BB's nursery inspiration

When T & I started redecorating baby-proofing our house the first room we started with, was the room for BB.

We want it to be a relaxing and cool nursery, not too baby-ish and with a vintage feel to it.
So we started out by painting the walls white (the last inhabitant of our apartment had them painted in a greyish purple) and got rid of the dirty-blue carpet, instead painting the concrete floor with a light-grey concrete-paint (perfect base for an old flokati rug we had laying around).
We bought an antique oak-wood wardrobe for all BB's clothes and toys, a vintage 50-ties commode (which we painted Yves Klein blue) and got an old rocking chair from my aunt and uncle.

Once we got to this point, the rest of the house, with its yellow, pink and stained whitish walls started screaming for our attention, so we got on with that, leaving the nursery at its bare state.
Great!
This means there's lots of time left to get inspired when it comes to the finishing touches.

A bit of inspiration:

Nursery by Casey Baudoin - My life as a Sugarlander

Via Weekday Carnival

Via Weekday Carnival

Interior of Justine Glanfield of Cotton& Milk by Milk magazine - spotted on 16house

Collected bracelets: Stones and their stories

Collecting beads has been a favorite past-time for me for a while now, and I've had even more fun using my collection to make this new series of colourful bracelets:

The beads I used for the series are collected over a number of years and origin from very different places and situations. 

(Click on the photographs to find out the stories behind the beads)

1

# 1 - the one that should be good for balance and creativity

2

# 2 - the one that's good for harmony and against high blood pressure

3

# 3 - The one with the vintage shells and neon beads

4

4 # - The one with the Indian bead

5

5 # - The one that should protect against negative energy

Many beads were sourced from Ebay, sent to me from China or Eastern Europe in small brown padded envelopes.
A large part of the collection comes from vintage necklaces, found in thrift-stores and on flea-markets, or given to me by friends and relatives.
My quest to find certain very specifically coloured seedbeads had me search the worldwideweb from the US to Japan, only to find the beads I was looking for in a little online shop located in some obscure corner of the Netherlands.

The bracelets are available on Etsy now!

On Instagram lately

All photographs courtesy of World of Driftwood


1. Set of postcards bought recently - 2. Childrens' toys in my nephews' garden - 3.The very Dutch scenery close to our house - 4. Home made jam for sale - 5. Evening bike-ride - 6. Stall with the best fries in Amsterdam - 7. Cabinet at home - 8. Flowerstall near our house - 9.Our cat being very happy with the new Mexican rug - 10. Rooftop BBQ - 11. Rooftop sunset - 12. Floorpaint casualty

Friday Quote - Time

Found on Pinterest - original source unknown

Random cool stuff spotted lately

1. Rectangular Tin Cans by Muhs Home, spotted on EdholmMulleniusBlog

2. Geology pillow by Heather Lins - found on Design for Mankind

3. Moon pot mat by Fine Little Day (I actually had the idea of making exactly this as a wall-piece for BB's room, guess I'll just get this one instead)
4. White & White clock by Vadim Kibardin - via Design Milk

Something serious to break the week...

...These 'serious drawings' of Marc Johns.

I spotted them a while ago on April and May and fell in love instantly.
Here's a little selection:

All images courtesy of Marc Johns

To see more of this work, visit Marc Johns' website.

Art Walls - part II

We have white walls!
Finally.
(two more rooms to go, but still...)

Time to start thinking about how to fill up these blank canvases with gorgeous artworks.

A bit of online inspiration:

Interior of Rosario Carmona, Santiage de Chile - through I Love This Home

 Loving the mix of different techniques and textures and the incorporation of the little sculptures.

By Old Brand New Blog

through Decor8blog

Home of Food- and Interior Stylist Marcus Hay - More photographs at ErinLouise, found through DoYouFancyThis

From Ellens Album

(Notice the one drawing hung with the bright pink string.)

Portrait wall by Rue Magazine - via SFgirlbybay

Via Weekday Carnival

Styling by VT Wonen - spotted on April and May

Home of Andrea Millar and family - by The Design Files