children's room in vtwonen magazine

vtwonen is one of my favourite magazines dedicated to home deco. Not only because of their very unique style but also because they often shows kids’ rooms, which are part of the house. It’s really not that common in other deco magazines. 

Today I would like to show you a house, which was presented in September issue of vtwonen.  What stands out in my opinion is a harmony of style and products also within the children's room. This French family enjoys many natural light, wooden furniture and accessories made from natural materials. This interior has warmth and Scandinavian look and feel, along with many funny products, rugs and rich fabrics like old linen and lace. Base is played out in robust materials: grey concrete floors and black steel window in huge frames.  Here and there a pastel colouring matches perfectly the vintage and homemade items.

Photographie Julien Fernandez et Amandine Berthon via : vtwonen

moustache - design with a twist

photo ©Photo Guisset

It’s a holiday break for my two boys this week. We are spending some quality time together als a family. My days are then mostly dedicated to my kids and I’m in a mood for something funny. 

French brand Moustache always surprise me with their innovative ideas. Their Bold chair and the Tiger rug are my favourite. The chair is made up of two tubular parts of metal and to me it doesn’t look like anything I have seen before. Which colour would you choose? Their tiger rug would be a perfect new friend for my little monsters at home! 

Moustache was established in the 2009 by Stephane Arriubergé and Massimiliano Iorio . 

Interesting article about the brand you can find here: two furniture manufacturers two worlds

“ Without the backing of a strong investor, in just two years Moustache has established a sales network that combines online selling with local furniture stores. The experience they gained with Domestic, the company specialising in small everyday objects such as plates and wallpaper, which the two founders have been running for several years now, was a great help. The seven-man team of both companies shares the storerooms and offices. Moreover, the contact to designers had already been established. That said, the fact that the economic crisis forced several manufacturers who produced furniture for Moustache to file for bankruptcy, made the initial years particularly tough.” 

Balouga kids store in Paris

I can’t believe I made my first post about children's shop in Paris called Balouga in September 2011! That’s a long time ago. I visited the store and really liked the collection, which is in short : an heaven for kids' design lovers. The only thing I missed at that time was a bit  more organized interior.  How great is to see now, that the shop changed the location and the space is much bigger and finally all the beautiful design product got some air and are well exposed . Congratulation Balouga . 

photo credits: Balouga lookbook, October 2014, styling C. Huguet © Julie Ansiau

storage for kids’ room from AM-PM

Finding a good storage for a child’s room is not that easy. 

In our house the toys of my boys are flying around constantly, and sometimes I really don’t know what I can do more about it.  The industrial trend which you can see here and there in kids’ deco, is acutely something I really like. The French company AM-PM is absolutely fantastic in kids’ room accessories for me. All the boxes and storage elements which you can play with, are made out of metal (probably not suitable for smaller kids). This new collection is really well done and what a great choice of colours, don’t you think ?