Monthly Archives: April 2009

fergana sofa by patricia urquiola

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Danielle| 1 Comment

Patricia Urquiola has launched her new sofa at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. The Spanish designer created Fergana, a modular sofa for Moroso upholstered in fabrics inspired by traditional patterns from Uzbekistan.

Moroso: “The Fergana collection displays the results of a careful study of textiles, which combine ancient weaving techniques from Uzbekistan with European industrial-manufacturing techniques. The collection is made up of an exceptionally comfortable, large-sized modular sofa which can become a monobloc.”

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another stockholm apartment

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Danielle| 1 Comment

Today another peek into one of those gorgeous Stockholm houses! This apartment, located is one of seven apartments in a large house was designed by Swedish architect Isak Clason.

This beautiful apartment is for sale from real estate agent Lagerlings.

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beautiful vintage ekström chairs

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Danielle| 3 Comments

These gorgeous vintage chairs are available from Furniture Love. The decorative side chairs from Swedish furniture designer Yngve Ekström, have a round backrest and new re-upholstered leather cognac colored seating.

Furniture Love is a Belgian (web)shop of vintage 20th century design. They offer international shipping.

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Posted in design, furniture, vintage

a beautiful still life

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Danielle| 3 Comments

Isn’t this a beautiful still life? How gorgeous is that blue wall! The beautifully shaped vase is from Pols Potten and is availalbe from Le Souk (€18.95). I am always happy to see stylists using items that are also available at Le Souk!

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Posted in dutch design, home accessories, inspiration, interiors

an elegant apartment in stockholm

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Danielle| 6 Comments

As I love to look inside people’s houses I like browsing through real estate agent’s websites. That’s why I was happy to have found Lagerling’s website (via Purple Area). This Swedish real estate agency is known for selling exclusive, luxurious apartments and houses in Stockholm.

This stylish apartment is located in Östermalm (Stockholm). I love the fact that the apartment is very light. The round pendant lamp (Random Light) is from Dutch designer Bert Jan Pot.

(images from Lagerlings)

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modern country kitchen

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Danielle| 3 Comments

Thank you for all your kind compliments on our new kitchen! I am so glad that the renovation is behind us and that I can now show you are new home! I will be posting more images in the coming weeks. Today some more kitchen inspiration. These photos, which I found on Emmas designblogg, are taken by German photographer Anne Naumann. I love the modern country feel!

By the way, the style files and Le Souk were mentioned in an article in the Financial Times this weekend. I am so excited about this! The articled is called A Blog’s life and was published the House & Home edition of the (printed) Financial Times. The article can also be read online here. The article is written by FT editor Caroline Taylor, who has her own blog Patchwork Harmony.

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Posted in inspiration, interiors, kitchen

pillows made from old clothing

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Danielle| 1 Comment

Can you believe that these beautiful pillows are made from outdated clothing? I found this great diy project on Design*Sponge. More salvage make-overs can be found on Sunset.

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Posted in diy projects, home accessories

our new home: kitchen

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Danielle| 36 Comments

I have been promising to show you our new home. The renovation was long and stressful (as most renovations) but we are very happy with the result. We still have to do a lot of small things, which we will do over time. Today I would like to give you a peek into our kitchen.
We have an open plan kitchen and living room with a gorgeous view on the countryside. A lot of the accessories are from my shop Le Souk. For example, that beautiful large copper teapot (from Turkey) is available here.

More images of the rest of the house will follow in the coming weeks!

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outdoor inspiration

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Danielle| 1 Comment

Now the renovation of our house is (almost) finished, it is time to think about the garden. This image is in my ‘outdoor inspiration file’. I love those Tolix chairs! These French café chairs were designed in 1934 by Xavier Pauchard.

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painting by patricia larsen

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Danielle| 3 Comments

I love everything about the interior in the image above (which I found on Design*Sponge). The Eames chairs, combined with that wooden table, and especially that painting by Canadian artist Patricia Larsen.