At Home with Kim Vallee

COOKING tools, DINING | January 14, 2010

Slowcooker by Margriet Foolen for Royal VKB

Margriet Foolen has freshen up the tagine like no one did before. The Slowcooker she designed for Royal VKB is a mix between the traditional Moroccan tagine and the Dutch stewing pot. It rustic and modern at the same time. It is made of two interlocking bowls that can be turned upside down at will. You [...]

DINING, FOOD + drinks | December 29, 2009

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Baked Exhibition during Dutch Design Week

This is baking as an art form. During the Dutch Design Week in October 2009, one exhibit was an homage to cooking and baking. Baked was inspired by a Sicilian folk event in Salemi, where a flour based material is used to create architectural decorations. One element that I like is how the belts allow to customize [...]

COOKING tools, DINING | August 26, 2009

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Better Ways to Prepare, Measure, Store and Serve Food with Royal VKB

I love the ingenuity of the design behind every Royal VKB products. Their motto, Thought for Food says it all. This Dutch housewares company always succeed to grab my attention. If only, I could find a Canadian retailer who carries the entire range of Royal VKB. A new product, Table Bin would appreciate by students who live with [...]

GIFT IDEAS, Gifts for HIM | June 12, 2009

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Cool Dutch Design Gift Ideas for Father’s Day

The Netherlands are a country where talented and creative designers flourish in a good number. Sadly, most of their design products do not cross the Atlantic Ocean. In fact, most of the Dutch products are exported when a dedicated retailer wishes to carry them and import the goods directly from The Netherlands. This is the [...]

HOME + GARDEN, HOME decor | April 23, 2009

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In Love with the Donut and the Sushi Collection by Edward Van Vielt for Moroso

These fabrics specially designed by the Dutch Edward Van Vielt for the Sushi collection by Moroso are stunning. I really like the mix match of patterns. He gave a whole new meaning to patchworks. Edward Van Vielt said in an interview that he was influenced by Marrakesh, the culture of the Far East and Middle East [...]

DINING, TABLEWARE | April 20, 2009

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Mixing Modern, Traditional and Handmade Home Living Accessories at Le Souk

If you like good design, chances are that you read the style files, the blog of the Dutch Danielle de Lange. Danielle is the owner of Le Souk, a store with an online store that delivers internationally. Good for us because her store carries unique products. What is interesting about Danielle’s style is that she successfully [...]

DINING, PICNIC, TABLEWARE | February 24, 2009

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Three Cool Kitchen Gadgets by Royal VKB and at Cox & Cox

The first two items are from a creative Dutch brand called Royal VKB. I introduced several products from Royal VKB over my blogger life. + Jorre van Ast designed a set of functional screw caps that fit twist off standard jars. The set is built for most common sizes of glass jars used for food. The [...]

COOKING tools, DINING | March 5, 2007

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Dutch spirit in your kitchen with Royal VKB innovative products

I love the Dutch ingenuity. I am being lucky to go to The Netherlands twice and I was always impressed by this design oriented society. Dutch people are creative in home décor out of necessity. They live in smaller houses due to the lack of land. Most of Dutch designers still sell locally. That explains why [...]