Amsterdam + Highlights From My Next Book
Hello everyone! I've been missing in action, I know, but I had such a great week and wanted to share some highlights with you in case you will be visiting Amsterdam soon. I am working with Debi Treloar on my next book, so we have been in The Hague and Amsterdam the past few days on shoots and have had a great time. A snowstorm left me stranded in a town called Haarlem tonight but I found a HEMA around the corner from my hotel so I'm all smiles because I can hit it tomorrow before heading back home to Germany. :) There is a silver lining inside of every cloud so they say, right?
Never tire of the homes along the canals...
A little highlight from my next book...
Spotted my current obsession in Sukha.
Loved everything in this shop called Restored. I highly suggest shopping here!
Our shoots have been so much fun and I'm really loving all of the photos we're producing together for the new book. While in Amsterdam I also got to spend a day with my friend, stylist extraordinaire, Stephanie Rammeloo and we she took me to some great shops (listed at the bottom) and to an amazing community dining experience that I absolutely loved at an Italian deli and kitchen called il Mattarello owned by an amazing guy and his wife and business partner. He cooked for us and then sat down and ate at our table. The entire experience was so inspirational. I got to meet a TV presenter from the Netherlands who also is a journalist writing about food, Stephanie's business partner and friend, and a bunch of other very nice people that I would have never met if I didn't try out this dining experience. If you are ever in Amsterdam you have to sign up for one of their private dinners - it's the best thing! The address is on the bottom of this post.
Debi at work on our book... She's brilliant and a joy to work with. I'm so honored to be working with her again, we'll go to Paris next and then London and the countryside there, followed by NYC in March and then she'll come over to Germany to shoot my house for the book as well. How neat is that!? I'm pretty excited about it.
AMSTERDAM SUGGESTIONS from this trip from me to you:
eat:
- Il Mattarello, Dinner "Theme" Nights, info@mattarello.nl, Westerstraat 77, 1015LW Amsterdam
- Bar Moustache, amazing food and always call for a reservation, the steak was amazing, Utrechtsestraat 141, 1017 VM Amsterdam
shop:
- Athenaeum Boekhandel, Awesome international magazine shop where I got the latest copies of UPPERCASE magazine, Flow and Donna Hay. Spui 14-16, 1012XA Amsterdam
- Options! is an amazing store, especially if you love a Danish-meets-Dutch-marries-Japanese experience. I couldn't leave this place without dropping some cash. I was particularly inspired by their pastels combined with neon colors with splashes of metallic bronze. It was a gorgeous color palette that I can't stop thinking about. Damrak 49, 1012 Amsterdam.
- Restored is another great store you can't miss. Loaded with local and international independently designed and handmade merchandise. I loved the jewelry there from jonghlabel, copper lighting by David Derksen, necklaces from Fleur Goedendorp, necklaces and bags from Halona, Maartje Van den Noort fabric pendants and quilts and Mae Engelgeer blankets in bold neons. Haarlemmerdijk 39, 1013 KA Amsterdam.
- Sukha - What a great "green" shop! I loved this place, I didn't want to leave. It's retail heaven with lots of fashion and things for the home combined. What a gorgeously curated shop! It's near Restored so you can visit them both easily. Haarlemmerstraat 110, 1013 EW Amsterdam.
At the magazine kiosk grab these Dutch magazines:
- Flow - Creative, craft, lovely.
- vtwonen - Gorgeous interiors and trends, best mag ever.
- 101 Woonideeen (I'm in this month's issue!). - DIY and decorating
- Delicious - Gorgeous foodie mag.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I'll be back for a full week of blogging beginning on Monday. Loads of love to you! xo
(images: holly becker for decor8)