Tropical plants for vtwonen

As you may know I'm blogging about the possibilities of greens every week for vtwonen. If you are a plant addict like myself, you know that the possibilities are endless so it's a great topic to blog about! I wanted to share these pictures with you that I made of tropical plants in my living room. I used the bottom part of our pink sideboard (it comes in two separate parts which is very handy) for this setting because it combines beautifully with the tropical plants! For the plants I used some vintage pottery, you can never have too much flower pots right?

Tropical plants are very easy to maintain and they don't need a lot of water. You do have to make sure that the soil is always a little moist and the best place to keep them is in a light, warm space but not in direct sunlight. Unfortunately, these beautiful plants only bloom once so make sure you put them in a prominent place to enjoy the flowers while you can!

Read more about my love for green on vtwonen or follow this Botanic Pinterest board!

Pictures by Marij Hessel

DIY Flowerpots for Vtwonen

I made these diy flowerpots for my latest Vtwonen blog after being inspired by a couple of similar ideas on Pinterest. I still had some paint left from the Flexa workshop that I gave in October at the Meet The Blogger event and I decided to use it for this project. The terracotta flowerpots I bought at Ikea some time ago because I loved the design and shape, they were perfect for this diy!

With tape I created a graphic pattern on two of the three flowerpots and filled it in with yellow and mint green. For the best result I did the painting part twice but it didn't take too much time because the (wall) paint dried up quickly! For the third pot I made a template of half a circle and used it to draw the pattern on the pot with a pencil. After that I used a small paintbrush to fill in the pattern. I'm very happy with these updated flowerpots that are now on one of my favourite thrifted drawers!

As you can see, my cat Def, was not that excited as I was! He still wanted to be in the picture though...

Pictures by Marij Hessel

Styling with an Autumn Bouquet for Vtwonen

I was very flattered when Vtwonen asked me a couple of weeks ago if I wanted to blog for them. I'm very excited to tell you that I will be blogging about greens, one of my favourite topics to blog about! Now I have another excuse to come home with some new plants once in a while...

My first blog is about styling an autumn bouquet. I picked out these beautiful branches at the gardening centre because they are a perfect fit for this time of year. You can style these branches in many ways, I decided to show you three settings with different vases. I collected many of my vases and divided them into three groups, you can see what a difference these vases can make! You can read the article (in Dutch) for Vtwonen here.

GLASS

The glass vases are almost non-excisting and therefor not distracting from the shape and colours of the branches. It's almost as if the branches are floating.

WHITES

When you only use white vases, it doesn't really matter which shape they have or if they're vintage or modern design. The colour white makes them easily blend in with each other. I think the white makes the whole setting more fresh & modern.

VINTAGE

During my trips to the thrift shop, I often stumble upon retro vases that I just can't resist taking home with me. For this setting I collected some vases in brown shades with different patterns & shapes. These vintage vases really bring out the warm colours of the branches even more so I think it's a great match!

Pictures by Marij Hessel

Vtwonen Loves Blogs

Last Saturday I received the Vtwonen Loves Blogs magazine which I'm featured in for the second time, I'm so proud! This magazine is a collaboration between Vtwonen and Meet the Blogger and it's all about bloggers, their personal style, what they love & what they do! I'm very honored to be in this magazine together with a lot of great, well known bloggers whom I admire for their talent! I'm very pleased with the way the article turned out, the people behind Vtwonen & Meet the Blogger did a great job! This edition will officially be launched at the Meet the Blogger Conference on October 3&4, I can't wait and I hope to see you there!

Thanks Vtwonen & Meet the Blogger!

Pictures by Marij Hessel

Woonbeurs: VT Wonen

This Friday I got a tour through the VT Wonen house at the Woonbeurs together with a group of talented bloggers who were all in the VT Wonen Blogazine. We got to meet the people behind VT Wonen who told us the story of this magazine developing in 50 years and their ambitions for the future. The stylists worked very hard to build and decorate this house which looked like a huge party tent! The theme they had in mind was "Celebrate whenever you can!" because they're celebrating their 50th anniversary! Black, white and gold were the most dominant colours in the house, very different from last year but again very inspiring! Well done VT Wonen & congrats!

 

Pictures by Marij Hessel

VTWonen Blogazine

A while ago I was contacted by Meet the Blogger & VTWonen if I was interested to be featured in their upcoming Blogazine together with a selected group of national & international bloggers. Of course I was honored to be a part of this inspiring magazine! This weekend I received the Blogazine together with the latest VTWonen magazine, I was so thrilled! It's also really nice to get to know more about my fellow bloggers by reading about their way of working and the things that they stand for. I'm very proud to be in this magazine together with such talented bloggers! Let me show you the result...

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Pictures by Marij Hessel