counting my loved ones twice

This week I:

* enjoyed some days off with the kids: their summer holiday finally started and we enjoyed time with friends and their kids, celebrated Sam's and Pip's birthday on sunday and went to our nearby beach a lot

* had such a lovely sailingtrip, realizing I had to count these days together twice; and 

* today I spent a nice spontaneous afternoon at Park Open in Sonsbeekpark with friends (you can still visit Park Open in august with live music on every sunday from 14.00 until 17.00 uur!) and had tapas outside at Goed.Proeven afterwards, while promising myself to visit the great shops in Klarendal very soon!

Realizing I didn't make pictures of all these nice moments this week, knowing my eyes were making pictures in my mind :) 

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to shop: onshus

Last month I went shopping for presents at Loft. A great dutch store for interior products and clothes. Since june this year they also sell products designed by ONSHUS. A dutch webshop with a great collection with a scandinavian twist. Love their wooden houses and lamps. Take a look on their site for more basic products like their handmade white tableware.

You can also follow ONSHUS on facebook, twitter, instagram and pinterest.

kids room: fawn&forest

On instagram I bumped into this great blog Fawn&Forest by Summer Robertson. Fawn& Forest is an online kidsstore and the blog represents so many great kids rooms and products.
Some of the above pictures are made by Madelon. You can find her on instagram too!

insta-blessings

 A nice week with lots of mixed emotions, work, lots of family time and me-time:
 * Sam had some great hiphop-performances and it was so nice to see him shine on stage, watching his performance together with Pip en Floor. Leaving behind some great pink balloons :)
* Pip walked 5K on 4 days with school together with lots of other kids in Zutphen. Wednesday I walked alongside her, feeling so proud
* and today we welcomed our new kitten called Fee. She is so adorable and already a bit naughty at the same time. We loved her at first sight!

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blog inspiration: family stuff

A great french family home with lots of inspiring styling details.
Found on The Socialite Family. An online place to wander around in lots of family homes around the world.

concrete styling

Concrete, stools and a great industrial surrounding. Styling to inspire. 

Pics found on Elv's who made the pictures in collaboration with Stoer Metaal. This week you can find a giveaway on her blog. You should absolutely join in!

To get your own industrial look at home you can find great concrete wallpaper on concrete wall

love wall blessings

A couple of weeks ago I rearranged our living room and last friday we replaced our TV so we can watch it sitting on our couch again. But it left behind an empty wall with big holes. And while we are gathering courage for painting our whole living room I made a temporary love wall with prints, postcards and drawings containing a heart. Not knowing it would be filled so fast on this mothersday :).
It was a lovely week with some pictures of it on instagram, including our love wall on the saturday evening.

Wishing you all a nice new week!

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interior crush

I just love the styling and interior of this family home in a renovated carpentry in Paris. 

Found on MilK Magazine where you can see so much more pictures of inspiring houses and their inhabitants from all over the world.

cat love

cosy cat in milkmagazine

black cat on lovenordic

puk on instagram

Last monday our 16-year old black cat Puk died. 

Such a lovely cat. Adored by the children, who were carrying him around the house all day. 

We miss him so much.

ice cream, summer & chocolate | pinspiration

A week with so much lovely weather spending time outside while the kids are enjoying their vacation. Making us longing for a long warm summer....

* beautifully wrapped chocolate bars on so-mee

* stunning bikini look on refinery29

* ice cream cups on a terrible human being

* beach love on nicolecfranzen

More summer inspiration on summer pins

kids room: what's cooking

pic: Ferm Living on coos-je

pic: a piece of cake

pic: weekdaycarnival

Sometimes he pops up in a nice kidsroom; the white BRIO playkitchen. 

We have a wooden kitchen which we bought for our daughter once and which happens to move from her room to our living room once in a while. 

I love it when playful stuff also matches your adult interior.