In an earlier post you could see Paola Navone’s home in Greece, where white was the dominant ‘color’. For her home in Milan, Italy, Paola has chosen blue as the main color for her home. Most furniture and accessories have been brought from Paola’s many travels.

I love the styling of this article that appeared in n this month’s issue of Dutch interior magazine VT Wonen. The combination of white, grey and silver is gorgeous. I was happy to see that some of the products featured in the article are also available at Le Souk. For example the white leather Moroccan poof with embroidery, the leather poof in silver, and the silver Morocan tray.


(images from VT Wonen)

This lovely image is part of a story that stylist Paul Lowe (aka Sweet Paul) created for Country Living. The story called “A way with words” is about using the written word in crafts and will appear in Septembers issue of Country Living. The Photographer is Ellen Silverman.

(via emmas designblogg)

While searching for kitchen inspiration for our home, I stumbled on these images. I love the spacious kitchen and that gorgeous Aga cooker!

But the kitchen isn’t the only beautiful space in the house. All the other rooms are beautifully decorated as well. Aren’t those black & white tiles in the hallway lovely?

I also like bedroom with a beautiful wooden bed on the white floors.

(images from shootfactory.co.uk)

Not to long ago I posted about Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien’s My Beautiful Backside Sofa. Daybed Principessa (image above) is also part of this collection that Doshi & Levien designed for Moroso. This beautiful day bed is consisting of many thin mattress layers in gipsy colours, referencing the Hans Christian Anderson tale of Princess and the Pea. The top most layer of our daybed displays a graphic composition of objects scattered as if our princess is preparing for a night out. This eclectic array of objects ranging from the glamorous to plain utilitarian, including a braun hairdryer, an umbrella, a necklace, a cocktail glass and many others, are woven into a red and gold jacquard fabric.

Grow a tree in your bathroom with this shower curtain from Urban Outfitters ($40.00).

I always having trouble finding Dutch souvenirs for my overseas friends as most souvenirs are a bit tacky. But now I have found the perfect gift; the Amsterdam city mug from iittala! Iittala’s Local Mug project, which is taking place in a number of cities around Europe, is aimed at developing local reinterpretations of the Teema mug and encouraging debate, particularly among young people, on the role of design in our everyday lives.

The Local Mug project will be launched in four cities: Helsinki, Amsterdam, London, and Stockholm. Iittala will work with a local design company in each of these cities to create a special, limited edition mug based on the Teema design created by Kaj Franck in 1952. DUS is Iittala’s partner for Amsterdam. This partnership resulted in two designs.

The distinctive houses along Amsterdam’s many canals were a powerful inspiration for DUS. “You can get a great introduction to the city’s story by looking through the windows of its houses,” says Hedwig Heinsman of DUS. “Amsterdam residents are well-known for not pulling their curtains in the evening, and they often place their most treasured items on display in their windows.” This local tradition, and the dialogue between public spaces, the street, and the very private spaces that are people’s living rooms, which it represents is something that fascinates the people at DUS. Unfortunately, the tradition is gradually dying out. “That’s why we wanted to create two mugs, to draw people’s attention to the city’s ‘eyes’, its windows,” explains Hans Vermeulen.

“The red ‘XXX’ mug features a map of Amsterdam and shows where the most traditional windows are to be found. The design also revisits Amsterdam’s old city coat of arms and its three distinctive red crosses. The blue ‘City-eyes’ mug shows a selection of the city’s most popular windows. “Together, the two mugs tell a common story about the city, its windows, and where they can be found. Two mugs, and two people, make up the two halves of the story.”

The Amsterdam city mugs can be bought in iittala stores in The Netherlands. Click here to find a list of iittala shops.

Today another gorgeous, Portuguese home! This use to be an old fisherman’s house but it is now the home holiday home of Portuguese decorator Marina Saldanha.

The house, situated on the Atlantic coast, is surrounded by a beautiful cactus garden.

I love the long wooden kitchen cabinet, and the bright accessories that give color to the kitchen.

The bedroom is simply decorated but looks comfortable and cosy with bed linen from Egyptian linnen and beautiful Chinese lanterns.

(images from Marie Claire Maison)

This a post for people who love the color red in their interiors!

(images from Nicolas Mathéus)

The Zoe Chair by Verzelloni is the perfect lounge chair! It is very comfortable and very good looking as well.

The chair, designed by Lievore, Altherr & Molina, incorporates a compartmentalized inner tube containing expanded polystyrene pearls. Zoe is fully upholstered in fabric or soft leather with expressed seams. The upholstery is fully removable. You can check out the Verzelloni website to find a retailer near you.

This beautiful house is situated on the Troia peninsula in Portugal. It is the summer house of architect Pedro Ferreire Pinto and his daughters Sofia, who is also an architect, and Madalena, an interior architect. No wonder the house is stunning!

The living room has a concrete floor and white walls. I love the neutral colors and use of natural materials. In fact, it could have been my living room!

Simple materials such a concrete have been used through the house, as you can see in the bathroom. A beautiful pool, hidden in a pine tree forest, also belongs to the property. Isn’t this a fabulous place to spend you holiday?

(images from Marie Claire Maison)

My plants are blossoming! I have lavender, clematis, hortensia, bougainville, agapanthus, and lots of herbs growing on my balcony.

I love white and purple Agapanthus! The big flowers are just gorgeous.

The painted carpets in Paola Navona’s Greek home reminds me of Catherine’s Patterned Floor that was featured on Design*Sponge. Catherine is the first price winner of the Lena Corwin Printing by Hand contest. To celebrate the launch of lena’s book, Printing by Hand, Design*Sponge had a contest to find the reader with the best use of pattern in their home. I think Catherine’s Patterned Floor is a well deserved winner!

As Paola Navone is one of my favorite designers I am very happy to have found these inspirational photo’s of her home in Greece! The stunning house is located on one of the Cyclades Islands and has a gorgeous view over the Aegean sea.

I love this idea the painted ‘carpet’s on the concrete floors (indoors and outdoors!)..

The whole house is stunningly decorated with Paola’s own designs. The iron tables in the living room (top image) are from Paola’s collection that she designed for Gervasoni. The kitchen is simple but really works well in this old house. I love the high chrome chairs in the kitchen but unfortunately I don’t have any information about them. Does anyone know where they’re from?

(update: the chrome chairs are from Gervasoni)

I have been so busy lately that I did not even have the time to post. But I promise that I will make it up you! I start today with pictures of a beautiful French weekend hide-away. This renovated farm house is located 60km from Bordeaux, France.

The owners, painter Carole de Laâge and her husband Dominique, did a great job renovating the house. The decoration is simple but very cosy and suits the atmosphere of the house. I love the colourful accessories that they have used! And again a pink coloured kitchen.. is this a trend?!

(images from Marie Claire Maison)

I am too busy to write a long post. So today a post with a lot of images and inspiration, and a limited amount of text..

This stunning architect designed house is located in Guildford, UK. I love the large open-plan kitchen/diner with the Eames chairs!

(images for shootfactory.co.uk)

I forgot to include these chairs in last week’s post about bamboo furniture and home accessories. The chairs are gorgeous and deserve to be mentioned! The one in the top image is from Dutch designer Remy Veenhuizen.

And this chair is from another talented Dutch designer, Lotte van Laatum.

Good news! Olli & Lime are having a summer sale. You get 20% off everything until the end of August. Click here to visit their website where you can see their collection of stylish eco furnishings for kids. Happy shopping!

A few weeks ago I wrote about photographer Nicolas Matheus. His gorgeous portfolio includes photos from the Singita Lembodo Lodge in South Africa’s Kruger Park.

Singita Lebombo Lodge is situated in the Nwanetsi Concession Area in the Kruger National Park. The lodge is located in a remote wilderness with the largest concentration of game in Kruger. It rests lightly among the ancient boulders of the Lebombo Mountains, overlooking the African plain where two rivers meet. The lodge is beautifully decorated with natural materials. Staying here would be a dream but I am afraid it will be an expensive one..

Who would have thought that a fuchsia colored wall would look this good in a kitchen?!