Lush kitchen tiles

On a different note, I am on the look out for some tiles for the kitchen to act as a splash back round the cooker and sink when I came across these fantastic delights called Tetris Tiles, based on the hopelessly addictive '80's computer game. (See right)

The initial idea was to use white mosaic tiles, but it seems a bit boring, and it'd be nice to make a feature out of the tile work. Another option I found are glass and really unique called City Scene tiles by Peggy Karr. (See below)

Rockefeller TSMZ003

Seaport TSMZ006

Times Square TSMZ001

I'll keep you posted, but me-thinks this may be a new project for the autumn.

Recycling an old filing cabinet

This weekend, as well as enjoying the amazing weather I finally got round to choosing a colour for the cabinet and spraying it. As you may recall from an earlier post a couple of weeks ago the newest arrival in the house was an old filing cabinet which needed a bit of colour.

All it took was a good clean, some amonia to de-grease it and 3 cans of spray paint which cost about €10 off the Waterlooplein market. Spraying it went pretty easily although everything outside was covered in plastic sheeting and newspaper. Just two coats and touching up needed on some spots was all it needed. I worked front to back, but it's really just a case of making sure all points are covered. Easy and fun work, and gives you fantastic results!

You can click here to see how the cabinet used to look.

Boating Sunday

Saturday bought into a boat share with Tom and two other friends. So Sunday we took it out for a spin on Nieuwe Meer chilling out on the water in the sun. The motor isn't back from it's service yet so we had to row. Which apparently is good for you, according to man-on-boat-with-dog who at one point passed us.

Housey must-haves

This weekend has been a couple of days of buying new furniture and organising junk. As I've just committed to a mortgage on a new place, it's now the next, and much more enjoyable task of choosing furniture and decorations. Moving from a 1 bed miniscule flat in Tufnell Park only the necessary and emotionally attached of our belongings came with us, which means there's been so much to buy. What really was missing was a media cupboard for all the stereo, digi-box, dvds and the rest to be shut away in. For some reason this was the weekend to do it.

So, I took a trip out to Zaandam and visited a couple of the hip home shops there and came back with this old office filling cabinet from Loods 5. It matches the filing drawers Tom and I already had, but the plan is to spray paint it.

Now for the difficult decision - what colour? Please leave your ideas below!!!

Pluk de Nacht - Open Air Film Festival Amsterdam | 2009

Emily before the film started

Last Friday I met up with Emily to watch the Friday night offering from the open air film festival that's going on at the moment in Amsterdam. It's a pretty strange, but great location and nice decorations and a really relaxed atmosphere. Plus it's completely Gratis!

You can grab a deckchair and a pizza or it's also possible to bring your own food and drink which is the nice thing.

We watched a really amusing short German film about an elderly couple, and then the main film was called Sophiiie. Quite a strange one with black humour, but did make you think about what was happening. I'm no film critic, actually I hate all that analysis stuff that they do. I look more for the atmosphere, how it makes you feel, interested in seeing how other people see the world. It's not that don't care about the films, books, or whatever I view, but let's leave the reviews to the press. Life's too short.

Pluk de Nacht - Open Air Film Festival Amsterdam | 2009