Paris, part I

So last week S and I went to Paris for 5 days. It was nine years ago since I last been there en S has never been to Paris before so we thought it was time to go.

We took the train, which takes about 3 1/2 hours from The Hague to Paris, Gare du Nord. I recommend travelling by train if you're doing a tour through Europe.



The hotel where we stayed was in the area Montmartre and after checking in we went strolling around and went to the Sacre Coeur. Look how busy it was!


There's a great view over the city. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't that great but still worth the effort in making a great pricture!


And the building itself, well it is just beautiful...



At the end of the day, we had dinner on the corner of a small street which was nearby a metro station. And don't you just love those metro signes! And what about the buildings... I would love to live in a building like that!


Well, this was just day one... More to come...

Paris, here I come...

Hi Everybody,

Just wanted to say HI and tell you all that tomorrow we're off to Paris for 5 days! I can't wait and I'll promise to make lot's of pictures and show then to you!

Also, our house was sold last week en we need to find a new house before the end of August because we need to be out of the currect house by then. So we have been looking on the internet and been visiting several houses. So hopefully in a few weeks time I have more to tell you...

Have a great weekend and talk to you soon!

-x-

Weekend!!!

I want to wish you all a great weekend, enjoy the sun when it shines and just relax...

S is away this weekend with his friends so I have the time to cath up on my reading. This morning, I read a chapter in Eat Pray Love and just now I read an article in the Home and Garden section of the New York Times and saw this great bathroom!


We'll, I'm about to leave to visit family and tonight I'll continue reading the book in bed! Can't wait!

Weekend

I made some pictures last friday. It was a very busy day and to relax, I started making some pictures...




I also bought a new book, Bazar style in the Dutch translation, and I recieved the interior magazine VT wonen by mail.


I had a lot of reading to do but had to work yesterday and enjoyed the sun today so I have a lot of catching up to do.

Have a great week!

My neighbourhoud

Yesterday, the weather wass so great, I spend more time outside then inside. I walked around and made a picture of this house which is nearby mine. I love the red door and the stain glass windows! And what do you thonk of the bike?


This is the view from my balcony. It's facinating because there's always something going on... (and yes, that's my laundry that hanging there ;-)


And my downstairs neighbour has the nicest cat ever. Look at him, don't you just love him!




Talk to you soon everybody!

Cookies!

After working for about 11 days, I finally had a few days off!! And for relaxation, I like to bake desserts and cookies, just working with my hands and not think about anything else.

So I started by putting all the ingredients together...


S has got a great cookbook, all about making cakes, pies and cookies. But maybe I like it because the cover is pink!



A little bit of an easter feeling!



That this is the result (what do you think of the butterflies?)...



I put the cookies in two tins and gave them to my sisters because if I eat one more cookie, I will explode out of my dress, ha ha. The diet starts tomorrow, I think...

Have a great easter everybody!

Books, books, books

Last week, I decided to buy a few books because I walked by my favourite bookstore. Everytime I go there, I want to live there! Maybe I can make a few pictures to show you. I just love it...

So I bought eat, pray, love for me from Elizabeth Gilbert for me and the cookbook The Maze from Jason Atherton for S. I saw Elizabeth Gilbert on a episode of Oprah and was interested to read it. So far, it does not dissapoint!



There's also a book in the picture of Ben Canaider & Freg Duncan Powell called Cooking under the influence which S got for his birthday. He hasn't got time yet to read it but I started flipping the pages today and like the pictures of the recipes and liked the lay-out.

Furthermore, S and I finally went last monday to the movie Slumdog Millionaire, the movie who won the oscar for best movie. Wow, I loved it! It really captures how life is in India in the toughest circumstances. I recommendid it to everyone. A few weeks ago, I saw the movie Milk with a friend of mine. Sean Penn starred in it and he won the oscar for best actor for it. Aand soon, I'm going to the Reader which Kate Winslet plays in who won the oscar for best actress. So, I have an Oscars month ahead of me of great movies to see. But on the light side, tomorrow I'm going to Bride Wars and next week to He's just not that into you. Can't week!

Counting down the days till the weekend!

Too long...

Wow, it has been a while since I last posted something on my blog... I have been so busy with work and trying to sell our house and looking for a new house (both are not going quite so good) and beind really tired at the end of the day. I don't know what it is but I'm just so tired all the time. Probably because of all the house stress. There have been some people looking at our house but then we hear nothing anymore. We are not in any hurry to move but I would like to start with a new project and start working on all the dreams and ideas that I have for the new house. It has almost become an obsession, really. I wake up with an idea and go to bed trying to remember everything that went through my mind.

Anyway, more fun things now... I was looking at the website of the English interior magazine Living etc and saw some great pictures, really inspiring!


First, my favourite chair, the Egg chair in a different fabric, love it!

I like the idea of having a kind of coffee/ tea corner in the new kitchen. S and I drink a lot of tea and I love to collect tea- and coffeemugs so that would be great!

And then I love this picture of the kitchen. The idea of a basic white on the wall and then a wooden floor and put colourful accessories is something I love. I don't know how S would feel about that, but it definitely works for me!

Unfortunately, I haven't been making pictures lately but this weekend we are going away with S's family to the east part of the Netherlands where there's more green than in the west part where we live so hopefully I'll make great pictures!

And in May, we are going to Paris for five days!!! I can't wait! I used to work in Paris a couple of years ago but haven't been back since so I'm looking forward to it!

Flowery shelves

Yesterday the broker came by our house to make pictures for the ad for selling our house. I read a brochure as to how to make you house look to sell it faster. It said to put flowers everywhere and that's what I did. I put flowers on the table and on two shelves. I really liked it but as it turns out, the broker didn't make a picture of my flowers on the shelves so I made one myself.



And I made a picture of the exterior when the sun was shining. Do you see the shade of the tree, I love this picture!



I send the picture of the exterior to the broker so hopefully he'll use it for the brochure. He told us that next week the house will be on sale so it's very exciting!!!

In the meantime, we're looking around for a new house but we haven't found one yet. We don't think that the house will sell quickly, especially now with the economical crisis going on so we're not in a hurry. We've seen some houses and next week we going to look at some other properties so it takes up a lot of our time and thoughts. But it's an exciting time and I'm trying to enjoy it all and not be nervous. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done but in the end, I know everything will be ok. It will all come in good time, just hopefully that will be soon ;-)

Talk to you soon!

Which chair...

First my apologies that I haven't blogged in a while. I've been so busy working and looking for houses. Yes, S and I decided to move to another area in The Hague. We have seen 5 houses so far and a lot more on the internet. But like our different taste in interior, we also like different kinds of houses.. For instance, I like to have a house with a garden and for S that's not a priority.

But ever since we're looking for houses, I have been picturing the interior in my mind and have come to the conclusion that we must have a design piece of furniture. It doesn't have to come right away but eventually in a few years. About what piece of furniture I decided that it has to be a lounge chair. And it's going to be one of these two:

The Ottoman Eames lounge chair


or the Egg easy chair designed by Arne Jacobsen

They are very different in design but both of them look so beautiful to me. I love to see them in a store but so far I have only seen them on the internet. I found a store online where they sell the Ottoman but I haven't found a store where they sell the Egg chair yet. But I'm convinced that when I see them for real, I'll fall in love... And also important, I showed these pictures to S and he likes both of them so the choice is mine!!! I'm so happy with that but in the meantime I'll just look at the pictures and one day I'll sit in one of them. But which one...?