Sundays ~2~

Have a great evening..

New look

I was struggling with the header, but I finally found the solution...

And proudly I present you my "new" blog... What do you think?

Under construction...

As you might have noticed, my blog has changed.. I'm trying out some new looks.


For the new look, I chose grey and white as the basic colours.
But.... I don't seem to get the right measures for the blogtitle, it's always to small.....


Maybe I'm going for a mix of pictures and a title.. That I'll have to try out...




Any ideas??

Comfy weekends..

My weekend are so precious to me...


~Going out with my friends ~ watching movies ~ in my sunday outfit {comfy trousers and sweater} on my couch covered in my blanket with a book or magazine and tea ~ decorating my home ~


Just some things I like to do on saturdays and sundays..


What do you like to do on your weekends?

"Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage"

Catherine Douzel

Today I wanted to show you some of the pictures I took last and this week.

I love lighting candles in the evening....

My new herb pitchers. Now even my herb pitchers fit in.. Don't they look lovely..?

A sneak peek of my new kitchen cupboard..

 


I'm in love with the left fabric!! See the N in the middle..? The lace pillow was designed by me and made by my mom..

Tuesdays..

I love my tuesdays.. At 11.ooh I'm finished at work and the rest of the day is mine..

Today I went shopping with a friend for new Clayre & Eef decoration and I found this big glass that I filled with my white and cream lace..

The letter N, I think, looks so lovely next to the birdcage, I got the letter from a dear friend.

Have a great tuesday evening!



White corner full of inspiration..

I didn't want any completely open closets in my livingroom and as I saw this closet, I fell in love... It's perfectly for showing my home decorating books and magazines, and to hide other stuff like candles.

There aren't that many books yet, but they are such a great inspiration. I keep reading and reading them and everytime I get new ideas...

Besides books, I love home decorating magazines such as Jeanne d'Arc Living and Jo-Anne Coletti's magazines.

Visit their websites and you'll be amazed...

Belle Blanc ~ My first book, my first inspiration.. Many thanks to Mirjana Schnepf and Bianca Aurich!

Shabby chic interiors ~ By Rachel Ashwell, the Shabby Chic Queen.

Inspiration in weiss and Hell & Zauberhaft ~ By Ingela Broling and Petra Eriksson.
I love the look of these books and the pages.. These amazing books are a huge inspiration as well.

Lazy Sundays...

...but with a beautiful vase with roses.

"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds 'round my neck."

Emma Goldman

 

Kalanchoe love...

As the christmas decoration is almost completely gone, I wanted some flowers for my livingroom and I found these lovely ones, that look like tiny roses.

The Kalanchoe is going on my list of favorite flowers... Isn't it a pretty little flower?

Sundays...

"Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Have a great Sunday everyone!

Pillow love

I still hang on to my Christmas decoration, but I've made the first step to cleaning up and I've put new pillows on my couch.

Fell in love with the bakery flour bag...

My Christmas home

It's been Christmas in this home since early december. I love Winter time and Christmas...

I wanted to show you some pictures I've made of my Christmas decorations. 
They will be more to come..

Wintery bouguet

I found these leaves at the merket yesterday and I fell in love with them. They breath winter and the colours are amazing..


Have a great weekend!

Adventus

"It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope."

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home."

Edith Sitwell

I adore the Winter and Christmas time... Every year I'm looking forward to these cold, gray and magic days with me inside, enjoying candles, books, hot chocolate and Christmas movies.

Hope you have a cosy and warm first Advent!



Want to see more of my home?

Hi everybody!

It's been a while, but the fall/winter cake season has begun!
Soon I will post some new cakes that I will make in the next couple of weeks.

Before that, I have a question for all my readers.

What do you think of me posting more of my new home on this blog?
In less than three weeks I'm getting my key and at the end of oktober I'm starting moving in. I would love to show you my Shabby Chic home.

But would you like to see it here?


Have a great week!

Living the shabby chic style 2

Yesterday I took a roadtrip and visited some nice shops. Found this awesome valve bank 
(is it the right translation??). It's still in grey, but will be painted in white. It's about the same length as the dinnertable (1.80m).  Bought in a great store: D'n Blauwe Pater.



To complete the sitting area in the livingroom, I'm going to buy this chair from Ikea.
I don't think there are many shabby chic interiors that doens't have a Ikea-chair....

It will fit perfectly with my cosy couch and I love the fact that there are loose covers that can be painted :)

Living the shabby chic style

Hi you guys!

I was gone for a while and haven't posted anything since july 20th.. This had a reason, it's because I've bought a house! Yes, I did :D In oktober I will get the key and I can start moving in..

It's my summer vacation (as you maybe know, I'm a teacher) and I'm so glad I have/had 7  weeks looking for furniture and decoration for my new place.
 And I already found so much prettiness for my home....

My style? Here in the Netherlands we call this style "brocante", or the more known "shabby chic, french country" style.

It won't be a surprise that my house will resembles my cakes; pastel colours, lace curtains, antique gold details, Queen Anne furniture and old things.... 
The walls be will all in a broken white, the floor has a old wooden look and most of my furniture will be white and old.

A lot of people will think that all this white resembles a cool, unpersonal and modern interior. Not at all! Because of the old furniture and decoration it will be a homy, calm, lovely and cosy place to live and be in.

A big, big inspiration is the book "Bell Blanc", written by Mirjana Schnepf and Bianca Aurich. They also have a blog: The Essence of Belle Blanc Living.  I also love the book Shabby Chic Interiors by Rachel Ashwell, she also has a blog. 


Below I'll show you some picture of already bought furniture, what do you think of it all?
 

I just fell in love with this closet as I saw it.... The colour is soft and beautiful and fits perfect in my livingroom. This picture is taken in the store, but I will also use it for pretty things to be shown. I bought it at Something Old Something New.

My couch, only mine will have a soft sand/stone colour and it will be bigger, 2.5 metres long... Bought at Elise Chauvel.



For my livingroom, this will be placed in a corner. This also stays in the store, untill I pick it up. Bought at Brocante in Beeg.

A closet for my bedroom, isn't it pretty :) Bought at Tweedehands en Brocante.



My Queen Anne style dinertable, I love it! I'm collecting pretty, white french wooden chairs to go with it, only two more to be found...



For my TV :) Bought at Swiet.

Soon more to come....

La Menthe Verte

What a suprise! Such a lovely package from my dear aunt..

A big notebook to collect pretty pictures as inspiration for my cakes and a small notebook for my cakedesigns.
Love how she wrapped it up :)

She has her own blog now; filled with memories, inspiration and other things.
Maybe you like to take a look at:

La Menthe Verte

London baby!

Last weekend Tessa and I went to London for a shopping trip. Of course we went shopping for new cake stuff and found a lot :)

On fridaymorning our trip began, from Germany to Brussels and with the Eurostar from Brussels to London. We arrived around 14.00h at our hotel.

After unpacking, we went to Peggy Porschens Cake Parlour for a late tea with the lovely Monica. On the way we came along a Starbucks (one of the many we would be seeing) where I had to buy my England and London Mug :)
 

For such a long time we wanted to visit the parlour and we finally did! This pink building in a fine neighboorhoud looked so cute, also the inside was all pink and white, she has lovely white seats outside and yummy cakes and tea! Unfortunality Peggy wasn't there.. We would have loved to see her too.

After visiting Peggy Porschen, it was time for our cake stand-search. (We will make a picture of our new cake stuff!)

On saturday a new day of shopping started. After a delay (had the wrong adress of a shop and lost about 3 hours.....) we also visited Harrods, where we had a ice tea and macarons at Ladurée.

For diner we had tapas at a local Mexican restaurant, it was sooooo good.

Close to our hotel, so our bed was very near... We were very tiered after two longs days walking through the city and our feet were killing us....

At sunday, we only had a few hours left. After a breakfast at Starbucks (hmm, sandwiches with caramel frappuchino), we visited Piccadilly Circus and a few clothing stores. 

They also had taxis in our favorite colours :D

The weekend was great, lots of shopping & laughing. We are already planning a trip for 2012 :D