BLACK BEAUTY

Today I'm impressed by this urban home in black located in a natural environment. What a cool space. Plenty of room for a holiday retreat with friends. This holiday home is located in the British wilderness of Dungeness. Dungeness is the world's largest stretch of shingle, bleak but beautiful desert with the roaring soundtrack of white noise provided by the sea and wind. There are two lighthouses blinking in the distance. What a place....

Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PLACE??

 via: Wallpaper Magazine

TODAY I WANT TO BE IN....MEXICO(VIA URBAN STYLE VIBES*

Today I want to be in this anti-design hotel. I hear you thinking. An anti-design hotel. Is that really of interest? Well, let me take you to Mexico today and show you the lovely Azucar hotel.

This hotel is named for the sugar cane grown in its home state of Veracruz. The Azucar was conceived by hotelier Carlos Couturier, founder of some of Mexico’s hippest resort properties. For the Acuzar he decided on a back-to-basics theme that finds its expression in an airy, breezy feeling.

The hotel’s 20 low-slung bungalows, all in an intense white-on-white colour scheme, inspire visions of loose cotton clothing, sandals and the easiest of schedules.

If you are ready to go, you can book your Design hotels here. I'm a Design Hotel affiliate and if you book a design hotel via Urban Style Vibes a % of the total booking goes to me so I can keep you up to date on the latest travel destinations on the planet. Have fun!

source: Design Hotels

LET'S GO ON A TRIP!

Hello, good morning bloggers and blog lovers. How are you today? Are you ready to kick off the new week? Did you changed all your clocks this weekend to the summer time? And did you switched off the lights for 1 hour to celebrate earth day? So many things to do, so little time....Today I'd love to take you on a wonderful camping trip with this beautiful mobile home.Where shall we go? To France, Italy, Argentina? Where would you love to go? I will go on holiday to the Caribbean in 3 weeks time. I will soon share more information about my next trip here on Urban Style Vibes*.

Photograph: Stuart McIntyreWords/styling: Katrine Martensen-Larsen

WINE BOTTLE CEILING

 If you are a frequent reader of my blog, you might have read my post about the floating restaurant in Vancouver. Today we are in the Ginger restaurant in Buenos Aires. And look above you. This restaurant has a ceiling with  500 reused wine bottles to improve the acoustics of the building. What an amazing idea and view.

Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA?

GET PREPARED FOR SUMMER

I'm so happy that Spring is here. The last few days have been perfect. A blue sky and a lot of sunshine. The perfect start of a new season. What do you think? I already cleaned my balcony and added some hyacinths and fresh greens. But what about these stunning ideas from IKEA to prepare for the summer. I found these images on the lovely Livet Hemma inspiration blog.

Q. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS TO PREPARE YOUR GARDEN OR BALCONY FOR THE SUMMER?

images: Livet Hemma

MEET THE BLOGGER EVENT REGISTRATION

My dear friends. I need to share some news with you! We have found a very special location for the Meet the Blogger event. It's Hotel V in Amsterdam.

This urban design hotel is the perfect fit for this event. Later this week I will share some lovely images of the hotel with you but I couldn't resist to share the news with you. The last week we had many questions regarding the sign up for the event. Please RSVP on Facebook (see link on the right) and leave your blogname if that is not your facebook name. Early april we will publish a list of  all the attendees here. We can host a maximum amount of people so please make sure you register as soon as possible!

TODAY I WANT TO BE IN...URUGUAY (VIA URBAN STYLE VIBES)

My dear friends. Happy Monday! Let's kick off the new week, come and travel with me on a plane to Uruguay. This vacation home in El Chorro, 90 km from Montevideo is definitely a blast. The owners and their two daughters bought this place for $15.000 dollar, no this is not a typo and with an architect they rebuilt the place to what it is now. The owners wanted to have sea view from all parts of the house and the natural sea breeze that you hear comes together with that view;-) Such an amazing place.

Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PLACE? LOVE IT OR?

PS. I'm planning a trip to Uruguay later this year so if you have any tips on where to stay, eat of sleep please let me know!

images: NYT

COLOURFUL ARTIST HOME

TODAY I'm inspired by this colourful, creative home tour that I found in the NYT. We are in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is the home of Douglas Coupland, the author of "Generation X," Microserfs" and the upcoming novel "Generation A" He renovated this midcentury home that could technically be called a second home, though it doesn't really provide much of a scenery change: it sits directly behind his primary residence.

Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PLACE? 

images: NYT.

HAVE A SPLASHING WEEKEND!

My dear friends! Thanks for your blog silence yesterday. It's good to see that the blogger world is sharing serious thoughts and takes care of the disaster in Japan. To me it feels like we are so far away from this and we cannot do much from here to help all the people in need but on the other hand every donation, every single thought and attention for this natural disaster will help the Japanese to overcome this in the end. 

 Tomorrow it's the 20th of March and the calendar says that we can officially celebrate spring! I'm so happy to see all the green popping out and the sun is sparkling fresh today here so I think I will go out on my bike to make some photo's which I will share with you later this week. I hope you enjoy your time off and find some time to spend with your friends, family and loved ones. Life can be so short so please enjoy every minute you have!

Q. What are your plans for the weekend? 

image: Marie Claire Maison

BLOGGER SILENCE FOR JAPAN

Today is the bloggers day of silence for all the people in Japan. Read more about the initiative here. Our hearts and minds are with all the people involved.

Take care Japan! 

BAMBOO STYLE

Have you ever had the idea to extend your current home? This might be the ideal solution. Dutch designer Erwin Schuster developed this sustainable bamboo home. These 100% Room Bamboo Groove apartments are made of eco-friendly bamboo and the homes come in 3 different sizes. I would love to have a home office like this in a big green garden.....Dream on.

Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA?

image via: Bamboo Groove

ETSY HQ

Good Morning! How are you? Are you busy today? Time for a break. Today I'm inspired by the Etsy HQ in the USA. If you are a frequent reader of this blog you know that I'm struggeling with my home office. But this one is so inspiring that I get new inspiration to start my home office make-over this weekend. I will keep you posted on the progress.

Isn't this a great place to work? WHAT DO YOU THINK? I would love to work in such an inspiring office.

images via Apartment Therapy

GOING GREEN?

Good Morning friends! How is the start of your new week? I started with some running exercise this morning so I'm about to start the new week with a fresh mind. I just received my new copy of VT Wonen Magazine and it seems that green is one of the new trend for interiors this spring. Personally I'm not a big fan of green in my interior but these images show that it can be pretty nice.

Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK? WOULD YOU ADD SOME GREEN TO YOUR INTERIOR?

images: VT Wonen

JAPAN...

Fources of nature have taken over Japan in the past few days. This reminds me more and more that human beings are so fragile on planet earth. Last year I visited Tokyo, Yokohama and the island of Guam. And not even 1 year after my fantastic trip this happens....Incredible! My thoughts are with everyone in the area. Take care!

image via Table Tonic

POLAROID LOVE

Today I'm inspired by these super cute hand made ceramic coasters from Just Noey. Originally from India Parul Arora is a London based illustrator, animator and designer with an extensive background in digital design and animation. Under the Just Noey name she creates beautiful and unique table wear.
 These coasters are inpsired by the spring/summer season and that's just what I need today;-)

Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA?