Whiteboxliving turns one today! The photoblog is still taking baby steps but what a wonderful year it has been. A big thanks to my loved ones for all the encouraging words, love and support! Also a thank you to my followers and viewers for liking or commenting. Wish I could share some blueberry pie with you guys, but I’m afraid Happy Labbit ate it all.
Again, thank you so much. Have a happy weekend!
My heartmate surprised me this morning with a bunch of flowers. Since they’re all different he figured I could finally put my collection of white ceramic vases to good use. At least some of them…
Tadaaa! If this doesn’t brighten up our Easter weekend (bad weather is coming towards Amsterdam), nothing will. Maybe it gives a little spark to your weekend as well.
Happy Easter-weekend!
It’s all about the details, someone wise once said. I have to agree. Looking at something up close followed by taking a step back can give a totally different meaning to what you see. Yes I know, it’s kinda obvious, but still. That’s why I probably immediately go for the complementary chocolate on my temporary pillow in a hotel where I’m staying instead of checking the entire room first.
Anyway… It’s not often I order a book online, because the number of pages you can look at are logically brought down to a few. But hey, sometimes you have to live dangerously. Don’t you agree?
I ordered the book: Detaljer Hemma (Details at home) by Annika Huett and Ulf Huett Nilsson. It turned out wonderfully: great book, great buy, nice details!
The couple explored Sweden from north to south and stopped at unique homes, peeking into room after room, and discovered that almost anything can be a fascinating detail. If you’re a bit of a nitpicker like I am this is the book for you. Come on, live dangerously and order some details!
Thanks for stopping by. Have a happy end of the week!
Besides staying in a great hotel, there is plenty more to see in Copenhagen. So I decided to make a second post about the city of Vikings. We got lucky with a sunny day and spend the entire day outdoors. Well, almost the entire day. We came across some nice vintage stores and we went in all of them! I scored a very nice serving dish by Danish designer Bjørn Wiinblad. Yeah!
But my hunger for vintage design was unstoppable so on Sunday we took the bus to Den Blå Hal (The Blue Hall) and with some patience and perseverance I scored again: ceramics by mister Wiinblad. For a very nice price I might add. Ha!
The clue to all this: even in wintry Copenhagen when you’re freezing your socks off, there is plenty to do (smirking face). Oh, and you simply have to visit department store Illums Bolighus. Design Paradise in the city centre. The building itself is worthwhile visiting.
Have a good week!
I had a taste of Copenhagen last week. My heartmate surprised me with a wonderful stay at Hotel Fox in the city centre for my birthday. The cool thing about Hotel Fox is that not one single room is the same. We were lucky to stay in the Fertility Shrine, insert chuckle here.
A dear friend back home was teasing me that I would probably stay in a forest. Be careful what you wish for darling! Little could she know that she wasn’t too far from the truth. The designers from ‘friends with you’ created a whole new green world inside a room including not your everyday animal you normally see in a forest. I mean did you ever sleep with a lama next to your bed? But maybe the biggest surprise was the bottle of champagne, balloons in every colour and the muffins complete with candles that my love arranged. Ah, what a great start of a new year!
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I don’t do resolutions; if only to find out in February that I’m probably unable to stick to them and get a major melt down. No way Jose! So, I’m just leaving it to chance and for now like the feeling of not knowing what 2012 will hold for me: new job, new home, new … Oh, and possibly a dog. Like this one. Including the feel that goes with the picture. Which brings me to the picture above. Nice feeling huh? It all has to do with the fact that we probably won’t have a real winter this year in Amsterdam. That, and because I’m a bit impatient; as soon as New Year’s is behind me, I want Spring to start, today! And with several trees already blooming (hazel-tree) I do have a feeling that Spring is upon us. So, wake up mother E and let me have it. Can’t wait…
PS: I’m afraid my resolution for twenty twelve is being more patient! Thanks for stopping by.
For the ones who know me well, you probably know I’m a sucker for white ceramics. Vases that is, especially the ones from the fifties and sixties. To be even more exact, the biscuit vases from for instant Rosenthal are outright lovely. On my trips to Berlin I scored several and I will show you later. During one of my latest hunts I came across tableware with designs from Monsieur Peynet.
Raymond Peynet is a French illustrator and designer who happened to design for Rosenthal between 1955 and 1965. Turns out, his pieces are among the most collectible. I found some amazing objects with wonderful illustrations on them, but also for amazing prices. I’m no smoker but I couldn’t let this funky cigarette holder pass me by. And I think the squirrel doesn’t mind being on his own in a forest of white vases.
Happy holidays!
The last two weeks have been a rollercoaster on impressions and getting used to being a student again. Not to mention all the medical knowledge I have to get my head around for an upcoming test.
I strongly had the impression that it would be possible to – at least – blog once a week. I’m afraid I have to let go on that one. Sorry for that.
In the Netherlands it’s shitty weather and the realisation that autumn has begun struck us during two days of non-stop rain and consequently water poring into our living room (still have to fix those damn doors). So, it will probably not surprise you that a book with just pictures of one of my favourite cities, San Francisco, lies in reach. On the pictures it’s nice and sunny, no rain at all, and the truth isn’t far off. Hell no, it’s warm enough in SF at the moment to run around naked as you can see in this video. And they say we are a liberal nation, pfffff. But back to the book, written and illustrated by M. Sasek who’s most remembered for his award-winning classic stories on the great cities of the world. I’m sure one of your beloved cities is among them. You won’t see people without clothes in these books, but I’m pretty sure they’re wearing a smile.
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It was a very lazy Sunday today. I could barely drag myself to the gym. At the time I wanted to relax in the Turkish sauna, they were about to close: new opening times. Luckily there is Mika who doesn’t object to a power nap. It was a short nap by the way, since I was more occupied with framing this wonderful cat. He makes me smile and doesn’t let me feel guilty for sleeping during the day.
How was your weekend?
