You need to login or register to view and manage your bookmarks. For the past few months, I’ve been one of the many avidly following @mamoesjka_nl on Instagram.
The feed is the work of Ilona Zieltjens, a 34-year-old Dutch mother, blogger, and serial remodeler who chronicles her home’s many palette changes ...
...and rearrangements (“If I haven’t painted anything for a few weeks,” she writes, “the paint tins literally call to me from the closet.”).
She uses Stralend White from Dutch brand Flexa, which she says is akin to Farrow & Ball’s All White. Shown here, her black-and-white-checked entry hall and living room.
She sources all of her furnishings from small makers and flea markets: “It’s so much more fun to make independent enterprises happy by purchasing some of their products than ...
...to get something at a large retail chain.” To afford the next, she sells her castoffs on Instagram @Mamoesjka_shop, a word-of-mouth private account worth discovering.
“I scraped off all of paint splashes from the floor with a spoon and scrubbed it with a sponge like Cinderella,” she writes.
“Note to myself: Fill in all the holes next time.”
Thanks to her popularity, she’s now asked to cover products, but says she “only writes about items where I am literally jumping with enthusiasm.”