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Favourite kitchen

Favourite kitchen

by Tiny de Vries
Create a fresh look with colourful art prints. Looking for a summer decor update to lift your mood? It’s time to say “goodbye, dreary days" and invite the year’s first sun rays into the kitchen. Your cooking area at home is where you enjoy cosy Sunday family breakfasts or pleasant evenings with friends. So, it should be not only practical but beautiful. But what’s the recipe for a summery kitchen? In the following post, I’ll show you how to use three of my favourite wall hangings to give your favourite space a fresh look in just a few simple steps. RELAXATION IN A FRAME When you live with plants in your home, they truly create a haven of relaxation. Very practical if the greenery is already framed, as with the art print VERTE, available in the size 30 x 40 cm. The effect of the colour green is both particularly soothing and stimulating. It provides relaxation and balance, making it ideal for shared spaces like the kitchen. FRUITY COLOURS Your eyes will also join in this feast! The berry tones of the art print SULTRY SKIES will draw everyone's attention, with especially the purple tones standing out. Purple portrays joy and strength, and I recommend using the colour as a cheerful accent, thus creating beautiful highlights. The art print is available in sizes 30 x 40 cm and 50 x 70 cm and can be framed if required. IT’S GOING TO BE DELICIOUS! The art print LEMONS, limited to 300 pieces, gleams in bright yellow, a colour that represents warmth as well as activity and creativity. This cheerful hue can cause any room to shine and makes the kitchen particularly inviting. Combine it with smaller accessories in yellow, such as a vase or bowl of lemons, and you’ll have perfected the summer look. The art print is available in a 30 x 40 cm size and is hand-signed by me. You can find more decor inspiration in my online shop, on Instagram or on Pinterest. Love,Tiny
3 living trends for 2023

3 living trends for 2023

by Tiny de Vries
Hot furnishing trends for the new year!  In 2023 things are getting colourful and individual. 2022 was all about calm colours, cosy furniture and subtleness, but 2023 brings oodles of individualism and self-realisation. Now we can play around with forms, materials, colours and styles.   For my latest blog post, I have delved deeply into the 2023 decor trends, and I can assure you that you won't be able to escape the following three interior trends.   TREND 1:  LOUD COLOURS  The 2023 trend colours (to the blogpost) have revealed some of this, with even furniture and decor accessories showing their colourful, expressive side this year.  White and neutral tones, which have made way for louder colours, are increasingly used as feel-good focal points in the living area. And striking wall pictures, playful carpets and colourful living accessories provide an instant dopamine kick to your four walls.   Matching art prints  BAY VIEW, A4 art print, from €42.45 KOREAN HANDBOK, art print in 30 X 40 cm from €54.95 TREND 2: WELCOME TO UNIQUE AND VINTAGE PIECES  Goodbye to off-the-shelf designs and mass-produced products! This year, the trend is to personalise and express your individuality. Individual pieces and pre-owned objects and furniture are finding their way into our living spaces, and we can combine them at will with the new. Flea market finds are very popular and combine excellently with your existing furniture.    Matching art prints  FOLLOW RIVERS art print, available in the sizes 30 x 40 cm, 40 x 50 cm und 50 x 70 cm, from €54.95 SAND AND CORAL, art print in 30 x 40 cm, from €54.95 TREND 3: GREENTERIOR  In keeping with our passion for sustainability and environmental consciousness, this trend represents more nature in our interiors. However, the idea is not to decorate your four walls with indoor plants. This year, warm, earthy and coffee tones, natural materials like rattan and seaweed and botanical motives are taking over, especially in the kitchen and dining room. Add a few attractive pottery pieces, and your look will be perfect.   Matching art prints  VERTE, art print in 30 x 40 cm, from €54.95 STILL LIFE, art print in 30 x 40 cm, from €54.95 You can find more decor inspiration in my online shop, on Instagram or on Pinterest.    Love,  Tiny 
The nature of colours

The nature of colours

by Tiny de Vries
Art print ideas for a perfect style mix Delicate, powerful, harmonious or impetuous — nature has an almost unlimited variety of colours, and provides a perfect source of inspiration when we want to update our wall colour.  From morning walks to evening sunsets — spending the day outdoors gives us an insight into the exciting world of different colour palettes. In the following article I have put together my favourite colour inspirations: Colour inspiration 1 – Morning dew on the meadows As the delicate sun rises over the meadow in the early morning, a play of colours starts flooding the green landscape in soft tones. Forest and meadow colours are guaranteed to relax you.  The art print PARADIS VERT (€49.94) invites you to unwind with its female silhouette drawn on white and delicate sage-green vintage paper. Colour inspiration 2 – Bright noonday light Let's dive into the floral art print FLEURS SUR LIN (from €49.95). Your gaze will be drawn into a dreamlike bouquet, where expressive earth tones meet bright pink tones. Your desire for nature will awaken and call you out into the open. The art print is a high-quality reproduction, available in 30x40 cm and 50x70 cm. Colour Inspiration 3 – Gentle Evening Silence After a long day, we start winding down in the evenings and enjoy the gentle magic of muted colours. Soothing shades of grey and dove tones combine with a smoky nude, surrounding us elegantly and quietly.  With its simple, flat vintage paper, the abstract art print LA BALANCÉ (30 x 40 cm, €49.95) helps us "switch off" in the evening. It's perfect for rooms that serve as cosy gathering spaces.   You can find more shopping inspirations in my online shop or on Instagram @tinystories.nl. Love, 
The light joy of living

The light joy of living

by Tiny de Vries
The fundamentals of a perfect hygge living experience I experience my home as a small idyllic island of relaxation in the whirling everyday hustle and bustle. A space that calms me down and allows me to enjoy my own company. But, at the same time, it's where I get my strength and where I spend hours socializing with my loved ones. Do you also enjoy creating your own hygge style, celebrating the cosy Scandinavian joy of living with warm, natural colours? Then you might like my three inspirational ideas for a perfect hygge living experience. LIVING IDEA 1 – Pure comfort with warm colours Endless freedom and new beginnings – soar into the sky and feel as free as a bird with the art print "The Sky Is Wide Open" (from €49,95). The warm colour-play in earthy and natural tones and swarming bird silhouettes creates a cosy feel-good atmosphere, inviting the viewer to dream. The art print is available in 30 x 40 cm and 50 x 70 cm. Click here for the art print.     LIVING IDEA 2 – Natural materials We allow natural tones to flow into our homes and focus more on cosiness and calm in our choice of furniture. Clear lines, simple shapes and light wood combine with subtle, basic colours such as white, beige and grey. The harmony of these elements purposefully unfolds their effect, ensuring a friendly, spacious feeling. I allowed my love for the coast and the Frisian islands where I spent my childhood holidays to flow into the abstract, flat art print "COAST" (30 x 40 cm, €49.95). We inhale deeply and let the harmony of natural materials and light beige and cream tones work their magic on us. Click here for the art print.     LIVING IDEA 3 – Time for friends and family Social evenings also form part of a happy home. Inviting friends and family over, cooking together, enjoying the good things in life together or discussing worries and feeling supported and understood. Our enjoyable gatherings are underlined by small comfort accents and a pleasant room atmosphere that invites all to linger and relax. The wall hanging "Blue Eyes" (80 x 100 cm, €159,95) celebrates femininity and strength and allows the two qualities to merge into an expressive whole. The sensual motif of a female portrait is kept in natural and soft colours that immerse the room in an intimate and cosy atmosphere. Click here for the wall hanging.   Let's allow the Scandinavian cosiness to move in with us. I wish you plenty of joy. You can find more interior design inspiration in my online shop or on Instagram @tinystories.nl.  Love,
New year, new colours

New year, new colours

by Tiny de Vries
Tinystories presents three trend colours for 2022 Popping or muted, high-contrast or tone on tone – once you've discovered the power of colour, you won't be able to stop looking. Because it's colour that adds soul and creates atmosphere in a room. So, the keyword for 2022 is individuality. Below, I'll introduce you to three colour trends for the coming year, showing you which tones will soon feature and why it's worth risking with more colours. Trend Colour 1 – Digital Lavender A multi-faceted atmospheric picture provides the new trend colour, "Digital Lavender". The soft pastel purple conveys a calm atmosphere with a simultaneous hint of lightness. A colour that makes you happy, its delicate nuance bringing playful, romantic accents into your home. The art print "LILAC BREEZE" (Available in A4 and 30 x 40 cm, from €49,95) shows a female silhouette drawn on purple vintage paper. It captures a summery moment on the water, awakening a wanderlust. You can view the product here. The art print "CORAL & CHOCOLATE" (30 x 40 cm and 50 x 70 cm, from €49,95) is wonderful eye-candy. Strong, earthy tones meet with playful pastel colours in the abstract landscape, uniting in a contrasting dance for the senses. You can view the product here. Trend Colour 2 – Creamy Cappuccino The colour, "Cappuccino", is pleasantly warm and tasteful. During the 1980s, this neutral classic used to be one of the most popular colours for interiors, and it's making a huge comeback in 2022. The colour holds back yet still manages to help shape the atmosphere of a room. "Cappucino" forms a convincing counterpart to colourful interior designs as well as an ally of noble cream tones or other natural nuances such as Kaki or Greige. In the dreamy silhouette "PURITY" (from €49,95), femininity and inner contemplation merge into an expressive moment of self-reflection. The duotone art print is available in a 30 x 40 cm size. You can view the product here. The art print "SAND AND CORAL" (30 x 40 cm, €49.95) conveys peace and warmth with its layers in tones of light brown arranged above and next to each other. You can view the product here. Trend colour 3 – earthy terracotta Spicy warm red and brown tones satisfy an increasing longing for nature. The trend colour, "Terracotta", offers a range of colour gradations from a creamy matt lightness to a powerful depth, catching the eye in mid-century style. In the art print "INNER TRUST" (€49,95), delicate female contours in intense terracotta tones form a sensual connection and point to a confidence in one's inner strength. You can view the product here. In the work "BLUSH"(from €39.95), a soft red-brown combines with different beige, brown and black tones in a flat collage, resulting in a contrasting interplay. You can view the product here. You can find further inspiration in my online shop or on Instagram.Love,