When in an design shop, I always bump into the Bottle Grinder from Menu, designed by the talented Norm. Design. I love its softness and natural feeling and I always want to buy it (maybe one day I will just go ahead and do it). Now I noticed Norm. Design made a Tray Basket, that has the same look and feel. Other than the design, I can really appreciate its versatility. You can use it in the kitchen, living room, garden or to take with you to a picnic. As I mentioned in a previous post, I love it when an item serves multiple purposes. In a consumer world like we live in today, I think those are the items we can truly appreciate.
Pictures are taken by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen,found here.
Today I wanted to show you this modern nomad house. It’s not usually the style I like for a home, but this one has such a great balance I’m drawn to it. It has so many gorgous details around the house, which makes it a very special place. I think you have to be really carfull with the colors, it can be easily too much, but here the balance is perfect. The big windows bring in a lot of light, which reflects on all the different colors and materials. This home was featured in Elle Decoration, found on 79 ideas. The pictures are taken by Birgitta Wolfgang Drejer.
The Dutch stylist Femke Pastijn makes the nicest compostions. I was drawn to some of the styling she did for two Dutch magazines about trends. On here website you can find a lot of Diy projects and interiors as well. Worth a visit !
The pictures below are all styled by Femke Pastijn and taken by Dennis Brandsma, Jeroen van der Spek en Dana van Leeuwen.
A By Nord pillow is on my list already for a while now, but just recently I had a look in their Fall- Winter catalogue, and I was very impressed. I think my favorite would still be the printed pillow cases with the winter animals. To me this is very Christmassy (it’s very early to think about this I know) and it gives the ultimate winter feeling. But first, let’s enjoy fall a little more!
I bumped into these Santorini Lamps by Sputnik on Mocoloco today, and I think they are quit interesting. You can change the look and feel of the lamp according to your wishes.
The lamps consist of a cylindric glass structure and four interchangeable wood pieces, which allow you to directly control the light to your desire, creating numerous forms and light combinations.
Have a nice week everyone !
There is something about fall that makes me want to cuddle up in the sofa with a soft blanket and a warm cup of tea. I don’t necessary like the temperatures changing and the rain that usually comes with fall, but I love this cozy, warm feeling that fall brings. Anne Williams was able to catch this cosy feeling in her photo series at the Bellocq Tea Atelier. I think her pictures are marvelous and I instantly turned on the water kettle to make myself a cup of tea this morning. Hope you are all liking fall as much as I enjoy it, happy Friday everyone! I wish you all a happy fall-weekend, with lots of cosy tea moments if you’d like.
All pictures are taken by Anne Williams. You can visit her entire portfolio here.
Happy Friday everyone ! On this lovely day, I wanted to show you the Candy Collection by Kristen Overbeck. It made me all happy this morning, so maybe it does the same to you guys. I’m not sure if everything in the pictures would be living room material, but I’m really attracted to the pastel colors. And the fact that it is candy jut makes me smile even more.
This is how Kristin Overbeck describes her collection: The tasty and colorful world of sweets and delicious goodies served as inspiration for the Candy Collection. I wanted to design products reminiscing enthusiasms of childhood, especially the irresistible savor of sugar. The result is an eye candy, a visual feast for the senses. The Candy Collection consists of six three-legged stools, carpets, coat hooks and a lamp. Each object relates to pastries, sugar pearls and various sweet delicacies. Savory products with zero calories guaranteed!
This weekend I made this bench cushion, inspired by the Pia Wallen blanket that’s so popular nowadays. First I made a square quilt top and after I constructed it into a pillow.
I made it for the Molger bench from Ikea, but with a little bit of adjustments in size, it should be possible to make for any kind of bench or chair.
The materials you will need for this tutorial:
– Two colors of cotton (I used about 1m black and 20cm white)
– Foam for the inside of the pillow (2 cm thickness)
– Ruler, scissors and threaded sewing machine
– Zipper (40cm or shorter)
First, cut out all the pieces for the quilt itself (you will have to cut a lot of squares). I used a seam allowance of 1 cm (included in the measurements) so it would be easy to iron the seams open. Than cut the foam and the pillow parts.
After you cut all the pieces, you can set the pillow parts aside and start assembling the quilt top.
01. First you will make strips of each 10 rectangles, sewn together, like in the picture. In total you will assemble 19 of those strips. When the strips are ready, iron the seams open.
02. Sew all strips together like shown in the illustration, and iron the new seams open. Your quilt top is now ready for assembly.
After the quilt top is finished, assemble the pillow with the other pieces.
01. Fold pieces 5 like shown in the pictures, and stitch it to the zipper end, so the total length of this piece is 40 cm (if bigger, you can cut this later on).
02. Sew pieces 4 on the sides of the zipper. After this, cut excess fabric that could be there so the size of the total zipper piece is as big as piece 3.
Here you can find further explanation of the assembly of the zipper. It’s actually a tutorial for a clutch, but the zipper principle is the same.
03. Sew the zipper piece, piece 3 and pieces 2 together on the sides (seam allowance 1cm) and make a rectangle. These pieces sewn together will form the sides of the pillow.
04. Pin the side pieces to the quilt top (right sides facing each other) and sew together.
05. Open the zipper
06. Repeat step 04, attaching piece 1 to the pillow.
07. Turn the whole thing inside out through the zipper hole, insert the foam and voila, your pillow is ready to be used!
I made a rounded tot bag for my mom. She needed a purse she could carry all her music sheets in, so I made a big and sturdy purse with a zipper on the top. For the outside I used thick cotton and for the inside I used the fabric of an old dress. The handles are made from an old leather jacket. I took me a long time to make this purse because it was the first time I put a zipper in a purse like this. But I think it turned out quit nice, what do you think ?
One of my favorite Danish design brands, Normann Copenhagen, released a new series of Gem Carpets in tree colors (shades of blue, grey and purple). Designer Anne Lehmann got her inspiration for the asymmetrical shape and three-dimensional effect comes from nature’s flint stones, minerals and precious stones. The idea behind the Gem rugs came from the inspiration she took from the crystal structures in minerals such as amethyst, quartz and pyrite, which are not defined by an oval or square shape, but rather by asymmetrical facets.
