Once upon a time...

Once upon a time... is the title of this styling production by Stefanie Maas and Carline van Oel.

Old fairytales transformed into something new were the inspiration for the images above showing us some home rituals like eating, drinking, sleeping, dressing and relaxing.

When I saw these images I fell in love immediately. Love the concept, so well thought off and so well translated into these beautiful images. The industrial background and a beautiful color palette with pastels and darker colors give it a strong and dreamy feeling. Some wonderful inspiration with great products used in the production.

Most of the products are Dutch design and if you see something that makes you smile all the details are available upon request.

Hope you feel inspired like I did. Thank you Stefanie and Carline for letting me show your work here on my blog.

Image 1 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Image 2 - The Princess and the Pea
Image 3 - Sleeping Beauty
Image 4 - Jack and the Beanstalk
Image 5 & 6 - The Emperor's New Clothes
Image 7 - Alice in Wonderland

Styling by Stefanie Maas & Carline van Oel
Photography by David Finato

equilateral nails

It's so amazing when you find and see a product like this... So clean, minimalistic but with so much beauty.

My blogfriend Orphan Socks sells these equilateral nails by The Winsome Brave. A Brooklyn based multi disciplinary design studio. The nails are made from solid bronze and are perfect for hanging your jewelry, keepsakes and photos.

They are just perfect don't you think? Take a look here at Orphan Socks for these equilateral nails. They would make just a perfect gift or just to spoil yourself with something nice :)

Images through Orphan Socks.

April & May hearts

This made me smile...

1. French Connection Home through French Connection
2. love this floor at Quince Bistro through Remodelista
3. Remind yourself through Bee of Design
4. Lights by Form us with love

And the winner is...

So happy to announce that Elvera from Elv's has won the Krummi. I am sure you are very happy with it and it will get a beautiful spot in your home. Sandra from Accessorize your Home will contact you for your personal details.

Enjoy it and of course I would love to show a picture here of the Krummi being in your home. So if you like send us a picture when you have given it a nice place.

Thank you Sandra for this give-away!

Herbst architects

Getting in the summer mood by seeing these beautiful houses, designed by Herbst Architects based in New Zealand.

Loving the way indoor and outdoor is brought together, all the wooden details and furniture...

Check out Herbst Architects for more beautiful designs.

Images through Herbst Architects

Hello Copenhagen by Aimee

Hello Copenhagen... I must admit I have never been to Copenhagen. It is really one of the places I want to visit in the future. But Aimee did visit Copenhagen recently and made some pictures and a little story for April and May.

If you say Copenhagen, I think about inspiration, home and shopping.
It wasn’t the first time in Copenhagen for me. Last year I was the happiest girl when I got the possibility to live the Danish life for 2,5 months, during an internship at Casashop, a very known shop in Copenhagen. I had an appartment in the middle of the city and enjoyed A Danish breakfast in the morning and screaming drunk people on the square beneath my window in the nights.


What I like about Copenhagen is the atmosphere, the good-looking people and all the beautiful stuff. If you’ll stay there for a week, you might starting to think it’s normal to see that much nice shops with good-looking clothes. It seems that all the Danish people have a good taste!I like the old red and yellow houses but what I also like is the architecture of Copenhagen. Take the metro or take a boat trip to the Opera house where you can see this piece of architecture. Because of the clean and good taste of all the Danish people the whole city is in a great balance, every single building has got a story and looks like a painting. And what about all the nice and small things that you can find in the best shops of Copenhagen? For example take “Liebe", a really nice shop in the middle of the centre, on Kampagnistræde 23. They sell ceramic from their own brand Liebe. In this street you will also find “Kaiku”, a shop with Scandinavian accessories, like: ‘’Ferm Living’’, ‘’Nomess Copenhagen’’, ‘’DANSK’’, ‘’by Nord’’ and a lot of other great brands. Look one street further and you will find “Stilleben”, they sell wonderful ceramics, jewelry and home accessories. But you can also find some lovely things in a simpler store like“Notre Dame”, they make the difference between simple and less beautiful. You can find original things for a good price, so remember that shop as well.


Not too long ago my ex-collague told me about a new shop near by Christianshavn, that had it's opening just two weeks ago called ‘’MUNK’’. It’s a shop with the good basics from Danish design but also some original stuff. You really need to write that shop on your to-do list underneath my other recommendations.  I think I can write more then twenty pages about shops where you will become happy. But what I think is the most important is that you’ll get so much inspiration you want to take back to your homeland. It seems to be the perfect city to live when you’re interested in design; it’s like living in a magazine, every day again. 


Just go and fall in love with Copenhagen


Thank you Aimee for all your tips on Copenhagen.

the work of Mae Engelgeer

Have you ever read the great designer visits at Bloesem Blog? You really should...a nice look into the life of Dutch designers. 

Today I was reading the story of Dutch designer Mae Engelgeer...and how surprised and proud I was to read that she mentioned April & May as one of her favorite blogs. It really makes me proud that such a wonderful designer reads my blog and mentions me. I always feel a bit shy when reading those things but it also gives me that strong feeling to go on with what I am doing with April & May and all the future plans.

So of course today I am showing you the work of Studio Mae Engelgeer. As a graphic lover you really can make me happy with all these great products. The first images are from the new WOWW collection. Beautiful isn't it? Oh and I am in love with the tea towels. I am into pink shades (with black,white and grey) this summer so the tea towels are high on my wishlisht :) Take a look at Studio Mae Engelgeer and of course you can buy her collection at one of my blogfriends Bijzondermooi.

Images through Mae Engelgeer

April & May hearts

 

This made me smile...

1. Furniture by We do wood 
2. Why Grey? through Conversationpieces
3. Nice corner at Elv's place
4. Wooden animals through Domestic Stories with Ivy 

win a KRUMMI hanger

Krummi means Raven in Icelandic and the idea behind this bird hanger is to display your favorite piece of clothing or jewelry...or maybe something else... instead of hiding them.

The Krummi comes in black or white on a coat hanger or a wire.

A beautiful way of displaying and adding a special feeling to your room. And I am so happy that you can win one Krummi here at the April & May blog offered to you by one of my blogfriends Accessorize your Home.

How can you win this beautiful Krummi?

1. Leave a comment to this post (we would love to hear why you would like to have this Krummi and what you would like to display on it.)

2. Like the Facebook page of Accessorize your Home here

You can have an extra change of winning by liking the Facebook page of April & May too here.
If you have already liked one of these pages this counts automatically.

This give-away runs until the 22nd of May and the winner will be announced here.

Love, Jantine and Sandra (Accessorize your Home)

We say hello

Happy to tell you that our shop will open in 138 days :)
We are working hard behind the scenes...STAY TUNED!

XO

April & May hearts

This made me smile...

1. Black & white stripes by Lieve van den Bosch
2. Outside place through Homelife
3. Dreamer through Tabac Blond
4. Heart tote bag by Fluffyco

Black...you are so welcome

Hello Black...today is the day the studio floor is going to be black. Hard work the next couple of days...Been thinking about this for a long time now. Doing what I wanted all the time despite some of the advice from people why not too...This is what I want so I am going for it :)

I am so curious to see the final result...and yes of course I will show some pictures when ready.

Images 1. through Cherry Blossom, by Marie Claire Maison 2. pencils through Image Spark 3. through Emmas designblog 4. through Counterwork