White Rooms in Bruges

 

 

The past weekend the charming guesthouse ‘White Rooms in Bruges’ opened its doors.

My friend Natalie Haegeman of Natalie Haegeman Interiors is the lady behind this gorgeous brand new guesthouse in Bruges, the most romantic city of Belgium.

Combining her passion for interior design with her fascination for historic buildings, Natalie restored this typical Bruges house, respecting the original features, and created a uniquely charming environment that she wanted to share with her guests.

White Rooms in Bruges

 

Bruges by night

As an interior designer Natalie has decorated the rooms of her guesthouse in the most wonderful way. She made of White Rooms the most cosiest guesthouse of Bruges, decorated in the typical Belgian style.

Let us take a look inside the house.

The living room with an open fire place and original oak floor. As you can see Natalie’s dog Billie definitely feels at home!

Who wouldn’t love to sit here, curled up with a good book, having a glass of wine, after an inspiring walk in the city of Bruges?

 

The kitchen, with its Belgian limestone floor, is completely decorated in the Belgian style.

Even a small Aga cooker is at your disposal!

Beautiful kitchen table and table lamp.

Natalie is renown for her hand made lampshades. She offers a wide range of hand made lampshades, for sale in her webshop here.

Notice the beautiful pottery and wicker baskets.

 

I so love this view from the living room towards the kitchen.

 

The guesthouse has a small terrace that Natalie decorated with garden pots and wooden barrels.

 

The living room is decorated with antique furniture and objects. Paintings are of the artist Jean-Marc Louis, for sale in Natalie’s webshop here.

 

Let’s go upstairs to see the bedrooms of the guesthouse.

The house can accomodate 4 people who will be torn between choices of these 2 beautiful decorated bedrooms!

Both rooms are painted white and decorated with accents of celadon.

First bedroom

 

 

What a gorgeous idea to hang this group of wicker trays above the bed here!

 

Second bedroom

 

All bed linen available at Natalie Haegeman Interiors.

 

Love this bathroom with the marble topped bath, placed in an alcove.

 

As no other Natalie knows exactly how to choose the right fabrics for every single room.

 

A Suzani tablecloth on the table in the dining room.

 

‘White’ flowers, of course!

 

Not to forget to mention that a bike is at your disposal.

If you are planning to visit Bruges and if you want to know how it feels to live in a house completely decorated in the Belgian style, then WHITE ROOMS IN BRUGES is your place to be!

Or maybe you might think about surprising friends or family with a weekend stay in Bruges… ? WHITE ROOMS will offer them a memorable stay.

 

For online reservations click HERE.

www.white-rooms.be

Niewe Gentweg 94

8000 BRUGGE

Belgium

info@white-rooms.be

 

Next to all the historic monuments, gardens and picturesque streets that the medieval city of Bruges has to offer, this guesthouse really is a fine acquisition!

 

White Rooms in Bruges, guesthouse by Natalie Haegeman 

www.white-rooms.be

www.nataliehaegeman-interiors.be

 

I wish you a wonderful stay!!!

xx

Greet

 

Images with permission of Natalie Haegeman

White Rooms in Bruges

    The past weekend the charming guesthouse ‘White Rooms in Bruges’ opened its doors. My friend Natalie Haegeman of Natalie Haegeman Interiors is the lady behind this gorgeous brand new guesthouse in Bruges, the most romantic city of Belgium. Combining her passion for interior design with her fascination for historic buildings, Natalie restored this typical Bruges house, respecting the original

Sandton Grand Hotel Reylof

 

 Sandton Grand Hotel Reylof that opened its doors last year is a four-star de luxe hotel situated in the heart of the historic city of Ghent (Belgium).

The oldest part of the building is a typical 18th century hotel or town house, built in the FrenchLouis XIV style. Its interior reflects a prestigious Empire style, including a commanding winding stair case and various Empire chimneys. The architect was lord Olivier Reylof (1684-1742), a Gent merchant’s son and adept poet composing Latin poetry.

The original construction request dates from 1724 and it was restored several times.

Since 1990 the town hotel together with the coach house are listed monuments.

Sandton Grand Hotel Reylof.

 

The Hotel Entrance.

 

 

 

 

The backside of the hotel with the terrace where you can see the historic part and the new built part of the hotel.

 

A rich French-style décor.

The winding stair.

 

 

 

Meeting room.

 

Gorgeous door details.

 

Beautiful 18th century French Empire styled elements.

 

One of the various Empire chimneys.

 

Centre for the leisure activities, housed in the historic coach house.

 

 

The more contemporary part of the hotel.

 

One of the contemporary styled bedrooms.

In the rooms hang unique works of arts made with oil paint and ink by the Dutch artist Rick Triest, especially created for the hotel.

This is the work of art by Rick Triest, hanging in the entrance of the hotel.

A lot of attention is paid to the choice of the wallpaper, fabrics and lighting. Lighting by Vaughan, fabrics and wallpaper by Christian Lacroix and Designers Guild.

 

The restaurant and bar ‘Lof’.

 

Fabrics and wallpaper by Christian Lacroix and Designers Guild.

 

Terrace.

 

 

 

Sandton Grand Hotel Reylof
Hoogstraat 36
9000 Gent
Belgium

Tel: +32 (0)9 235 40 70

gent@sandton.eu
www.sandton.eu/gent

 

Maybe you will love to spend some time at this gorgeous hotel next time you visit Belgium!

I wish you a wonderful stay!

xx

Greet

 

All images : http://www.sandton.eu and here, here, here and here.

Sandton Grand Hotel Reylof

   Sandton Grand Hotel Reylof that opened its doors last year is a four-star de luxe hotel situated in the heart of the historic city of Ghent (Belgium). The oldest part of the building is a typical 18th century hotel or town house, built in the FrenchLouis XIV style. Its interior reflects a prestigious Empire style, including a commanding winding stair case and various Empire chimneys. The

Belgian B&B De Corenbloem and Artist-Painter Angèle Boddaert

 

 

A heaven of peace, surrounded by art and culture, that is what house ‘The Corenbloem’, a Belgian B&B, stands for. I am pleased to share this Belgian Pearl with you today!

House ‘De Corenbloem’ is an 18th century manor house, situated in the heart of Bruges.

The core of House De Corenbloem is late medieval. In the 18th century it was refurbished for the first time. The guest drawing-room for example is partly rococo and partly Louis XVI. Around 1810 the house obtained its neo-classical character with a spacious empire room and a stately vestibule. Everything has been carefully preserved from the old doors to the original floorboards and mantelpieces. The owners, Dirk and Hilde Verbeke, have restored the house with respect for history. The restoration of ‘De Corenbloem’ lasted for over two years and was done with a lot of artisanal craftsmanship.

The stately vestibule - Swedish Gustavian style inspired

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The entire interior has been redecorated and repainted based on traces found of the original decoration and colour palette. Because the Gustavian style inspired the original decoration and colours, it has become the leading inspiration. The colour shades of the North Sea match the regional neo-classicism perfectly. The house has been furnished with authentic 18^th century furniture.

 

The guest’s drawing room with a rococo styled mantelpiece and…

 

…Louis XVI trophies over the doors.

 

Beautiful Swedish inspired dining room.

 

Let’s visit the rooms!

 

The Bouquets Room

The original 18^th century wallpaper served as a model for the lively blue wall paintings.

 

The Bouquets Room bathroom.

 

The Rocaille Room

The doors, floorboards and stucco frames go back to the 18^th century. The trompe l’oeuil decoration of the walls with rocailles and festoons is Swedish inspired.

 

Notice this detail of painted wall decoration!

 

The Rocaille Room bathroom.

 

The Empire Suite

This very special room was created in 1810. The green colours, the painted friezes, the ceiling frames and the doors of the wall cupboards are all female Empire style, rural and soft.

 

The wall cupboards.

 

The Empire Suite bathroom.

 

The Peer Gynt Suite

The name ‘Peer Gynt’ from Henrik Ibsen’s play and Edvard Grieg’s music evokes the magic of an isolated cabin in the North.

 

 

The Peer Gynt Suite bathroom.

 

The Garden

The garden is surrounded by high age-old walls still betraying the traces of medieval buildings.

 

One of the reasons I was blown away by the interior design of House’ The Corenbloem’, was that I could feel and see that the owners had restored the house with respect for history, appealing to Belgian artisans and craftsmanship!

For the repainting of the walls and the restoration of the gold leaf and the antique doors they commissioned the art historian Angèle Boddaert-Devletian. She is renowned as a designer and restorer of historical interiors. Found traces inspired her to design and repaint the walls of the rooms with elegant motives and trompe l’oeil frames.

 

Angèle Boddaert restoring wall paints at The Corenbloem.

 

Detail of a wall decoration at The Corenbloem by Angèle Boddaert.

 

Angèle Boddaert at work.

 

Angèle designs and restores wall decorations with imitation marble and wood, and trompe l’oeil. She uses traditonal techniques but works in both historical and contemporary buildings. She also designs folding screens and tables. Angèle is an art historian and an alumnus of the famous decoration school Vanderkelen-Logelain. She works in Belgium and abroad. Renowned magazines as The World of Interiors, AD Italy, Elle Décoration, Côté Ouest and Madame Figaro featured articles about Angèle and her work.

If you visit Paris you really should go to see Angèle’s work at The Patisserie Meert with its strong reputation in France and beyond. Angèle was responsible for the complete decor which combines traditional painting with playful creativity.

 

Patisserie Meert in Paris, decor painting by Angèle Boddaert  (image source : here)

 

For more information about B&B The Corenbloem, please visit www.decorenbloem.be.

B&B de Corenbloem
St. Jorisstraat, 6, 8000 Brugge

BELGIUM
tel +32 476 277 547

info@decorenbloem.be

 

If you would love to discover more of the work of Angèle Boddaert, please visit her website www.angeleboddaert.com.

Angèle Boddaert - Devletian
Carmersstraat 128
8000 Brugge

BELGIUM
Tel. + 32 50 33 17 26
Gsm + 32 475 64 46 99

Angele.Boddaert@Pandora.Be

 

I hope you enjoyed my Belgian inspired post about The Corenbloem & Angèle Boddaert. If you ever visit or if you have already visited B&B The Corenbloem, I would love to hear your thoughts about this Belgian Pearl!

xx

Greet

 

  Source images and text : www.decorenbloem.be & www.angeleboddaert.com unless otherwise mentionned.