Starting this new week with a few things to share

I hope everyone of you have had a gorgeous weekend! To start this new week, I would like to share with you a few things.

I am always thrilled to announce the new BETA-PLUS publications, as you know that these books are one of my favorite sources for architectural and interior design.

Here are the 4 new April 2012 titles.

Cover ‘The 100 BEST SWIMMING POOLS’

Image source : preview ‘THE 100 BEST SWIMMING POOLS’  here.

 

Image source : preview ‘THE 100 BEST SWIMMING POOLS’  here.

 

Cover ‘THE 100 BEST LIVING ROOMS’

Image source : preview ‘THE 100 BEST LIVING ROOMS’ here.

 

  Image source : preview ‘THE 100 BEST LIVING ROOMS’ here.

 

 Cover ‘THE 100 BEST BATHROOMS’

Image source : preview ‘THE 100 BEST BATHROOMS’ here.

 

  Image source : preview ‘THE 100 BEST BATHROOMS’ here.

 

 Cover ‘THE 100 BEST CONTEMPORARY INTERIORS’

Image source : preview ‘THE 100 BEST CONTEMPORARY INTERIORS’ here.

 

  Image source : preview ‘THE 100 BEST CONTEMPORARY INTERIORS’ here.

 

To order these publications, please visit the BETA-PLUS website HERE.

Ordering all new 2012 titles now : – 30% !

To discover all the Beta-Plus publications, click on Beta-Plus logo.

www.betaplus.com

All images www.betaplus.com and with the permission of Wim Pauwels.

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La Cornue new line : LA CORNUE W. by Wilmotte

The French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte designed a new kitchen for the renown kitchen manufacturer LA CORNUE.

 

Induction table and  kitchen hood.

Clean lines and charcoal colored enamelled aluminum.

 

Vaulted oven

Oven with top storage cupboard and bottom storage tray.

To see more of this fabulous new La Cornue range, please visit the website of LA CORNUE.

All images www.lacornue.com.

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New online magazine! MORE THAN CLASSIC

One of my favorite Dutch interior design & lifestyle magazines MORE THAN CLASSIC is now on line!

I am sure you will all love it.

Cover of the latest MTC issue.

 

Landing page of the online magazine MTC. www.morethanclassic.nl

Enjoy!

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Unfortunately my blog ‘Belgian Pearls’ is not nominated for the award of the Belgian online Magazine Knack Weekend.be (See my earlier post here).

Anyway I wanted to thank everyone of you who has voted for Belgian Pearls!

And congratulations to all the nominated Belgian blogs!

These are the nominated Belgian blogs in the category DECO DESIGN :

http://www.70percentpure.be
http://www.ilovebelgium.be
http://www.woonblog.be
http://soelaasnet.blogspot.com
http://low-country.tumblr.com

If you want to discover all the categories of nominated blogs, please click on this ‘Weekend Blog Awards’ logo and vote for your favorite!

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I wish everyone of you a fresh start of this new week!

xx

Greet

Starting this new week with a few things to share

I hope everyone of you have had a gorgeous weekend! To start this new week, I would like to share with you a few things. I am always thrilled to announce the new BETA-PLUS publications, as you know that these books are one of my favorite sources for architectural and interior design. Here are the 4 new April 2012 titles. Cover ‘The 100 BEST SWIMMING POOLS’ Image source : preview ‘THE 100 BEST

Asking all my readers and friends for a favor ! I do need your help !

 

My dearest readers and friends, I would love to ask you for a favor ! I do need your help!!

The Belgian online magazine Knack Weekend is holding a contest in order to award the most popular Belgian blogs!

I would love to ask everyone of you who loves my blog BELGIAN PEARLS and who might think that my blog deserves a blog

award as one of the best Belgian blogs,  please visit the page of the Knack Weekend magazine HERE

and please answer only a few questions in order to nominate my blog for the Knack Weekend blog award !

It will only takes a few seconds of your time.

http://weekend.knack.be

Deadline is April 15 !

On April 23 the nominated blogs will be announced !

 

 

I know the announcement is written only in Dutch and in French but I will translate for you the questions that have to be answered.

Here we go!

Jouw voornaam = Your first name

Jouw naam = Your last name

Jouw e-mailadres = Your email address

Blog URL = blog URL of Belgian Pearls = http://belgianpearls.blogspot.com/

Twitteraccount : is an option (no need to fill in)

Waarover gaat deze blog = What about is this blog   =>  You only have to mark the field Deco/Design

Vertel ons waarom je deze blog leuk vindt =  Do tell us why you love this blog    => You try to explain why you love Belgian Pearls in a few words (only 250 characters)  

If you are done, you only have to click on VERSTUREN = SEND

 

Dutch written version  :   HERE

 

Pour mes lecteurs et amis francophones, vous pouvez vous addresser à la page écrite en français : ICI

French written version

 

So please, can I ask you to go to the Knack Weekend page : HERE (Dutch written page)  or  HERE (French written page).

I would be very gratefull to you all!!

Don’t forget : deadline April 15.

Thank you so much!!!!

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Beste lezers en vrienden, ik zou u heel graag om een dienst willen vragen! Ik heb jullie hulp nodig!!

Het Belgische online tijdschrift Knack Weekend organiseert een wedstrijd om de beste Belgische blogs te nomineren en een award toe te kennen.

Mag ik u vragen, indien u mijn blog graag leest en u vindt dat BELGIAN PEARLS een nominatie en ook een award toekomt, naar de online pagina te surfen en enkele gegevens te willen invullen.  Ik zou u allen zeer dankbaar zijn!

Link : HIER

Dank aan allen!!!!

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Chers lecteurs et amis, je voudrais vous demander un service ! J'ai besoin de votre aide!!

Le magazine belge Knack/le Vif Weekend en ligne organise un concours pour nominer les meilleurs blogs belges et de les accorder un award.

Puis-je vous demander, si vous aimez bien lire mon blog et si vous trouvez que BELGIAN PEARLS mérite une nomination et un award, veuillez

s’addresser à la page en ligne pour remplir les choses demandées.

Je serais très reconnaissante à vous tous !

Link : ICI

Merci à tous!!!!

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I do hope a lot of you will support me !!!

Thank you!

xx

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Asking all my readers and friends for a favor ! I do need your help !

  My dearest readers and friends, I would love to ask you for a favor ! I do need your help!! The Belgian online magazine Knack Weekend is holding a contest in order to award the most popular Belgian blogs! I would love to ask everyone of you who loves my blog BELGIAN PEARLS and who might think that my blog deserves a blog award as one of the best Belgian blogs,  please visit the page of the

My home featured in the latest issue of ‘More Than Classic’.

I am so thrilled to mention that our home is featured in the latest issue of the prestigious Lifestyle and Interior Design Magazine MORE THAN CLASSIC !

 

Cover MTC Issue 4-2011

 

I am very thankful to Mrs Mary Hessing, editor-in-chief, for the opportunity she has given us to be featured in one of the most beautiful and prestigious European Lifestyle Magazines!

Also a special thank to Hugo Kosters for styling.He really is a very talented stylist. He has done a wonderful job the day of the photoshoot and I have to say that Hugo was tremendously patient to bring all things together for taking the most beautiful pictures.

A thank you to Mrs Mariêtte Schrader, for the beautifully written text. Mariëtte and me were talking over the phone for a couple of hours. She interviewed me in a very amicably way.

And finally congratulations to our Belgian photographer Guy Obijn for the gorgeous photography!

 

This is only one of the pages of the feature !

 

To read the full article, click on the cover of the MTC magazine.

Thank you to everyone at More Than Classic for this honor !

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My friend Monika of Splendid Willow has recharged her online store Splendid Willow Avenue .

Take a look at all the gorgeous things she has to offer, from jewelry and fashion to home decor accessories!

Click on the Splendid Willos Avenue Shop button.

A foretaste :

Ilse Jacobsen boots

For the kids!

I wish you tons of success with the store Monika!!!!

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And finally I would love to thank Francess Russell of the blog Beautiful Interiors and 18th Century Style, for passing on to me this

‘ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD’ !

Thank you sweet Francess! I appreciate it a lot!

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I wish everyone a wonderful rest of the week.

 

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My home featured in the latest issue of ‘More Than Classic’.

I am so thrilled to mention that our home is featured in the latest issue of the prestigious Lifestyle and Interior Design Magazine MORE THAN CLASSIC !   Cover MTC Issue 4-2011   I am very thankful to Mrs Mary Hessing, editor-in-chief, for the opportunity she has given us to be featured in one of the most beautiful and prestigious European Lifestyle Magazines! Also a special thank to Hugo

A Thank You !

I would love to thank my friend Tina of THE ENCHANTED HOME, for asking me to take part in her ‘Behind the blogger’ series. Tina has interviewed lots of her bloggerfriends and I feel so honored she asked even me to take part in the series.

I was thrilled and touched by reading all of the sweet comments on this interview!

Thank you so much Tina for this post

and

a thank you to all of you who wrote a comment on this post ! You are all so sweet!!!

For those who are interested in reading the interview or do not know yet Tina’s blog The Enchanted Home,

please click here. 

Tina has a wonderful blog and she is in the middle of building a gorgeous new house. You can follow the building process on her blog every week!

I became addicted to the every-week posts about her home! It is a must-read and must-see!

 

Recap image by Tina about my interview at The Enchanted Home.

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Another Thank You to my friend Veronique of the blog MALVINI.

Veronique awarded me with her ‘Natural Sharing Award’.

Veronique wants to award people who share information, aiming to help and support each other in this competitive world.

It is a new award that Veronique introduced into the blogging community and I am the 1st person who received her brand new award!

To read more about it, please read Veronique’s post here.

 

Thank you Veronique, I am honored to be the first receiving your Natural Sharing Award!

I would love to pass on this award to 3 blogger colleagues who definitely deserve this Natural Sharing Award :

Brooke from the blog Velvet & Linen

Monika from the blog Splendid Willow

Sabine from the Home Interior and Lifestyle Blog

 

Maybe they will pass on this award to some of their blogger colleagues.

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As our Summer Holidays start today, I might maybe slow down blogging a bit the coming days.

Today I share with you some holiday atmophere eye candy images!

Let’s dream away…!!!

 

Image source Brillante

 

Image source unknown

 

Image source unknown

 

Image source here

 

Image source unknown

 

Image source The Enchanted Home

 

Image source Providence Ltd

 

Image source Providence Ltd

 

Image source Trouvais

 

Image source Architectural Digest

 

Image source Home Bunch

 

Image source here 

 

Enjoy your holidays!      

xx

Sorry for the unknown sources. If someone of you knows the source of the images, please let me know.