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The Organic Company - soft linens for the home
Next to stationery I have a love of kitchen linens. My husband calls it an obsession but I prefer to call it a love! I recently discovered The Organic Company which has turned my collection upside down again. Founded by Joy Vasiljev, The Organic Company is a Danish design made from 100% certified organic cotton. Design, quality ...
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Hattie the elephant (from Four Monkeys)
When Pim was 2 years old, he pulled over a marble sculpture that my mum had made as our wedding gift and it broke in half. Thankfully we were able to restore it, but -- better safe than sorry -- we now keep our delicate sculptures in storage until our children are bigger. And I've ...
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Throwbeds from Hedgehouse
At the start of the summer a friend of mine in the US wrote to tell me about the beautiful throwbeds from a brand called Hedgehouse. I had never heard of this brand before, but one glance at the website and I was obsessed! The towels, the pillows... and most of all, the throwbeds! How perfect ...
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The stories of Fiep Westendorp on Storytiles
Fiep Westendorp is a name that all Dutch people know. She was the sweet lady who so creatively illustrated the famous stories of the late Annie MG Schmidt, one of the Netherlands' most famous children book writers. Fiep Westendorp came up with the clever silhouettes of Jip and Janneke, and is as responsible for their fame as ...
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The flap between my girls' rooms
Renovating a flat has been a fun, if a bit stressful event in my life. I had no idea how all consuming it was going to be. I spent nights pinning on Pinterest, researching flats in every corner of the world, searching for inspiration and checking out every possible Ikea hack there was in the ...
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Our kitchen: design details, paint colours and renovation info
After sharing the renovation details of our bathroom, many of you asked for the same information for our kitchen, so I thought I'd dedicate a post to our kitchen renovation and the design decisions we made. Designing our kitchen was one of my favourite parts about our renovation. Because we've designed a kitchen before -- ...
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Luggy baskets from Olli Ella
My friend, Chloe, creative director and co-founder of Olli Ella, came up to Byron over the January school holidays with her family and we got to hang out with them for a week of summertime adventures. It's so fun having visitors here to show around, as it reminds us of how beautiful this area is -- ...
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Emily Hogarth's beautiful papercuts
I have followed Emily Hogarth and her adorable family on Instagram for the past couple years and have always loved the snippets I've seen of her beautiful papercut creations in her feed. So I was so excited when she got in touch last year and offered to create a custom papercut piece for us based on our travels. ...
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Organic cotton baby quilts from Little Indi
A couple months ago I received a sweet email from Julia Kreienbühl, a young mama and textile designer from Switzerland. She wrote to introduce me to her range of beautiful organic blankets and her online boutique, Little Indi. I loved Julia's pretty textiles immediately and knew our readers would too. Julia sent me a baby blanket ...
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Lollipop year planners
I was in my friend Julie's lovely apartment the other day and as always I couldn't stop gazing at all the pretty things around me. She's just so creative and has such great style, it's apparent in every little corner of her house! One thing that struck me and which I thought was SO clever, ...
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Christmas in Australia...
The other day I was in the grocery store and I saw a big banner with an image of sliced, juicy mangos. In red Christmassy writing the banner said 'The Taste of Christmas'. I had to stop myself from giggling. Having spent all of my life in the northern hemisphere, the taste of Christmas is ...
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Beautiful, handcrafted products from Indego Africa
Indego Africa is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to empowering and uplifting artisan women in Africa through employment opportunities and education. They work with 25 groups of more than 1,000 women in Rwanda and Ghana to sell products that are designed in NYC and handmade in Africa - combing traditional techniques, local materials and amazing artisanal ...
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Comments (8)
I love this Maria — you are so creative!! Thinking outside the box — I love it. And loving the results as well. xxx
What a lovely idea!
It makes it feel like you’re inside one of those little tents made of quilts, draped over the dining room chairs, that we used to make as kids.
Love this!
Babies spend so much of their time lying on their backs staring up at the ceiling… so how nice for them to have something nice to look at!! xxx
For a little baby lying all the time it’s great idea!
Love this!! Xo
Sweet! Would love to see more of the room Maria : )
Thank you Ursula! to see more or the room, you can do it in this two post about the room
http://www.escarabajosbichosymariposas.com/la-habitacion-de-manuel-ii/
http://www.escarabajosbichosymariposas.com/decoracion-de-una-habitacion-de-bebe/
hope you like it!!!!
It looks beautiful Maria, I also saw the pictures on your Spanish blog. Compliments. Could you tell me where you bought the 4 small illustrations on the wall? Gracias!