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3 tips for an artistic bedroom. Welcome to the bedroom of your dreams! A SPAce where you can unwind and recover from your daily stress. But how can you ensure your bedroom's transformation into a new feel-good room? I have three tips to help you create a cosy, modern and art-filled bedroom. In my online shop, wwww.tinystories.nl, you can discover the ideal art prints, collages and wall hangings for your personal bedroom update. PLACE THE FOCUS ON REST  Make way! Focus on the essentials and create a peaceful eye-catcher in your bedroom. A large work of art above the bed or on the opposite wall could be a central decorative element in the bedroom and significantly influence the overall mood.  As a large-format solo piece, the wall-hanging LISTEN TO THE SILENCE (€179.95), with its warm earth tones, creates a cosy atmosphere that invites you to relax. The 70 x 100 cm BLUE EYES wall hanging  (€179.95) provides a charismatic, artistic touch with a female portrait as its motif. Large-format works like these need space to unfold their special effect and will skilfully work their stand-alone magic on a wall. DREAMY SOFT TONES  It's time for soft powder tones to sweeten your bedroom ambience and bring a touch of lightness. Spring colour nuances, delicate pastel tones, and discreet motifs create an airy sense around your bed – that island of relaxation.   The large-scale print SUMMER MORNING (from €54.95) and the abstract landscape SOFT BREEZE (from €42.45) both create the optical effect of restraint and invite you to breathe deeply. Exciting colour combinations arise when we allow individual colours to repeat in different areas of the bedroom interior. Individual cushions, decoratively placed coat hangers, favourite books or flower pots act as companions to the art prints, picking up their delicate pink and restrained grey tones. GREEN SLEEP OASIS  Houseplants for the bedroom are incredibly decorative and also improve the indoor climate, filtering pollutants from the air. Your new botanical friends will transform the bedroom into a green sleep oasis, rewarding both you and your green fingers with their soothing effect.   The VERTE art print (from €54.95) is a beautiful, easy-care companion to a peace lily or ivy plant in your bedroom. The painted foliage adds a natural freshness to liven up your bedroom. And if you don't want to embellish your walls with nails or glued picture hooks, you can place small artworks, like the art card GINGKO  (€8.95), on a shelf or bedside table.   Find more decor inspiration in my online shop, on Instagram or on Pinterest. Love, Tiny

Three artistic home ideas to make summer last a little longer We are currently enjoying the last weeks of summer. So it's about time to extend the most beautiful season of the year at home and create our own breezy paradise with a few tips and tricks. In the following article, I will introduce you to three home ideas that will give your home a makeover that brings soft elegance and preserves the summer feelings. You can find the matching paintings, collages and wall hangings for the eternal summer in my online shop www.tinystories.nl. HOME TIP 1 – CONJURE UP SUMMER LIGHTNESS  Fancy some candy floss and soft serve ice cream? We love that lightness of being in summer. So, let’s exchange the heavy wool blankets and cuddly cushions for brightly coloured and airy textiles such as linen, silk or viscose. Transparent fabrics conjure up a summery atmosphere in no time. Combined with pastel colours or with ethnic-patterned or trendy fringed cushions, these textiles ensure a good mood and cheerful look. We can also embellish our walls with breezy pastel hues, which in the landscape art print CORAL & CHOCOLATE (€49.95) meet with strong earth tones, forming a harmonious connection. This high-quality reproduction is available in 30 x 40 cm and 50 x 70 cm sizes. HOME TIP 2 – A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE  Inspired by summer nature, we enjoy the effect of lively greenery inside our four walls. Pastel green is a perfect choice if you want more lightness, and your room needs a colourful dollop of freshness. Using pastel yellow and gold details such as candlesticks or bowls can create exciting contrasts. However, a light green shade also comes into its own when combined with rust red. In interior design, shades of pastel green and natural materials such as wood and stone form a harmonious combination, which is both modern and relaxing.  Things turn fabulously green with the 30 X 40 cm art print PALMIER (€49.95), a botanical highlight in the home gallery. HOME TIP 3 – A SEA OF FLOWERS  You can add some summer flair to your apartment by using typical blossom colours and textiles or artworks with a variety of different flowers, such as the floral and expressive quality reproduction FLOATING FLOWERS (in A4, from €39.95). All artworks can also be bought framed with high-quality wooden frames. You can find more inspiration in my online shop or on Instagram. Love,

Holiday flair for your home You might feel a nagging wanderlust pulling you toward the wide world. The next trip is sure to come, but in the meantime, you could already set the holiday scene in your own home with the latest decorative favourites: a short trip to the seaside, into the jungle or into the land of the rising sun, Japan. On my travels, I find new sources of inspiration for my art and collect unique materials like brushes and paper. I combine both elements in my poetic and exotic artworks, which allow you to live as if you are already on holiday. You can find these works in my online shop tinystories.nl. Holiday flair for the home, so to speak! A day on the beach Immerse yourself in the colours of the sea and get an extra dose of vitamin sea. As our colour themes, we use light wood tones, white and, especially, every imaginable nuance of blue to invite a fresh breeze through your apartment. In combination with maritime furniture and accessories, you can sink into the blue of the ocean when you look at the 30 x 40 cm art print INTO THE BLUE (€59.95) or laze on the sofa at home, dreaming of the next beach trip and the fine sand under our feet. The picture is available in a limited edition of 300. Urban jungle Tropical diversity and green flora create a jungle atmosphere at home. You can easily obtain this effect in a 30 x 40 cm or 50 x 70 cm picture format on your wall. The artwork BALI (from €49.95) allows the viewer to dive into the exotic green world of Indonesia. It’s a high-quality reproduction. The original painting was painted with Japanese brushes on vintage paper. This tropical motif can unfold its full effect in combination with other green decorative elements, such as a monstera or banana leaf placed in a sisal pot next to the artwork. Big in Japan meets Scandi Love Why choose between Copenhagen and Tokyo if both are possible? Scandinavian sobriety combines with Japanese elegance: Welcome to the much-loved Japandi style! The straight-line look with its clear design language is grounded in high-quality natural materials, illustrating that "Less is more". The abstract, two-dimensional art print AWAKENING OF THE SENSES (30 x 40 cm, €59.95) combines a Scandinavian colour palette with white, pastel black and grey. You can find more shopping inspiration in my online shop or on Instagram @tinystories.nl. Love, 

Happy home with blue artworks Let's welcome the mood-enhancing colour blue! Intense blue tones are taking over our walls this summer to create a happy home and feel-good atmosphere. The calming and clear colour positively affects both body and mind, even in its more intense nuances. It can elevate your mood and help you concentrate and focus. Blue decorative elements can work wonders, especially in the areas surrounding your desk.  Below, I have compiled my three favourite blue art prints: Floral joy The art print INDIGO FLOWERS (from €59.95 and limited to 300 copies) is available in the size 30 x 40 cm. Tightly packed floral silhouettes are kept in a deep blue tone and provide a naturally beautiful interior.  Glancing into the depths The art print INTO THE BLUE (from €59.95) promises to relax your eyes. Strong blue shades meet a breezy pastel tone and form a harmonious connection. The abstract art print is a high-quality, limited-edition reproduction, and is available in the size 30 x 40 cm. Radiant lemons The bright yellow art print CITRONS à L‘INDIGO (from €39.95) speaks of warm summer evenings and southern countries. Embrace your wanderlust and enjoy the exotic charisma of this work, painted in Morocco. This quality reproduction is available in an A4 size – framed or unframed. I share travel inspirations, personal snapshots and special finds from the world of art and interiors on Instagram @tinystories.nl or on my Pinterest channel @tinystoriesartshop. 

Wanderlust and enjoyment of art There are many destinations for those with wanderlust or a desire to travel. Set off into the wide world by starting right here in your home. Allow my exotic artworks with their vibrant colours to lead the way. During my travels, I always collect new sources of inspiration and unique materials. I then combine both in my artworks and invite you to immerse yourself in these distant locations of yearning at www.tinystories.nl.  In the article below, you can find my highlight art works:  Oriental Dreams This monoprint, inspired by the intoxicating city of Marrakesh (€49.95), is available in a 30 x 40 cm size. Known as the “red city” because of the colour of its walls, Marrakesh reveals its  colourful cloak of dark red tones at sunset, as I express in this work.  Coastal love In this abstract, two-dimensional print with soft grey and beige tones, I center my love for the coast and the Frisian islands where I spent my childhood holidays. The 30 x 40 cm art print Coast (€49. 95) is available in a limited edition of a total of 300 pieces. Flowers from Korea The sensual and simultaneously powerful portrait of a woman captivates the viewer's gaze. On my trip through Korea, I acquired special handmade brushes that inspired me to create the motif Korean Flowers (from €39.95). This quality reproduction of the original on vintage paper is available in the sizes 30 x 40 cm, 40 x 50 cm and 50 x 70 cm. Behind The Scenes: Bali Travel Impressions "Memories of Bali...I walk home through rice paddies,emerald paddy fields.Whispering blades of grassswaying in the gentle breeze. Let's go wandering againdrawn by the innocenceof these deep green rice paddies."Tiny de Vries    The idea for this painting came about during a hike through the emerald green rice fields of Bali. We inhale deeply, our mind comes to rest, while our eyes become immersed in the vibrant blue and green tones of the landscape impression Bali (€49.95) and are allowed to recover from the outside world. The art print is available in a 30 x 40 cm size in my online shop www.tinystories.nl.  I share travel inspirations, personal snapshots and special finds from the world of art and interiors on Instagram @tinystories.nl or on my Pinterest channel @tinystoriesartshop.     

Summer longing on your walls Relax and lean back – that's what summer's all about. Even before we swap our desks for hammocks and  soft, foot-massaging beach sand , we could start our journey right here at home by creating our own summer oasis. Sensual silhouettes and portraits, floral still lifes, dreamy landscapes and abstract works – summer starts at home. In the following article I have put together my favourite art prints for a sunny outlook: Paradise under the palm trees Palm pictures are just as much part of that holiday feeling as sandy beaches. The new art print PALMIER will draw everyone's attention with its elegant palm frond in a delicate taupe tone. This is a wonderful motif to make you feel like you're in a tropical paradise right in your own home. The quality reproduction (from €49.95) is available in a 30 x 40 cm size. Pure holiday feeling In the art print CHALK & TANGERINE (from €37.95), delicate pink and grey nuances are artfully countered by a powerful red that draws the viewer into a direct dialogue. This quality reproduction of an original on vintage paper is available in A4, 30 x 40 cm and 50 x 70 cm. Holiday postcard Summer holiday greeting cards are available in the form of the A5 mini art print SEA YOU SOON (€6.95). Whether you use it on your own wall as an invitation to daydream or as a greeting card for travelling friends, palm trees in front of a pink sky always form the most beautiful mood enhancer. You can find more shopping inspiration in my online shop or on Instagram @tinystories.nl. Love,