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Martine Claessens

A FEW THINGS ABOUT ME

I'm a Belgian who settled in Romania, after spending a few years in Italy.

My roots are in Fashion Design so this discipline and training translated naturally into my current Interior Design career.

I love to work with genuinely creative people, as revealed within a series of workshops that I facilitated in the last couple of years.

Inspiring and being inspired, is something that I now actively pursue through Interior Design classes and professional counseling. I love unlocking people's creative potential and talent and I have discovered my love of teaching and coaching.

I love the art and culture of different countries and to better understand their cultures I have learnt the languages of France, Italy, England and Romania as well as my native Flemish. This helps me and my clients on our searches for special pieces, commissioned pieces throughout Europe.


Pantone's Color of the Year: Ultra Violet

January 08, 2018 in Color of the Year
Pantone's Color of the Year: Ultra Violet

Pantone couldn't choose a more inventive, imaginative, and dramatic color than Ultra Violet. A shade which communicates originality and visionary thinking.

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Tags: Pantone, color inspiration, color of the year
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A Year in 4 Seasons

January 04, 2018 in Color Palette, Mood board
A Year in 4 Seasons

Time comes and time goes, season after season. The cold light in winter, the warm light in summer, it all influences the colors we use. 

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A Year in 12 Moods

December 29, 2017 in Mood of the Month
A Year in 12 Moods

Another year has passed, reflecting on 2017 and looking forward to make 2018 a year to remember.

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Tags: mood, moodboard, mood of the month
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White, white Christmas

December 22, 2017 in Getting inspired
White, white Christmas

The year is almost gone, it is again the most cozy time of the year. We are still busy decorating our homes, packing our suitcases to join our family, doing shopping for the Christmas celebration. Don't overdo it, it should be a time of reflection and enjoying good company.

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Tags: Christmas, Christmas decoration, white Christmas
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How to decorate a Fireplace for the Holidays

December 03, 2017 in Create the Look, Getting inspired
How to decorate a Fireplace for the Holidays

Often the first thing the eye is drawn to, when entering the living room, is the fire place. Let us make it even more the focus point in the room, now that the holiday period will start soon, with some seasonal decorations. 

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Tags: holidays, Christmas, interior design, fire place, mantelpiece
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Get ready in Time for the Holidays

November 26, 2017 in Create the Look, Interior Design
Get ready in Time for the Holidays

Lets plan this year a stress-free holiday period. Do you have the same feeling as me that this year passed by in such a high tempo? It feels as I was writing last years Christmas post only a few weeks ago. So it is time to get organized.

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Tags: holidays, Christmas, interior design, guestroom, party time, bar cart, organization, table setting
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Sample Room: Tadelakt

November 09, 2017 in Sample Room
Sample Room: Tadelakt

Tadelakt is an ancient, traditional decorative plaster technique still often used in Morocco. It is a natural, water-resistant lime plaster which is suitable for interior and exterior use.

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Caliente

October 29, 2017 in Getting inspired, Color of the Year
Caliente

Just the sound of Caliente was enough to open a whole world to me, a world filled with senses. Benjamin Moore’s Color of the Year, Caliente AF-290, is strong, radiant and full of energy.

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Trend Alert: Hygge

October 18, 2017 in Getting inspired, Trend Alert
Trend Alert: Hygge

Autumn is arriving slowly this year, it is a season which inspires me to write about HYGGE, a Danish and Norwegian word, which can not be translated to one single word. It was never meant to be translated, it was meant to be felt. 

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Botanical Inspiration

October 08, 2017 in Getting inspired
Botanical Inspiration

The greatest flower artists have been those who have found beauty in truth; who have understood plants scientifically, but who have yet seen and described them with the eye and hand of the artist. Wilfrid Blunt - Ch. 1 The Flower Artist in "The Art of Botanical Illustration"

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Tags: botanical prints, mural, ikebana, woodprints, wallpaper
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