Month: December 2019

Happy Monday! Hope your weekend was nice. Mine was such an unplanned one but turned out so nice. We went to Germany to meet friends and see the Christmas markets. This time of the year is very special to me – especially if you live in Germany or somewhere nearby. The Christmas markets make up […]

As a child, I loved practicing my hand writing and make it look neat and beautiful. I didn’t know though at that time that what I was doing was sort of calligraphy – well sort of because I didn’t really master any particular font or type. But using good paper, pen or pencil and writing […]

Winter is the time for fireplaces, right? I don’t have a fireplace at home though, so my option – browse the internet for fireplaces that make the room beautiful and atmospheric. While I love even a very basic fireplace, I must say a Kakelugn has to be a very special one. A Kakelugn is a […]

I was always skeptical of dark wall colors. I had the feeling that that would make the room definitely dark and gloomy and small as well. So white on all the walls was the way to go. However, the Scandinavian homes or apartments and even studios are all proving me to be wrong. Considering the […]

Good Morning!! It’s a cold cold day, but a very sunny one and nothing makes me more happy than sunshine. I would really appreciate some snow though, unfortunately in Netherlands, snow is not that common. When I lived in Boston, I was so accustomed to the snow, that I actually didn’t mind even the gloomiest […]

It’s December already and it’s winter but I still see the leaves falling – all the oranges, pinks and yellows and browns and that gives me the feeling of autumn. It seems autumn still lingers before winter finally settles in. And as always, it amazes me to see a tiny studio decked up for fall. […]