Cuttingboard love

Bloesem Living | Cuttingboard selection

Cutting boards, where do I begin, not only are they functional, like when you actually use them as a base to do your cutting on, but they also look beautiful to serve food on. Especially with the beautiful patterns and colors they come in nowadays. 

I have noticed an increased use of chopping/cutting boards in food presentation. From just the classic wooden chopping boards, to these cool geometric shaped plastic boards. They look great just as decorative pieces hanging in your kitchen! 

In conclusion, cutting boards look pretty, are functional for cutting and serving, and they come in so many different designs. You can even pimp up your old wooden chopping boards with leather straps! So the next time you're having a party or having some friends over for dinner, try serving food on chopping boards to create a really photogenic spread. Unless its soup or noodles or something thats going to slide right off, then just stick to bowls, we beg you.

Have fun chopping board shopping! – Zara S. 

Bloesem Living | Cuttingboard selection


Bloesem Living | Cuttingboard selection

Bloesem Living | Cuttingboard selection

Bloesem Living | Cuttingboard selection

Bloesem Living | Cuttingboard selection

Bloesem Living | Cuttingboard selection

Bloesem Living | Cuttingboard selection

Bloesem Living | Cuttingboard selection

Bloesem Living | Cuttingboard selection

Image Links from top to bottom: 

Vintage cutting boards thrifted by Irene in NL :: mjolk :: FinelittleDay at Huset :: BOJ bywinterbird :: pimp your cuttingboards :: muller van severen :: RK design over at augna-yndi's blog ::  roddy & ginger :: Irene vintage cutting boards.  

Spotlight: Vintage Kitchen accessories from relique

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{my favorite vintage items from relique: 1. seltzer bottle 2. rosette irons 3. jade mixing bowl 4. wire basket 5. scale 6. midcentury plate 7. picnic ice box

Do you have any vintage accessories in your kitchen?

I do! And although my kitchen is no way near looking as nice as the kitchen below, I do try to give my vintage accesoiries the same decoration and display feel as in these beautiful images.

Not sure where you can find lovely things from a previous life … start right here at relique. They carry a huge selection vintage and repurposed interior items. 

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Kitchen images by Andrea Turander for SkonaHem

 

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Monday’s quick start: By Molle

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A new shop in town … online that is … By Mölle carries a collection beautiful pieces that are totally up Bloesem's alley.

Mölle means 'mill' in a certain Dutch dialect not far from where I grew up… and an old mill is also the home and showroom of 'By Mölle'. Sisters Eveline and Marianne Maat are the founders and I wish them all the luck and success in the world!

 

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Black Kitchens

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While working on a styling job I was doing some research on kitchens … should you go for white, colored or black … today I show you my favorite black ones … but just choosing the color is just a first step … if you were to decide on black would you go for matte, gloss, wood, veneer or else … 

 

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1234. 5. 6. 7. 8. … now you have to let me know which kitchen in Black is your favorite??

Taped coffee cups

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Some taped cups for you today in all the colors from the rainbow … which color would you choose for your home … normally I am not so much a but this picture above makes me wonder if I should try and ad some color to my kitchen wardrobe …

The Taped cups are by Studio PS, a design studio based in The Netherlands. They focus on both product design and interior architecture.      [MORE IMAGES BELOW]

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Visje Bij De Thee

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Everything you see in these pictures is for sale at a lovely new online shop called Visje bij de Thee = 'little fish with tea' … a perculiar name I know but in dutch it sounds quite nice 🙂

Stylist Iris Rietbergen who founded Visje bij de Thee created a sweet and romantic world. I have fallen in love with the beautiful bird wallpaper. And I like how Iris dared to combine thsi already very busy patteren with more patterns from skinnylaminx … great idea and makes me want to try doing this at home too…. no need to always keep it plain and simple .. do you like combining colors and patterns like this?     [READ AND SEE MORE]

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Washi collection

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a collection perfect for washi tape lovers … I know many of you really like everything masking tape … so how about the new collection from mrs. eliot books … I rather like it 🙂 ! The cushion above is my favorite, but a iphone cover is very lovely too … I have been a fan of mrs eliot for a long time and it is just great to see her collection expand … 

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Ladies & Gentlemen

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It is about time I am doing this post … why, you perhaps think … well since I came back from NY this lady is on my mind .. I love her designs enormously and she is such a sweet person. 'Who' is she? Well her name is Jean Lee and she half of the Ladies & Gentleman design studio based in San Francisco. 

WHile walking at the NYIGF my eyes suddenly caught these beautiful round copper lights hanging in a small corner. Like a magnet I was drawn to them … only after a while of observing them I noticed the lady standing next to them and when she introduced herself I was like … oh wow, how wonderful to meet you and  'yes' of course this must be a new design from Ladies&Gentleman! 

And soon after I discovered the new 'perimeter trays', which I am hoping to find underneath the Christmas tree this year 🙂 …

{The image above and below were taken by Kelly Ishikawa for Anthology magazine issue no. 8 …great article, perhaps you can still get a copy somewhere.} 

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a bit about Ladies & Gentleman

'Driven by a love for all things simple, clever, and/or designed, Ladies & Gentlemen was founded by Jean Lee (the Lady) & Dylan Davis(the Gentlemen) in 2010. With a mix of resourcefulness and nostalgia, the studio builds objects considering yesterday's values reinterpreted for current times.'

I'm loving all their designs, but my favs are the aura lights, the perimeter trays and the vintage spoons … and one more .. Homestead … enjoy shopping!

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..Ladies & Gentleman

fog linen trays and calendars 2013



Bybjor{necklace above was a present from Bjørke, a ducth friend of Jurianne, who has her own collection by the name of By Bjor}

At the NYIGF I had the pleasure of meeting the two ladies from fog linen work. I am a big fan of this Japanese label. Their collection linens and small home accesoiries are just perfect! 

What I didn't know was that often at tradeshows companies sell their items so they don't have to ship them back again home … the sale started at 12 and I believe at 13 everything in the fog linen booth was sold out,  very lucky I was indeed to get my hands on a couple of trays, some linen tape and the new linen wall calendar by Lota for fog linen work…      [MORE IMAGES]


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..fog linen work

..By Bjor necklace

All images by me. 

Nämä is a new shop from Finland by Ruth Landesa

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Ruth Landesa is an independent illustrator. She told me she that she lives in an inspiring small town by the coast in Southern Finland and how 'she loves making “smiling” illustrations. Ruth dreams of having her own brand of products for home decoration one day. 

I believe with her style and artistic talents this dream will soon come true. 

In the menatime Ruth has opened an online shop, called Nämä. Here you can find some true collectibales for a ceramic lover like me … interesting vintage  cups from Arabia or Vaja. 

Nämä is about "these"((nämä) designs and crafts she loves and collects from craftsmen, makers, designers…, mixing in her own selection modern, traditional, new, recycled and crafted items. 

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