“Nothing last – Nothing is finished and nothing is perfect” -Wabi Sabi ( written in English and Dutch) Wabi Sabi a Japanese philosophy of life, became a trendy living style. The characteristics of this interior style is, just like the Japanese ideology, based on simplicity and the beauty of imperfection and asymmetrical patterns. Wabi Sabi stands for imperfections and the natural aging of people and objects or very briefly, a casual atmosphere of living and letting lived. As an interior stylist with a slight deviation from perfectionism and an urge of symmetry, this living style is challenging me. These interiors are often too dark and just a little too lived-through…
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Spring has sprung into my home
Restyle your house spring proof ( written in English and Dutch) We are lucky this year with a spring feeling that last for weeks now. Nice temperatures and already, for the time of the year, a beautiful sun, the rolling hills changing color from brown to green, flowers that sprout and bring color in the garden, twittering brids are the virtues of true spring !! All sounds dull, but honestly when getting a year older, I need to amend I enjoy more and more of this. I realize I need to be grateful to be surrounded by such a beautiful nature. My family and I live more and more outside…
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Life changes but memories don’t.
Life changes but memories don’t (written in English and Dutch) Finally I had found the courage and the spirit to take a look into our destroyed house. Was it the fear of the earthquakes that stuck into my mind? No, especially the enormous frustration and pain I feel when I see how our “dream home” has been destroyed. Courage drops when I see the furniture and personal belongings under dust and rubble. But the only way to get rid of this restless feeling is to fight against it and save what can be saved. Luckily organizing and cleaning is in my genes, to be honest, it’s a bit of my…
