Promising invitations

Next week in Paris will open one of the largest gatherings of French designs in decoration: the Maison et Objet fair, followed the next weekend by the Playtime exhibition dedicated to the world of the child.

The French brands often compete with their great ideas for the installation of their stands, the exhibition of their collection ...  
This year the beauty of their work is already in the invitations and give particular desire to explore their new collections. 
Thanks to Polder-April showers we are traveling in their bucolic pictures, Atelier LZC make us discover their new colorful patterns, Minilabo has made a little theater with one on their felt doll .. and the little new ones, Georges et Rosalie and Lale will show collections which sound very promising... perhaps soon on Comptoir d'enfance.

Decorative drops

In few weeks spring is coming and will bring its drops and clouds. But we will be prepared because they already are at home.
 Mademoiselle sous la pluie from Blanca Gomez is walking on the walls. The nimbus lamp from PA design gives a fairy lighting in the rooms.

 The little drops, the mobiles and cushions clouds from Nur Gallery add a poetic touch to our interior.

Fine little ideas

Elisabeth lives in Gothenburg, Sweden. She is a photographer and shares a studio with artists Camilla Engman and Studio Violet.
You can also find her work over at Lula.





Her blog Fine little days "is very much about appreciating everyday life. But also about eye candy in different forms," as she defines it.

For her children, Tovalisa, 11 and Otto, 8 she has created a poetic atmosphere. Enjoy this travel in a swedish interior! I especially like the two bookshelves transformed in a doll house and a candy house !

Happy New Year 2010

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A lovely dinette, part 3

I dream since a few months reading the French blog Vivre a la campagne ... I like her philosophy, her atmosphere from the south of France, the home made decorations...

So I fell in love with this little homemade dinette, with a small bottle of milk redecorated, small cooking ustensils like Mom found at Ikea ... all nicely packed in a crate of fruits from the farmers market, painted in pink.

A great gift for Christmas !

Crédit photos : Vivre à la campagne.

A lovely dinette, part two

Another lovely dinette created by the french artist Nathalie Lete.
She lives and works in paris. She mixes different techniques and mediums, illustrations, ceramics,textile and painting…
She is inspired by her travels, but also by the mixing of vintage toys and old engravings of flowers and animals. Her work is colourful, "naive and poetic, sometimes strange, to the point of tending towards art brut", as she defines it. Her world is nurtured by popular and folk art. She produces children’s and graphic’s books, knitted and stuffed toys, glass pictures, patterned dishes and this lovely dinette.
In a Cardboard suitcase, the dinette set contains 14 pieces of metal: a small plate, kettle, 4 small cups and saucers and 4 plates. All very nicely illustrated by Nathalie Lete.

She also creates exclusive pieces for stores such as Anthopologie like postcards,ceramic sculptures, silkscreen... in limited edition…

A lovely dinette

Madame M opened her pottery studio in France last year .. Since she multiplies creations, unique pieces, small bowls, ornaments, jewelry and more recently a small dinette. Her "influences are very diverse, the aesthetics of Japanese, traditional Scandinavian design through nature, its forms and fruit, and the new generation of ceramists French or foreigners ..." as she defines them.
She prefers "pure porcelain and white stoneware, simple shapes and irregular, containers and jewelry, working alone ... away from" perfection "of industrial and consumer system environment. "...

This beautiful dinette porcelain is like the rest of her collection ... Full of delicacy and poetry. It includes 6 small plates, large cup, bowl and spoon, a pot and its lid. The whole is shaped and created with care in very small series in France. Each piece is unique. The dinette is delivered packed in bubble wrap and tissue paper in a closed cardboard box with a ribbon of white cotton and a label.  
Refinement from A to Z for the pleasure of the eyes and little hands!

The moms will be able to enjoy their tea and little cakes in those beautiful sandstone bowls and mini cups  ... After all there is no age for a small dinette!

Happy vintage

In the south west of France Olivia started her small business of restoring vintage furniture ... "les happy vintage" as she calls them. After having sanded, repainted, magnified chairs, school desks, cabinets or toys, she adds a little personal note as these small stars, one of her favorite motifs.

At home she wanted for herself and her daughters softness. Softness of its home-made garlands in linen, softness of the colors such as the candy pink on the walls and illuminated by retro cushions from Petit Pan  and lanterns hanging for a cozy reading corner!

Let's go on her shop to find her treasures..

Picures: Home vintage, the blog.

Papier Mache

The trendy magazines for children are dreamy ... also in Australia where Papier Mache has released its special issue on decoration ! Lucky you: you do not need to fly thousands of miles to get it, since it is downloadable here.
You can begin your little world deco tour by the Bedroom of Scout in Australia. I like the special places dedicated to her drawings, especially on her door covered with chalkboard paint ...



After that let's go to belgium to the home of Morgane, the founder of Little circus. 
Her interior for her children Eliott and Reinette is like her blog: friendly, vintage and very warm.


And to finish wit,h the two princessess bedrooms of the girls of the French designer Appoline à Paris which I had already told you about. Its small wonders fly here and there in their bedroom, under a canopy, under the lights and mobiles of their talented mother and signing her poetic universe.


Buy the magazine online: you will not be disappointed!

Photo: Paper Mache, Australia.