My Houzz: Neutral soothing calm Create a Airy Netherlands Home

My Houzz: Neutral soothing calm Create a Airy Netherlands Home - white interior and a soothing palette of monochrome snow come together perfectly in Guido and the house Netherlands Aggy Hoogwerf. charming update of the interior has been rolled out in stages, with owners who do much of the work themselves. Guido, a brand manager, asked the help of friends and family, including his father, Wim. By removing walls, floors finishing and build their own custom pieces of furniture, the owners have created this Aggy, a teacher, calls "a real family home, built with love.

"When you look at the parts of our home, we know whose hands helped create," she said. And that makes this very special house. "

Houzz at a Glance
Who lives here Guido and Aggy Hoogwerf and their daughter, Noor, 3
Location Harderwijk, the Netherlands
Size 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and attic

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one of the first major changes to the couple did was to remove part of the wall dividing the kitchen and living room to create a more open space.

Comfort and charm are important to the couple. natural textures and pale shades set the tone of the interior, creating a calm and warm atmosphere.

Pillow with trees Fine Little Day

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Nordic influences abound in the accessories. Aggy makes the pillowcase a towel by North of tea. The Christmas decorations were maintained with simple happiness: An evergreen tree is simply decorated with white lights and copper colored bunting Tine K, while twinkling tea lights illuminate glass lanterns

Lanterns :. Tine K Home

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Guido Aggy and managed to fit a small work area behind the sofa. Aiming a subtle industrial feel, they suspended a wall lamp construction and redirected painted an old ladder as a magazine holder

President :. Tolix; Table lamp: Jieldé; antique wooden Marktplaats; w ooden hand Hay; Print: Houtprints; Medical box: Hema

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Guido builds the modular TV unit that handles most of the length of the living room. This is the favorite place of the family in the house. It's where they watch television together and where Aggy reads to her daughter every night.

Aggy like foraging for beautiful branches and twigs. It is nestled in a vase and decorated with pendants star she made from clay. Behind it is another of his DIY projects: a painted wooden panel with pine trees designed to match black and white palette of the house

Washable paper bag :. Uashmama; sheepskin: Ikea; cover : Blanket Cross, Piawallén

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Aggy define the Nordic winter scene perfect combination of rustic wood elements with white decorations. Subtle sparkle is made with fairy lights and a light wooden star. Aggy cut the branches to equal lengths and secured the ends with string. To give the dark branches pale look, it dilutes the white paint with water and applied this whitewash wood. Once the star was dry, she wrapped with lights.

Luminarias: Candlebag

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When the family moved into the house, there was a small pantry walk-in closet hidden under the stairs. They demolished the wall and the door to open space. It is now a game and craft area for Noor. Guido made the table, and Aggy does advent calendar for Noor using small treat bags

lamp :. Signal Jieldé

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on a sunny day, the incoming light accentuates the warm patina of the wooden floor. "When we bought the house, the floor was a different shade - more brown honey, ' said Aggy. We sanded and used a gray white wax to give it a more rustic look and distressed. "

The couple installed the bright white kitchen with the help of their friends and family. After moving and lowering of the wall to enlarge the living room, they remodeled the kitchen with a Smeg cooker and Siemens appliances. The counter is a black composite material.

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Aggy and Guido wanted the kitchen to be functional, warm and comfortable. The dining table is the center; on one side there are mismatched chairs, and on the other side there is a bench. Aggy said, "When we have friends or family for dinner, we spend all night at this table.

Highchair: Tripp Trapp, Stokke

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Although many cabinets provide ample storage space, Aggy likes to display his artwork and cooking of favorite products on an open shelf. "A Dutch decoration fair, my creativity was sparked by a model kitchen where they used to hang a rod tips and pots and pans cut, she said. "I copied the idea with three branches.

Cutting board: HK Living; bamboo basket Tine K Home; black and white Cups: Ikea

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night, the kitchen is illuminated by subtle sparks of tea twinkling lights in votive crystal and a string of fairy lights sparkle along the wall.



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An open shelf displays Aggy collections of ceramics and turban cake pans. Under it is holiday greenery and accented by hand

Luminarias :. Candlebag; deer tray: Ikea; cups: Tine K Home

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brown teak cabinet was painted black and decorated with a small crown of foam. Backed it is a tree branch Aggy used to support a lamp she bought at a home improvement store.

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painted stairs Crisp white lead past a wooden star for bedrooms. "I'm in love with white paint, we used throughout the house. It is not too cool, "said Aggy. Guido plastered every wall itself

Painting :. Histor 6400; wooden star: Tine K Home

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in the bedroom of the girl Noor, the proud parents carefully selected toys and furniture to create a fun yet a quiet space.

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carpet was originally a Turkish coverage in Haarlem Ottomania based shop.

Duvet: H & M Home; reads: Bb 6

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Aggy and Guido redirected two apple crates in a shelf storage space open to hold and display books and toys Noor.

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Scheme black and white continues in the master bedroom, which is furnished with just a bed and nightstand. Guido was the head; a vintage apple crate serves as a bedside table. "I'm a big fan of the use of funds, said Aggy. "They are hardy, robust and add warmth to the black and white palette.

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Duvet: Hema; lamps: Ikea

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in a corner of the room, Aggy's love for the stars is evident in a wall covered with stars and a barn hand Amish star recycled roof of the barn. A vintage suitcase she found at a flea market takes its trinkets.

Amish barn star: Hudson River; print star carpet (folded): For Zenz

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Guido and his late father, Wim, and Aggy's brother, Vincent, renovated the hall. They put in new doors and windows, raised the ceiling and built in extra custom storage. A newly plastered white wall is spruced up with family photos in black and white.

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Aggy embellished crown on the front door with decorative white balls. It shares her love for interior design and style on his blog.

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The house was really a team effort. "All our family and friends have helped transform the house, it is now said Aggy. "Everything has been renovated, painted and handmade with love. We want so many good memories of working together to do it. "

My Houzz: Neutral soothing calm Create a Airy Netherlands Home My Houzz: Neutral soothing calm Create a Airy Netherlands Home

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