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.

A while ago I did some posts which had the colour blue as theme (see here, here and here). If you want to have blue in your interior but don’t know how to combine it with other colours, perhaps today’s post can give you some inspiration. The image above, from the website Kleurinspiratie, shows that various shades of blue and green look great together.

The paint colours above are from Flexa but you can get similar colours from other brands as well. Colour names: Blauwst (top left), Azuurst (top right), Salon (below left), Zee (below right).

Children’s drawings are great to give some colour to your home. I love this idea of displaying drawings!

I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend! Mine was too short, as always and I am already looking forward to next weekend.

Today I take you to this beautiful house on the island of Ponza Italy. I love the white plastered walls of this cave house. Although the ceilings are low, the house is still light and airy.

Ponza is the largest of the Italian Pontine Islands archipelago, located 33 km south of Cape Circeo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The island is located about halfway between Naples and Rome. It’s a volcanic island with some nice beaches as well as spectacular cliffs. You can read more about Ponza in this article that was published in The Independent.

(images by Adriano Bacchella)

You can do more with wallpaper than just cover your walls with it! In the picture below framed wallpaper functions as a piece of art. In the image above blue wall paper with a flower pattern is used for the inside of a closet. I thing that the shoe wallpaper from Swedish designer Lisa Bengtsson would be very suitable for this.

(I believe that these images are from Domino)

I recently came back from a holiday in the Provence, France, where I have seen some gorgeous houses. Unfortunately I could not take any photos. But I can show you this French apartment decorated by Hand.

Hand is a French interior design firm run by Pierre Emmanuel Martin and Stéphane Garotin.

Their work has been featured in various interior magazine such as ELLE Déco France.This beautiful apartment is located in Tassin la Demi Lune, a village in the Rhône department in eastern France.

I like the unusual combination of retro furniture and ethnic elements.

(images from Hand)

Laszlo Balog, who is originally from Hungary but is now living in The Netherlands, is the man behind label faMUNKA (the Hungarian word for woodwork). He makes the most beautiful children’s furniture, using traditional woodwork techniques. The designs are based on furniture from Laszlo’s beloved Hungary.

Click here to see more designs. Unfortunately the website is in Dutch but the images speak for themselves.

Ceramist & Etsy seller May Luk recently returned to New York from London, where she studied ceramics at Kensington Chelsea College and Glasgow School of Art. In her Etsy shop she sells the most wonderful ceramic items.

Take Me Homeware is a collection of handmade and hand decorated items for the discerning modern home. Quirky, functional, fashionable and showy, items that shout “Take me home!

May Luk: ‘I enjoy working in clay because it is artistic as well as scientific. My love of glaze and colors led to many hours of experimentation. Each piece is a series of creative decisions and technical endeavours’. May’s beautiful designs are for sale in her Etsy shop.

it is raining here in The Netherlands and summer seems far away. I wish I was still in France.. In stead some beautiful pictures of sunny places.

The photos are from the portfolio of Nicholas Matheus, a photographer who has worked for various magazins.

(images by Nicholas Matheus)

I love this photo from photographer and Etsy seller Jane Heller. Jane is inspired by the nuances of everyday life, the small details that go unnoticed, light and shadow, humor and sadness and pretty much everything in between. You can purchase Jane’s beautiful photos from her Etsy shop.

(via More Ways to Waste Time)