Some Enchanted Evening !

Dear friends, this is the first time I join the ‘By Invitation Only’ series of our blogger colleague Marsha Harris of the blog Splenderosa.

Each of us participating in the ‘By Invitation Only’ group, has received an invitation to a fabulous virtual Christmas party in Tina’s new home.

The lovely Tina is the author of the gorgeous blog ‘The Enchanted Home’.  Tina is building her dream house, a gorgeous new home, and weekly she shares with us the house updates!

I am so thrilled to be invited to this party and can’t wait to see her gorgeous home finished!

Here is the link to all Tina’s house updates : http://theenchantedhome.blogspot.com/search/label/house%20updates.

The party date is December 23rd.

Can you imagine, arriving at night at Tina’s new house?!

 

This is a picture of the entry hall of Tina’s earlier home. The Christmas decoration is so beautiful isn’t it?!

 

Santa Claus is on his way to bring Tina a Christmas tree for her new home!Dear Mr Santa,…don’t you think this tree will be just a little bit too small for Tina’s new home?!

 

I guess Tina’s Christmas tree is now standing somewhere in the entry hall of her new home!! I can’t wait to see!

 

Congratulations Tina on your new home!!

Let’s party!!!

A lot of bloggers will meet at this Christmas party!  There will be live music, carolers, a lavish buffet and champagne passed around by waiters in tuxedos!!!

I am sure it will be a great and not to forget Christmas party!!

I am sure that Tina’s dog Teddy will join us and enjoy this party as well!

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But question is:  What should I wear to go to Tina’s party???

Here is my outfit choice.

I would love to ask our Belgian fashion designer Edouard Vermeulen of the fashion house NATAN to design for me a coat as this one.

And a little black dress as this one.

I love the simplicity and elegance of the Chanel styled coat and dress.

 

I have chosen for a handbag of the Belgian fine leather luxury goods company DELVAUX.

Brillant MM Delvaux

 

I would love to wear these gorgeous GUCCI black satin with paillettes embroidery sandales.

To me Gucci has the most gorgeous shoes in the world.

Ashley high heel sandal Gucci

And I will take a second pair of shoes with me in case my feet hurt from dancing! Again a pair of black suede Gucci pumps.

Sofia high heel pump Gucci

 

I have chosen for black WOLFORD panties.

Velvet de Luxe panties Wolford

 

And here is the jewelry I had in mind.

This CHANEL watch has stolen my heart.

As you do know I love pearls, so I have chosen for a pearl necklace and bracelet.

 

And very simple pearl earrings.

I would wear my hair the way Rene Russo did here.

 

And for my make up, I would go for the smokey eyes look.

Eye shadow Chanel Les 4 Ombres, n°93 Smokey Eyes

And I have chosen for the :

Lipstick Chanel Rouge Coco,n°18 Rouge Noir

Nail polish Chanel Le Vernis, n°18 Rouge Noir

 

My perfume ! Chanel Coco Mademoiselle.

So far my outfit!

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I would love to bring my friend Tina lots of hostess gifts all the way from Belgium.

Here are my choices :

A key ring of the Belgian fine leather luxury goods company Delvaux for her new home keys, scented candles of the Belgian company Scapa Home, Belgian choclats, to share with her family, of the house Pierre Marcolini, a beautiful Belgian Beta Plus book about gardens to inspire Tina to do the landscaping of her new home, Belgian table linen of the famous Belgian linen company Libeco and my very personal gift : an oak serving plate made in our company Lefèvre Interiors.

And not to forget some gifts for our sweet Teddy! 

And I have asked my friend Sande of the blog A Gift Wrapped Life to wrap them up with one of her most beautiful wrappings!

Image source :  http://agiftwrappedlife.blogspot.com/2010/10/gilt-crystal-and-glamour-gift-wrap.html

Isn’t this one of the most beautiful wrapped gifts you have ever seen?! Thank you so much Sande!

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So my friends, I hope you have enjoyed my post about this virtual party and I do hope Tina has enjoyed the 1st Christmas party in her new home!!!

This was my first ‘By Invitation Only’ post and I really enjoyed writing it!

Thank you so much Marsha for asking me to participate in this serie!

And I would love to thank Tina for the invitation!!!!

What are your thoughts about this virtual party my friends? I would love to hear !

xx

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A new born, a fracture, a beautiful blog, exceptional books and a comment I was thrilled about!

Congratulations to Luciane of the blog Homebunch, her husband and family with their new born son Matthew !

Welcome to the world dear Matthew!

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As of course Luciane wasn’t blogging these days, I didn’t either!! Not for the same reason of course! No, last Friday I fell of my horse and had to go to hospital where the doctor noticed, after he had taken a CT scan, that there was a small fracture to one of my vertebrae. The past 2 days I had a lot of pain!  Fortunately I didn’t need surgery! I am at home and need to rest a lot ! I do hope that around Christmas I will feel much better and that the fracture will be repaired!! I feel so sorry to not be able to ride my horse Mango for a certain time! I really felt a bit down the days before and had not that much enthusiasm to blog as you will hopefully understand.

Anyway, life goes on and today I feel much better!

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I absolutely want to thank my friend Leslie Sinclair of the blog Segreto for the amazing post she wrote about me and the work of my company.

You can read it HERE.

Thank you so much Leslie, I feel very very honored!!

I do think that a lot among us have already heard about Leslie, the author of the blog Segreto and owner of the paint finishes company Segreto Finishes.

Leslie wrote a gorgeous book in which you will discover a lot of projects on which she has worked on!! Wonderful houses of which Leslie took care of the mural as of the cabinet finishes!

The Skirted Round Table wrote a beautiful post about Leslie and her company Segreto Finishes. And Leslie was even interviewed by the Skirted Round Table. To listen to this interview, please go here.

Source : Segreto Finishes via The Skirted Round Table

Source : Segreto Finishes

 

Leslie’s book Segreto is a must have! Please click on book cover to order it.

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Our blog colleague Diane Dorrans Saeks, founder of the most interesting blog The Style Saloniste and author of lots of publications about interior design and desigers has shared with us this week her ‘picks of exceptional books of the season’.

As this book titled Marisa Berenson A life in Pictures  

 ‘Marisa Berenson, A Life in Pictures’ by Marisa Berenson, with guest editor Steven Meisel. Introduction by Hamish Bowles and a Conversation with Diane von Furtenberg (Rizzoli)

 

Or this book,titled Intimate Chanel

‘Intimate Chanel’ by Isabelle Fiemeyer, with photography by Francis Hammond and with a foreword by Gabrielle Palasse-Labrunie (Gabrielle Chanel’s only direct descendant) (Flammarion)

 

Many more exceptional books to discover at Diane’s blog HERE.

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I want to thank everyone of you for all of your lovely comments on my latest blogpost about the finished Lefèvre Interiors project ! It means so much to me!

One of the comments came of - I still can’t believe it – the London based and famous designer John Stefanidis!!!

John Stefanidis is a designer with a prestigious, inernational clientele. His company John Stefanidis Brands Limited is specialized in the architectural and interior design of both residential properties and hotels across the globe.

John has also created original fabrics and furniture ranges. See his website HERE.

You really have to know that John Stefanidis is one of my all times favorite designers and you will have noticed his name listed on ‘my favorite designers’ list at the side bar of my blog.

I learned to know about John’s designs and work by his first book ‘ROOMS’, Design & Decoration’ (1988), I bought years ago, at the start of my career as a decorator.

This book is full of practical ideas on lighting, placing furniture, mixing styles and arranging objects and is still a wonderful resource on design.

I still have it on the shelves of my library! It is one of my favorite books! Not so long ago I passed on the title to some of my friends who were looking for design inspiration!

Can you believe how surprised and thrilled I was to see John’s comment under my blogpost !!

Thank you so much Mr Stefanidis! Your comment means a lot to me!

 

Since his first book Rooms, Design & Decoration, John Stefanidis has written another 3 books, to discover on his website HERE.

 

Some pictures of John Stefanidis’ designs.

 John Stefanidis via Architectural Digest – Photo credit Fritz Von Der Schulenburg

Every time I visit John’s website I am impressed by this hallway!! Gorgeous!

 

John Stefanidis via Architectural Digest – Photo credit Fritz Von Der Schulenburg

This mahogany-paneled library is one of my favorite rooms! Notice the Venetian mirror and the 18th century oil painting Black Hunter by John Wootton. John designed the inlaid low table.

 

 John Stefanidis via Architectural Digest – Photo credit Durston Saylor

A dining room with several mirrored panels. One of them is leading to the kitchen. A George III mahogany table.

 

  John Stefanidis via Architectural Digest – Photo credit Fritz Von Der Schulenburg

Elegant and warm room. I love the French chandeliers and the Stark carpet.

 

 John Stefanidis via Architectural Digest – Photo credit Fritz Von Der Schulenburg

A renovation of an Athens apartment.

 

John Stefanidis via Architectural Digest – Photo credit Miguel Flores-Vianna

In both of these bedrooms John used beautiful fabrics.

  John Stefanidis via Architectural Digest – Photo credit Fritz Von Der Schulenburg

 

  John Stefanidis via Architectural Digest – Photo credit Fritz Von Der Schulenburg

I am glad to hear that John is a ‘bookaholic’ as much as I am.

“Where to put my books was a priority,” says Stefanidis, who sits in the small library.(Text AD).

Well I have to say that this was a priority for me too! The library was the first room in our house that was finished! I had to store my precious books!

 

John is also the author of the blog ‘The Developed Eye’ !

 http://www.johnstefanidis.com/

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I wish you a wonderful week!

xx

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Beautiful finds

I would love to share with you today some new finds I really love.

 

As this beautiful wall lamp, X-form, made by a master-blacksmith, I found at EMPEL COLLECTIONS.

image source : http://www.empelcollections.com/

 

The  Empel Collections wall lamp used in a project of Ruys Interiors.image source : http://www.ruys-zeist.com/

 

Antler wall lamp at DAVID HUNT LIGHTING.

image source :  http://davidhunt-lighting.com/

 

This gorgeous French styled bench at JULIETTES INTERIORS.

image source : http://www.juliettesinteriors.co.uk/

Detail of the bench.

image source : http://www.juliettesinteriors.co.uk/

 

Or this beautiful French LXV-styled bed headboard also at JULIETTES INTERIORS.

image source : http://www.juliettesinteriors.co.uk/

Detail of the board.

image source : http://www.juliettesinteriors.co.uk/

 

The checkerboard patterned chest at MOISSONNIER.

image source : http://www.moissonnier.com/

 

And of course a few Belgian finds!

This beautiful sconce with handmade shades at NATALIE HAEGEMAN INTERIORS.

image source : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Natalie-Haegeman-Interiors/153228454723424

 

Natalie is specialized in handmade lamps and shades! She will start her webshop soon! This will able us to order the most beautiful lamps and custom made shades!

image source : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Natalie-Haegeman-Interiors/153228454723424

For a preview of Natalie’s collection, please follow her at Facebook  HERE .

To read my earlier posts about Natalie Haegeman Interiors, go here and here.

 

 

CAROO ZELLIGE shop in Brussels.

A wonderful shop were you can find the most extented collection of the Moroccan Zellige tiles!

It’s worth a visit!! Here.

image source :  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroo-Zellige/174839792543537

image source :  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroo-Zellige/174839792543537

image source :  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroo-Zellige/174839792543537

image source :  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroo-Zellige/174839792543537

 

And what do you think about this Belgian hand made, 4 m long monastere table ‘Pierre’, found at MALVINI FURNITURE FACTORY.

image source :  http://malvini.blogspot.com/

Detail of the table.

image source :  http://malvini.blogspot.com/

 

And I am very pleased to announce you a new discovered beautiful Belgian blog, named THE STITCHING ROOM.

You will discover beautiful creations you can order online!

image source :  http://thestitchingroombrasschaat.blogspot.com/

image source :  http://thestitchingroombrasschaat.blogspot.com/

image source :  http://thestitchingroombrasschaat.blogspot.com/

 

To visit this new discovered Belgian blog, click on logo.

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What are your thoughts about my new finds?! I would love to hear about it!

xx

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