Besides giftwrapping & the occasional project, I'm usually not a true crafter. But I recently bought this porcelain paint in black & red so I had to do something with it. As I love typography, I decided to make a simple ABC plate. It's pretty easy. I used a small IKEA 365+ breakfast plate. The Read article…
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Weekend tip: Atelier ABC-Vélo
In this week's Styloise I already told you about ABC Atelier-Vélo. Besides repairing your bike under the supervision of volunteers, you can also join them every first Sunday of the month for a bike trip through the Oise. On previous outings, they have been to Fleurines and Chantilly for example. They usually leave at 9:00AM Read article…
Vintage Sapique 12
[[movie vimeo,47317377,312,555]] Hooray! With proud I present to you today: the first ever Sapique webisode! Nick shot & edited a series of several webisodes with tiny sneak peeks into our home. In this first one you'll discover the exterior of Studio Sapique. It was what we first fell in love with in 2003, on a Read article…
Bold Blackberry Popsicle
As I told you on monday, I was planning on turning the freshly picked blackberries into some delicious ice pops. And that's what I did. I kept aside a few blackberries for decoration & blended the others. Blended blackberries have this amazing color: I couldn't help myself & added something to the mixture: a hint Read article…
Styloise: Frédéric
Last week I went out on a small bike trip & passed along this "bike workshop". As most Dutch people I love riding my bike and this workshop made me curious. I went in and met Frédéric & his fellow association members, who explained me how the ABC Atelier-Vélo works. Here you can repair your Read article…
Bold Blackberries
What do you do when it's too hot? Keep calm and drink Pulco. Or anything refreshing really… But when I saw that the blackberries in our garden were fat & black I needed to pick them! They are bigger than past years. In comparison: the red ones are like regular-sized raspberries. As soon as the Read article…
Weekend tip: La Sucrerie
For the past 10 years I've been living in the Oise: a French department situated 35km north of Paris. Of course Studio Sapique is a remnant of (recent) industrial heritage, but not far away from here, is the old industrial Sugar Factory of Francières. It's an impressive site with red bricks, which was recently renovated Read article…
One carrot
One spilled carrot seed in my tiny vegetable garden grew into 1 beautiful carrot. I hung it with the kitchen tools for my husband to use in one of our meals :o)
Vintage Sapique 11
The advantage of a home with 27 rooms, is that you can camp inside your own home while you're renovating. And that's exactly what we did for 7 years. For example: while we were working on the floor heating at the 1st floor, we squatted 2 of the offices downstairs. One was our living-dining-office-everything room, Read article…
Back to… Greece
Today's destination is Greece: you'd expect a deep blue sea & bright white houses, but in my memory Greece was completely different. In 1998, a few weeks before turning 18 I took my first plane ever (!) from Amsterdam to Athens, Greece. Together with a highschool friend we stayed in an affordable hotel with a Read article…
