Another colour on the wall

During our holiday in the beginning of October, I painted an old church bench and the back wall. I posted about it and said that I wasn't completely happy with the result of the wall.


Iris gave me some great advise that I partially listened to and painted the wall again but now in a dark blue. It's better but hasn't got the 'Wow factor'. If it was up to me, I would love to paint it in a bright pink/ fuchsia colour but S. would go mad, ha ha!

So what to do... Are there any colours between blue and pink which will be a perfect compromise? Please help me because I don't know...

Old chair make over!

A while ago, I bought this great piece of fabric with cupcakes on it. It posted something about the fabric earlier. There was still some fabric left and decided to do something with it and upholster a chair or something. Now the coincidence was that we sold all of our dining rooms chairs because we bought the church bench. I used one of the dining room chairs in my study so now I really did need a new chair!

So I started to look on the internet and try to find the perfect chair to upholster. But unfortunately, for me there's no such thing as the perfect chair but I did find something that was good for me to practise on.


So I bought an old chair for EUR 1,50, bought paint that was inspired by Yvonne on the Yvestown blog and used the cupcake fabric. The end result is this:


Now, I love it offcourse and it stands proudly in my study! S. said that it will never go in our diningroom and that's just fine. This it a chair, specially for me. Although it would look great in a children's room too. But for now, I'm going to keep it for myself and enjoy it every time that I'm there, studying!


It's really a shame that S. doesn't like pink, otherwise there would be so much more in my favourite colour! Oh well...

Wood & wool x mas tree Maud

It has been very busy here. racing to work, then to the hospital and racing back home. So there hasn't been a lot of time to write something, I'm afraid. But luckily I have a day off and love to post something again to tell you what's been going on in our household!

Last week, I felt that I deserved something nice for myself and looked around on the internet. For some time now, I have been a fan of the work of Ingrid Jansen and her Wood & Wool stools. she also sells these christmas trees that are made from wood and I also wanted one but never bought one, until now... I saw this amazing tree that just had to mine! So I bought it and two days later it arrived and I am sooooooo happy with it!!


I haven't hung it yet but for now it stands proudly in the diningroom nearby our 'newly' old woodburner.


For christmas, I'm going to hang little ornaments in them and I think I'll leave it in the room and not only for the holiday season.


I'm really happy with it and recommend it to everyone because it's just something different but still recognizable.

The shops are starting to sell all kinds of christmas things. I talked to the woman who runs a flowershop nearby from where I live and she said that they are starting the preparations this weekend. Can't wait to see the end result! And what about you, have you already bought something for the holiday season?

The joy of a gift

So sorry you guys for not posting something on my blog. It has been a hectic week because a dear family member is in hospital and I'm trying to be at her side every free minute I have. So it is going to be a bit more quiet overhere but I'll try to make as much time to write something nice because life isn't only about the bad stuff...

So here's something nice! About two weeks ago I won the fantastic give away from Iris on the Enigheid blog .


Now I never win anything but now I did! Iris made a fantastic pillow herself and I'm just in love with it! I also love the wallpaper where she wrapped the pillow in!


There was a very nice card from her as well which I saved and is standing on my fire place mantle.




Thank you very much Iris! it is nice to know that there are also good things in life!

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Cupcake display

Today, I would like to inspire you by showing photo's of cupcake displays! No, I'm not doing this to tempt you to start walking to the shops right away and stuff your mouth full with delicious cake! This is more to inspire you and think outside the box when it comes to interior or fashion.






Some people go to the big furniture stores and buy the first thing that they see. But other people like to be inspired by the funniest things and start creating something out of nothing. So be insired by these photo's see something that you can create in your own home. Think outside of the box and create your own world!

Have a nice day everybody!

Rearranging the front room

Now that the autumn is definitely is here, I feel the need to do things around the house and rearranging the furniture.

I just sold eight(!) diningroom chairs and haven't decided what to place back. We did buy the old church bench and placed a few stools but I need something more. When I have made a decision and have bought them, I will let you know!

S. and I live in an old 1930 house and we have a front and backroom with two fireplaces. My brother-in-law just removed a tree from his garden and he had an big piece of wood left and gave it to us. I placed it in the fireplace and put some candles on them. It really looks good in the evening and you have the feeling that there's an actual fireplace burning, only without the warmth...



To see the candles better, I put the sidetable to the other side of the room, next to the Riviera Maison chair and the painting of Erik Zwezerijnen.

It looks better this way, altough the colour of the table is a bit dark and would look better when it's painted in a lighter colour. But this table is so old and not mine (my sister borrowed it temporarily to me and that was six years ago...) so I can't just paint it. Maybe I will rearrange it all again, we will see. It fun anyway to change the furniture every once in a while, let's just hope that S. agrees with me...

Back to work cupcakes

Today, I'm going back to work after a two week holiday. To welcome myself back, I made vanilla cupcakes with creamcheese frosting, a recipe from the cookbook of the Hummingbird Bakery. Of cous,e I have already tasted them and they are delicious!




Have a great workweek everybody!

Church bench & photo's and colour...

About two weeks ago, I bought an old church bench through Marktplaats, which you can compare to Ebay but it's only used in the Netherlands.

We bought it from people that got it from an old cathedral but decided that they couldn't use it in their home. And because S. and I were looking for a bench for the dining table, this was perfect. Friday, I started to sand and paint it. S. and I agreed over the colour that the bench was going to be and I went to the hardware store to buy paint. At the last minute I decided that is had to be another colour and choose a soft grey colour. And this is the result!

The before...


And the after!


The cusions are essential if you want to sit there because the bench itself isn't very comfortable. These are random cushions that we have at home but I want to buy or make ones that will fit the sitting area.



And while I was painting the bench, we talked about doing something with the back wall and the photos because it looked a bit empty and dull. At the moment, I am going through a purple and grey phase and bought purple paint, so it was supposed to be...

But when I painted the wall, it wasn't the colour that I had in mind. I did continue with the paintwork and S. hang the photos up and we will leave it for about a week. If we still don't like the colour, I repaint it with another colour.



The only problem is which colour? I like a bright fuchsia but S. wants a blue colour. So we need help in choosing a colour. And that's where we need you! Please help us by giving tips that we can do with the wall and the photos. You can do this by leaving a message on my blog! Please help us from making another bad colour decision!

Secondhand finds

Last week I went to a secondhand shop to look for hidden treasures for my home and I came back with some great things!

I was looking for something to hang in the kitchen for display. In the shop, they had this old Dutch wooden board where people used this as shapes to make cookies.


It is really old fashioned, or vintage to use a trendy word, but I thought it would look nice in a modern kitchen. What do you think?



Another thing I was looking for was a vase or something to put nearby the window. I found this old bottle made out of stone.


It stands proudly now nearby my other vases and it looks great, don't you think?



And what about you? Do you like to go to secondhand shops and buy something nice for your home? Please share because I would love to hear your stories!

Dottie Angel

I was just reading the blog of Ingrid of Wood Wool Stool and she mentioned the new book of Dottie Angel. Dottie also made a nice video, you can watch it here:


It makes me want to grab the sewing machine and start creating!

Moodboard 3

I promised you that I would show you more off the working space where I work and craft.

Don't think too much about this room because it is a laundry room where I have put my desk, laptop and sewing machine. I had one empty wall and decided to make another moodboard, just because you can't have enough of them, am I right?


Again, this is a piece of softboard with fabric around it. The fabric is from Ikea and the pictures are from magazines and personal pictures, see the lovely picture of S.?

It was a bit empty first but yesterday I found a binder which had a lot of images in them from magazines that I have ripped out and saved. Luckily, it came in handy.



Today, I'm going to the fabric market and hopefully I can find some more fabric and make a few more moodboards. I have no idea where to hang them so maybe I should sell them.... Hm, let's just wait first if I can find something and then who knows! I feel a small business coming up, but first come up with a name... let me know if you have come up with one!

Have a great sunday!

Fabric market

This morning, at 10:00 am, I was ready to experience for the first time a fabric market. It was being held in the city centre of The Hague.


I didn't really know what to expect but just to be use I gave myself a budge and I couldn't go over that amount I had in mind. It was good that I did because I have never seen so much fabric in one place! And at each stand, I saw a fabric that I absolutely had to have!


After walking around for about an hour and checking at what was for sale, I made a choice. This is the fabric I bought:



Like I told you earlier, I can't tell you yet about my plans because it's not mend for me but for someone else... That's all the information that you're getting right now...

I kept my budget but for the next time, I double the budget and buy more fabric! I saw fabric that looks like wool and immediatly had a vision of a plaid, one for me and one for S. The price was a bit high so I'll have to wait untill next time.

But I couldn't go without the fabric with the cupcakes! I have used to to put the fabric in a frame and now I have a cupcake painting! There's still some fabric left so there's more to do something with it!

Sewing but not on the sewingmachine...

So, I went to the fabric store because I just couldn't wait to start creating. I bought two pieces of fabric, came home and grap the sewing machine from the attic. Only to discove a problem... I couldn't find the plug! I looked and looked everywhere but couldn't find it... So now I have to think about how to solve this but I was determined to make something out of the fabric.


And this is the result!


It has been awhile since I last used a needle and thread and for the next time i can do better but for a first time, I think it looks really good! I now hangs proudly in the branches!

Afraid of the sewing machine...!

Lately I feel the urge to create something...

There's a sewing machine upstairs on the attic where it has been standing there doing almost nothing since I bought it. Only once did I use it and that was when my sister was here and she helped me to repair a pair of pants... the machine came with instructions which I haven't read yet so maybe I should start with that first...

It seems I'm almost afraid of the thing because of the possibilities on it's part and the lack of know-how on my part. my plan is that I'll read the instructions today and start to use the sewingmachine tomorrow. Tomorrow there's a fabric market nearby where I'm going to and buy some nice fabric. I have all these plans and now I'm planning to really start doing something with it! What the plans are, I can't tell yo yet because it's a surprise gift for a few friends and family.

What I can tell you is that I'm planning to make little hearts and hang them in branches that stand nearby the window.




I got this idea from a Dutch interior design magazine 101 Woonideeen.


As soon as I find a nice fabric tomorrow and figure out how the sewingmachine works, you will be the first one to see the result!