A little inspiration for the weekend: The great escape

I need a little bit of sunshine today because it is so grey outside... So here a lot of sunny yellow from La Banane, a retro-chiq hotel in St Barth. It was created in the 50's by Jean-Marie Rivière.  It was recently revamped and you can see the kept the vibe from the past and combined it with contemporary pieces.

  

 

www.labanane.com

Cool statement: Home Camping by Paula Sevilla

I like this original lamp made of tools for camping. Very inventive. It inspires me to see how designers transform existing things and put in a different environment so it get's a new meaning and experience.

source www.paulsevilla.com

It's alive.....

"Di Corte" is a series of chairs that look as though they’re going back to their roots. Very inspirational to me.
Designed by Andrea Magnani, Giovanni Delvecchio and Elisabetta Amatori of Resign

 source design-milk.com

My home office

I have this home office for a while now, but I recently removed my computer to get more space, because I want to use it more often. Yesterday I put up these little shelf and I'm so happy with the result. It's a perfect place to show beautiful books and other things I cherish. I think it will invite me more often to sit down and read magazines, write, get great ideas and inspiration!

photgraphy © Rosa van den Kerkhof

A little inspiration for the weekend

Beautiful way of looking at color...

"British vogue covers 2001 - 2011" by Arthur Buxton

source designboom

Great IKEA DIY project

What a great idea and inexpensive way to create industrial lightning in the color you want with a tight budget! I found this idea at the website of Ikea livet Hemma. I can use this for a project I'm working on and where we have to be creative with the budget so this is a welcome idea!

I ♥ this tree table

I fell in love with this table from the moment I met him.... They produce it in the size you want, very handy, but it is quite expensive. I hope I can use in a design one day. The table is available at Satelliet

Today I ♥ this Swedish home

I love this house designed by Swedish architect 'In praise of shadows' because of the high ceiling and the large windows.... keep on dreaming!

(source inpraiseofshadows.se)

Ikea limited edition

I red about this limited edition collection by IKEA at the website of 101 Woonideeen and I am very enthusiastic about it. This collection was designed and produced within a few months, much faster then the 2 years it takes normally. The designers went to India and Vietnam and there the worked together with local craftsmen to create the collection. My personal favourite is the Albacken chair becuase it reminds me of the garden furniture my grandmother used to have at her patio.

All pictures by IKEA

My latest interior design

Just came back from a holiday and love to blog again.... Here is my latest interior design for a flexible office that I just finished before my holiday.

Design by Rosa van den Kerkhof

Today I ♥ a holiday home in the UK

This renovated barn was on the cover of Elle deco Italy last month and the white painted brick walls attracted my attention. It's great inspiration for a project were I'm working on right now.
When you take a closer look you see one wall is covered with white wash wood what adds warmth to do hard materials of the base. The combination of the clean and light base work well with the scandinavian furniture. I love the black large steel window frames, that's one my wishlist for me dreamhouse....
Designed by David Kohn Architects.

Photography Damian Russell

Photography Philip Sinden

Photography Ioana Marinescu

Today I ♥ a room in Saint-Tropez

French designer Christophe Pillet created the interiors of the Hotel Sezz in Saint-Tropez in France.
The combination in this design of dark wood, a lot of white, a touch of bright color and the round walls form an exciting design and a real inspiration!

Photos © Manuel Zublena

Inspirational craft by Claudy Jongstra

Busy times lately, that's why I have been I bit silent....  I also went to London with my colleagues to visit inspirational food concepts, I will post about this trip later.
I wanted to post somthing about Claudy Jongstra for a long time because I love her felt work for years. Last year I went to a lecture where she told about how they work at the studio. It was really inspiring what she told about the dyeing process with the natural pigments that she grows mostly on her own farm.
The blue work is for the exhibition at the United Nations in New York that was held in february.

Claudy Jongstra, installation at the United Nations, image courtesy the designer

Photography by Frisian Wouw

Photography by Forbo

photography by Jeroen Musch