Christmas at the Home of Belgian designer Walda Pairon

 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Yesterday we visited the beautiful home of one of my favorite Belgian designers Walda Pairon.

I already posted about Walda here.

Two times a year, in winter and in summer time, Walda organizes open house weekends.

At this moment Walda’s private home is decorated for the Christmas season! We so enjoyed walking around and admired Walda’s gorgeous creations! She is a real artist!! Like no other she knows how to combine colors and creates the most cozy rooms with her carefully chosen and exquisite pieces of antiques.

Walda’s style is authentic and radiates a perfect harmony. Her work is widely known. She works with passion and love. Her special good taste is her secret. Color is favorite in her decor. Walda is inspired by Italy, especially by Tuscany.

Every time I visit Walda, I am inspired to redecorate my home!

 

Let’s go inside to make a home tour.

Entrance of the garden house.

 

Entering this part of Walda’s property, you already feel the warmth and cosy atmosphere. The house is filled with candlesticks, candleholders and hurricane globes.

One of Walda’s favorite decorative items are spheres. You can see them throughout her house.

Georgeous settings all over the house.Beautiful antique pieces and decorative accessories to discover!

Walda has a preference for bringing in all shades of purple, orange and green as you will notice in the following pictures.

 

Walda is born with the skill of making vignettes. Her ability to group accessories, stack books, and arrange flowers is amazing.

 

 

And here is the first Christmas tree we discovered!

And the festive tablescape with a purple silk taffeta tablecloth !

And again some of Walda’s vignette creations.

 

 

Entering the conservatory of greenhouse we noticed the second Christmas tree. Decorated in white and silver.

Notice the wood storage cabinet ! And that beautiul wooden chair !

I was totally smitten by this chair with fur seat cushion.

 

Touches of green, orange, purple…

 

A group of terracotta jars on a table with a greyed and weathered tabletop.

 

 

 

Decorative table setting at the greenhouse.

 

Kitchen of the greenhouse where Walda’s husband Roger Souvereyns - who is a renown Belgian cook - prepares the most delicious meals for his guests.

Christmas decoration even in the kitchen.

 

We enter the main building of the property and arrive at the dining room.

Notice the antique Venetian doge chair with authentic leather upholstery.

 

 

Kitchen of the house.

 

The cake looked delicious!

 

 

And we discovered a third Christmas tree in the living room.

Every light bulb in the tree Walda wrapped in silk paper to create this special glow !!! Gorgeous ! Can you imagine how much time this took?

 

I could sit here for hours enjoying the cosy atmosphere in Walda’s living room.

 

Jan and me in conversation with Walda.

 

If you live nearby or in case you visit Belgium the coming days, you still have the chance to admire Walda’s work next weekend (November 30 – December 1 & 2).

You shouldn’t miss it !

For more information :

WALDA PAIRON

Kapellensteenweg 544
B-2920 Kalmthout

Tel. 00.32.36667417

e-mail : giardini@myoffice.mobistar.b

www.waldapairon.com

If you want to see more of Walda’s work, I would recommend you her latest book ‘Interiors With A Soul’.

 

What are your thoughts about the work of Walda Pairon? Are you inspired by her work to decorate your home for this Christmas season?

xx

 Greet

 

All pictures by me and Jan

Christmas at the Home of Belgian designer Walda Pairon

  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Yesterday we visited the beautiful home of one of my favorite Belgian designers Walda Pairon. I already posted about Walda here. Two times a year, in winter and in summer time, Walda organizes open house weekends. At this moment Walda’s private home is decorated for the Christmas season! We so enjoyed walking around and admired Walda’s gorgeous

Second life for old American barns in Europe

 

I have always been fascinated by the beautiful and authentic American barns. All around bloggerland I discovered the most beautiful images.

 

Source here

The grayed and red/brown aged wood reflects a long time farm activity and bearing of all weather conditions.

Source here

 

I loved the images of the Winter Collection 2012 online catalogue of the Belgian brand Scapa Home, where a part of the photoshoot was taken in a barn. A wonderful location to present their winter collection. To discover the collection , click here.

Source Scapa Home – Photo credit Arjan Benning

 

Today I am pleased and proud to tell you about a Belgian company that is importing old barn wood to Europe!

The Belgian Antoine Verhofstede, a man passionate about wood and experienced in the wood trade for more than 30 years, came up with the idea to give a new destination to the wood of old American barns!

He started to ship the best batches of old barn wood from the states to Belgium to give the wood a new destination. It meant the start of a new-born company, given the name EEUWENHOUT (literally translated in English : century-old wood).

This company is recycling old barn wood to re-use in European interiors.

Logo company Eeuwenhout

‘During a trip through the US, Antoine Verhofstede’s passion for wood leads him towards old and deserted barns and buildings. They stand ‘in the middle of nowhere’, as silent witnesses of past activity. They were once built from trees from the direct vicinity: various woods, mostly over a century old. Today they still defy weather and time, but they are deprived of their functionality. In places, these barns are dismantled, and the wood is reused by local farmers. This is where Antoine Verhofstede got his idea to give a new destination to the best batches of wood in exclusive European interiors. A perfect mix of quality, durability, ecology and aesthetics.’

(text website Eeuwenhout)

 

The unique dimensions and stability, together with the aged look of the barn planks and beams, ensure aesthetic pearls.

 

Here you can see different examples of how to integrate the old barn wood into your contemporary home.

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http://www.eeuwenhout.be (realisation De Puydt Haarden)

 

http://www.eeuwenhout.be (realisation Galle Houtbewerking)

 

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Notice these coffee table tops!http://www.eeuwenhout.be

 

In this picture you can see the barn wood used for the facade construction of a chalet in Switzerland (realisation Galle Houtbewerking).http://www.eeuwenhout.be

 

To see more of the use of old barn wood, please visit Eeuwenhout website :  http://www.eeuwenhout.be

For further information :

EEUWENHOUT

ANTOINE VERHOFSTEDE

Veldstraat 365
9140 Temse | Belgium
T +32 (0)3 710 66 40

 

Have a great weekend!

xx

Greet

 

All pictures source :

Eeuwenhout website : http://www.eeuwenhout.be/  &   Eeuwenhout facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/Eeuwenhout