read article…
Oerwoud plant shop in Den Bosch
It's a smallllll world, it's a small after all! ♫ A while ago I visited a new plantshop in my hometown the city where I was born in Holland, called Oerwoud, Dutch for "jungle". That in itself is already pretty "it's a small world", right? But when talking to one of Oerwoud's owners Bregje and Read article…
Urban Jungle Bloggers #34
This entire December month seems to be dedicated to Light… and plants… and light! Chasing the last rays of sunlight to take pictures of my plantgang, a desperate need for some lightness in these dark days for the world, watching the Christmas decoration in our city, testing the Philips Hue lamps (you can still participate Read article…
Philips Hue + giveaway
One of the best features in our home is the light: all the outer walls are from glass, so we have a lot of sunlight coming in throughout the day. Which is beautiful (and hot!) in the summer and pretty great in the winter too. Especially in these short and dark days before Xmas, I Read article…
Empreintes The French Craft Concept Store in Paris
Concept Store. I don't like the two words: they are overrated, underestimated, hasbeen and are ever so often used for shops that gather a lot of "stuff" without any concept other than pushing customers to cheap consumption. Not at Empreintes, a new Concept Store for French Fine Crafts in the Haut-Marais in Paris. Their concept Read article…
Handmade designs from Etsy
As you already know I don't need a lot of stuff. I'm currently in an over-the-top getting-rid-of-stuff phase. Very Mary Kondo style, although I don't follow her instructions 😉 It just feels like it's time to right-size. But there's one thing I never have enough of: plant pots for my ever growing urban jungle. For Read article…
Heerenhuis Manufactuur in Antwerp
A little warning before you'll read this blogpost: no color! But there's a lot of wood in here. That's a good excuse, because I happen to love wood 😉 As I told you before, seeing how a product is made, can completely change your perspective. For the worse but in this case for the better! Read article…
Cozy guestroom with Urban Outfitters
Hibernation mode is in full swing in our home! Most of the plants from the greenhouse are now in the warmer parts of our home, waiting for the winter to start be over. Some plants are actually occupying the guestroom and it looks like a jungle in there. Which I like a lot! Almost enough Read article…
Urban Jungle Bloggers #33
November's Urban Jungle Bloggers topic consists of one of my current obsessions: creative plant pots! Ever since my collection of plants reached the number of 150 I stopped counting. I have no clue if I have more or less plants than that today, because some of them didn't survive this year's lifestyle of (too) much Read article…
