Because this was such a fun project to work on for Urban Jungle Bloggers, I’m also posting it here: join me for a virtual trip to South Africa: While there is hope and optimism on the horizon as the easing of lockdown approaches, there’s still uncertainty about the possibility of travelling abroad this year. According Read article…
For the second time we as, Urban Jungle Bloggers, had the opportunity to work with online flower and plant shop Bergamotte to create a capsule collection of houseplants. We picked some of the most beautiful plants for the collection called Jungle Tribe, a hint to our new book Plant Tribe. The collection consists of five Read article…
When my Mastermind buddies and I made our visionboards in January 2019, I didn’t expect that every single word and image I was sticking to the board would make its way into the new year. I wonder if having the vision board in my office, and the fact that I saw it every day, influenced Read article…
During Maison & Objet last month, French design company iBride invited me to come and check out their new Morphose cups in collaboration with designer Constance Guisset. They knew how much I enjoyed playing with their Babel series of nomadic bento boxes, bowls & plates. Somehow I expected that the new coffee cups would be Read article…
Remember those compact fluorescent light bulbs? The ones that saved so much energy, compared to old fashioned light bulbs? I never liked them, even though our entire house used to be equiped with them, because well: there were energy saving and “better for the planet”. They took a few seconds to brighten up, the colors Read article…
How it happened? I have no idea, but in the past six months our home turned into Pastel Paradise. When I’m into a specific color I tend to be an “obsessed gatherer”. That’s exactly what happened in our yellow living room a few years ago. Now that we have a pink & grey Cubit sofa, Read article…
Somehow in the past weeks, our home turned into pastel paradise. I don’t know exactly why it happened, but my eyes keep gravitating towards soft toned colors… pink, yellow, green! For now I’m sticking to furniture & accessories to update our interior, as our home is currently for sale, but I can’t wait to work with more Read article…
This weekend I was back at one of the biggest European plant fairs… on our doorstep! In one of the prettiest locations in my Oise region: le Château de Chantilly. I visited Les Journées des Plantes for the first time a few years ago (see here, in 2015) but this time was extra special as I was Read article…
When you’re in Brussels during the only 3 weeks of the year when the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken are open to the general public, you just HAVE to go, right? This was the first time ever, that I queued up to visit a greenhouse. It was also the most annoying visit ever: there were too Read article…
When I was a student and together with Robert for a few months, I bought my very first piece of furniture: I invested all my money into the largest and most expensive boxspring bed I could afford. It hardly fit into my room, but it was huge and comfy. The 180x220cm bed moved with us Read article…
