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Source images 1,2,3,4 : http://www.lizarriturry.com/arquitectura.html
Source images 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14 : http://www.elmueble.com/categoria/casas
Source image 13 : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Benoit-en-Bernard-Dewitte-Restaurant-en-Catering/217198954998640
Today I would love to share with you new founds I really love.
Enjoy!
A beautiful painting of an interior by London based young artist Georgina Crisford.
The ‘King Edison Pendant Lamp’ designed by Young & Battaglia,combines the pure simplicity of an Edison light bulb with the romance and glamour of a Kings chandelier. A perfect tiny chandelier suspended inside a glass lightbulb and hung on braided silken cable. Dimensions: 15 cm diameter x 21 cm H. Find out more at Mineheart.
‘Straton’ Candlestick Triple (American Stag Horn, Nickel Plated Brass, Painted Wood Base) at Ralph Lauren Home.
Linen slipcovered sofa ‘Marrit’ at Puylaert Home Basics.
Ceramic pottery of the ‘Pure’ Collection by Pascale Naessens.
This wondrous piece of petrified wood is a remain of huge forest existing millions of years ago. This fossilised wooden piece turned to a marble like stone through the age and climatic changes, can be find in Indonesia, South and Central America but also closer to us in Belgium. This piece can make a beautiful bowl or yet an organic piece of art for your home. For more information, please visit Gong.
Handwoven Kelim ‘Gashgai’ (170 x 250 cm). IKEA
Armchair ‘Outline’. Driftwood, satin white lacquered stainless steel, Diamante white seat
8 finishings available. Bleu Nature
Lamp ‘Outline’. Driftwood, satin white lacquered steel. Bleu Nature
The book ‘Audrey Hepburn In Hats’ by renowned fashion writer June Marsh, celebrates Audrey Hepburn wearing a selection of her most beautiful, stylish and outrageous hats - from legendary designs such as Givenchy, Mr. John, Dior, Cecil Beaton and Balenciaga.
Enjoy the weekend !
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Those who are following my blog since a few years, will have noticed that in September 2009 I wrote a blogpost about the opening of the new showroom of Belgian renowned antiques dealers Brigitte & Alain Garnier (click HEREto read this blogpost).
Years ago the Garnier family bought the old property ‘Vaucelleshof’, used to be an abbey with about 10 monks living there. The family restored the house with passion and with respect for its history.
‘Vaucelleshof’ is wonderfully situated in the green and open surroundings of the medieval village of Damme, only 10 minutes from Bruges. The property now consists out of buildings of the 17th, 18th and 19th century, all carefully restored.
‘Vaucelleshof’ 
Sources : Image 1 website Garnier; Image 2 photo by me; Image 3 Claude Smekens Fotografie; Image 4 Magazine Vivere Country 2011 Photo credit Claude Smekens Fotografie; Image 5 Photo by me; Image 6 Magazine Vivere Country 2011 Photo credit Claude Smekens Fotografie; Image 7 Magazine Veranda March 2011; Image 8 Claude Smekens Fotografie
Who doesn’t remember the cover of Veranda Magazine March 2011, where the dining room of the Garnier family was shown. Or the orangerie of Vaucelleshof that made it on the cover of the gorgeous book Quiet Living.
‘Vaucelleshof’ is not only the residence of the Garnier family, but also accomodates the showroom, full of antiques!
To discover the antiques collection, please visit their website http://www.garnier.be.
Opening Showroom Garnier Antiques – Summer 2009Photo by me
The property with its facilities is even rented out for several events as weddings, parties, photoshoots and seminars.
Wedding table setting at VaucelleshofPhoto source website Garnier
Four years after the opening of their antiques showroom, the Garniers are pleased to announce the opening of their Luxury B&B ‘Vaucelles’ – The Little Monastery.
The small hotel currently counts 3 rooms. Two more rooms will be finished in 2014.
All rooms are decorated by Brigitte Garnier.
Let’s take a look inside the rooms.
The Landlord’s Room
A Luxury mezzanine room with spa-haman & sauna and a large livingroom. Offering minibar, nespresso coffee & tea facilities, flat-screen TV, WIFI, custom made bedlinen, bathrobe.
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Landlord’s Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Landlord’s Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Landlord’s Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Landlord’s Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Landlord’s Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Landlord’s Room
Marguerite’s Room
A second luxury mezzanine room with minibar, nespresso coffee & tea facilities, flat-screen TV, WIFI, custom made bedlinen, bathrobe.
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , Marguerite’s Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , Marguerite’s Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , Marguerite’s Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , Marguerite’s Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , Marguerite’s Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , Marguerite’s Room
The Summer House Room
Romantic room above the orangerie, offering coffee & tea facilities, custom made bedlinen, bathrobe.
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Summer House Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Summer House Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Summer House Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Summer House Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Summer House Room
Vaucelles – The Little Monastery , The Summer House Room
For more information and reservation :
T + 32 50 313119
The new website of B&B ‘Vaucelles’ will be online soon.
If you plan to visit Belgium and if you love to spend some time in the countryside, then B&B ‘Vaucelles – The Little Monastery’ is definitely your place to stay !
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All images posted with permission of Brigitte Garnier.
Previous weeks I got a lot of emails from readers who were interested in our living room redo and who asked me when I would be able to post some ‘after’ pictures.
The very first post about our living redo dates from January 30th this year (see it here) ! Almost 7 months ago !
We are currently finalizing the decoration of the room. The passed days Jan took care of adding the picture lighting fixtures while I was thinking about the furniture and decorative accessories to bring in.
I have to admit that I am not finished yet with all the decoration of the room. That is why I only have posted a few pictures of the redo so far. More to come within a few days.
I absolutely wanted to have placed again, the French painted commode, earlier seen in the living room.
This chest is made and finished after an antique piece, in the workshop of our company Lefèvre Interiors.
The patina of the commode looks wonderful with the gray finish we have given the wooden floor. To read more about the floor finish, read my post about it here.
The decorated French commode against the custom made, bespoke paneling by Lefèvre Interiors. To read more about the paneling, please read my posts here, here, here and here.
The painting above the commode is of the artist Jean-Marc Louis.
Decorative accesssories
Gateleg table Bie Baert. Antique Italian sconces Garnier Antiques. All seating furniture Lefèvre Interiors.
Antique French régence walnut chimney piece Cheminées Anciennes Jean Zunino.
Seatupholstered with Libeco linen. Balloon shade fabric C&C Milano. To read more about the window treatment, please read my post about it here.
Antique Italian sconces Garnier Antiques. Window treatment by Patrick Ponseele.
As you can see here in this picture, the room isn’t finished yet. I am thinking about which fabric to choose for the upholstery of these 2 French 19th century walnut armchairs I found in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (France), a few years ago.
I hope you enjoyed this living room redo update post ! More pictures later!
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If you would like us to help designing and manufacturing your paneling, feel free to contact us at info@lefevre.be
For more Lefèvre Interiors realisations visit our website atwww.lefevre.be
I have always loved to see turtle shells displayed or hung in a room.
What about you?
The turtle shell now hanging in our hall way was found on one of our trips to the Cotswolds at Lorfords Antiques in Tetbury (Picture by me)
Albino turtle shell Image source Jamb – Hawker Antiques
Beautiful setting by Bunny Williams Image source Muraca Design Notebook
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King & Grove Tides Restaurant Miami - Interior design by Kelly Wearstler Image source Caribbean Living
A shell displayed in the library of Samantha Boardman Image source Simply Smitten
A mini shell in a tablescape designed by Sasha Adler and Lauren Gold Image source Simply Smitten
Collection of authentic turtle shells on steel display stands Image source 1stdibs
To find your favorite turtle shell, please visit the webpage of 1stdibs here.
Have a great start of this new week !
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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 !
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I am thrilled to announce that the brand new interior design & lifestyle magazine MILIEU has arrived !!!
COVER MILIEU Fall 2013
This new home décor magazine, that finds its way to the newsstands this month, is founded by the renowned Houston based interior designer Pamela Pierce.
In this luxurious quarterly print magazine, Pam wants to show us beautiful international houses and gardens on thick, glossy paper. And it has to be said, that indeed, all pages of the featured houses look fabulous!
What also makes MILIEU different to other interior design magazines, is, that Pamela wanted to search for designers who haven’t been published that much.
An interesting article about Pam and her new magazine MILIEU appeared in the Home & Garden section of The New Your Times, last month.
Pam Pierce, photographed by Fran Brennan for the article in The New York Times Published: August 28, 2013
To read this article, click HERE.
Designers featured in this first September issue of MILIEU.
Scanned page 16 - MILIEU Fall 2013
Most of you do know that I am officially assisting Pam and her team in scouting European locations and designers. See my blogpost about my contribution to MILIEU here.
Can you imagine how proud I am with the featuring of the house of our Belgian designer Walda Pairon in the first issue of this brand new American interior design magazine?!
The photoshoot was taken by my favorite Belgian photographer Claude Smekens, introduced to Pam on her first visit to Belgium in June this year.
I am sure you all will love the featuring of Walda’s beautiful countryhouse near Antwerp.
Interior design by Walda Pairon Image MILIEU– Photo credit : Claude Smekens
Interior design by Walda Pairon Image MILIEU– Photo credit : Claude Smekens
Pam invited a lot of other designers to tell their story in this first issue of MILIEU as Tom Boland, Aaron Rambo, Ernie Sulpizio and many more.
A house that designer Tom Boland is completing for a family in Beverly Hills.
Interior design by Tom Boland Image MILIEU – Photo credit :Peter Vitale
A Houston loft designed by Aaron Rambo.
Interior design by Aaron Rambo Image MILIEU – Photo credit :Peter Vitale
There are a lot of interesting articles published on the editorial pages of this MILIEU issue. I really enjoyed the article about designer Marie Warren sharing her nine secrets for success!
Marie Warren Image MILIEU – Photo credit : David Schilling
Not to forget to mention that each issue of MILIEU will feature a favorite blog! Do you have a favorite blog, please share it with MILIEU. Email editor@milieu-mag.com
The first blog featured in this September issue of MILIEU is COTE DE TEXAS by Joni Webb.
Congratulations Joni!
Joni has also written a nice article about MILIEU. To read it, click HERE.
And finally I want to thank Pam for mentioning me and the photographer Claude Smekens here at this page! Wonderful to see us, Belgians, between mostly American people, contributing to this magazine.
Scanned page - MILIEU Fall 2013
I am currently searching for more European locations to be featured in future MILIEU issues. Watch out, we recently found a gorgeous Belgian home to be featured in one of the next issues!
I do hope MILIEU will make its appearance on the Belgian newsstands as soon as possible. I am sure that the Belgian design enthusiasts will love the magazine!
To subscribe, please click HERE
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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 !
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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 creditMark 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.
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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
LIBECOfor more information,consumer contact here ; wholesale contact here
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Pretty colors of fall …
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Picture by me (our home)
I Love Autumn , don’t you ?
Talk to you soon !
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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 !
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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 atwww.lefevre.be
Yes, it is finally here! The book we all have been waiting for!
Timothy Corrigan’s newest book ‘An Invitation to Château du Grand-Lucé, Decorating a Great French Country House’.
Cover book ‘An Invitation to Château du Grand-Lucé’ by Timothy Corrigan – Rizzoli – Photographer Eric Piasecki
Timothy Corrigan is one of my all times favorite designers who not only recognizes interior design styles of different ages, he really is passionate about earlier design styles and knows all about 18th century castles.
As being an avid student of French architecture and design history, in 2004, Timothy purchased the historic French Château du Grand-Lucé, located outside of Paris, in the Loire Valley in France.
The beautiful images in this book show the efforts Timothy made to restore this historic landmark and to create a warm, inviting and livable country home he wanted to share with friends.
The initial major restoration took approximately 5 years!
Click the trailer below to see the restoration of the Château du Grand-Lucé.
The Château with its formal gardens. Image source Architectural Digest– Photo credit Eric Piasecki
The book travels from the welcoming entry hall to the delightful bedrooms.
In the Salon Chinois, neoclassical paneling borders 18th-century painted-canvas scenes by Jean-Baptiste Pillemen. Image source Architectural Digest– Photo credit Eric Piasecki
Rose-pink formal dining room. Image source Architectural Digest– Photo credit Eric Piasecki
In the master bedroom, the headboard is painted in the Italian Renaissance style. Image source Architectural Digest– Photo credit Eric Piasecki
Partial arial view of Château du Grand-Lucé taken by Eric Piasecki (source blog Timothy Corrigan)
If you are like me and you love to see and to learn more about 18th century casltes, this book is a MUST HAVE !
I already received my copy!
Me, browsing Timothy’s book …
To purchase the book online, click HERE
To know more about the book signing tour, clickHERE
And if you are interested in reading my earlier blogpost about Timothy Corrigan, please click HERE.
To see more of the design work of Timothy Corrigian,
please visit his website athttp://www.timothy-corrigan.com
With respect to you Tim, for the tremendous work and huge efforts you made to restore this château to its former glory !
Congratulations !
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Dear friends,
Thank you so much for all your words of comfort about the loss of our beloved Ralph! I received so many comments and emails that I really wasn’t able to reply all of them! But please, do know, that I absolutely appreciate every comment or email of each and everyone of you and that I do feel so grateful that you all have taken the time to write me, expressing your condolences. I never had expected so many of you to comment or to email. I now realize that sharing my grief with you, was the best thing to do, helping me to get over this loss.
A sincere THANK YOU to all of you for your heartwarming words !
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Today I would love to inspire you with Belgian designed interiors. I posted some pictures of the work of some Belgian designers you might love.
Enjoy!
Interior design Severine Jaspar
Interior design Natascha Persoone
Interior design Lefèvre Interiors Photography Claude Smekens
Architectural design & interior Frederique Glorieux
Architecture & Interior design Vincent Van Duysen Architects Source here
Architecture, historic renovation & property design François-Xavier Van Damme
Interior design Brigitte Garnier Source B&B The Little Monastery Photography Claude Smekens
Interior design Eveline Moreels
Interior design Axel Vervoordt Source here
Interior design Natascha Persoone
Interior design Lefèvre Interiors Photography Claude Smekens
Interior design Walda Pairon
Interior design Natascha Persoone
And for those who love the work of Axel Vervoordt, his new publication ‘LIVING WITH LIGHT’ is out!
To see a preview of the book, please visit the online magazine Architectural Digest here.
To purchase the book, click here or here.
Talk to you soon !
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Don’t you love beamed ceilings?
Beamed ceilings are of all ages, the Romans loved to use wooden beams to decorate the ceilings of their villas.
Palladio (1508-1580) tried to recapture the splendour of antiquity in the villas he built. This is the ceiling of one of the rooms of Villa Saraceno, Vicenza – Italy, built by Palladio around 1550.
Image source here
Nowadays architects and designers do love to work with wooden ceilings in their new-built or restored houses. A beamed ceiling adds an important architectural element to any room design.
Image source Decostruct
Image source Antiek Anresto
Axel Vervoordt ‘Living with Light’ Photo credit Laziz Hamani Image source The Visual Vamp
Image source Rik Storms
To update your room, you can add a new coat of paint to the wooden ceiling beams.
Image source Axel Vervoordt
Image source Garnier Antiques Photograpy Claude Smekens
Image source Sextantio Hotel
Image source Lefèvre Interiors Photography Montse Garriga
Image source Joris Van Apers
Beautiful ceiling in the Venetian Palazzo of Axel Vervoordt.
Image source Axel Vervoordt
Notice this gorgeous beamed ceiling. Interior design by Ann Holden.
Image source Holden & Dupuy
Addresses in Belgium where to find reclaimed wooden beams :
RIK STORMS http://www.rikstorms.com
JORIS VAN APERS http://www.vanapers.be
ANTIEK ANRESTO http://www.antiek-anresto.be
ANTIEKE BOUWMATERIALEN VERSCHAEVE http://www.verschaevenv.be
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Aren’t you agree with me that it must be wonderful to work in one of these library-studyrooms , especially at this time of the year when days become shorter and it is getting colder outside. I love to be surrounded by wood, that definitely makes a study room warm and cozy.
Interior design Christine Bekaert
Image source Thorsen Construction
Interior design Decoration Empire
Home office of antiques dealer Lee Stanton Source Lee Stanton blog
Interior design Antiek Amber
Interior design Natalie Haegeman– realization Lefèvre Interiors
Interior design Beatrix Kleuver
Interior design Grant Larkin
Image source Immo Dochy
Thompson Custom Homes Image source Houzz
Work with joy!
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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 !
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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 atwww.lefevre.be
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.
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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,…
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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 !
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Dear readers, Christmas time is coming our way and we do have to start thinking about our Christmas decorations !
If you would love to impress your guests with a richly adorned Christmas tree this year, you absolutely will love the Christmas ornaments designed by the Belgian company Goodwill M&G.
Goodwill M&G designs and makes gorgeous seasonal decorations and accessories that are sold all over the world.
Today I take you to the house of Jean-Paul and Isabelle Meus, the owners of the Antwerp based company Goodwill.
Every year the family Meus enjoys the ritual of dressing their Christmas tree and decorating their home, by opening their treasure boxes full of glass baubles, figurines and trinkets, collected over the years.
A red and amber Christmas wreath embellishing the front door.
Photo credit Claude Smekens
The red walls of the entrance hall are the perfect backdrop for the ten-foot tall Christmas tree, which is dressed to impress.
Photo credit Claude Smekens
Some of the nostalgic Christmas tree ornaments
Photo credit Claude Smekens
Photo credit Claude Smekens
Photo credit Claude Smekens
Chimney candle-holders…
Photo credit Claude Smekens
…and flickering tealights.
Photo credit Claude Smekens
The dining table is covered with a rich velvet cloth. Isabelle Meus painted the chairs in eye-catching colours.
Photo credit Claude Smekens
The table candle-holders are chosen to match the dining room colour palette.
Photo credit Claude Smekens
Florist Vincent Moens designed this festive artwork, which is a cluster of branches wrapped in moss and wire and hung with glass icicles.
Photo credit Claude Smekens
Glass icicles
Photo credit Claude Smekens
Red berries on the kitchen table. And a coloured bauble wreath decorates the kitchen hood.
Photo credit Claude Smekens
Bauble wreath
Photo credit Claude Smekens
To discover the Goodwill Christmas Collection, please visit the Goodwill webshop by clicking on the Goodwill logo.
For those who are regular visitors of Maison & Objet in Paris, I want to let you know that Goodwill M&G will participate Maison & Objet Paris 2014 (24/01/2014 - 28/01/2014).
If you are interested in seeing more of the beautiful Belgian house of Jean-Paul & Isabelle Meus, a featuring of their house can be seen in the latest issue of the British magazine Homes & Gardens and in the latest issue of the Belgian magazine Tijdloos wonen.
I hope you enjoyed my first Christmas decoration post !
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All pictures in this article are posted with the approval of photographer Claude Smekens.
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Happy weekend !
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