When I arrived at the front door of this Brussels based couple, Miguel en Lisa were still on their way home and I had to wait on their doorstep for a while. Luckily the sun was shining and the duo had a good reason for being late: the plant and flowers they bought on the market turned out to be rather difficult to transport on their bikes. The sunlit apartment they inhabit is a Walhalla for plant lovers, but these two always have room for another green friend. With huge windows on both sides of the living room and their green fingers, it’s no surprise that plants thrive in here.
After last week’s post about my interior, I received some questions about where to find certain items. I collected them in this post, together with a few other of my personal favorites. Hopefully you’ll be able to find the answer to all your questions here, but don’t hesitate to leave a comment if you’re still wondering about a certain item!
After all that teasing, I’m finally sharing the last post about my ikea x au pays des merveilles collab today! As you may remember, I was sharing a house before, which had its perks, but after sharing homes for the past 7 years, I really felt the need for a place of my own. So once I found a job, I kept an eye on the ads and after 6 months or so I finally found that dream place. With a limited budget (I’m still only an intern after all) it wasn’t easy, but I managed to find a charming place in my old neighborhood of Zurenborg.
In today’s post, I wanted to share the items I selected at Ikea for my studio and explain why. You already caught a sneak peek in last week’s post about the studio and what I’d like it to look like, but here are the items in their full glory!
In this second post about my collab with Ikea, I’d like to give you a closer look into my studio. As you can see in the image above, it’s quite a small space, where you enter straight into the living and sleeping area, with a small bathroom and narrow kitchen on the left. Despite the limited square meters and the lack of a separate bedroom, I immediately saw the potential of this studio: there are big windows on both sides of the space where light floods in thanks to the studio being located on the 4th floor and the arches divide the space into a sleeping and living area, while adding a bit of character.
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times before, I’ve finally moved into a place of my own this year. After sharing a house with others for many years,I felt it was time to take the plunge and get my own apartment, so that’s what I did! As of January, I’ve been living in a small studio in Antwerp and I’m totally thrilled about it. Moving into a place of my own for the first time, also meant that I needed quite a few new items of furniture to turn this studio into my dream appartment. With a little help from Ikea I’ve been trying to do exactly that, and this month I’ll be sharing the process on the blog. Today I wanted to show a few inspirational images for small homes. My studio is not big, nor does it have a separate bedroom, so it’s not that easy to achieve the rather minimal look that I adore, while still finding space for all my things. I’ve lined up a few images of studio apartments that manage to combine different functions in one space while still looking clean (1 – 2 – 6 – 8 – 9) and others (3 – 4 – 5 – 7) that represent that clean look with a bohemian touch that I’d love to achieve. Be sure to check back here next week for the next post in this ikea x au pays des merveilles project!
It’s been a while since I’ve shared some interior inspiration, so after showing you my favorite bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and dining rooms, today is all about the workspace. While the studio I’ve moved into is rather small, I still need a corner where I can focus on my photography and the blog, without turning my entire home into a workspace. There’s more where this collection of pretty workspaces came from, on this pinterest board to be exact!
Designer Tess Guinery’s home in Sydney, see more photos by Alex Carylehere.
It’s been a while since I’ve shared some of my commissioned work, so today I wanted to give you a peek into the atelier of TRANS architectuur & stedenbouw, a Ghent based office for architecture and urban planning. What you can expect? White walls, lots of light, a big collection of inspiring books, an overload of schemes, plans and photos on the walls and a familiar face at work. Curious for the projects of TRANS? Take a look at their website here or keep an eye on the blog!
After sharing my favorite bathrooms, diy projects, kitchens and dining rooms, it’s time to share my favorite bedrooms! As I moved from a shared house to my own studio, I already had all the necessary bedroom furniture (see my old bedroom here!) but extra inspiration is always welcome of course! That’s why I’ve collected nine beautiful bedrooms to share with you today. For more bedroom inspiration, take a look at my pinterest board here or take a look at my interior archives!
Bedroom of content creator and stylist Jordana Nicholson. Follow her on instagram for more photos of her home.
Elevated bed in an apartment in Wiesbaden, designed by Studio Oink. More pictures here.
Bohemian bedroom of Levi and Claudia; discover their home photographed by Emily Beetleshackon her blog.
An original wardrobe solution, separating the bed from the rest of exhibition designer Mira Schröder’s home. Find more photos by Marlen Mueller (and an elaborate interview) here.
If you’re on Pinterest, you might have come across today’s host Julie Wijckmans. This web designer is one of Belgium’s leading ladies on the inspirational platform, but she’s got many more talents than merely collecting pretty pictures on the internet. Julie is an interactive designer at Flemish newspaper De Standaard and runs her own label JW, for which she creates logos, visual identities and business cards and designs and codes websites. She lives in Antwerp with her boyfriend Thomas and on the weekend she loves to stroll over the market at the Theaterplein, to indulge in wafels van ons bomma (“Those waffles with frangipane are truly amazing!”) and bring home eucalyptus branches or a bouquet of flowers.
