Famille Summerbelle News

So, this is the last post of 2016. I thought it might be a good moment to share something I wanted to show you a little earlier but couldn't replace the right moment. Here's some images from a wonderful trip we took en famille at the end of October. We were invited to Mexico to celebrate the wedding of my...

I can't tell you how much I love taking these age portraits every year. Seeing our Lucien changing physically makes me smile and laugh so much! He blew his 7 candles the day we left Mexico but we've been celebrating for over a week with family, friends and more friends! Happy birthday one more time Lulu! XXXX

A beautiful grass plant that may just take over the world and save us from plastic! Bamboo is fast becoming the best possible choice for so many household products and today we’re very proudly introducing the first bamboo products to Famille Summerbelle. Bamboo Circus is a collection of bamboo tableware designed by Famille Summerbelle exclusively for our lovely friends at...

I have to thanks my mum for my love of hand made plates and dishes. Since I can remember my mother would always serves us beautifully cooked food on hand made plates. Mostly hand made by her or by one of my sisters. A couple of weeks ago she came to visit us in Amsterdam with a luggage full of...

Wednesdays are spent with the children as they have the afternoon off. Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day yet very cold. One of those days that announces the beginning of Autumn. We decided to stay home and while Téo was napping, Ophelia, Lucien and I started to do some drawings and paintings on the kitchen table. Lucien drew a colourful...

That nice feeling of coming home after a long happy Summer... displaying the garlic braid on the kitchen shelf, watching Lucien draw endless airplanes, watering the -dry- plants after a hot Summer and sitting at my desk with a cup of tea. Simple pleasures.

The Sunday was a rainy day so we decided to make the most of it and discover a bit of The Hague, about 40mn drive from home, Amsterdam. We ended up spending most of our day in the Gemeente Museum -aka Museum of Modern Art as there was so much to see from the exhibition of Bridget Riley, Constant and...

What a wonderful and busy month we had! We celebrated Ophelia's 10th birthday on 14th July. It was the highlight of the month, watching our little girl blowing her 10 candles with a big smile on her face! Just after, the 5 of us drove all the way from Amsterdam to the French Alps to spend time with family and...

I had a wonderful time working with Sabien from Engel. over the past few months. Famille Summerbelle and Engel. are very pleased to announce the launch of this new collection of children tableware made from 100% biodegradable bamboo. Let me introduce you to two cheeky characters Circus Bear and Circus Rabbit! Each set includes a bowl, a tumbler and a...

I am delighted to announce the launch of our latest map of Amsterdam! I had great pleasure drawing and cutting this map as I am so in love with this beautiful city that we now call home. I have featured my favourite spots like the Albert Cuyp market in the Pijp near where we live and where you can replace...

Ophelia loves to keep an incredible amount of small things in her bedroom such as cute little erasers, hair clips, pencils, make up, paint pots, pearls and threads (I used to do the same!). Now all those little things have found a home... Our House boxes are a great storage solution to hide in a fun and stylish way small...

You will need: a ball or two of thick wool, a small sheet of cardboard for the circles, a compass to make perfect circles and a pair of scissors to cut the cardboard. Cut tow large cardboard circles (about 12cm diameter). Cut a small round hole (about 8cm) in the middle of each circle. Lay the circles together. Wind the...

For my birthday - back early March- my wish was to have a week-end away on my own in Paris. Thanks to my amazing husband this happened last week-end and I had such a fantastic time. The kids (Téo is one year old, Ophelia nearly 10 and Lucien 6) were just so excited to spend a couple of days just...

I love this time of year when we can feel in the air the change of season. The flowers are blooming, the birds singing, the sun is warming up the air so we can enjoy long bike rides along the canals. We've been so lucky in Amsterdam lately with this blissful sunshine. I hope it's going to last for the...

Wildernis in Amsterdam: Stunning embroidery by Sarah Benning: Delightful paintings by Elizabeth Barnett:

Nathalie Lété's showroom featured in Milk Deco, designed by Nathalie Lété and hand crafted by Les ateliers Cardew-Bonniot, a Parisien carpenter wokshop. Oak stools designed by Nathalie Lété and hand made by Cardew-Bonniot: Wooden plates. Designed and hand made by Cardew-Bonniot. Boites à rien' designed and hand crafted by Cardew-Bonniot Their workshop is located on the outskirt of Paris and...

Our last removal box has been unpacked today. I guess we were close to 100 of them, far too many. Now we need to replace a place for everything but most importantly de-clutter as much as possible. Thing we didn't manage to do before we moved house! This is Téo sitting at the dining table in our new kitchen. We...

Happy New year everyone! I hope you all had a nice break over the holidays with your friends and family. After 3 months of renovation we moved to our new flat in Amsterdam a couple of days before Christmas. This move was particularly busy with our 3 children around and A LOT of boxes to unpack! We drove to France...