Our cinema room is my favorite room in the entire house. It feels like a tree house: it's on the second floor and the branches of the tree outside reach the window. It has two doors ( including a "secret" door to the guestroom ), a mouse hole a.k.a. cat door, a dining table for Read article…
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Guest blog on IKEA Family live
Yeah, this week is yellow week on my blog, as today my first blogpost goes live as a guest blogger for IKEA Family Live! It includes a delicious recipe by my lovely husband: a true surpRICE! Check it out here. And there's more IKEA news, as you can now read our home story online too, Read article…
Vintage Sapique 15
Today 1 year ago ( thanks to the wonderful Anne from Prêt-à-Voyager! ) our home was featured as a Sneak Peek on Design*Sponge. It marked the transition from several years of renovating to finally enjoying the comforts ( and heating! ) of our home. When I look at the pictures I shot last year, everything Read article…
Our home in IKEA Family Live Magazine
Remember I told you about a talented team that came over to our home for a photoshoot? Today I'm excited to tell you that it was for IKEA Family Live magazine! If you're an IKEA Family card holder, you'll receive the magazine in the mail this month. You can also read our home story online. Read article…
Our videos
Did you already see the 2 videos Nick shot here at Studio Sapique? In the first one you see the exterior of Studio Sapique. At 00:28 you can see that we live right by the riverside. Every weekday commercial vessels pass by & on wednesdays we have rowers "joining" them. Each rowing shell comes with a Read article…
Vintage Sapique 14
One of the toughest things while renovating Studio Sapique, was the lack of central heating. We moved in just before winter. On our first day we had no running water, so that was the first thing we took care of. I remember my husband was working on the new plumbing with a friend. It was Read article…
Vintage Sapique 13
[[movie vimeo,47315427,312,555]] Ready for a new webisode about Studio Sapique? Here it is! This webisode reveals the entry hall of our home starring the suspended staircase & the vintage wall tile art. This wall piece was a gift from the staff to management upon the opening of the factory in the early 60s. It was 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…
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…
Videoshoot @ Studio Sapique
Last week Nick from Lifely has been filming here at Studio Sapique! Nick is my stepson and big brother to Rose. He spent some time with us and suggested it would be nice to do some filming around the house. Nick has been traveling the world to shoot both photos & videos of the best Read article…
