Happy New Years' eve

Wherever you are in the world,I hope you enjoy the party tonight! I wish you and your loved ones all the best for 2010 and may all your wishes come true!

XO

Lise M.

Let's go to Brazil

My sweet blog readers! Isn't this a lovely day for a celebration in Brazil? Today I take you to the Uxua Casa Hotel. This is a compound of nine renovated houses, two restaurants and a spa opened by Wilbert Das, the creative director of Diesel, in the Brazilian fishing village of Trancoso.







The Uxua Casa hotel is located in Transcoso's UNESCO World Heritage ‘Quadrado' square. Stay in your very own one, two or three bedroom self-catered casa or the Uxua Casa Hotel. Don't miss a trip to the newest edition spa, or a dip in the seriously cool crystal lined pool, that sparkles by day and glows at night. If you do feel beach bound, a five minute walk from the Quadrado will bring you to sandy Brazilian shores. For details and rates visit Uxua Casa Hotel.

source: NYTimes

Are you ready?

Hi lovely bloggers! How are you? Are you ready for the count down to 2010? I hope you are! If you live in Australia New years eve is already around the corner. Tell me what are your plans? We have stille some time to go. Today I would like to share some images of my home with you. I hope you like it.
The Oyster coloured couch is from the Dutch designer Roderick Vos. Design on Stock has more lovely design items at affordable prices. The lightning next to the couch is from Ikea. The lovely Stockholm series is here to stay.
Recently we have asked Shutters Direct to install these lovely shutters on all the five side windows of our apartment. To my opinion it is a great way to decorate your windows and it give lovely light in your house when you want it.

Later this week I will show you some more images, so please stay tuned!

Merry X-Mas

Merry X-Mas to all of you! I hope you have/had a wonderful time with your family, friends and loved ones. I'll be gone till next week to enjoy the lovely city of Maastricht. Talk to you next week!

image: Cox & Cox

Almost X-Mas

Hi! How are you today? Are you ready for a lovely Christmas! I think I am. Tonight we will go to church here in Rotterdam and tomorrow we will have our family over for diner. On Sunday we travel to the lovely city of Maastricht to spend a few days. We have booked a new, trendy hotel: Hotel Cabane. This hotel is located in the heart of the city so we will have plenty of time to discover the city and do som after X-Mas shopping. In addition they offer a lovely Mojito bar:-)






If you have any tips for good restaurants and design urban style, design tips please leave me a comment below. I really appreciate your ideas!!

images: hotel Cabane

Thank you!

HI blogger friends! How are you today! Just before X-Mas i feel it's time to thank you all for your great support in the past few months! Thanks to all my international readers . You gave me a reason and a lot of inspiration to continue this blog in 2010! A special thanks to all my blog friends who have mentioned Urban Style Vibes


Ella from Ellas Inspiration


Jenifer Ramos from Made by Girl


Tiina from ElCeStockholm

If you want to be included in the next Thank you post, please promote Urban Style Vibes on your website or blog and send me an e-mail with the link.

More X-Mas inspiration

Only 3 days to go before we celebrate X-Mas Eve. What are your plans? I can't get enough of all the lovely X-Mas inspiration. These images are from the Dutch interior design magazine VT Wonen




source: VT Wonen

A room with a view

Do you enjoy the weekend? I certainly do!! Today it's lovely here in Rotterdam. From my apartment I have a view on the historic centre of Rotterdam. Isn't this beautiful in the winter time?




Later this week I will show you some images of our home with some X-Mas inspiration. So stay tuned;-)

images: by Lise M. for Urban Style Vibes

X-Mas inspiration part 4: Victor & Rolf

Happy weekend lovely readers! What are you up to this weekend? I have a busy weekend! Today I went out shopping with my friend Claire in The Hague. We had lunch in the lovely Deluca bar and after that we did some X-Mas shopping. Tonight we'll have a pre-X-Mas party with our friends. But before I leave you for the rest of the weekend I would like to share some lovely decoration ideas that I came across today: Dutch designers duo Victor & Rolf created a X-Mas collection for the Dutch department store de Bijenkorf. This lovely collection in black and white is inspired by fairytales. I just bought some of the decoration items. They are so lovely! What do you think?






source: de Bijenkorf

50 of the world's best design blogs

Just before we pop into the weekend. If you need for some new design inspiration. Please check out the website from Times Online. This week they highlight 50 of the worlds best design blogs. I'm familiar with most of them but there are also some surprises!

Winter Wonderland

Today I will do an unusual think. I will publish some lovely engagement images. It's winter time and I think we all need some lovely inspiration for 2010;-) These images are from Katie Stoops. She is a lovely wedding and engagment photographer in the US. Are you getting married next year or are you just married? Please share your lovely stories or images below.





Thanks so much Katie for sharing your work with us today! Check out more of her amazing work on herblog

via: Green Wedding Shoes

Italian Loft Life

In a nineteenth-century building in the historic center of Reggio Emilia in Italy, an apartment of three hundred and fifty square meters has been drawn by the architect Duccio Grassi.To meet the demands of owners who wanted to expand the available space in their apartment, Studio Duccio Grassi has created an awesome loft.






Simple and elegant, the decor has a design pieces such as sofas by Piero Lissoni for Cappellini or table, and pieces with custom-designed by architect Duccio Grassi, such as mobile low living or library wall.



The use of natural materials combined with the choice of light colors and accentuates the brightness of the environment, emphasizing the light coming from the two terraces overlooking the historic city center.




source: At Casa

Skating on ice

My dear readers. As I told you yesterday. The first people in Holland are now skating on natural ice. This image was made in the north of Holland in Nijelamer.



Do you have natural ice in your country? And if so are you planning to go skating? Please let me know your answers via the comment box. Thanks for sharing!

image: KNSB

Italian beauty in white

Have you been in Rome lately? I haven't been there for a few years now but it is on my wishlist again!! Look at this beautiful restaurant TUNA in Italy's capital city. This clean and white interior leave enough room to serve some lovely Italian seafood. And as the name suggests they serve a perfect tuna plate.





via: Living with White

DIY Christmas decoration

Hand made gifts and decorations are wonderful. If you are thinking about getting crafty then this might be a good idea for you. The Dandi team created a lovely download to create your own Christmas Garland.





DANDI is a Sydney based design house specialising in the design of modern Australian Fabric and Tableware. The Dandi team is a group of trained industrial designers with a passion for beautiful and functional objects. Our aim is to share this passion through the creation of a range of modern and unique everyday products.

Thanks for sharing ladies!

source: Dandi