Restyling

Old and new furniture has entered the rooms again. That's the fun part, decorating, styling and seeing how it all comes together.

There's a new (bigger) dining table with the same old Tolix chairs and lamps. 

A small change but it brought a whole new feel to the dining room. 

The same couch and the lamp has switched from the left to the right. Having problems to decide witch colors of cushions I want to use on my couch. Me and colors, a tough combination :)

The previous coffee table got a different destination so a new one is high on my wish list. Still haven't found the perfect one so for now this has to do.

 

To the right you see what destination the coffee table got. We stacked them together to what it originally was meant for, a rack. I guess the content in it will change regularly.

For now it is dressed up like this.

The fire place isn't quit finished yet. Some small adjustments need to take place, but I'm happy how it came out so far. It's hard sometimes to imagine how the final result will look like for real. I had an idea in my head, but my men and the painter weren't convinced at first if it would work. Well it does!

And this corner is still a bit empty. It is waiting for a costume made cupboard. But first things first, it'll come in due time.

In in all of this the new concrete floor is the hero. We should have done this ages ago.

♥

Hello Lumio

Wondering what Lumio is? I'll tell you, Lumio is

“The Most Beautiful Book You’ve Never Read”

 and let me tell you why. I came across it online last year and was impressed immediately by its clever design for which they won several prices.

In case you are still wondering ... it's not a book ... but it's a lamp!

When you open the cover, just like a book, this is what you see, stunning isn't it. And you can use it on a numerous varieties, check out some of them below. 

You can even hang it!

And when it's dark and you open the book this is what you see.

Magical isn't it. 

Can't wait to take it into my garden this summer. 

If you want to see more of it you can go here and untill the end of March you get a 10% discount when you use the code KAATJECOM10.

Aqua Culture

I've always loved to see the roots of plants growing and that's why I've been attrackted to the Aqua Culture way. In the past I cut of branches in my garden and get them to grow in water or put all kind of bulbs in the small hyacinth vases. I didn't always succeed though.

Recently I discovered the vases from Kinto which finds it's origin in Japan. I bought these two aqua culture vases online at Miscellaneous from Amsterdam and I love them. Succulents are very easy to keep this way. Let's see if the big one (fern?) will grow as well. At least I can not forget to water them this way, just need to change it in time :)

These greens gathered together makes me long for Spring even more so I can't wait for the mognolia branches to start showing me it's most gorgeous flowers.

pictures by me @kaatjecom