Monday giveaway - A coat rack from 'All lovely stuff'

'All Lovely Stuff' is a little english brand that offers great and funny objects for children… or adults ! This weeks giveaway is a small Coat Hook via SMALLable 

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'All Lovely Stuff' is een klein Engels label dat grappige objecten voor kinderen en volwassenen maakt. Deze week geven wij via SMALLable een kapstok gemaakt van natuurlike materialen weg. 

{4 kitchen desk ideas}

I love having a little kitchen desk in our home. It's a great spot to sit & write grocery lists, stash receipts and mail, and of course it's an opportunity to create a vignette! Here are a few ideas I love for this practical nook:

1 If I ever get the chance to build my dream home I think my first wish would be to have a nice sized window to bring in natural light above the kitchen workstation. Built-in sconces or a lamp would create perfect additional lighting for the evenings:

Effie Genovese via Style at Home

2 If you don't have the opportunity to look out of a beautiful window, creating visual interest with a bulletin board is a nice alternative. It's pretty and it's practical!

via Blueprint Bliss

via House of Turquoise

3 A statement chair really adds omph to this corner of an overly 'utilitarian' space, and I'm loving the gorgeous Alexandra quatrefoil chair from Suzanne Kasler's line:

4 I love the idea of organization through small drawers or cubbies. Wouldn't it be fun to designate a mail/homework cubby for each family member, each labelled with a custom silhouette like the ones below?

left: via House Beautiful, right: unknown

Do you have a kitchen workstation? Does yours happen to incorporate any of these features? Any ideas I missed? I'd love to hear!

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Walking through the VT Wonen magalogue + WIN your copy here!

We know VT Wonen for their great magazine and you might remember the posts I made after visiting the woonbeurs where VT Wonen and other Dutch interior magazines each year build a home totally inspired by the style of their magazine. In case you missed it here are the links again:  VT Wonen home - Industrial loft + Classic elements  and An industrial-kitchen-and-white-bedroom
VT wonen also has a great range of products you can buy in several Dutch shops and webshops! To introduce the latest collection there is a magalogue (a catalog and a magazine in one) coming with the latest VT Wonen magazine

To photograph the magalogue the VT Wonen team furnished two complete apartments that are up for sale (De witte kaap) One for a family with kids that you see here in this post and one for a working couple. Today the apartments were open to the public and Paulina and I visited one of them today and made some pictures.

Have a look at the digital version of the Magalogue and start shopping. For one lucky reader I have a spare copy of this months VT Wonen and the Magalogue. Just leave a comment in this post if you would like to win it ;)  
 

Styling of the VT Wonen Magalogue home by Cleo Schleuderman of VT Wonen. Pictures by Paulina Arcklin and Vosgesparis.... if you link please credit and mention the VT Wonen Magalogue  

{news in the world of fashion}

Happy Friday friends! I'm excited for the weekend, you too? I'm hoping to head out for a nice walk along the seawall to enjoy the water & sun with my hubby.

Here's a bit of a round up of what's been happening this week in the fashion world:

First up, Vancouverites rejoice! We finally have a J. Crew!! Doors opened earlier this week at the Robson street location. This is the second J. Crew in Canada, and I'm so happy to see that we are finally catching up. I smell a shopping trip in my near future :)

J. Crew Fall 2012 line

Speaking of J. Crew ... did you see that Jenna Lyons recently had a look-alike model at the showing of her Fall 2012 line? She claims this was unintention ... you be the judge.

I LOVED reading through this list of '29 of Fashion's Biggest Mysteries Solved' on Refinery29 this week ... I learned so much! Did you know BCBG stands for 'Bon chic, bon genre,' meaning 'good style, good attitude.'  Hop over to find out things like 'why the red sole'? and 'why houndstooth is called houdstooth'?

Did you hear that Fashion Television is ceasing filming? I am so sad, this has been a staple in my Canadian TV viewing nearly my whole life. I have memories of me and my dad watching the runway shows and just gasping at the couture gowns that were more like sculptural art than wearable garments. Jeanne Beker brought young Canadians a taste of the behind the scenes happening at every major show for the passed 27 years. She brought the likes of Karl Lagerfeld and Oscar de la Renta into Canadian living rooms. I'm really going to miss this show! Goodbye Fashion TV, you will be greatly missed.

The beginning: Jeanne Beker then {1985}

And now {2012}

One of Fashion TV's final installments included following The Coveteur for a sneak peak into the wardrobe and home of Canadian interior design guru Brian Gluckstein. He's got quite the collection, I must say! And newer photos of that iconic library bathroom of his were so fun to see ... it's got to be my favorite bathroom of all time!

Beautiful! Get's me every time. I wish you all a fabulous weekend, see you back here on Monday!

A sneak peek at the next issue of EST

In only 4 days Issue #5 of EST magazine will be online. The first pictures are looking really promising already and I love the male touch in them and how about the little color detail in the picture above, great styling  by AnoukB and photographed by Marjon Hoogervorst!
To celebrate EST's first year anniversary there will be a giveaway for their readers! So don't miss it. Out on Monday 30th of April!  

Photos: 1-2 Marjon Hoogervorst - styling AnoukB 3 by Toby Scott

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{the anatomy of a windsor smith kitchen}

I love Windsor Smith's work ... ALL of it. She's got the magic formula of mixing classic bones + an amazing wow factor down pat! But there is something extra special about a 'Windsor Smith kitchen,' don't you agree?

via Rue

via Veranda

Ooh, that's a whole lot of kitchen pretty. Let's dissect, shall we? What must a Windsor Smith kitchen include? Gobs of marble is a good start, a tiny touch of rustic glam through a wide-planked wood floor or a large marble-top french table, a mix of seating styles that could include this navy brushed side chair and Windsor Smith's own slipcovered wingback chair, a ceiling pot rack for added charm, and of course two oversized black drum-shade light fixtures for that WS wow factor!

Yep, I could live like this :) Could you picture it?

One more thing! I'm excited to be visiting Victoria's lovely blog vmac + cheese, participating in her Behind the Scenes series today, hop over to learn a little more about me, like which 4 books I hope to read this year and what keeps me blogging.

I also guest blogged over at the fabulous & fellow Canadian Designwali blog a couple of weeks ago, sharing a spot of color in my home that brings a smile to my face. Thanks to both wonderful ladies for having me!

Salone del Mobile 2012 {Zona Tortona unplugged}

After the quiet morning at the Ventura Lambrate (where I went back the last evening in Milan with some people and found it loaded with people) we headed towards Zona Tortona to meet up with another friend of mine..... After crossing the little green bridge over the railway at Porto Genova it was like entering a different world. It felt like it was all happening here.

Vibrant and lively, shops, food, little corners, small streets and a mix of beautiful and funny people, wandering through the streets and kids playing with design. Here is my impression...