madame love loves: Landmade

from left to right and from top to bottom: broom//lamp//coat hook//cane basket//linen duvet cover padded fifties chair//crêpe frying pan//school chair

Hey everyone, I hope you had a nice week end! Today I want to speak about a beautiful French brand called Landmade - Objets utiles et familiers {handy and familiar objects}. The company was founded in 2012 by  Eric Ledi who previously worked more than 20 years for the French cane furniture company kork. Most of the products are "made in France" and represent quality and simplicity. Here are the key principles of the landmade products:

• L'UTILE PAS LE FUTILE {UTILITY NOT FUTILITY} 
• C'EST DU SOLIDE {IT'S ROBUST} 
• C'EST BIEN NATUREL {IT'S ALL NATURAL} 
• RESTONS PROCHE {STAY CLOSE} 

A lot of the products are reeditions or inspired by the design of the fifties, like this very pretty chair or this lovely table. You can also find the duralex glasses, we used to have at the canteen when I was a little girl. I am also a big fan of the linen duvet cover, made in the traditional fabrics from the North of France. The metallic lamp from the collage is made in Germany, but very much in the spirit of the other objects sold by Landmade. The showroom of Landmade is situated not far away from my home region, in the North of France. The online shop is only available in French, but the customer service is happy to answer any question in English or German. I wish you a great day! Elodie

CONTACT: online shop       Facebook Fanpage

© all pictures by landmade with permission

A February Bouquet

Good morning everyone,

I was talking about flower arrangements last week and stressing that I much prefer working with one or two flowers and try to keep it simple. I guess I made an exception this week, as I went to buy flowers on the market and was very inspired by a deep red hellebore that I wanted to combine with other flowers in the same colour palette. I left the stems pretty long and arranged them in a neutral black zinc vase.

So there you go, here is my little bouquet with:

Roses Hellebores Tulips and Astrantias

I wish you a great day and speak to you on Monday. Don't forget the #2flowergirls next Wednesday! xoxo Elodie

madame love loves: Neëst

Hello everyone, Neëst is definitely one of my favourite online shops and it also happens to be a French one. The selection of items is so gorgeous - it symbolises my dream of a pure and de-cluttered home, where you would love each single object because it is functional, simple and, well - beautiful. Sandrine Pigeon, the owner says that she is inspired by the "natural style of life". It is a mix of everything I love: Japanese design and a strong Scandinavian influence. You will find brands such as the Japanese fog linen or Futagami and designers like the brilliant Shanna Murray and her lovely wall stickers. It is very special for me to present this shop today on the blog because I have been a reader of Sandrine's blog for a long time, and she is one of the reasons why I started blogging. She is such a talented photographer of daily life and I am the biggest fan of her cat Pompon. I wish you a great day! Elodie

decoration idea: dry cushion bush

Hello everyone, I love decorating with grey tones and using transparency in my decorating projects. I also much prefer displaying beautiful, locally grown fresh cut flowers in my home. This is not always possible, especially is you live in the Northern part of Europe as I do. This winter I fell in love with a silver plant called cushion bush or silver nugget (its botanical name is leucophyta brownii). It's a robust winter plant, you can put in your garden. I decided to put it in a transparent marmelade jar and to let it dry as I did a few months ago with my heath plant. Do you like it? I wish you a great day today! Talk to you soon, Elodie

madame love loves: Caroline Gomez

Hello everyone, Today I would like talk about the very talented Caroline Gomez from Caroline Gomez - Slow & Natural Design.

Caroline is an Art Director and designer living in Bordeaux. She represents a certain French touch for me.  All her creations are made by craftsmen in France and produced in limited series. She is also the maker of one of my favorite magazines: SLØ magazine. (A magazine about Slow life that does not celebrate slowness or nostalgia but really a return to senses, pleasure and creativity - the texts in English and French).

I love her choice of soft colours, simple forms and natural wood. Caroline says about her work: "My creations are all about what is singular in the object, about the experience of living the evident."

What do you think? Do you like it too? I wish you a great Monday! Elodie

You can buy Caroline Gomez products on her online shop. If you live in Germany, you can order SLØ magazine here.

Chess flower in a glass

Hello everyone,

I am back from a very nice week end with my family in France with a little sick baby. I hope she will be feeling better soon as it breaks my hearth to hear her coughing. Today, I just wanted to share a little decoration idea with you. I planted a couple of Fritillaria bulbs, also called "Chess flowers", because of their pattern or "Snake's head". You can find them on the market or at your flower shop for a couple of Euros in a plastic pot. Depending on the number of bulbs, find a glass that can fit them. I love to be able to see the white roots of the plant through the glass. After a couple, it will bloom and stay beautiful for a couple of days. After that, you can replant the bulbs in your garden or on your balcony. It makes a fabulous table top display in your living room and looks also great a the centre of the table for a nice dinner with friends. Hope you will find it inspiring for a nice February flower decoration. Talk to you soon, Elodie

madame love loves: happy home

hello everyone! I want to share with you today one of my favourite French online shops called happy home. The products they sell are so well chosen and always beautifully styled, which is for me the secret of a successful online shop. A lot of shops nowadays sell similar products, but if you see them in a nice environment, and if the concept of the shop is coherent, you will want to come back to this shop. What is true for an high street shop is also true for a virtual one. They source some French designers such as the lovely Caroline Briel and her beautiful postcard or the stationary and pens from the Korean label Livework. You can also find the beautiful Baker Twine from the German label Garn & Mehr. The good news is that they ship worldwide!

PS: If you like the aesthetic and the products of Happy Home, you might also like the French magazine toc toc toc! that you of course can buy on the happy home online shop.

Talk to you soon! Elodie

#flowersonmyway - A new Instagram photo challenge

Hello everyone,Those following my on Instagram already know that I love posting flowers on my stream:

• flowers growing in my neighbour's garden
• flowers growing on the street
• flowers from the market
• flowers in the park
• flowers in my parent's garden
• flowers displayed in front of my favourite flower shop...

I thought maybe you would like to play a bit with me, open your eyes

• on your way to work
• while pushing your pram
• on your way to the baker
• on your holiday

and look for the best flowers on your way. So, if you want to play with me, just use the hashtag #flowersonmyway on Instagram or on Twitter. At the end of each month, I will publish my favourite photos on the blog. My first post will go live on 28 February.

So! Do you want to play with me and discover the best flowers in your city, in your local park or flower shop? I would love it!

Talk to you soon and see you on Instagram!

PS: I have got a little secret to share with you. #2flowergirls with glomerylane will be back in February. We are still discussing about the flower to style. So stay tuned!

Elodie

my interpretation of the Ikea BRÅKIG Collection

Hello everyone,On Monday, I made a little trip to Ikea with Ella and my friend Clara. I needed to buy some standard stuff, you always buy when you go Ikea, but I was also curious to see the new BRÅKIG Collection in the flesh, developed in collaboration with ArtRebels. I had seen the collection so often on blogs and on Instagram already, that I thought I might get a bit fed with it. Nevertheless, I love the traditional Japanese print that Ikea has used for the collection and the colours are really pretty. I ended up buying two bowls and a big tray. Here are a couple of pictures of how I am using the bowls.

After a visit to the market yesterday morning, I planted some Muscari in one of the bowls. I will post some pictures when the blooms are starting to show.

Here are a couple of tips if you want to do the same at home:

TIP n°1: If you plant that kind of bulbs in a bowl like that, without a hole underneath, you should not water it too much, otherwise the plants wont last very long. TIP n°2: If you have a balcony or a garden, you can replant the bulbs outside in the spring. TIP n°3: You can fit about 10 small bulbs and 3 to 5 big ones in a BRÅKIG bowl. You could for instance try with some hyacinths or daffodils.

So what about you? Do you like the BRÅKIG Collection? Have you bought something, or are you planning to buy something from it? and what will you use it for?

I wish you a great day! Elodie

A set of two bowls cost 8.99 € and the big tray (Ø 56 cm) 9.99 € In Germany.

madame love loves: Lyndie Dourthe and her paper flowers

Hello everyone,
I have been a fan for a long time of French artist Lyndie Dourthe's work and her fabric flowers. She creates lovely flower jewelry to be worn or displayed.
I am so delighted to introduce her work to you on the blog today. I am also very pleased, she answered a couple of questions. Dear Lyndie, thank you so much!

1.   Dear Lyndie, Tell us about your background, what did you study?

After my studies at the Ecole Duperré in Paris. I had several work placements in some very big, but also some very small, companies... only to realise that I really wanted to be my own boss!
A friend and I decided to start making paper objects and accessories. That is how we created costumes and decoration, as well as dressing shop windows and making jewellry.
My friend wanted to teach, but I continued the jewelry. Paper flowers are the first pieces of jewelry that I made and then I developed in addition my fabric print collections.

2.    Where does your passion for flowers come from ?

The decision to work with flowers and plants came about because I lived and still live in Paris and, like many people, don’t have a garden! I therefore recreated a sort of imaginary garden where I could invent all the varieties that came into my head. Not having a garden means that I grow a few plants in my studio that I look after attentively.
In addition, every time I travel I collect seeds that I find there and I grow them where I work every day.

3.    What inspires you?

Lots of things inspire me! It is above all my very regular visits to public gardens, greenhouses, botanical museums (and other types of museums!), etc...
I also try to see exhibitions regularly. Apart from that, inspiration is everywhere: in a film, in the street, in a discussion... and also on the internet, of course.
But normally I often go on a walk with my camera to take photos of things that I like and that give me ideas.

4.    Which blogs are you reading regularly? 

There are lots, but here is a collection:

• Saipua
• worlds end farm
• quince with sugar
• hermin van dijck
• mieke willems
• lorenzo papace
• trend tablet
• intelligent clashing
• studio attenzione
• artisaway
• smallets stories
• pinterest.com/drubi/pins/
• lnlachouette 

I wish you all a great day. Talk to you soon
Elodie

☛ Atelier: Chez Rouge Manufacture

15 ter, rue Sainte Marguerite 93500 Pantin -   FRANCE

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All photos: © Lyndie Dourthe