# on my shelf - Margreet of OUI OUI studio

one of my favourite hashtags on

 instagram is the #onmyshelf one

Love to admire all these beautiful styled shelves 
(or whatever used... tables, cabinets, cupboard)

 but most of all the added personal touch 

gives us the idea getting to know each other a little bit...

and that is what attracts me most

to be inspired by each others creative ideas and 

getting to know each other a little bit more I have asked some friend bloggers

 to share their "shelfies" accompanied by some words or a short story...

 Margreet is a dutch blogger and on her blog OUI OUI studio 

she shares her passion for interior, lifestyle and fashion

just love her personal taste: black & white combined with a touch of wood, concrete, 

brass, copper and marble and her beautiful still-lifes on instagram are stunning!

this week she shares her daughters shelfie

Margreet wrote me: 

it 's starting to look a lot like Christmas...

Since last year, our daughter Mirte has a small Christmas tree in her room, 

which she loves to decorate. Christmas decorations do not have to be expensive; 

last weekend she herself picked out these small cute Christmas decorations

 at the thrift shop. She found some crazy small things that yet combine well. 

We decorated her room with a few gold and silver accents.

The shelves are from IKEA and the small one from dutch warehouse Hema. 

I’ve spray painted the shelf holders white.

The white paper star garland and black paper figure also are from Hema. 

The MDF tree comes from discountstore Action.

The Cup 'M' is from Design letters, the magazine holders we bought at Ikea.

Pouch House Doctor, silver pouch H&M, boxes Hay Design, white basket Hema,

 silver bin Kwantum. Star of wool De Agave, doll Betty Naked Lunge,

 black scissors IKEA, white tiger Schleich.

The Slinky toy is from Action and I spray painted it black.

The garland of wooden beads and the Christmas card ‘Hi Santa’ are gifts.

I received them fom instagram friend and blogger @iwdseh (In wijk daar staat een huis) 

after taking part of the amazing #instaswapfalledition. 
 (the instaswap  - oganized by Lynda Hovens - is one of the biggest online feel-good events in the Netherlands
 that has moved hundreds of people to invest time and consideration in a complete stranger -red- )

The green diy garland is made from our conifer plant in the garden and 

the mood board photos are printed from my Pinterest account :

OUI OUI studio (http://www.pinterest.com/hexagone007/).

Thank you for inviting me on your beautiful blog Elvera.

I want to wish your readers and yourself a very merry Christmas !

I'm going to enjoy it together with my family.

photos oui oui studio

# on my shelf - Wendy of Beeldsteil

as you might know one of my favourite hashtags on

 instagram is the #onmyshelf one

Love to admire all these beautiful styled shelves 
(or whatever used... tables, cabinets, cupboard)

 but most of all the added personal touch 

gives us the idea getting to know each other a little bit...

and that is what attracts me most

because it thought it would be fun to share and to be inspired 

by each other's creative ideas I have asked some of my favourite bloggers

 to share their "shelfies" accompanied by some words or a short story... 

don't we all love to share and to be inspired by each others 

creative ideas and knowing a little bit more about it ? 

this week Wendy  - very talented photographer, photo-/interior stylist and founder of 

 the beautiful and always inspiring lifestyle, photography and interior design blog

 "Beeldsteil" shares hers...   

wendy wrote me: 

On my shelf – A first hint of Christmas

This year I'm late with the Christmas decorations compared to previous years. 

But slowly little hints of Christmas are entering my home. 
Starting on the open kitchen shelves Botkyrka by Ikea. Still favourite because of
 the simple design and the material it’s made of: powder-coated steel.

Like many things in my home, it’s all in the details. 
No striking and gleaming decorations for me. The X cup from Design Letters is 
a good example of a minimal yet beautiful Christmas hint.
 The wooden stars give a more graphic look and feel than
 the traditional festive season decoration.

My love for beautiful ceramics is still going strong. 
Lately I combine it more and more with used home accessories. 
Like the two glasses that I found on a vintage market in an old town
 in the Netherlands. Hand-blown from the late seventies.
 A nice contrast with the modern white tableware. 
Now they serve as a plant holder, next week I might use it for candles or wine. 
That's the beauty of open shelves and accessories,
 I can change it again and again.. Love to do that,  especially at this time of year.
 I could spend hours on styling and creating new combinations.

Of course a Christmas tree can’t be missed, the next few days
 I’ll search for the perfect tree. Not too big or too small and beautifully shaped.

Wish you all wonderful December days and lots of fun decorating!

Love, Wendy

beeldsteil.com  /  @beeldsteil

photos: Beeldsteil

# on my shelf - Northern Winds

One of my favourite hashtags on instagram is the #onmyshelf one

just love to admire all these beautiful styled shelves

 (or whatever used... tables, cabinets, cupboard)
 but most of all the added personal touch 

gives us the idea getting to know each other a little bit...

and that is what attracts me most!

Because it thought it would be fun to share and to

be inspired by each other's creative ideas
  a little while ago I asked :Would you like to share your #shelf?? 

Allesandra has send me a very spontaneous mail and joined in!

Allesandra is an Italian designer and blogger living in Buenos Aires 

Her blog Northern winds  is all about interior (with a crash on the scandanavian style),

decoration, lifestyle and photography,

 it's the place where she collects all the beautiful images that inspires her creativity

Allesandra wrote me: 

I saw on your blog that you are posting about shelfies and I'd like to

 share mine  with you and your readers. It's nothing special, just a few objects 

that are important  to me these days or that I'm currently using. 

Over an Ikea Besta cabinet found place two drawings from my mother,

 just in front of them there is a little mango plant that I 

reproduced from the nut of a fruit we ate and a  piece of wood 

smoothed by water that my husband found in a lake in Patagonia. 

The Vitra tool box is also here these days, full with pencils, 

rubbers and all I need for my projects, next to it there are a few magazines that I love and

 that need to stand out so I don't  get crazy finding them, 

on their top there is watercolour from  belgian artist Koen Ivens,

 featuring a Roman landscape, and a mate providing the extra energy

 I need to face this frenetic city.

 Finally you can spot an origami book I made a couple of months ago during a boring rainy weekend and on top of it a wool hat, that is actually one of those travellers around the house.

All these objects together are quite representative of my life, 
 there is Italy, there is Argentina, there is my family and 
the one I built, there are my projects... 
 it's  incredible how decoration reveals so much about us!

Ps. Would you like to share your #shelf?? Feel free to join in.. and send me a mail! 

# on my shelf - Robine of the actproductionblog

One of my favourite hashtags on instagram is the #onmyshelf one

just love to admire all these beautiful styled shelves

 (or whatever used... tables, cabinets, cupboard)
 but most of all the added personal touch 

gives us the idea getting to know each other a little bit...

and that is what attracts me most!

because it thought it would be fun to share and to

be inspired by each other's creative ideas 
  a little while ago I asked :Would you like to share your #shelf?? 

 Robine has send me a very spontaneous mail and joined in!

Robine is a dutch lifestyle blogger and on her blog "the act productions lookbook" 

she shares her love and obsession for good visuals, styling tips 

and secret adresses and you will notice her passion for conscious living, 

in every aspect of my life; interior design, food, fashion, health.

this week she shares her shelfie and the story behing...

Robine wrote me:

Above my bed there is a white 'blind' shelf from IKEA. 
as it looks right now - seen from my bed - it looks perfectly peaceful and simple, 

but there's always the opportunity to go a bit crazy with styling
 and change it as I wish;)

For me an interior should not only contain 'it-design' pieces 

with just some symmetric placed flowerpots! So dull! 

I rather prefer to combine 'it-design' pieces with for example
 a closet that used to belong to my grandmother, 
Just stall little baby shoes of your child on a shelf, 

frame your pictures, put up a poster with a quote in which
 you recognize yourself (that is 'totally you') .
 It shows who lives in that house and makes it more personal!

 On my shelf you can find our wedding invitation card in a photoframe, 
it's designed by me and  inspired by the work of Fabien Baron .

Next to our wedding invitation stands a framed image that I really like. 
It's from the first edition of the Dutch Harper's Bazaar magazine. 

Even though I am a blogger and I am in love with Instagram, 

I just can't imagine that printed editions will ever disappear!

I often buy  (expensive) magazines and can't throw them away, 

so I frequently frame beautiful editorials and advertorials
 and put them on my shelf.

You can always find scented candles in my bedroom, 
at the moment I have the Patchouli candle from Diptique 
and a candle from H&M. 
Lately I'm giving some (not-so-subtle) hints to my husband to buy me

 the XL RO scented  candle from Skandinavisk. 

Would love to have that one because it smells utterly gorgeous 

and because there is this funny connection with my name
my name is RObine, (everybody calls me 'Ro').
Other things "on my side of the shelf" ;)

 are jewelry boxes and I have my coral earrings on display as well!

# on my shelf - Cherry Blossom blog -

One of my favourite hashtags on instagram is the #onmyshelf one

just love to admire all these beautiful styled shelves

 (or whatever used... tables, cabinets, cupboard)
 but most of all the added personal touch 

gives us the idea getting to know each other a little bit...

and that is what attracts me most!

because it thought it would be fun to share and to be inspired 
by each other's creative ideas 

 I have asked some bloggers/IGers to share their "shelfies"

  accompanied by some words or a short story... 

one of the first foreign blogs I ever followed was the "Cherry Blossom blog"

A Norwegian blog filled with beautiful interior design (her bubble of inspiration), 
soft tones, art,  fashion, creative diy ideas, styling, music and photography

(I admit... I was very disappointed when she didn't post for a day)

this week sweet Veronika - founder of the Cherry Blossem blog - 

shares hers...

Veronika wrote me:

My favourite shelf in my studio apartment is the all white classic String Pocket.

 I’ve had it for several years now, but I still think it is a favourite of mine. 

It works great to show off some favourite items, and I find myself changing the display quite often. 

These days I like to keep it quite airy, simple and minimalistic, with a hint of 
soft pink and white. A nice blend of Scandinavian designs. 
Some classics and some new.

I collect illustrations from the Danish artists collective Bob Noon, and this framed
 black and white named «Columbine» is illustrated by Lea Hebsgaard Andersen. 

I love their work and i think art pieces 

and illustrations make a home more personalized and «alive». 

The two Nappula candlesticks are a christmas gift from Finnish Design Shop. 

The pretty and oh sooo heavy sandstone box in the colour light rose is

 from this years beautiful autumn collection at Bolia.com. 

A couple of sweet, ceramic espresso cups with wooden saucers from Höganës, 

for my organic morning coffee. The classic Bumble, always puts a smile on my face, 
designed by danish cabinetmaker Hans Gustav Ehrenreich in 1969. 

A tiny green succulent to keep it fresh and green inside
 now that the seasons are changing. 

Notebooks, notebooks, notebooks.

 I am a succer for blank pages and I always buy new notebooks. 

I must have over a hundred… These ones are from HAY. 

On top of the pile of notebooks, a beautiful organic treasure, 

a 11200 year old coral from the deep sea in Norway, 

bought on a local marked a few years ago.  

Ps. Would you like to share your #shelf?? Feel free to join in.. and send me a mail! 

# on my shelf - Suus loves -

One of my favourite hashtags on instagram is the #onmyshelf one

just love to admire all these beautiful styled shelves

 (or whatever used... tables, cabinets, cupboard)
 but most of all the added personal touch 

gives us the idea getting to know each other a little bit...

and that is what attracts me most!

because it thought it would be fun to share and to

be inspired by each other's creative ideas 

 I have asked some bloggers/IGers to share their "shelfies"

  accompanied by some words or a short story... 

this week Susanne  - winner of the Dutch mom Blog talent award - 

and founder of the inspiring blog "Suus loves" shares hers...

Susanne wrote me: 

On this shelf (in my bedroom) you can find my last purchases and gifts

First of all and very present is the "P" print. Our last name starts with the letter P 

and family is very important to me. My three men mean everything to me!

I bought the beautiful copper coloured glass boxes a little while ago 

at the Amsterdam Woonbeurs where I was on a quick shopping tour with 

Christine (house of C) and Elvera after joining a little styling event 

organized by the bloggerscafé/woonbeurs people.

I really like the simplicity of the boxes and they are perfect

 for decorative purposes and to show some of my beautiful stuff!

In the boxes you can see a paper ornament of house doctor -  love its beautiful shape -  

and in the little box there's a pink quartz.  I really believe in the power of gemstones. 

The "que le fuck" print, designed by Maaike Koster of the my deer artshop,  is smashing!

 it makes me chuckle...  it's a bit rebellious and I love that!!!

 It really makes me smile every time I see it ;-) 

The dots by Muuto are so beautiful...  I have them in three different sizes. 

Just love the texture of wood. In our home you can find a lot of wooden accessories 

combined  with white, pastel shades and a touch of black.

I also found the stunning black star (house doctor) at the woonbeurs while we 

did some prop shopping.   It reminds me of the very nice and inspiring afternoon

 that we spent together while creating a stilllife at the bloggerscafé/woonbeurs event

 (the star was actually meant to be a part of that stilllife).

During Christmastime, the star will get a nice spot in our living room!

On the photo below you can see an other shelf at my house. 

This one is in our living room where I created a little "autumn mood" corner. 

This branch is so beautiful! 

Normally I don't like colourfull details but in this case I loved the contrast 

of the  white background, the wooden door of the Cabinet 

and the red berries at the branch. 

  Ps. Would you like to share your #shelf?? Feel free to join in.. and send me a mail! 

photos Suus loves

# on my shelf - Alet of Stoermetaal

One of my favourite hashtags on instagram is the #onmyshelf one

just love to admire all these beautiful styled shelves

 (or whatever used... tables, cabinets, cupboard)
 but most of all the added personal touch 

gives us the idea getting to know each other a little bit...

and that is what attracts me most!
 

because it thought it would be fun to share and to

be inspired by each other's creative ideas 

 I have asked some of my favourite bloggers/IGers to share their "shelfies"

  accompanied by some words or a short story... 

 I always had lot's of fun during the styling- and shooting days

with the lovely ladies of dutch webshop Stoer Metaal  

one of the faces behind the webshop is Alet
this week she shares her shelfie

Alet wrote me:

I have lots of shelves in my home, but this one is my favourite at this moment.

 I really like to move stuff around, so it looks a bit different every week!

 The newest item on the shelf is the antler on the shield.

 I bought it at the Burberry Antique stand while I was visiting the 
Amsterdam Woonbeurs  last week.

Despite that I already have 3 antler skulls this one is special because the others
 have no shield and they're without the informing text on th skull that says 
on which day the deer is shot; this one was shot 1917 in Hersbach. 
I love to add old items in my house to give it a more personal touch. 

 I found the bird house, which is next to the antler,
 in a one euro shop, my son loved it so much...

The zig zag paper was the packaging of the nice ABC poster

that I bought  at the twenty-somethin.nl shop.
I think some things are so nice to recycle and I love to show 
or use them in another way then they were really ment for. 
Just like I did with the wrapping papper, It has become a little art work!

 Also love my ABC poster a lot,  I haven't seen this one much around. 

The cross on my shelf is repainted in black,  when I received it,  

as a small instaswap gift from an IG friend (@leeffstijl),  
it was painted in grey chalkpaint. 
 The cross is hung on a wire, to prevent holes in my wall ;) 
That's also the reason why I choose to attache the poster
 on the wall with masking tape.

My shelf is in my kitchen, and it's almost the first thing I see when I enter

 the home through the backdoor. 
 It always makes me happy to see all my nice items together, 

but my husband thinks otherwise sometimes... 

Especially about the fact that I hide the electric socket with my stuff!

 I really love the lighting above my shelf. 

They are formal bike lights, and they also refer to Sil (my husband) 
 his hobby; restoring old motor bikes.

So no complains from him about the lights;)

My style is so different and hard to explain.

 I like old things, with an industrial or tough look but I also like to add new, modern things 

mostly in black and white, I always love that combination!

you can find Alet (stoermetaal) at IG here

  Ps. Would you like to share your #shelf?? Feel free to join in.. and send me a mail! 

photos Alet - stoermetaal

leaving for a couple of days to the southcoast of Holland (Zeeland)

for a little autumn holiday break with my family...
See you all next week!