Suzanne Tucker, Wilson Kelsey Design & Sophia Home

 

Dearest friends, I do have to share with you a few things that you might be interested in !

 

SUZANNE TUCKER’S NEW BOOK

Did you know that our famous San Franciso-based designer Suzanne Tucker is publishing her newest book this fall ?

We all agree that her first monograph “Rooms to Remember”, was a success ! 

Her new book “Interiors,The Romance of Design” looks very promising indeed!

‘Richly photographed and visually stunning, Suzanne takes us through ravishing rooms layered with art and
antiques transitioning between classic and contemporary, casual and formal. Her new book is an utterly
inspiring glimpse into her clients’ homes and her creative world.’, is to read in the press release on the new book.

To see a preview of this book, please click HERE.

Cover “Interiors,The Romance of Design”  by Suzanne Tucker

I posted some ‘teaser’ images from the book!

“Interiors, The Romance of Design”  by Suzanne Tucker – Photo credit Edward Addeo

 

“Interiors, The Romance of Design”  by Suzanne Tucker – Photo credit Matthew Millman

 

“Interiors, The Romance of Design”  by Suzanne Tucker – Photo credit Lisa Romerein

A huge thank you to Vera Vandenbosch, director of marketing at Tucker & Marks/Suzanne Tucker Home, for giving me the permission to post these beautiful images of the book!

To order the book online, click HERE.

I can’t wait to receive my copy!

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CONGRATULATIONS SALLY AND JOHN !

My friends Sally & John of Boston-based Wilson Kelsey Design and who write the beautiful interior design blog Wilson Kelsey Design, made it to the cover of the September/October issue of Design New England, with one of their projects.

The magazine features a 1670 farmhouse on the north shore of Boston — one of the oldest homes ever to appear in Design New England. The story tells about restoring the house of which Sally & John designed the interior.

Cover September/October issue of Design New England.

Image source Design New England – Photo credit Michael Lee

 

Image source Design New England – Photo credit Michael Lee

To read and see the featuring online, click HERE.

Congratulations Sally & John!  Well deserved!

 

And if you want to know how to design your small condo to maximize the space, well then, Sally will tell you all about it, as she did at Boston Design Center Style Watch!

Click image below to watch the video.Sally Wilson at Boston Design Center

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INTRODUCING SOPHIA

I would love to introduce you to the lovely Sophia, a blogger colleague and interior designer, based in the beautiful Weald of Kent, England (UK). Sophia runs her own interior design and project management company,  Sophia Wadsworth Interiors.

Sophia has a beautiful blog, Sophia Home, where she loves to write about interior design in general and about her beautiful house that she and her husband designed and built four years ago. Their home and the landscaping of the garden is Sophia’s ongoing passion along with her family, travel, nature, art and design, gardening, food and cooking.

Today, I posted a few pictures of her blog to stir up your curiosity.

 

Gorgeous tablescape by Sophia!

Image source Sophia Home

Notice the artichokes gone to flower.

And here you can see Sophia’s beautiful dining room with the beamed ceiling.

Image source Sophia Home

 

A snapshot of Sophia’s garden. Image source Sophia Home

 

Sophia picking leafy vegetables from her garden to create a salad. Image source Sophia Home

I do know you will all love Sophia and you will enjoy her blogposts!

To read Sophia’s blog Sophia Home, click HERE.

 

I wish you all a great weekend !

xx

Greet

A few things to share and only one thing to ask !

 

Hello my friends, after a very busy week, I am here again with a few things to tell and even one thing to ask.

First of all I am so pleased to tell you that the weather in Belgium was rather nice the past days and that all roses in our garden are blooming! Last year I already posted about the old garden roses we planted in Autumn 2009. 

On both sides of the graveled garden alley, we planted our roses. On the left as on the right side you can see the ‘Aspirin’ rose (white/pink colored roses) and next to them at the right side we planted the old Bourbon roses : ‘Madame Isaac Pereire’, ‘Ulrich Brunner’ and ‘Honorine de Brabant’.

I just love to walk along the alley to sniff their wonderful perfume!

  These are Ulrich Brunner roses. The roses have a wonderful texture, as they have velvet leaves.

 

Here you can see the ‘Aspirin’ roses.

 

We even planted ‘Snow-White’ roses at the side terrace of our home.

 

This is the ‘Kirr Royal’ rambler at the backside of our home. Doesn’t he look beautiful?

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My friend Céline from the blog Céline Chollet Aquarelles painted an aquarel of me riding my sweet horse Mango. I received the aquarel a few days ago and I am very happy with it! Thank you so much Céline!

Detail of the aquarel

If you would love to have an aquarel of your favorite horse, or of you and your horse, please contact Céline at http://wwwboitedaquarelles.blogspot.be/.

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I discovered a wonderful blog that I absolutely have to share with you : ‘Horse Country Chic’.

Ann, the author is a country girl at heart, who lives in a 19th century restored house, somewhere between the Blue Ridge and the Allegheny Mountains in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

“This blog is about celebrating the chic side of country life, for those who love it and everything that goes with: horses, hounds, cooking, entertaining, decorating, and being outdoors. This isn't guns and gardens but a sophisticated approach to living, one that is timeless and traditional, and will never go out of style.”, is to read at Ann’s blog.

If you love all things country live related and if you are a horse lover, please check out this marvellous blog!

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And now I have a question for all of you, my dear readers.

For one of my client’s I am searching for a Swedish 18th century writing desk.

Is there anybody who can help me to find a Swedish Rococo writing desk as this one here? Or a look-a-like?

I would be very grateful for your help!

 

 

 

Source Avolli Anew

 

I wish you all a great weekend!

xx

Greet

Kitchens I love and ‘Kitchens I Have Loved’

 

Yes indeed, a kitchen post today! We all know that kitchens are one of the favorite subjects of bloggers. There is so much to read and to see about kitchens. From country kitchens to comtemporary kitchens. No matter what type of kitchen you love, you will find your dream kitchen somewhere at the unnamable amount of blogposts.

And I have to admit that I filed lots of kitchen images since I started reading blogs a few years ago.

Today I posted some images of my all time favorite kitchens.

But before scrolling down to these images, I want to introduce you to a new blog, titled ‘KITCHENS I HAVE LOVED’ .

The author of the blog, Billie Henninger, living in Canandaigua NY, started her blog to present her journey through kitchens she has loved in her personal life and those she has loved from designers. She will not only write about kitchen design but she even loves to share with us all things related to kitchens as cooking tips, art with the kitchen as a central theme etc.

Billie is one of the ‘first hour’ readers of my blog and from time to time she emailed me giving me a lot of tips or links, or books she wanted me to know, or interesting things about design she wanted to share! That is why we became friends. So Billie is a wonderful and generous person. And I definitely wanted to do something in return to Billie, now she started her own blog.

That is why I would love to ask you a favour. Please, may I ask you to go over to Billie’s brand new blog ‘Kitchens I Have Loved’ and to comment on one of her first posts? And you would please Billie even more if you decided to follow her blog. We, as blogauthors, do all know, we were so happy when we discovered someone had commented one of our first posts or when we noticed that the amount of followers was growing. Isn’t it? I definitely was! So why shouldn't we encourage Billie to go on writing beautiful kitchen posts.

Si I do hope you might do Billie (and even me) this favour. We would be very thankful !

Click on the logo of the blog to visit Billie at ‘Kitchens I Have Loved’

The following pictures I took from Billie’s blog.

Source Kitchens I Have Loved

 

Source Kitchens I Have Loved

 

Source Kitchens I Have Loved

 

Source Kitchens I Have Loved

 

  Source Kitchens I Have Loved

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And now for all of you, the images of my all time favorite kitchens.

A kitchen by Beatrix Kleuver.    http://www.beatrixkleuver.nl/

 

The private kitchen of antiques dealers Brigitte and Alain Garnier.   http://www.garnier.be/

 

The private kitchen of Natalie Haegeman.   http://www.nataliehaegeman-interiors.be/

 

Image found at Cote de Texas.

 

Image found at Eclectic Revisited.

 

Image found at FB Decorating with Stephanie Tuliglowski.

 

Image source unknown.

 

Image Amy Howard Daily.

 

Kitchen by Pamela Pierce.   Photo credit Peter Vitale

 

Architect Benoit Viaene.

 

One of my favorite Belgian kitchens.  Image source Belgian interior design magazine Wonen Landelijke Stijl n°41.

 

Image source here.

 

I might think that you all have seen the following 3 images going around in blogland last year.

It is a kitchen that is seen at the website of architect Kevin Harris.

Joni of the blog Cote de Texas posted the images of this most wonderful kitchen at one of her latest blogposts about a Tuscan villa in the US.  Not only the kitchen of this house is beautiful, but the entire house is to die for! You really have to check out Joni’s post about the Kevin Harris Tuscan villa HERE.

Image source Kevin Harris via Cote de Texas   Photo credit Chipper Hatter

I love everything about this kitchen : the kitchen floor, beamed ceiling, boarded kitchen island, the plastered kitchen hood, the chosen furniture.

If I will ever have the intention to redesign my own kitchen, these images will be my source of inspiration.

Image source Kevin Harris via Cote de Texas  Photo credit Chipper Hatter

 

Image source Kevin Harris via Cote de Texas  Photo credit Chipper Hatter

 

Do you have a favorite kitchen image?

 

Happy Valentine!!!

xx

Greet

Some Enchanted Evening !

Dear friends, this is the first time I join the ‘By Invitation Only’ series of our blogger colleague Marsha Harris of the blog Splenderosa.

Each of us participating in the ‘By Invitation Only’ group, has received an invitation to a fabulous virtual Christmas party in Tina’s new home.

The lovely Tina is the author of the gorgeous blog ‘The Enchanted Home’.  Tina is building her dream house, a gorgeous new home, and weekly she shares with us the house updates!

I am so thrilled to be invited to this party and can’t wait to see her gorgeous home finished!

Here is the link to all Tina’s house updates : http://theenchantedhome.blogspot.com/search/label/house%20updates.

The party date is December 23rd.

Can you imagine, arriving at night at Tina’s new house?!

 

This is a picture of the entry hall of Tina’s earlier home. The Christmas decoration is so beautiful isn’t it?!

 

Santa Claus is on his way to bring Tina a Christmas tree for her new home!Dear Mr Santa,…don’t you think this tree will be just a little bit too small for Tina’s new home?!

 

I guess Tina’s Christmas tree is now standing somewhere in the entry hall of her new home!! I can’t wait to see!

 

Congratulations Tina on your new home!!

Let’s party!!!

A lot of bloggers will meet at this Christmas party!  There will be live music, carolers, a lavish buffet and champagne passed around by waiters in tuxedos!!!

I am sure it will be a great and not to forget Christmas party!!

I am sure that Tina’s dog Teddy will join us and enjoy this party as well!

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But question is:  What should I wear to go to Tina’s party???

Here is my outfit choice.

I would love to ask our Belgian fashion designer Edouard Vermeulen of the fashion house NATAN to design for me a coat as this one.

And a little black dress as this one.

I love the simplicity and elegance of the Chanel styled coat and dress.

 

I have chosen for a handbag of the Belgian fine leather luxury goods company DELVAUX.

Brillant MM Delvaux

 

I would love to wear these gorgeous GUCCI black satin with paillettes embroidery sandales.

To me Gucci has the most gorgeous shoes in the world.

Ashley high heel sandal Gucci

And I will take a second pair of shoes with me in case my feet hurt from dancing! Again a pair of black suede Gucci pumps.

Sofia high heel pump Gucci

 

I have chosen for black WOLFORD panties.

Velvet de Luxe panties Wolford

 

And here is the jewelry I had in mind.

This CHANEL watch has stolen my heart.

As you do know I love pearls, so I have chosen for a pearl necklace and bracelet.

 

And very simple pearl earrings.

I would wear my hair the way Rene Russo did here.

 

And for my make up, I would go for the smokey eyes look.

Eye shadow Chanel Les 4 Ombres, n°93 Smokey Eyes

And I have chosen for the :

Lipstick Chanel Rouge Coco,n°18 Rouge Noir

Nail polish Chanel Le Vernis, n°18 Rouge Noir

 

My perfume ! Chanel Coco Mademoiselle.

So far my outfit!

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I would love to bring my friend Tina lots of hostess gifts all the way from Belgium.

Here are my choices :

A key ring of the Belgian fine leather luxury goods company Delvaux for her new home keys, scented candles of the Belgian company Scapa Home, Belgian choclats, to share with her family, of the house Pierre Marcolini, a beautiful Belgian Beta Plus book about gardens to inspire Tina to do the landscaping of her new home, Belgian table linen of the famous Belgian linen company Libeco and my very personal gift : an oak serving plate made in our company Lefèvre Interiors.

And not to forget some gifts for our sweet Teddy! 

And I have asked my friend Sande of the blog A Gift Wrapped Life to wrap them up with one of her most beautiful wrappings!

Image source :  http://agiftwrappedlife.blogspot.com/2010/10/gilt-crystal-and-glamour-gift-wrap.html

Isn’t this one of the most beautiful wrapped gifts you have ever seen?! Thank you so much Sande!

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So my friends, I hope you have enjoyed my post about this virtual party and I do hope Tina has enjoyed the 1st Christmas party in her new home!!!

This was my first ‘By Invitation Only’ post and I really enjoyed writing it!

Thank you so much Marsha for asking me to participate in this serie!

And I would love to thank Tina for the invitation!!!!

What are your thoughts about this virtual party my friends? I would love to hear !

xx