A little warning before you'll read this blogpost: no color! But there's a lot of wood in here. That's a good excuse, because I happen to love wood 😉 As I told you before, seeing how a product is made, can completely change your perspective. For the worse but in this case for the better! Read article…
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Cozy guestroom with Urban Outfitters
Hibernation mode is in full swing in our home! Most of the plants from the greenhouse are now in the warmer parts of our home, waiting for the winter to start be over. Some plants are actually occupying the guestroom and it looks like a jungle in there. Which I like a lot! Almost enough Read article…
Urban Jungle Bloggers #33
November's Urban Jungle Bloggers topic consists of one of my current obsessions: creative plant pots! Ever since my collection of plants reached the number of 150 I stopped counting. I have no clue if I have more or less plants than that today, because some of them didn't survive this year's lifestyle of (too) much Read article…
Mama Petula at Welcome Bio Bazar in Paris
Congratulations! Mama Petula now has a second point of sale in Paris! Talented Caroline worked with the team of Welcome Bio to create a very inspiring planty corner in their brand new concept store called Welcome Bio Bazar. It's a spacious corner in the back of the shop where you can buy lots of interesting Read article…
Delighted by Marset and Apparatu
The biggest perk that comes with being a blogger is that you get to meet the coolest people and visit the most amazing places. This summer in Barcelona, our group of design bloggers and journalists was invited to the showroom of Marset, a Spanish creative lighting company. You may recognize some of their lamps, like Read article…
Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid
Helsinki, Leiden, Munich, Berlin and Madrid, quite a few "new" botanical gardens on the 2016-list! Botanical gardens are my happy places and usually a peaceful break in the middle of a big city. After a whirlwind and intense week of Spanish Design this summer, Robert joined me in Madrid to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary. Read article…
Peonies Café et Fleurs in Paris
Plants are my thing, but I also really enjoy flowers. But not nearly as much as my flower friend Elodie from Madame Love. Earlier this summer we picked the most beautiful Café au Lait Dahlias in her second home here in the Oise. The other day we had lunch at a brand new café in Read article…
Urban Jungle Bloggers #32
Today I'm taking you to Egypt for the October Edition of Urban Jungle Bloggers. The topic Plant Still Life "desert made think of the last time I was in a real desert. Which was more than 16(!) years ago in Egypt. That is if you don't count the numerous times I visited the desert-greenhouses in Read article…
Amodo Objects & Stories in Berlin
Between working on an urban jungle hangout and styling a jungle rooftop dinner location in Berlin last month, I found this gem of a shop in Mitte. Marianna, the Italian owner of Amodo, created a darling shop with a cool mix of everything I like (and more): plants, color, plywood, and a very personal and Read article…
I won the vtwonen Advanced Blogger Award 2016!
So happy, humbled and honored! This weekend I won the vtwonen Advanced Blogger Award 2016 with my blog JOELIX.com. It was such a surprise, because I was shortlisted together with two very talented blog colleagues: Marij from My Attic and Suzanne from &Suus. They both create beautiful content for their blogs and social media and totally Read article…
