An alternative use

 

A few days ago we visited a client's house where we installed a kitchen 2 years ago and to my surprise I noticed that the kitchen cabinet space that was meant to store the cutlery, was now used to place the wine bottles!

I actually think it is a splendid idea and a gorgeous alternative use.

I absolutely wanted to share the idea with you today.

LEFEVRE INTERIORS kitchen design   Photo by me

 

 

LEFEVRE INTERIORS kitchen design   Photo by me

 

Enjoy the weekend!

xx

Greet

If you would like us to design your kitchen, feel free to contact us at info@lefevre.be

For more Lefèvre Interiors realisations visit our website at www.lefevre.be

In love with libraries

 

As I have a passion for books, in particular interior design books, I love spending hours in our library.  When I need inspiration to design a client’s library or complete interior design project, I close the door of our library, put on my favorite music and start consulting my collection of interior design books.

 

One of my favorite images is this library designed by Axel Vervoordt   Image source here

Can you imagine, sitting in a comfortable chair next to the fire place, curling up with a book? Definitely a treat for the soul!

 

Designing a library, you have to pay attention to details.

Notice the bookcase details here. Awesome!

Image source here

 

And I do love to bring in secret library doors, if possible.

Library design Axel Vervoordt   Image source AD July 2003 - Photo credit Durston Saylor

 

Image source Pinterest

 

What I love more in all these shown libraries, is the painted back of the bookcases.

Library design by Axel Vervoordt   Image source here - Photo credit Christian Sarramon

 

This is exactly what I did with the cabinetry in our own library.

Library design Lefèvre Interiors   Photo credit Thomas De Bruyne

 

I am still thankfull to my blog colleague Michelle Morelan for the rendering she made of our library a few years ago.

 

If you need inspiration to furnish or to decorate your library, I discovered an interesting feature on 1STDIBS with great addresses to find library furniture and accessories.

If you are feeling bookish, click here to discover the 1stdibs library collection.

 

Wishing you all a wonderful day!

xx

Greet

 

If you would like us to design your library, feel free to contact us at info@lefevre.be

For more Lefèvre Interiors realisations visit our website at www.lefevre.be

Crazy Holiday Rush

 

Found time to buy all of your Christmas gifts yet ?! I didn’t ! Every year I notice that hustle and bustle crazy busy time before Christmas Holidays.

The previous days I had several clients’ meetings and had to finish design projects. Yes, I was so very busy that I hardly had time to blog or to do my Christmas shopping! So, time to slow down and to enjoy this Holiday Season!

 

Today I wanted to share a sneak peek into a client’s home. The Lefèvre Interiors’ team designed all doors and paneling, manufactured in the workshop of LEFEVRE INTERIORS.

Lefèvre Interiors   Picture by me

Lefèvre Interiors   Picture by me

More photos later.

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And I have to share with you this exciting news today!

Did you know that Rose Uniacke, one of my absolutely favorite London based interior designers, won the 2013 Andrew Martin Designer of the Year Award ? The award is the pinnacle of the interior design industry and is described by the London Times as “the Oscars of interior design industry”.

Rose Uniacke has been recognized for her fresh approach to interior design. As the 17^th winner of this award, Rose joins a prestigious line-up of the most celebrated and recognized names from the international interior design world.

 

Congratulations Rose !

Interior design by Rose Uniacke   Source Rose Uniacke

 

Enjoy this beautiful time of the year!!!

 

xx

Greet

 

If you would like us to help realizing your paneling, feel free to contact us at info@lefevre.be

For more Lefèvre Interiors realisations visit our website at www.lefevre.be

Our company featured in Belgian Newspaper DE TIJD

 

I am pleased and honoured to announce that the Belgian Newspaper DE TIJD / L’ECHO featured our company Lefèvre Interiors in the today’s edition of their weekend luxury lifestyle magazine SABATO.

 

The picture is taken in our living room we recently panelled.Text Thijs Demeulemeester / Photography Thomas De Bruyne

Article in SABATO (16/11/2013), the weekend luxury lifestyle magazine of the Belgian newspaper

DE TIJD / L’ECHO

 

Cover SABATO – DE TIJD/L’ECHO 16/11/2013Sabato De Tijd/L’Echo

To discover the article on line, please click here (Dutch) or here (French).

 

A special thank you goes out to this newspaper’s team !

 

The paneling in our living room is made by the craftsmen in the workshop of Lefèvre Interiors.

WWW.LEFEVRE.BE

 

I wish you all a wonderful and relaxing weekend !

xx

Greet

If you would like us to help realizing your paneling, feel free to contact us at info@lefevre.be

For more Lefèvre Interiors realisations visit our website at www.lefevre.be

A paneled bedroom

 

Today I would like to tell you something more about the design of a bedroom I am currently working on.

One of our clients asked us for help to design and to decorate their master bedroom. They definitely wanted to see their bedroom paneled. As our company Lefèvre Interiors is known for creating paneling, custom made, according to tradition, I was very pleased to start designing this bedroom.

After having browsed a huge file of bedroom images, this image of a bedroom designed by William Heffner, was definitely the kind of bedroom my client wanted us to realize !

Interior design by William Heffner

 

I had to take into account that our client absolutely wanted to see a fireplace in the bedroom.

Image source Home Bunch

 

After having discussed our sketches, we started to make the final plans of the bedroom.

Plan for paneled bedroom  -  Lefèvre Interiors

 

The montage of the paneled room is finished.

Below you can see pictures of the paneled room finished with a base coat.

Paneled bedroom with a white painted base coat - Lefèvre Interiors

 

In the meantime, I prepared a proposal of the color palette to use in this bedroom.

Images : source unknown

 

As the master bedroom looks out over the beautiful garden, I suggested to bring in a shade of green into the room.

The niches on both sides of the fireplace are of French oak, which I wanted to be limepainted in a shade of green.

I made a selection of Farrow & Ball paint colors for the room,

together with a selection of fabrics and furniture finishes.

Belgian linen will be used for the window treatment.

We finally have chosen for F&B Clunch to finish the paneling and F&B Breakfast Room Green to limepaint the display niches.

I do know that what you see here on this picture below doesn’t look as the chosen colors, but you have to know that it is almost impossible to reproduce the exact colors. Taking these pictures, the niche LED lights arranged in lighting strips were turned on. And using a lime paint finish on oak wood has a totally different look than using an eggshell paint finish.

Finished room paneling - Lefèvre Interiors

 

The previous days I was thinking about the decoration of the bedroom and I would love to see some beautiful decorative items displayed in the niches on both sides of the mantelpiece.

Images source clockwise : Lefèvre Interiors; Mary McDonald; Atelier AM via Veranda; Home Interiors

 

Our client still has to make a lot of choices before the bedroom is totally finished. Furniture, bedding, nightstands, lighting fixtures, bedlinen,…

Sconces Vaughan

 

I would love to see the nightstands with a cream or celadon finish.

Bedding Styldecor; Nightstand cream Moissonnier; Nightstand celadon De Bournais

 

This pair of beauties will definitely be seen in the bedroom.

I found the chairs at Garnier Antiques.

I hope you enjoyed my post of today and I do hope to show you the finished bedroom within a few weeks !

 

Talk to you soon !

xx

Greet

If you would like us to help realizing your paneling, feel free to contact us at info@lefevre.be

For more Lefèvre Interiors realisations visit our website at www.lefevre.be

Lefèvre Interiors & Natalie Haegeman Interiors featured in Belgian magazine

 

I am pleased and honored to announce that our work is featured in the latest issue of one of the leading Belgian interior design & lifestyle magazines : TIJDLOOS wonen !

About a year ago the Belgian interior designer Natalie Haegeman asked our company Lefèvre Interiors for help to realize a library project she designed for one of her clients. Both, Natalie and I, were enthusiastic about this project and now we are proud to show you the result of our teamwork.

The library is made of French oak, not treated, which will give the cabinetry a used, natural patina.

This is a picture of the finished library, decorated by Natalie ! This is one of the featured pictures in the latest issue of the magazine TIJDLOOS wonen.

Image source : Belgian Interior Design & Lifestyle Magazine TIJDLOOS wonen Nov-Dec-Jan 2013-2014 - Photography Claude Smekens

 

For more information :  WWW.LEFEVRE.BE       WWW.NATALIEHAEGEMAN-INTERIORS.BE

 

I would love to thank the entire team of the magazine TIJDLOOS wonen for this featuring. A special thank you to our renown Belgian photographer Claude Smekens for the gorgeous photos !

Cover Belgian magazine TIJDLOOS wonen Nov-Dec-Jan 2013-2014

This latest issue counts a lot of interesting articles with beautiful inspiring pictures as the featuring about the Christmas decorated home of our Belgian designer Walda Pairon.

The cover of this issue of TIJDLOOS wonen shows the Christmas decorated living room in Walda’s house.

Image source : Magazine TIJDLOOS wonen Nov-Dec-Jan 2013-2014 - Photography Claude Smekens.

 

This latest issue of the magazine TIJDLOOS wonen is now on the Belgian magazine stands !

I wish you all a wonderful fall weekend !

xx

Greet

If you would like us to help realizing your library project, feel free to contact us at info@lefevre.be

For more Lefèvre Interiors realisations visit our website at www.lefevre.be

What’s new in our living room this week ?

 

I am finalizing the decoration of our living room.

This week framed intaglios and reupholstered armchairs were brought in.

 

Framed intaglios on paneled wall in our living room.  Paneling by Lefèvre Interiors

 

The intaglios with custom made frame, I ordered at Empel Collections.

 

In my previous living room update post, I told you about the pair of French 19th century walnut armchairs we had to reupholster. The upholstery was finished this week.

French armchair with hand carved frame.

 

I chose for the La Seyne Check pattern by Brunschwig & Fils.

Upholstery fabric Brunschwig & Fils - La Seyne Check

 

What do you think about this week’s new items? Do you love them?

 

Enjoy the weekend !

xx

Greet

 

If you would like us to help decorating your home, feel free to contact us at info@lefevre.be

For more Lefèvre Interiors realisations visit our website at www.lefevre.be

For the love of Linen – Belgian Libeco Linen Rugs

 

I can’t hide I do have a preference for linen !  I love to use linen in clients projects, as in this living room I nearly finished.

I might think that our renowned Belgian decorator & antiques dealer Axel Vervoordt has influenced a lot of us, designers, to bring in linen fabrics in our projects. He introduced us, in particularly, to the world of the slipcovered seats. And I have to admit, I wasn’t immune to this gorgeous new look !

For my client’s living room here, I have chosen linen fabrics for the window treatment as well as for the seat upholstery. Linen provides a full range of colors. You can be sure to find that subtle shade you are looking for. As to notice here in this living room, I was looking for a particular color shade for the bergère upholstery to have a match with the old rose marble color of the antique chimney piece. And I found this lilac shade of Belgian linen in the collection of our Belgian company LF-Trading.

 

I am currently looking for a linen rug to bring in here.

Interior design Greet Lefèvre for Lefèvre Interiors - Paneling & seating furniture Lefèvre Interiors - Window treatment Natalie Haegeman Interiors - Linen fabric for curtains and blinds C&C Milano - Belgian linen for seat upholstery Lf-Trading  (Photo by me)

 

Today, I would love to introduce you to the beautiful 100% Belgian linen rugs by the Belgian linen company LIBECO.

This Libeco linen carpet, has a more rustic look, combining old green with chalk, old red and blue.

This Penny Lane rug could work in this room up here !

Libeco Penny Lane rug 100% Belgian linen

 

 

Belgian architect Frederique Glorieux

This Libeco Big Wave rug could be an alternative to bring into the room above. The design of this rug is inspired by vintage surf boards.

Libeco Big Wave rug 100% Belgian linen

 

 

Living room in a Belgian country house.  Source Homes & Gardens Magazine FB Page - Photo credit Mark Luscombe-Whyte

Linen rugs in neutral colors work beautifully in nearly every room in the house. My personal choice of rug for this living room up here : Libeco Portobello Road carpet, in flax or gray.

Libeco Portobello Road rug 100% linen

 

 

Interior design Greet Lefèvre for Lefèvre Interiors - Seating furniture Lefèvre Interiors - Belgian linen for seat upholstery Lf-Trading -  Belgian Libeco linen for curtains - Kelim cushions Natalie Haegeman Interiors  (Photo credit Montse Garriga)

This fall I would love to see the Libeco Cambridge rug on the floor of our orangery. One of the Cambridge rug’s colors will certainly match the linen upholstery and Kelim cushions.

Libeco Cambridge rug 100% linen

 

For more information about all LIBECO rugs, please visit the LIBECO website HERE.

Or browse the latest LIBECO CATALOGUE HERE.

 

LIBECO catalogue

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LEFEVRE INTERIORS for more information, contact info@lefevre.be

NATALIE HAEGEMAN INTERIORS for more information, contact info@nataliehaegeman-interiors.be 

LF-TRADING for more information, contact info@lftrading.be

LIBECO for more information, consumer contact here ; wholesale contact here

 

 

xx

Greet

Cozy corner

 

No matter the size of your home, everyone should have a cozy corner, a cozy place to curl up with a book, to listen to your favorite music, to have a cup of tea, to enjoy the warmth of the fire place or whatever you love to do in this favorite room !

 

This week I finished decorating the cozy corner in my sister’s house.

Ready for Fall !

 

 

 

(All pictures by me)

 

Happy Weekend !

xx

Greet