For more than a decade, Sanne Hop has chronicled her life on Instagram. We first met when she and her family had just left Amsterdam for the burbs—see Elevating the Everyday. For their home, Sanne had slowly assembled an inspired mix of handmade furnishings and become part of an online community of creatives trading work and ideas. At the time, she was a stay-at-home mother of four with a PhD in history and a natural way with design and interior styling.

We just caught up with Sanne for the first time in five years, and she welcomed us into what might be termed, at age 45, the busting out phase of her life: the family are back in the city, Sanne and her husband are divorced and amicably co-parenting, and she’s now presiding over her own concept shop, Atelier Hop, in the center of Amsterdam. In it Sanne showcases a changing array of vintage and contemporary art, decor and fashion by friends and things she herself makes, such as arch-shaped beeswax candles in Waldorf crayon colors. And she frequently hosts pop-ups and workshops—Sanne has become the den mother of rarefied small makers. The space also doubles as her half-time living quarters and just about everything in it is for sale—Sanne is all about creating anew.

Photography courtesy of Atelier Hop (@sannehop).

The shop floor is rough concrete that Sanne painted a cream color to brighten the 100 square meter (approximately 1,075 square foot) space—her two daughters like helping to keep it clean. The dried herbs used to ornament wrapped packages.

Above: The greenery girls, Sanne and eldest daughter, Pippa, captured by photographer friend Petra Droogsma.

Sanne’s sister, Tessa, also has a way with style. A while back we featured her place:

Living with (Four!) Kids: Ideas to Steal from Tessa Hop’s Organized and Serene Family Home