Yaaaay, it's the weekend (
almost)! The sun's shining and I can see the sea sparkling in the distance (definitely heading off for a swim shortly!)....but first today's tour. Could you imagine anything more wonderful than living on a house boat at this time of year? Brought up in a sailing family, I was practically born on a boat and this would be my dream come true, but it does conjure up images of a rather dark, cramped living space. Not in this Dutch house boat captured by
Binti Home though. Located a mere 10 minutes from the centre of Amsterdam, Annelie (co-owner of
Bynorr.nl), Hans and baby Scott's home is flooded with natural light. The self-designed open-plan space is uncluttered with fresh white walls and pretty pastel accessories. The only real hint that it's afloat is from the water seen from the living room window. Such a lovely family home, don't you think?
Apart from the fresh colours, patterns and light wood I think my favourite thing about this home is the mix-match coffee tables in the living room. How about you?
I love the cute children's room too. For similar inspiration it's well worth popping over to fellow Malmö blogger
Paul et Paula. My favourite online children shops right now are
The Youngsters (owned by my talented interior designer friend Genevieve who also lives in Malmö and who I recently collaborated with on
my little girls bedroom) and British/Swedish brand
Indikidual (Syreeta used to live here too!) - so lucky to be surrounded by such talented people!
There are a load more pictures of this lovely home plus a full write-up over at
Binti Home and
Flair Magazine (in Dutch).
For more inspiration from Holland this weekend (after all, the Dutch do have such a great sense of style don't they?) there's an entire archive
here (scroll through the first one as it's most likely this home).
Have a wonderful couple of days and for those of you in America...long weekend!
PS if you fancy a dip this afternoon but have no where to go - you can always imagine yourself relaxing in one of these
beautiful swimming pools. Love!