High quality furniture is always a good investment. It may not always be in your budget, but you will enjoy it daily for many many years. Some of our first investment pieces, like our dining and office tables, that we bought over two decades ago, are still with us and are still in tip-top condition. Read article…
Being conscious about what we buy, eat, where and how we travel, how we use fossil resources, water and electricity has been a big part of my upbringing. Yet, I never do enough. For example, in my childhood home we had a composter in our garden, but now as an adult I hardly ever compost, Read article…
While I already shared these highlights from this January’s edition of Maison & Objet on Instagram and Instagram Stories, I wanted to save them here on the blog too. I must admit there were no mind blowing crazy discoveries this time, but I enjoyed seeing nice designs, more and more sustainable or recycled items like Read article…
As we’re currently in limbo with our home, waiting for people to decide how & when to buy our building, one of my coping mechanisms has been to focus on small details and great design. Maybe you’re like me and are a PRO at filling online shopping baskets, or pinning stuff to wishlist Pinterest boards? Read article…
C’est la rentrée, it’s back to school, which means it’s the season for Maison & Objet. The Parisian fair for everything interior, home decoration is a staple in the agenda, so let’s GO for a little roundup of some of my highlights. What felt new for me at this September edition was the focus of Read article…
Ever since I painted our dining chart and bar cart last summer, I was annoyed by our dining chairs. We bought them 20 years ago when we moved into our first apartment together. You can see them here in this post. They are still in great condition, except for some scratches on the yellowed birch Read article…
What is your least favorite chore at home? Doing the dishes? Laundry? Windowcleaning? Dusting? Mine has been vacuum cleaning, since like forever! The noise, the machine that gets stuck behind furniture, the electric cord that is never long enough, and again: the noise! Together with the fact that it seems like it is a never Read article…
This post could totally begin with a quote about Spring; new beginnings, freshness, sunshine, longer days, nature that awakens after a long winter… but don’t worry, I’ll try to get to the point without actual clichés, despite the bright spring colors & flowers in this post 😉 A few months ago I was invited to Read article…
Remember those compact fluorescent light bulbs? The ones that saved so much energy, compared to old fashioned light bulbs? I never liked them, even though our entire house used to be equiped with them, because well: there were energy saving and “better for the planet”. They took a few seconds to brighten up, the colors Read article…
This early Spring weather is wonderful…. and messed up. We had the warmest month of February EVER. So freaky! And together with these high temperatures and sunshine come peaks of pollution here in and near Paris. While the quality of the air outside is really bad, the quality of our indoor spaces are often even Read article…
