remember my chair...?

Well, I have been working on my chair, and it was not easy!! I hit on my thumb (ouch!) but I must admit, that seeing the chair looking nice and better, made me want to continue this work. I love the way things become if you make them with love...

So, here are a few pics from the process....












Now, I still have to find a beautiful fabric to cover the last layer. I'm thinking something like a cream white, with a ribbon, no nails. But I am not done yet... I still have to correct things here and there...
have a good week girls, and take care.

Solange xx!

stormy weather, warm inside...

When the rain is falling outside and it seems that it gets darker and greyer each day, I am enjoying my home and decorations. I make an extra effort of making it cozy, with food, magazines and my projects.





I have tied my candles, which were in our garage, with a rope together, and voila! a unique decoration for our cupboard. So, I did the same with my husband's old antique books, very charming. This month is great for buying magazines, as they are all filled with december ideas and crafts, a feast for us intior girls...


Hope you all enjoy a wonderful weekend,

Do take care, Solange!

Joy...

I find myself falling from one project into another. The more you start with the more you wan to change, work on and so on... I am getting further with my chair, which is quite a long process! The chair was in a bad state, my husband helped me with glueing the chair, he's stronger then me...The chair will be in my little study/crafts room and I have come to realize that it's become my experiment room.... ;-)









I have also added some glass beads to our chandelier, I think it really fits well. Then I had a makeover for our 30's cupboard. I added new decorations and touches here and there.





The month of November is moving fast, and I am already planning for the christmas decorations. It will be the first christmas in our new home, so I hope it will be very special.
Maybe some snow will fall? well, we'll see.


wish you girls all a nice week and lots of inspiration!

Solange

Where does the time go?

Time is so precious and for me, it seems to fly these days...I have made over my little Ikea set of drawers with gorgeous Toile de Jouy, and I have added some fresh flowers, a touch of feminine warmth, can do a lot.
I don't like to overdo the busy patterns, but here and there a touch of something extravagant, can updo our spirits, in these cold, dark days.





The garden has gotten a white latern that burns a candle at night, so it feels cozy when we look out of the window. It's really the small things that have a big inpact on me lately.
I also found some glass stones on a little chandelier, which is for my son, but not to make it to girlish, I took them and now I have to find a new place for them, but they will fit somewhere :-)

I also love my 'country style' lamp, very washed out and charming. It's not easy to find lamps that fit in our interior.

Tomorrow starts a new week, hopefully it will bring new inspiration, joy and hapiness. I wish you all a great week girls.

Solange xx

more books and inspiration please

Hi girls, I just want to show you all my 2 new aquisitions, The painting techniques book, which I will use for my chair makeover and the new catalogue of Biggie Best. They have lovely fabrics and decoration. Interior books are so wonderful, I can browse through them for hours.







I have also made some nice corners in my home, the lovely white flowers on my cupboard and an antique letter scale from my family, I think is absolutely gorgeous.

I also share a picture of a lamp I decorated. It was a plain wicker foot, which I have painted with a flamant grey/blue and it looks much nicer this way, especially in a light interior.
The ikea drawers are still waiting to be covered in my Toile de Jouy, but it hasn't arrived from Paris yet...so I am waiting.
Hope everybody has a good end of the week!!

Makeover mania has caught me...

Days are filled with plans, lists and projects. I have been busy lately with quite many things, which are all have to do with our new home of course. I was seriously wondering if this passion for my home has gone from healthy to unhealthy...? I go to bed with my magazines and books and I get up with them! But one can I do, it's all so inspiring and great.


I found an old antique shop which was closing and had reduced their last pieces of furniture to very cheap prices, before they were sent off to an auction. I got a late 19th century commode, and it's NOT WHITE.... so I first thought, no, it's nothing for me since I love white, but then I realised that I like the idea of breaking my interior, in which everything is white, with a classic piece, too white is too white, I thought.


I managed to find 3 old chairs in this same antique store, which I will recover with a light tissue and most probably white wash the wooden frame. I hope they will look nice, and of course I keep you all posted ;-)
Because I have got all these plans, I bought a book called 'Verf technieken' in which they explain how to create many styles with paint, very useful.
Then there is the Ikea little storage box which I am planning to cover so I can store my little tools in there and useful things while I do my crafts. So many ideas, so little time... The fabric you see, is for our curtains, I love white and beige/grey, so it's a good combination.

Then I wanted to share with you the wallcolour I chose for our livingroom, from Farrow and Ball. Do you like it? I think it gives our livingroom a bit more spunk.

well, I do wish you all a very nice week and cover up well, for this autumn wind!!

new ideas and projects

Today has been a very fruitful and sunny day so far. I have bought 2 wondeful new lamps and this morning, when actually not looking for anything in particular and trying not to spend too much again, I found this exquisite Toile de Jouy material which just called my attention... Yes, I bought a bit of it and will think of a nice project to make something out of it. I already have some ideas...


As you can see on the pictures, our new kitchen finally got the little mozaic tiles which are so beautiful!! It gives our kitchen so much charm. On the photo they look yellowish, but in reality they are white, cream mixed.




Then my new desk arrived, I have been looking for quite a while to have my own little place where I can sew, paint, and just do my crafts. In my work I don't get to be so creative, so I need to compensate at home!
The desk is made of raw teak, but am doubting if I should give it a patina look? What do you think? I am open for ideas, maybe I should just leave it like this, mmm...not easy.

It feels so warm again here, the sun is out and my wintercoat can go back in the cupboard. Strange how things can change so quickly.

I am at the moment painting an old lamp, so I will keep you updated on all the changes. I wish you all a wondeful weekend girls and do enjoy your homes and yourselves!

Solange