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3 ideas for a new sense of colour.  The spring season is always full of energy and life. The fresh colours in nature and the warmer weather put us in such a good mood. It's also the perfect time to introduce new accents inside your home to add freshness and joy. And thanks to the art prints in my online shop, www.tinystories.nl, no job could be easier. Add a touch of spring colourfulness to your interior. I have three suggestions for using exciting colour combinations to bring spring accents into your home. If you want to give your place a buzz of freshness, you can find the perfect art prints, collages and wall hangings in my online shop.  GLOSSY PINK VISTAS   Let's open up the treasure chest of colour! Create true shimmering splendour with gold and silver tones in your interior. The unique metallic look produces an unusual and elegant living atmosphere. Combined with powdery colours like dusty pink, soft beige and light shades of grey, the brilliant metal colours will show off their delicate side.     In the LUMIÈRE DORÉE art print (€179.95), the expressive female portrait motif shines out from her golden background, adding a touch of glamour to the wall.   Pink and silver form a successful colour team, revealing their shiny side in the MOUNTAINS AT DAWN art print (€54.95). Because of its cool undertone, Silver combines particularly well with bright colours to ensure a spring-fresh look. FLOATING ON A PURPLE CLOUD  From their earliest use, purple tones have exuded a friendly, airy welcome – the most delicate temptation. This colour fills a room with peace, lightness and the joy of life. And it always creates exciting contrasts when used in combination with red and beige shades.  In the abstract landscape DE PAYSAGE (€42.45), the light lavender purple blossoms into renewed artistic splendour, combining excellently with fresh spring colours such as yellow, pink and light blue.   REFRESHINGLY DELICIOUS: SAGE AND MINT  Soft green nuances help us relax. They reveal a modern aspect and provide a carefree atmosphere. Not only do mint and sage ensure a delicious freshness in our cold drinks – they also spread their good mood onto our walls and furnishings.  In the art print PARADIS VERT (from €54.95), the colour-combination first prize goes to green and white. Together, these two colours bring joy into our apartments with their light accents, ensuring relaxation for body and mind. The added company of rich white and soft cream tones make the delicate green glow even stronger and appear fresher.     You can find more decor inspiration in my online shop, on Instagram or on Pinterest. Love, Tiny

Decor ideas for a colourful Easter celebration. Spring is in the air, and our anticipation of Easter is rising. The colourful family celebration is almost upon us. Now is the perfect time for families to start their creative projects, enjoy the fragrance of spring flowers, snack on chocolate Easter eggs and decide on little gifts for visiting family and friends.   In this post, I’ll reveal two decor and gift ideas that will bring joy to everyone this Easter. Start your Easter browsing in my online shop, www.tinystories.nl and discover paintings, collages and wall hangings for your artistic Easter nest. ART CARDS AS EASTER GIFTS FOR YOUR GUESTS  It’s an EGG-cellent time to start crafting! In the run-up to Easter, young and old love crafting together – drawing, decorating and cutting out bunnies, eggs and other spring decorations. So, why not choose a more creative way to present gifts to your guests this Easter? Make your loved ones happy – surprise them with an A4 art card. How about pegging a few cards to a ribbon and creating a garland above your Easter table? Or you could combine beautiful art cards like CORAL (€16.95) or FLEUR POURPRES (€8.95) with your decorated eggs to garnish each plate on your Easter table.  And voila!  You've found your artistic Easter gifts that double up as decor. EVER-POPULAR GOOD-MOOD YELLOW    The radiant joy of daffodils! Because they're usually in full bloom during Easter, these charming spring flowers are also known as Easter bells. They love a little stage in your home to radiate their joyful colour. Why not place a beautiful vase of daffodils on a small table, surrounded by yellow décor elements like candles or painted Easter eggs? This spring yellow has hardly any colour-equal when it comes to providing joie de vivre, holiness and joy. The art print, LEMONS (€64.95, 30 x 40 cm), with its radiant lemon yellow, brings a pleasant spring freshness into any room. Give your daffodil ensemble another yellow companion on the wall with the art print FOLLOW THE SUN (€42.45, A4), a female silhouette in muted ochre. Find more decor inspiration in my online shop, on Instagram or on Pinterest.   Love, Tiny

3 tips for spring-fresh living joy.  When did you last feel "hygge" – relaxing on the sofa in a cosy candle-lit atmosphere, cuddled up in a fluffy blanket? But the alarm clock is starting to tear us out of hibernation, drawing us outside to welcome the first hints of spring in nature. However, the wonderful Scandinavian “hygge" lifestyle doesn't have to end once Spring arrives.   In the following post, I want to give you a few inspiring ideas to bring a very personal spring hygge into your apartment.  You can achieve this in different ways – using either less or more colour. Of course, a good dollop of comfort is essential. Discover matching hygge-style paintings, collages and wall hangings in my online shop, wwww.tinystories.nl. CREATE ISLANDS OF LIGHT  What ingredient is lacking for that spring hygge atmosphere as our days become longer again? Light! Lots of light. Open those curtains wide, move the furniture closer to the window and create islands of light in your interior. Softer colours, lighter fabrics, and artworks in brighter shades help you develop a sense of light and hygge. The art print CALMING (from €54.95), available in 30 x 40 cm, 40 x 50 cm and 50 x 70 cm, is the ideal addition if you want your room to exude cosiness and lightness. The delicate motif of a female portrait was originally painted on vintage paper with hand-made Japanese brushes. INDIVIDUAL COLOUR ACCENTS  A warm and neutral colour scheme results in a cosy home. Spring, however, can set new and fresh accents. Just as the first flower buds outside form small colour splashes in the wintery grey, patches of fresh colour will delight us inside. You can add joy into your apartment with flowers, candles and colourful works of art. In the art print SAND AND CORAL (€54.95), bright pink breaks through subtle and calm grey, beige and white nuances. The cheerful colour lifts your mood and makes you want to enjoy the spring season. It’s a high-quality reproduction with dimensions 30 x 40 cm. The original artwork was painted on sun-bleached linen with a Japanese brush.   THE SCENT OF COLOUR  Can spring ever become too floral? Not only do flowers cause pleasure when you see them in a vase, but they can also unfold their never-fading floral splendour on the wall. Allow flowers to speak the language of spring in your apartment and give them a place of honour on your wall. The floral art-print duo FLOATING FLOWERS (€42.45, A4) and FLEURS SUR LIN (from €54.95), available in 30 x 40 cm and 50 x 70 cm, will delight you with lasting floral pleasure. After all, Hygge is an attitude to life that simply brings joy.  You can find more decor inspiration in my online shop, on Instagram or Pinterest. Love, Tiny  

These 3 ideas will draw spring into your home.   When you feel the sensation of spring tingling in your stomach, your fingers start itching, and you feel like new colours and other changes, then spring is in the air. If the grey winter weather cannot motivate you to go outside, you can simply turn your back on that uncomfortable feeling and start revitalising your four walls with a spring lightness.     In the following post, I present three decor ideas to help you create your own spring paradise. Let's use a few artistic tips to shake our homes out of hibernation into a spring awakening. You can find matching paintings, collages and wall hangings in my online shop, wwww.tinystories.nl.  COLOUR PLEASURE     Crocuses, hyacinths and daffodils are heralds of spring that gradually bring colour and life into the winter grey.  If you love bright spring colours, the art print ROUGE, boasting a female silhouette in bright pink, will suit your taste excellently and become a radiant highlight on your wall. The art print is available in 30 x 40 cm and 50 x 70 cm and can be framed if required. If you prefer not to go straight for the solo colour scene, the abstract landscape DE PAYSAGE combines several spring colours, such as purple, yellow, pink and bright blue. The perfect wall accompaniment to a colourful bouquet of tulips on the table.   ORGANIC SHAPES     Be inspired by nature and the language of its forms. Soft curves and curved lines have something protective about them and provide a friendly interior atmosphere. The art print PARADIS VERT (from €54.95) will find a special place in your home as a tribute to the female body and its flowing curves. The artwork's light shades and minimalist design recall the beauty of simplicity and celebrate a spring-like lightness. It’s possible to purchase the art print in sizes 30 x 40 cm or 50 x 70 cm. A DESIRE FOR ADVENTURE    Towards the end of winter, our spirits become awakened, and we’re motivated to plan future trips and excursions that we’d like to experience in the warmer months. The joy of spring increases as, without leaving our homes, we dream about distant places and the blue ocean. The next adventure and boat ride awaits! The art print LETS’S GO ON AN ADVENTURE (€54.95) is a high-quality reproduction with dimensions 30 x 40 cm. I drew the original in blue pencil on antique paper.   You can find more decor inspiration in my online shop, on Instagram or on Pinterest.    Love,  Tiny        

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. Forrest 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, 

Enjoy a restful sleep with soft colours The bedroom is a retreat where we want to find peace and relaxation. It's not only a good bed that makes for a restful sleep; our choice of colours in the room also plays an important role. Do you want to bring a breath of fresh air into your bedroom and add a few improvements at the same time?With a bit of creativity and dexterity, you can redesign your bedroom in no time and ensure increased quality of life and sleep. I've put together three ideas for the perfect bedroom remodelling: Idea 1: Fresh colours energise the room Soft yellow, orange and red tones can bring a boost of freshness into your bedroom. These colours evoke sun rays and floral pleasure and bathe the room in warmth and cosiness. Whether it's a new coat of paint on the walls, colourful decorative highlights arranged on the bedside table or selected works of monochrome art on the floor and walls – the sleeping quarters can become an oasis of well-being.  Idea 2: Interior update for the walls Relaxation, switching off and getting up — the bedroom should accommodate your various requirements and be a room with its own character. The walls could be unplastered; or they might contain a colourfully and thematically coordinated picture gallery or a single large wall hanging as a central focus. Nevertheless, your wall design should reflect your own personality and not vice versa. Idea 3: Softly ensconced in pastels Delicate pastel shades bring lightness and ensure peace and harmony. So what could be better than combining pastel colours with natural textiles when choosing bed linen and decorative pillows and creating a comfortable snuggle retreat. These elements allow the bedroom to become a dream room. For more living inspiration, follow me on Pinterest: @tinystoriesartshop. Love,  

Tinystories spring and Easter decoration ideas It's finally here! Delicate rays of sunlight gently draw us outdoors where spring greets us pleasantly. So, it's about time to invite her in and prepare your home for the new season. You don't have to change all your furnishing, just apply a few decorative tricks here and there. Botanical accents and bright green and pastel tones can give your four walls that fresh spring glow. Waiting for you in my online shop, is a world full of pictures, illustrations and collages, poetic artworks in delicate colours and floral motifs, large-format wall hangings and postcards that all create a spring atmosphere. You can also choose to buy any artwork framed in a high-quality wooden frame. Some prints are available in limited editions, hand-numbered and signed. I've put together the highlights of my artwork as well as three styling ideas for this beautiful season: Lasting floral joy A picture that provides lasting floral delight. The floral art print, “WILD FLOWERS” (€74.95), is a beautiful quality reproduction. The original is painted on vintage paper with natural pigments from the Balearic Islands. Click here for the art print. Magical spring feelings The art card, "YOU ARE MAGICAL" (€7.95), conjures up a spring-like flair in a delicate shade of lilac. To decorate your wall, you can add a frame to the artistically immortalised flower, or you could use it as a greeting card to convey a spring message. Click here for the art print.  It's turning so green The two-colour art print, "VERTE" (€49.95 ), is available in a 30 x 40 cm size. The expressive bottle green of the depicted plant will form a botanical highlight in your home gallery. The original artwork was painted with a Japanese brush on sun-bleached linen. Click here for the art print.    Styling Idea: 3 Tips for a home filled with the joy of spring Idea 1: Immerse yourself in light spring colours Delicate pastel shades skilfully underline the warmer season, providing lightness and setting a good mood. Pink, lilac, light blue and a soft green in the form of decorations and textiles such as tablecloths or pillows allow a spring breeze through your apartment. On the Easter table, water in glass vases, naturally coloured by food, creates an exciting contrast with the selected flowers. Idea 2: Setting botanical accents This year, the picture wall and Easter table could shine in fresh shades of green and botanical highlights for a change. Delicate green candles in simple moss cuttings, large monstera leaves as coasters and DIY napkins, printed with a leaf motif, all serve as table decorations. And you can round of this local plant delight with your new favourite – a botanical artwork on the dining room wall. Idea 3: Floral joy Easter decoration without flowers? Unthinkable. Fresh daffodils, tulips and hyacinths on a festively set table conjure up a colourful palette and belong to Spring just as much as the chocolate bunny belongs in the easter nest. Whether on the table, the windowsill or as a sustainable work of art with a floral motif on the wall – we're passionate about our floral feasts for the eye.   You can find further inspiration in my online shop or on Instagram.Love, 

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,

Nostalgic signs of spring Goodbye, dreary old grey winter and welcome beloved spring. Slowly but surely, our hearts start yearning for those warm rays of sunshine and radiant colours. Nature starts wrapping herself in fresh robes, inviting you to go outside. This is when your home could also blossom, decorated in nostalgic hints of spring. A poetic dream world of art prints, wall hangings and postcards awaits you in my online shop. The delicate colours will conjure up springtime on your wall, framed in high-quality wooden frames and available in limited editions. Below I have summarized my three favourite works: New in the shop The abstract art print "AWAKENING OF THE SENSES" (available in A4, €59.95) is the most delicate temptation since the introduction of soft tones. Limited to 300 copies, the art print provides the perfect transition from winter to spring. Click here to see the art print.    Florals for your wall A picture that provides a sustained floral delight. The limited art print “MOON FLOWERS” (from €59.95) is a beautiful quality reproduction. The original was painted on vintage paper with natural pigments. Click here to see the art print.     Breathe deeply... The art print "VERTE" (30 x 40 cm, €49.95) is reminiscent of nature's power and peace. The radiant leaf motif houses a feeling of well-being. The perfect artwork for all plant and nature lovers. Click here to see the art print.  Pinterest Find inspiration and immerse yourself in my world. On my Pinterest channel @tinystoriesartshop, I display my work and share personal snapshots and inspiring finds from the world of art and interiors. Love,