Belgian Tablescapes
on Nov 19, 2009 in Geoffroy Van Hulle Frederiek Van Pamel Walda Pairon As it is the 65th Tablescape Thursday of Susan at Between Naps On The Porch blog, I thought you might be interested in how the Belgians set their table for festivities.Three Belgian interior decorators show their own vision on a festively decorated t...

Pay it Forward
on Nov 18, 2009 in Give away Blog Award This morning I received by mail a package all the way from Canada! Yes! It is from my blogger friend Cindy from the Oakview Cottage blog.Cindy is one of my first contacts in the blogger world and became a very good friend.Her blog is so beautiful. Sh...

VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE!
on Nov 17, 2009Goodmorning blogger friends!I just want to let you know that someone has stolen my password and emailadress yesterday!So this person did an email for help to a lot of my contacts! So I think a lot of you will have received that mail!So don't do anyth...

The country House of George Sand
on Nov 17, 2009 in George Sand This is the French country house of George Sand in Nohant in the French region of Berry.George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant when she married Baron Dudevant) was a French novelist of the 19th century and con...

Ten things about me
on Nov 15, 2009 in Blog Award I received the Honest Scrap Award from the lovely and talented colour consultant and designer Maria at Colour Me Happy.So I am asked to tell you honestly 10 things about myself and to nominate 7 other blogs I love.In an earlier post (here) I told abo...

A shoe and another shoe
on Nov 14, 2009 in Lifestyle These items I spotted this weekend in the Belgian lifestyle magazine Talkies. I could not resist to share them with you!This 12 cm high-heeled pump from GEOX pays homage to the skyline of New York and is inspired by the Empire State Building. A bath-...

I won a give away
on Nov 13, 2009 in Beautiful blogs I am so thrilled to let you know that I won my first giveaway! It was a giveaway from Monika from the Splendid Willow blog.I won this beautiful Nate Berkus' Hope Pillow! Evoking a message of hope, this pillow emphasizes that your home is your haven.T...

Redecorating a corner of your interior
on Nov 12, 2009 in Antiques Belgian interiors Walda Pairon Last Sunday I visited the exhibition Classica in Kortrijk, which is an interior and lifestyle event. Walda Pairon was one of the exhibitors. You all know that she is one of my favourite Belgian decorators and I did an extensive post about her a few w...

John Saladino in the footsteps of Johannes Vermeer
on Nov 10, 2009 in Johannes Vermeer Painters John Saladino Arts First of all I really want to thank all of you for the best wishes for the birth of Tristan! It was so nice to read all the sweet comments and emails I received! Thank you so much!One of the amazing things about blogging is the fact that we are able...

Our new born pearl
on Nov 9, 2009 in Family We are so proud to announce the birth of Tristan, our first grandson!!!Tristan is the son of my husbands daughter Nele and her husband Tom.And Tristan is the brother of our granddaughter Alexa! See post of my family here.Tristan is born on the 4th of...