Some outdoor inspiration photos as spring has finally arrived in this part of the world! I love the garden furniture (image above) designed by Dutch designer Piet Boon. This furniture is high on my wish list of things I can’t afford..

(images by Douglas Friedman)

Design studio Designerette is a young design studio, currently working in London and Amsterdam. They have created this scaled-up version of a doll’s house tea service, called Mini. The full-size teapot, cups and saucers are made of porcelain and retain the shape of the tiny originals.

The designers: “Driven by the influence scale has on the [...]

Some more jewellery today! These beauties (I love the semi-precious stones!) are from The Jewelry Story. The designers, Jan Kerkstra and Marion Pannekoek go searching for surprising forms and materials which, in combination, radiate a timeless and powerful simplicity. They make each piece by hand, with love and skill. Made in The Netherlands! Marion also [...]

I’d like to start with wishing you a happy, healthy & wonderful 2010! Thanks for visiting my blog in 2009. I hope you will continue reading the style files in 2010 as well!

Today’s post is showing beautiful jewellery & scarfs designed by Lenneke Kooijman. Lenneke recently introduced her collection Made by l e n n [...]

Zusss is a small Dutch label that makes beautiful linen pillows with prints from old Dutch stamps. They also have a collection of pillows made from peanut bags from countries such as Morocco, Argentina and Israel.

These beautiful pouffes from Christien Meindertsma were recently displayed at an expostion called ‘Farmer in search of style’ which was organised by Designhuis Eindhoven. The pilosophy behind the exposition is that everything seems to indicate that rural realities are influencing urban life. The greening of the city and the urbanization of the country will ultimately [...]

These beautiful clothing pieces are from Humanoid’s fall/winter 2009 collection. Humanoid is a Dutch brand and it is one of my favorite fashion labels as their clothing is stylish and very comfortable at the same time.

Visit their website to see a list of world-wide retailers.

I’m loving these purple gladiolas in our living room. They brighten up the entire space! The vase is designed by Hella Jongerius for IKEA.

This beautiful necklace is created by designer Monique van Bruggen. Together with fellow jewellery designer Bonne van der Ree she shares a studio/showroom in Amsterdam called Studio Bonbon. The ring below, also from Monique’s collection, is made from small buttons.

Address: Prinsengracht 58, Amsterdam.

The B-set from Hella Jongerius was launched in 1999 and is generally considered to be an icon in the history of Dutch design. Reason enough for Royal Tichelaar Makkum to celebrate its 10th anniversary by extending the set with four new colours: blue, green, brown and pink.

While makers of crockery usually aim for perfection, the [...]