A surprising morning !

Dear readers, as I am a subscriber of A SCHEMATIC LIFE, the blog from the interior designer Michelle Morelan, this morning I was reading my emails and what did I discover??? A post of Michelle with the title : Greet’s Office -The Video Tutorial .

I was so surprised and so happy with this rendering of my office, Michelle posted! Incredible to see how Michelle is making all those steps to realize this wonderful rendering! In fact I am always surprised by Michelle’s wonderful drawings and sketches! She is so talented.

For those who don’t know Michelle yet, please visit her blog A Schematic Life or visit her website Michelle Morelan Design.

If you are interested in this tutorial and you want to learn how to make a successful rendering, please watch the video of it! It is so interesting to learn more about chosing the right colours and shades, how to create shadows,…and so on!

The rendering Michelle made of my home office.

The picture of my office Michelle used for the rendering.

TO WATCH THE VIDEO TUTORIAL, PLEASE VISIT MICHELLE’S BLOGPOST (HERE) OR CLICK ON THE IMAGE OF THE VIDEO SCREEN ON BELOW.

The video is even recorded in HD and you can watch it in full screen by clicking the arrows once you arrived at the video tape.

http://vimeo.com/13479536

Dear Michelle, I want to thank you heartily for this beautiful rendering of my office! It means so much to me!

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Rendering : Michelle Morelan Design

Watercolors, interiors and antiques

First of all, I want to thank all my readers for the nice comments on my post about the changes at my sister’s orangerie! My sister and me enjoyed reading all these lovely comments!!!! Thank you so much! It means a lot to me.

Today I want you to meet one of my favorite blogs, one of my favorite interior designers and one of my favorite antiques dealers.

CELINE CHOLLET AQUARELLES BLOG

Click on logo to vist the blog of Céline.

When I discovered the blog of Céline, I couldn’t believe my eyes! I was perplexed by all these gorgeous aquarelles.

Céline lives in Auxerre in France. She grew up in a family of artists, illustrators and graphic designers.

She became an illustrator of children’s books for 15 years.

In 2005 Céline returned to her passion of youth sketches and watercolors. She is specialized in architectural design and interiors.

She also became the illustrator of the collection “Carrés de France”, the books of Editions Equinoxe.

Visiting her blog, you will discover watercolors of the most wonderful places in France.

Céline made some beautiful watercolors of Auxerre, the place were she lives.

If you would love to have a watercolour of your house or favorite place, Céline can do that for you. The rates you will discover on her blog.

image : blog Céline

Editions Equinoxe book “Carrés de France”

image : blog Céline

Video of Céline May 2008 TF1

Click on picture to see the video! You will love it!

Visit Céline here : CELINE CHOLLET AQUARELLES.

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ALEXANDRA SIEBELINK INTERIORS

Some of you will remember my earlier post about 2 charming houses, a house in Belgium and a house in Holland.

The house in Holland was of the interior designer Alexandra Siebelink. Alexandra is one of my favorite designers!

I love the way she decorates and I love the materials and colors Alexandra works with.

Alexandra always proposes beautiful antiques and art objects to fit the design of her interiors.

Visit her website here : Alexandra Siebelink. You will love it!

Alexandra recently started a blog HERE.

image : Alexandra’s website

image : Alexandra’s website

image: from the magazine MTC, 1-2010.

Click on the image above to read my blogpost about the 2 charming houses where you will see more images of Alexandra’s home.

ALEXANDRA SIEBELINK

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And finally I want you to discover the beautiful Antiques Gallery of Heather and Bobby Lee from California : TROVE GALLERY.

I discovered this gallery by the blog TROUVAIS of my friend Trish. Ever since I love to visit Heather and Bobby Lee to discover their new arrivals!

I feel so sorry to live so far from Heather and Bobby Lee! Otherwise I would visit this gallery every week I might think!

Visit the Trove Gallery website and you will find the most beautiful, exquisite antiques !

As this primitive trestle table from France, c.1775. (image website Trove Gallery)

Or this French 19th century garden bench. (image website Trove Gallery)

Or this gorgeous Swedish plant stand, c 1910. (image website Trove Gallery)

TROVE GALLERY

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I hope you all enjoyed this Sunday post!

Some changes at my sister’s orangery

Some of you will remember some pictures from the orangery at my sister’s home, that I posted some time ago.

My sister wanted to go for a change in the orangery, because she was not so happy with the table you can see in the first pictures here.

So she asked me to look out for an antique table. Last year, when we were driving to the South of France, we made a stop in the charming town of antiques, Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. And …there she was,… the table I had in mind !! I took some pictures with my cell phone and sent them immediately to my sister. She loved the table! A few days later the table was delivered in Belgium.

The first 5 pictures are taken a while ago. You will notice the oak table my sister wanted to replace by an antique piece of furniture.

image LEFEVRE INTERIORS

image LEFEVRE INTERIORS

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The bleeched oak table is moved into the garden now..

… and is beautifully weathered.

And this is the antique table I found last year at an antiques dealer in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.

The table has a teak top and a painted support. Isn’t it a gorgeous one?

Ok, we brought in that table and we both, my sister and I, realized that we also had to replace the chairs! So we did.

My sister has chosen for the French os-de-mouton chairs. They really are better to use here, because the legs of the former chairs were too fragile everytime you moved the chair on the brick floor.

The pictures on below I took last Sunday.

Please, forgive me the quality of my cell phone pictures!!

Because of the bad quality of the pictures, you are not able to see the real color of the upholstery fabric of the chairs.

The fabric is of a celadon colour and matches that well with the colour of the antique cabinet.

I couldn’t resist to post this picture of the beautiful French console at the orangery.

Do you love the changes we made at my sister’s orangery? I am sure my sister will love to read your comments!!

xx

All images : Lefèvre Interiors

Natalie Haegeman, a decorator from Antwerp

Today I want you to meet a Belgian decorator who lives and works in Antwerp. Natalie Haegeman creates very charming interiors. She loves to decorate with antique objects, because they have a soul. Creativity and authenticity belong together, Natalie explains on her website.

And yes that is what you notice looking at the images on her website.

Natalie has a perfect eye to combine old and new objects and furniture. And she knows how to choose the perfect fabrics for upholstery and curtains.

Let's take a look.

Notice the color of the pottery on the table and the matching fabric Natalie chose for the blinds.

Orange upholstered armchair. I love it! This shade of orange looks wonderful with the surrounded objects and furniture.

A shade of purple. Why not?

Natalie loves to work with beautiful lampshades and isn’t afraid to use some more vivid colors for those.

Perfect combination of the carpet and that coffee table, don’t you think?

Awesome, the entry hall of her home, isn’t it?

Serene chosen colors for this bedroom.

Natalie surrounded by fabrics and lampshades.

Kelims on a stool.

Gorgeous wall light.

A beautiful still.

So next time you visit Antwerp, don’t forget to stop by at Natalie Haegeman (on appointment I guess!).

NATALIE HAEGEMAN INTERIORS

Leopoldslei 75

2930 Brasschaat

www.nataliehaegeman-interiors.be

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all images : www.nataliehaegeman-interiors.be, except image 1

Photography : Sven Everaert ; Bieke Claessens (except image 1)