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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.


Bring Spring into your Home

March 16, 2021 in Getting inspired
Bring Spring into your Home

Spring will arrive one day, hopefully soon. In the mean time you can bring the spring feeling into your home.

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Tags: spring, declutter, cleaning, pastels
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How to keep your Budget in Balance

March 09, 2021 in Decorator's tips
How to keep your Budget in Balance

Decorating a home, or even a room is not an easy project. There are a lot of things to think about. Unexpected surprises that come up along the way. And than you have still the budget to keep still under control. In general you get out of the budget, but there are some things you can do to keep it in balance.

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Tags: budget, tips
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How to choose the Perfect Chair

February 28, 2021 in Decorator's tips
How to choose the Perfect Chair

When buying a chair there are a lot of aspects to take in consideration. Style will be the first thing you think about to fit it with the rest of your home. Budget is another important point, as you need a few of them and a chair can be quite expensive. So study well before you decide to buy.

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Tags: chair, armchair, ergonomic, deskchair
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Your Girl is a Princess? Let's decorate her Room.

February 15, 2021 in Create the Look, Getting inspired
Your Girl is a Princess? Let's decorate her Room.


I think every little girl dreams of being a princess, a real princess. As an interior designer I know that most girls, at a certain age, want a pink girlish room. What do you do as a mother? You give in or you try to show them that there is more than pink.

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Tags: kids room, princess, bedroom
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Give your Home a NY Vibe

January 30, 2021 in Create the Look
Give your Home a NY Vibe

New York, the city that never sleeps. A city that keeps inspiring, a city with a lot of different vibes, melting different styles and cultures as you won’t find nowhere else in the world. We can find a world of inspiration to decorate our home and give it a NY vibe.

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Tags: NY, NYvive, industrial, bohemian, studiolife, blackandwhite, popart
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Trend Alert: Trends for 2021

January 20, 2021 in Trend Alert
Trend Alert: Trends for 2021

Beginning of a new year is always exciting; we make plans, we dream and we are looking for inspiration for whatever project is on our dream list.

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Tags: trend, 2021
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Organize and Relax

January 14, 2021 in Getting inspired
Organize and Relax

Beginning of the year is for me always the time to declutter and to get organized. You get rid of things you don’t need, don’t wear, and everything finds it place. Throwing things out is relaxing, it is a liberating feeling.

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Pantone's Color for 2021: Ultimate Gray + illuminating

January 05, 2021 in Color of the Year
Pantone's Color for 2021: Ultimate Gray + illuminating

At the end of last year Pantone announced their color of the year 2021. Ultimate Gray + Illuminating: a marriage of color conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting.

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Time to Celebrate

December 21, 2020 in Getting inspired
Time to Celebrate

Here we go: time to celebrate. Christmas evening, Christmas day and a week later New Year’s Eve. Entertaining will be different this year, but it should not be a reason to keep it simple.

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Tags: Christmas, Christmas table, table styling, dinner
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Christmas Time !

December 13, 2020 in Getting inspired
Christmas Time !

Are you also counting down till the Christmas holiday? Did you notice that people started to decorate their house and putting up the Christmas tree much earlier this year? We are looking forward to the tradition and coziness of what Christmas in general is offering. Even that Christmas will be different this year for most of us

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Tags: Christmastree, Christmas, Christmas decoration, white Christmas, tradition
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