ESPACIOS EXTERIORES GRIEGOS

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Mas espacios exteriores griegos tan interesantes y personales  en las Cicladas.
El blanco perfecto, los accesorios, los muros de piedra combinados y las pergolas en maderas claras, son siempre el atributo que compone estos espacios arquitectonicos.























































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PISCINAS RUSTICAS DE PHOENIX

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Las piscinas de Phoenix y del rustico mexicano, estan totalmente integradas al medio.
Tienen un vinculo perfecto con su entorno, y eso las hace sumamente interesantes.

Tanto seducen estos diseños, que se repiten en otros sitios del Mundo, aunque el entorno sea diferente. Los materiales, las formas, y los accesorios son unicos, y caracteristicos.





























































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EL SUIZO MENOS TRADICIONAL

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El estilo rustico suizo se caracteriza por maderas muy oscuras y gruesas secciones, pero hay un estilo mas actual, que se aliviana visualmente, por maderas mas claras, y una mayor cantidad de luz en los ambientes.

Aunque se siguen utilizando mobiliarios antiguos, alfombras clasicas, y pocos colores.
Todos estos interiores guardan la sobriedad de los clasicos interiores suizos.












































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RINCONES ADORABLES

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El estilo rustico es especial, tiene una calidez y un romanticismo que pocos estilos tienen.
Los rincones son sitios especiales, guardan elementos interesantes y momentos para recordar.

Una canasta, una vela, un libro, una caja, una planta, una jaula o un cuadro, todo vale al momento de crear un espacio propio, con gusto personal.






















































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Update on Contest Winners

Just a little update on who won the last two big giveaways.  The first winner Ariel, who writes the blog Loving Every Minute of It, won a custom drawing by Patricia Van Essche of PVE Designs.  Ariel chose her darling bungalow as the subject of the drawing.  I thought you might like to see the final results. As always, Patricia’s work is wonderful, warm, and personal.   First – take a look at Ariel’s house she shares with her husband and three boys in the Texas Hill Country:

 

 



 Ariel and her husband have updated their house, adding shutters, new paint, landscaping, porches, etc!!!!

 



And here is Patricia’s drawing.   I love the angle she chose to capture it.   It looks so inviting with the Adirondack chairs prominently figured, along with the trees and picket fence.     If I was Ariel, I would order the note cards that Patricia sells with this drawing on them.   It would be so cute !!    To read Patricia’s story about the drawing, go HERE.

 

 

The next big giveaway was the fabulous lantern from BROWN.    Here is the exact same lantern hanging in my client’s house that I worked on this year.   I was so excited when Jill Brown offered to give the lantern for a giveaway.  It was the largest contest I have ever had.  The response was phenomenal – so many people entered!!!!     I was only sorry I didn’t have more to hand out.   It’s a truly gorgeous light fixture and Jill was so generous to sponsor the contest.  

 

The BROWN lantern was the largest giveaway I’ve done – both in monetary value and numbers of entrants. 

 

   

 



The blogger Brilliant Asylum from Atlanta was the lucky winner of the BROWN lantern.  As  you can read HERE, she had a choice of either having the four light bulb kit inside the lantern or just the one light bulb kit.  She chose the one light bulb kit with the beautiful Edison bulb, shown below.    Hopefully when she hangs the lantern Brilliant Asylum will send us a picture to see it!  Be sure visit BROWN’s web site HERE to see all their wonderful things.  

 

A huge thank you again to Patricia and Jill for the great giveaways.  

 

 

Photograph of Christina Strutt’s house in Bath, England – taken from her latest book:   At Home With Country HERE.

 

P.S.  The newest Skirted Roundtable is now available with our guest Cabbages and Roses’ Christina Strutt.   From England, Strutt is Martha Stewart and Rachel Ashwell rolled into one – with a dash of her mentor Laura Ashley.   Beautiful fabrics and clothes.   Listen HERE.

 

 



Next week we have a HUGE HUGE HUGE guest coming on the Skirted Roundtable:  Robert McAlpine!  I am so excited I could DIE!!!  Wish me luck y’all.  This one has me nervous.   McAlpine is a major hero to me and I’m sure to you too!!!   YIKES!!!!!!!!

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Update on Contest Winners

Just a little update on who won the last two big giveaways.  The first winner Ariel, who writes the blog Loving Every Minute of It, won a custom drawing by Patricia Van Essche of PVE Designs.  Ariel chose her darling bungalow as the subject of the drawing.  I thought you might like to see the final results. As always, Patricia’s work is wonderful, warm, and personal.   First – take a look at Ariel’s house she shares with her husband and three boys in the Texas Hill Country:

 

 



 Ariel and her husband have updated their house, adding shutters, new paint, landscaping, porches, etc!!!!

 



And here is Patricia’s drawing.   I love the angle she chose to capture it.   It looks so inviting with the Adirondack chairs prominently figured, along with the trees and picket fence.     If I was Ariel, I would order the note cards that Patricia sells with this drawing on them.   It would be so cute !!    To read Patricia’s story about the drawing, go HERE.

 

 

The next big giveaway was the fabulous lantern from BROWN.    Here is the exact same lantern hanging in my client’s house that I worked on this year.   I was so excited when Jill Brown offered to give the lantern for a giveaway.  It was the largest contest I have ever had.  The response was phenomenal – so many people entered!!!!     I was only sorry I didn’t have more to hand out.   It’s a truly gorgeous light fixture and Jill was so generous to sponsor the contest.  

 

The BROWN lantern was the largest giveaway I’ve done – both in monetary value and numbers of entrants. 

 

   

 



The blogger Brilliant Asylum from Atlanta was the lucky winner of the BROWN lantern.  As  you can read HERE, she had a choice of either having the four light bulb kit inside the lantern or just the one light bulb kit.  She chose the one light bulb kit with the beautiful Edison bulb, shown below.    Hopefully when she hangs the lantern Brilliant Asylum will send us a picture to see it!  Be sure visit BROWN’s web site HERE to see all their wonderful things.  

 

A huge thank you again to Patricia and Jill for the great giveaways.  

 

 

Photograph of Christina Strutt’s house in Bath, England – taken from her latest book:   At Home With Country HERE.

 

P.S.  The newest Skirted Roundtable is now available with our guest Cabbages and Roses’ Christina Strutt.   From England, Strutt is Martha Stewart and Rachel Ashwell rolled into one – with a dash of her mentor Laura Ashley.   Beautiful fabrics and clothes.   Listen HERE.

 

 



Next week we have a HUGE HUGE HUGE guest coming on the Skirted Roundtable:  Robert McAlpine!  I am so excited I could DIE!!!  Wish me luck y’all.  This one has me nervous.   McAlpine is a major hero to me and I’m sure to you too!!!   YIKES!!!!!!!!

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MEZCLANDO SILLAS

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Si hay un estilo permisivo, ese es el rustico.

En el rustico se permite mezcla de estilos y de colores, asi podemos componer un comedor con varios tipos de sillas e incluso incorporando bancos que nada tienen que ver con el diseño de las sillas o la mesa.









































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PISCINAS RUSTICAS CON MUCHO DECK

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Normalmente las piscinas rusticas llevan acompañando una gran superficie de deck de madera.
El deck es un complemento ideal, pues a pesar de ser un solado, es mas natural y organico que cualquier otro de su tipo.

Tambien la piedra rustica puede ser un material de eleccion, o el cemento alisado, en combinacion con los decks de madera avejentada.

Estas soluciones son las elegidas de las casas rusticas de playa y costa.

















































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Natural, grey or weathered , old or new – and my blog ANNIVERSARY GIVE-AWAY!

 

Saturday, the 31st of July I will celebrate my FIRST BLOG ANNIVERSARY !! I can’t hardly believe that I really am blogging for a year now!

Blogging has given my life a new dimension! So many lovely people from around the world I have learned to know the past year! So many of you became friends!

Every morning, the first thing I do, is reading your comments and emails! And I love it!

A special thank to my friend Brooke from Velvet and Linen (I know that most of you know this wonderful, lovely lady), who introduced me to the blogger community the 2nd of August 2009, HERE !

Thank you Brooke! You are so special to me!

And I want to thank my colleague bloggers who wrote or mentionned me in their blogposts (and a lot of you did!)!

Thank you my friends!

And thank you to all of you, my readers, who support me through reading, following my blog or through commenting my blogposts. Or through adding Belgian Pearls to their bloglist.

Thank you my readers!

So many of you emailed me to say that you love my blog and some of you mentionned that I am as an ambassador of my country Belgium. … I am so pleased to hear this and honestly it makes me feel proud!

Thank you so much!

At the end of this post I will mention you my give-away and will explain how to take part in my anniversary give-away.

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This year I noticed that most of you love all things Belgian and especially the typical Belgian design look. That’s why today I will show you some beautiful pieces of furniture with a Belgian look. The furniture are antique pieces of new-made pieces, with a natural, grey or weathered look!

All the images I posted are from 3 Belgian companies, one of them (Malvini Belgium) is a company that makes beautiful new furniture with the Belgian look, the other 2 Belgian companies are selling beautiful antique pieces.

 

I want to mention explicitly that I have no benefits or that I am not getting paid to post about any of these companies or these mentionned in earlier blogposts! I would never do that! I write about them because I am proud of our Belgian companies and I love to introduce all things Belgian to you, my readers!!!

So, enjoy this post and don’t forget to read the instructions for my give-away at the end of this post!

 



Image 1  Am Projects

 



Image 2 Am Projects

 



Image 3  Am Projects

 



Image 4  Am Projects

 



Image 5  Am Projects

 

If you are interested in the furniture and decorative items of image 1 till 5, please contact AM PROJECTS HERE .

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Image 6  Garnier Antiques

 



Image 7  Garnier Antiques

 



Image 8 Garnier Antiques

 



Image 9  Garnier Antiques

 



Image 10  Garnier Antiques

 

If you are interested in the furniture and decorative items of image 6 till 10, please contact GARNIER ANTIQUES HERE .

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Image 11  Malvini Belgium

 



Image 12  Malvini Belgium

 



Image 13  Malvini Belgium

 



Image 14  Malvini Belgium

 

 

Image 15  Malvini Belgium

 

If you are interested in the furniture of image 11 till 15, please contact MALVINI BELGIUM HERE .

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My blog anniversary give-away.

All you have to do to take part in my give-away, is to become a follower of my blog (if you are not yet) and to leave me a comment on this post before Sunday the 1st of August, at 12 pm Belgian time.

And don’t forget to mention which of this two presents you would prefer to have : the organizer or the tea light candles.

I will announce the 2 winners on Monday, the 2nd of August.



The RIVERDALE organizer box.



The RIVERDALE tea light candles.

 

THE ONLY THING I WISH TO DO RIGHT NOW IS TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THE PAST YEAR! MY BLOG WOULDN’T HAVE ANY MEANING AND WOULDN’T BE OF ANY IMPORTANCE WITHOUT ALL OF YOU!

THANK YOU !

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