The Braderie de Lille – You’d be navel gazing just as hard as I did
Now that I’m back in the mood for blogging again, I thought I’d move right along to part trois of my visit to the Braderie de Lille last summer. The world was a different place, I tell you. No masks, no social distancing, just miles and miles of antiques, vintage furniture and bric-à-brac. I took…
We’re going to hell in a handbasket…at the Lille Flea Market!
Right about now would have been the time I would have gone on a vintage shopping trip to the Grande Rédérie in Amiens. Unfortunately, a little something called Corona happened this spring. And so here I am, cooped up at home and wondering what to do on my day off. It…
A polar bear *will* drown if you don’t go to the Braderie de Lille
Yesterday, I gave a presentation about my book at the vt wonen&designbeurs in Amsterdam. I still can’t get used to the clumsy name for what is the Netherlands’ biggest interior design fair, but hey – you don’t hear me complaining. After all, it was a packed house and I had a…
The Cortina Blau Reviewed: Cycle the City in Style
The other week I was in the French city of Lille to visit Europe’s biggest antiques market. As I made my way through an endless parade of bric-a-brac, my eye caught a bicycle shop called Le Hollandais. VENTE DE VÉLOS HOLLANDAIS D’OCCASION, it said in the shop window – a reminder…
Chatou Is Where I’m Living My Best Life
I am not exaggerating when I say that I am really, really happy about where I am in life at the moment. I’m genuinely happy to be single, I have a dog who I love very much and I LOVE my side hustle as an interior stylist at Dutch Seating Company….
Vintage design shopping in Ghent – these 3 great stores are where it’s at
First you pass Antwerp and then it’s a whole lot of nothing until you get to the border at Lille. Let’s face it, that’s how the Dutch experience driving to France. What about Ghent, I hear exactly no one ask? After all, Ghent is the shy wallflower along the highway you…
Making the rounds at Morentz
In the end, how much does it matter if you go shopping at a place where you can’t afford anything? I’m not going to say that I’m going to be strapped for cash for the rest of my life, but I do have to admit that I have to be careful…
Swoon! The Ceramic Fruit Topiary is *hot*
Forget Hollywood Regency, forget the pineapple and by all means, forget all Scandinavian design except for Svenskt Tenn – next year’s HOTTEST home accessory is…cue orchestra, cue show dancers…the ceramic fruit topiary! Yes, what your life is sorely lacking right now (and you didn’t even know it) is a vintage ceramic…
Sintra – three Portuguese palaces full of mind-blowing interior inspo
As our plans for next summer slowly but surely become concrete, I thought I’d get in the mood and revisit the trip my husband Patrick and I took to Sintra in Portugal last year. We both get a kick out of visiting European palaces and castles – for us, they are…