A soft year 2022, that’s what I wish you! With softer relationships, softer skin, softer judgments, softer footprints, softer light, softer life! I could go on and on, but a softer year would be lovely for all of us, right? And softer bed linen as well, as I dressed our bedroom in this gorgeous new Read article…
Taking out the box with Xmas garlands, and making the house feel cozy for the December month ahead, never started earlier than this year! But these very special MagiSnow Azalea arrived and they scream: festive season! With our “new” mantle and shelves that are finalized and painted and we even have a new wooden panel Read article…
The order of all the projects in and around the house doesn’t probably make a lot of sense when you’re not actually here, but today I want to show you one of our summer projects that we just finished: the garden barn! On our lot there are several buildings, like this large barn that used Read article…
Whether it is for one night, a few days or an entire summer: having a guestroom is such a luxury and is particularly practical when family and friends live far away. Our guestroom has gone through a few updates in the past six months since we moved here. In the first months we couldn’t welcome Read article…
As this was such a special project to work on for Urban Jungle Bloggers, I’m also posting it here. Welcome to our planty hallway! We are firm believers in the positive power of plants – plants help us relax, but they also help us to focus, get more creative, and find inspiration. In our book PLANT TRIBE we have Read article…
Thrifting, second hand shopping, fleamarkets, vide-greniers, brocante markets, garage sales, vide-maison, antique shopping, braderies…. or junkhunting as I like to call it. The joy of browsing through other people’s stuff, whether it’s nearly new, vintage or just plain old, and hearing the Stories behind the objects and negotiating the price. For as long as I Read article…
Here we are! Three weeks in the villa we would never buy. And it’s been good! Really good! The first days we tornado-ed around the house and changed so many little details, opened boxes, mounted furniture and made it live-able. Opening boxes with our own treasures that had been packed for months and years, felt Read article…
BAM! So excited that in a few days our new book “Plant Tribe, living happily ever after with plants” hits the shelves! It will be available anywhere where books are sold: at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, but also in the best book shops around the world, as well as in your favorite plant shop. Igor Read article…
While I already shared these highlights from this January’s edition of Maison & Objet on Instagram and Instagram Stories, I wanted to save them here on the blog too. I must admit there were no mind blowing crazy discoveries this time, but I enjoyed seeing nice designs, more and more sustainable or recycled items like Read article…
After a sunny week in Spain I'm back in sunny France with my head full of new ideas and feeling very inspired. Little did I know a week of Sunny Design Days in Spain would be this amazing. With our group of 5 bloggers and 5 journalists we met with 11 Spanish design brands, visited Read article…
