Modern Japanese inspired interior

Probably my last project before summer break :)
I couldn't be more happy to work on a "Japanese" inspired home project as it was sooo warm during the last weeks and sooo difficult to find some energy! But when it's come to Japan I always have a lot of inspiration ;)

The project:

⇢ A small living dining space.
⇢ The room is unfortunately not very wide!
⇢ But the big window brings a lot of light as well as a nice view to the garden..

The wish list:

⇢ A "big" living room and dining place because the house is always full of people: kids and their playmate, family, friends... ;)
⇢ A warm and cosy place with a natural Japanese/Scandinavian touch!

And here is my proposal ;)

"HK Living" Lamp - "Foscarini" Lamp - "Serge Mouille" Lamp - "Ikea" Sofa - "Hay" Chair - "Made"  Table - "HK Living" cushions - "Pols Potten" Stool - "Serax" Stool - “Farrow Ball“ paint - Wallpaper 

See you ;)

New Zealand inspired summer residence

I made a little sketch during my vacation in south of France last month, and I finally found some time to bring it to life :)
I wanted to create my dream summer residence and this is the result! Now just have to find the property ;)

"Akari" Vitra Lamp - "Zara Homes" Curtains - "The poster club" Jan Skacelik Print - "Bloomingville" Bambus Lamp - "Gervasoni "Ghost  Sofa - "Woud" Come Here Coffee Table - "Rug Vista" Rug -  "Etoffe" Isidore Leroy Dunes Wallpaper  

While I was searching for some color scheme inspiration I wondered why I was so focus on the color dark blue and green, until I found this postcard I bought in New Zealand! I very often associate colors with places I've been! After looking at some old pics I definitely understand why I love the combination of both colors when it comes to summer, sea, sun, beach... What an amazing place...

No Blah Blah Post: Natural Japanese Style Room

Just a short post because it's summer and the heat waves from the past days really put my work efficiency on level 0 ;)

About the project:

⇨ Guest, TV and kids playroom
⇨ Create a light and friendly space in a natural and warm color scheme which allow to integrate the Japanese ceramic pieces and black and white pictures from the owners!

The wish list :

⇨ The owners wanted to keep an old Japanese dark wood drawer, a big Chinese carved wood panel (over the sofa) and their red sofa! Not easy for a natural look ;)
⇨ they also wanted to have most of the walls white.

The most difficult point was to integrate a red sofa into a natural color scheme. To reduce the contrast in the room between the sofa and the white walls I go for beige slide curtains and a color gradient wallpaper in Wabi Sabi style! I could then create more easily a color scheme with the color red, white, gray, beige and salmon.

"Juniqe" print - "By Malene Birger" Print

"Menu" vase - "House Doctor" Vase - "Maison du monde" Sofa - "Sandberg" Wallpaper - "Westwing" Lamp - "And Tradition" coffe table - "Le Monde Sauvage" Cushions - "Vitra" Bank - "Zara Home" Rug - "Zara Home" Grey coffe table - "Westwing" Lamp - "Ikea" slide curtain - 

And if you desperately need some refreshing like me just add a twist of midnight blue and sky blue!
See at the beach! (Oh I wish I could :)

"Art Nouveau" Lover

Quick inspiration post for all "Art Nouveau" Style lovers...

"Rug Vista" Rug - "Antoinette Birds" by Olaf Hajek Print - "Poppy" by LFZ Lamps - Casamance Wallpaper - Chair by Made

Modern Vintage Teen Room

Last small home project before holiday next week! Cool ;)...
This one was not that easy! Because of the size of the room and the special interior taste of the owners, both Italian 50th style lovers!

To the coaching:
→ The room is for the moment a kids playroom and should turn into a TV and Guest room
→ It should be teens (Girls) friendly but also have a little vintage retro touch!

To my proposal:
→ The most difficult point is the proportion of the room. It's not very wide!
→ I choose a bed and not a convertible sofa because I think the girls would probably more enjoy to "chill out" ;) or watch TV on a big day bed.
→ I go for less furnitures: just a tin board under the TV to display some pictures and small decorations, and a hanging rail for guests clothes instead of a wardrobe to keep the room as light as possible. Some "wow" pieces like the retro designer lamps and bedside table, and a vintage mirror!
→ I play with wallpaper colors and prints in order to fill the wall and bring some life but also try to get the room visually bigger.
→ The heavy curtains add a cosy and chic touch...

Et voilà...

Tiny statement kitchen...

Tiny kitchen don't have necessary to look small or dark! Even the smallest place can shine...

To the project:

→ One room flat
→ The kitchen is part of the hallway: it's long and not very wide
→ There is a window next to the entry

To my design:

→ The space is enough big to planned a fully equipped kitchen: big fridge, dishwasher, oven, a lot of storage space

→ The problem is the length of the room and the small wall in the back!
I choose a shelf in order to break the long hallway effect and clearly define the kitchen area and the entry space with the toilet! And very important, the glass shelf won't take off the natural light :)

→ to let the space more "shine" especially the wall in the back and bring some statement in the room I go for a wall panel with landscape design. But it was important to choose one who doesn't looks to "cliché". Completely in love with the one of Papermint. So chic...

→ I also play with the suspension light to reduce the length effect...

Voilà ;)

"Chloé" Lamp, "Lucid" Lamp,  "Dunia" Rug by Westwingnow - "Raleigh" Bench by Made - "Toscane" Wall panel by Papermint - Vase, bowl by Bloomingville - "Heart Graphic" Print by Juniqe 

Wabi Sabi home style meets summer vibes...

Perfect way to end the week and start the weekend! 

My last home project is a small sneak peak of summer time and relaxing moment at the beach!  

Can wait to spend more time outside and get back to Lake Garda in Italie ...

On the owners wish list: 

⇨ less furnitures

⇨ but still a big closet

⇨ a cosy bed

⇨ less decoration

⇨ a natural / blue color scheme 

And there is the result! Specially in love with the built in closet which doors are covered with an amazing wall picture in wabi sabi style... So chic :)

"Sence" Lamp Westwing - "Battered Wall" Wallpaper Rebel Walls - "Ballerinas" Chanel - "Panos" Bank "Made" - "Portofino" Print, "A Sabbatical" Print Juniqe - "Ruché" Bed Ligne Roset - "Bamboo" Lamp Forestier 

Hong Kong vibes...

My favorite projects are the ones where I'm aloud to play with color and texture!

In this case try to bring Hong Kong's energy and vibes in a study room.
I don't wanted to make it too colorful and messy as the street of the city!

The result is a more peaceful but still vibrant room. Perfect for spending a relaxing moment with a book or being creative at the desk!
The dynamic of the city comes from the prints and pattern: the scratch of the wallpaper, the strips of the curtains, the surface of the stool, the color mix of the desk and the wood structure of the sideboard! I added a little touch of color to make it more joyful and lively!
And Hong Kong is definitely a very vibrant and lively city, and still my crush place...

Graphic sideboard "Ethnicraft" - Round Mirror "AM-PM" - Linen Curtains, Rattan Vase, Rug "Zara Home" -  Kuta Wallpaper "Designer Guild" - Stone Stool "Kartell" -  Doris Armchair "Made" - Cupertino Desk "BoConcept"- J41 Chair "Hay" - Coco Kokeshi Doll "Lucie Kaas"

No Blah Blah Blog Post! Boho Natural Style Inspiration...

It's all about visual inspirations (my favorite kind of blog post)!  

Just enjoy a little sneak peek of a my last bed room project ;)

Boho Natural Style 

Liana Wardrobe, Vetro Lamp "Made.com" - Abstraction Poster "Ferm Living" - Poster "Juniq" - Aplomb Lamp "Foscarini" - Nut Lamp "lzf" - Tray Coffee Table "Hay" - The Loop Mirror, Pablo stool "House Doctor" - Aztec Waeve, Knotted Autumn Cushions "HK Living" - Bed "Westwingnow" 

Statement dining place or a "Non-Kitchen" Kitchen design...

I spent a few days in France during Easter holidays and as usual my favorite activity there is to read a lot of french home magazines :) Lucky me: my mother buy every month my favorite ones and after 3 months not seeing my parents I had this time a lot to read ;)
So I was prepare to spend some relaxing moments but then it happend! The "Can you please help me to plan a new kitchen area?" question while having lunch with fiends and family! My bestie just had a crush on a picture she saw in one of my magazine!
I can easily understand her (I have basically a crush on half of the home inspirations I see ;) and of course I'll help her because I love her, and also to design interiors :) ...

MMHome

California "state of mind" interior style

Really love to work on this project!
Two weeks ago a friend of mine asked me to design her living room in a California cool and natural way!! As I unfortunaltly never went there I needed first to make some search and then... I fall in love!!! After our Japan trip I couldn't even thing about moving again! But now I really could imagine living for a while on the west coast!

The result is Bohemian Californian look with a twist of Scandinavian classics...
As always I add an inspiration items liste! I told my friend that she don't have to buy all the furnitures on it! She can feel free to use the items she already have (thank you for planet Earth!) or buy if she prefers some more affordable than the expensive designer pieces! So you are ;)

"Modesto" desk Lambert - Curtain Zara Home - "Leaf Squeleton" Print Juniqe - "Baobab Leaf" Print Juniqe - "No 01" Print Malene Birger - "Flower Pot" lamp And Tradition - "CH24 Wishbone" chair Carl Hansen - "Wes" Sofa made.com - "Star Noir" "Senryou" "Sky Rattan" Cushions Le Monde Sauvage - Rug Kibek - "Camus" Coffe Table Maison du monde - 

Natural style kids room

Lucky me!

I had the opportunity in the last few weeks to work on several home staging projects and my happy moment was definitely to design a kids'room. And the one of a very sweet and cool little girl...
She loves pink (!) but also blue and yellow. She loves animals and still own an impressive collection of hats and bags. I think we're going to become best friends :)

I don't wanted to have the room too girly! As I know that some girls when they get older just like to be more cool and prefer less sparkling stuff... I choose a kids version of a natural neutral color scheme and just added a twist of yellow and blush pink.

I try to separate the room in different areas.
A dressing room space with a small (kids friendly because not to high) wardrobe, mirror and wood hooks for hats and bags in the niche where a bigger closet could lately take place.

A day bed sleepy, cosy space. A play, reading area with a big cushion in front of the window.
On the opposite wall there is enough place for a desk and a bookshelf where she can first store in some boxes all her toys, crafts and drawings stuffs.

Hope you like it as much as I. Would have nothing against moving in :)

Fleux "Market Set" lamp - Scion "Priya" wallpaper - Juniqe "Birds in Mustard" picture - Benuta "Inka" Rug - HK Living " Aztec" cushion - Maison du monde "April" desk - Modulor "Comeback 041" chair - Catimini dress - Verbautet bed, wardrobe and basket 

This time of the year...

Café Germain- Paris

Actually the best moment to start writing again on my blog...

I'm back from Japan for more than one year now and I decided to make some big changes. Studying again was one of my biggest wishes and I'm happy (and proud) to start 10 month ago :)
It's not always easy but it feels so good to dedicate time with something you really like to do!
Now that I have to read so much architecture and design book, as well as a lot of home magazines, I couldn't barely thing about something else than home design!

I'm also using all my free time to improve my sketches skills. So here is a little sample of my latest work. A project for an open space kitchen / living room...

And I couldn't resist! Here is also a small Christmas wish list inspiration. Actually mine ;)

Werbung Unbezahlt: "Stelton" vases - "Kundalini" lamp - "Sarah Lavoine Maison" drawer - "CH24" chair - "Fern living" rug - "Maison du monde" rug - "Iitala" candle holder - "Jonathan Adler" vase - "Maison Paloma" lamp 

Amazing Hong Kong...

I cannot believe that I wrote my last post 3 month ago?!  Not because I don't wanted to share some stories with you! No... I rather don't find the time to prepare a "good post". I take so much pictures now that I live in Tokyo and I have the pleasure to discover so many nice places, that it's a real "job" to sort all these impressions and memories!
For a couple of week I spent 4 days in Hong Kong, and it was such a nice trip that I really have to show you some pictures of this incredible city. I was so excited to discover an other big asian city. Hong Kong is really different from Tokio. Curious? Than follow me...

City break and green mood...

Tokyo is a great city if you like visual diversity and cultural mix. It's never boring to have a walk in the different areas of the city. But there comes a moment when a stroll in one of Tokyo's gardens is no longer enough for "take a breath". It's than the sign that you need a break and more green space :)
One of my favorite destination in this case is the city of Hakone at the lake Ashinoko. It's not fare away from Tokyo and you can enjoy if the weather conditions are good, a great view of the mount Fuji.
Need a little breath taking, than follow me...

Lake Ashinoko and the great view of the Mount Fuji 

Back in town...

Hello, here I am again...
I know, it's been a long time since I wrote my last post, and I can't believe that we are still end of January!

Well, thinks have happened (sure) since November, but not really a lot of "wow, cool" one! I've had a lot of good moments at home with the kids and I really tried to relax, to don't think about the stress of living in a big city: drinking a lot of tea and coffee (bad habits still continue in 2015 ;), reading books and magazines... But after having looked for a while at all this great outfits inspirations, bars and coffees pictures, I felt that I have to "go on the road" again. So let's go and follow me to this small town call "Tokyo"...

Relaxing moments in Kawasaki...

Ready for a new trip? :) 

Today I take you to the Heiken-ji also call Kawasaki Daishi Temple. My favorite place when I need a break from the Tokyo urban jungle... 

On the road in Ginza...

Fall seems to be the perfect moment to enjoy some sightseeing trip in Japan. It's so difficult to resist the nice sunny weather in Tokyo! The reason why I've spent the passt two weeks a lot of time "on the road". Let's start with the most popular area for shopping and luxury brands. Ginza of course... 

Main road of Ginza 

Japanese Cooking Lesson: Amberjack Teriyaki...

Once a month I'm taking part in a Japanese cooking class.  My teacher, a Japanese Grandma, gives the lesson at home and we enjoy our prepared meal in a traditional "Tatami room". I really love this experience. I have the impression during this 3 hours to be very close to the Japanese way of life.
Most of the time I appreciate the taste of the different dishes but I'm even so shocked about the amount of sugar they contain. I even thought that Japanese's food is very healthy?!
Anyway, if I should give you the name of the dish I really enjoyed it would be the "Japanese Amberjack (Yellowtail) Teriyaki". The one in the middle of the plate...

Parlez-vous français ?!

After a big regenerating Europe summer break, I'm now back in Japan... Well I'm of course a little bit  sad to leave my friends and family again but I'm also happy to be back in this incredible and never boring city: Tokyo!

After a few days on the "road" in Tokyo and Yokohama, I realized (again) how much Japanese people love the" French Touch". You can find so many boulangeries, cafés, restaurants... But I was surprise to see how much they like to wear accessories and clothes with french printings, not understanding what's written on?! Not really a problem so long as the sentences are funny or sweet, but I found some shirts and bags with very strange french inscriptions or often with a lot of spelling errors. Not so cool but nor really dramatic. I'm not a master of spelling as well and I use so many different languages during the day (german, englisch, french, japanese...) that I'm sometimes not even be able to speak perfectly my native language, french. Damned!!!!  

But "tout de même" I decided that, for the future, I would better "never buy something with a text printed on if I can't translate it". Just to be sure that I don't wear a shirt with the Japanese sentence "I love my dog" written on... without having a dog! ;-)

Tokyo "Shinbashi"