Innholdsfortegnelse for 1st issue 2022 i Jeanne d'Arc Living English Edition

Thank you so, so much for buying this magazine and for offering me feedback on what we’re doing. All the sweet messages that I’ve received over the past couple of months have just been overwhelming and they mean so much to me. Thank you! Every year, we add new series of articles and new approaches. This year, I’ve been particularly looking forward to presenting these to you because they’ve been developing for a long time. This year, you’ll get lots of good stories and tales about the people behind the scene. There are so many exciting stories and interesting people to tell you about. In addition, we’ll focus even more on recycling and sustainability in general throughout the entire year. That goes for all aspects of the magazine. When doing…

Making a bouquet is just such a wonderful activity and such bouquets really light up our homes during these dark months. Linda has made an incredibly beautiful bouquet out of seasonal flowers, using the most wonderful, matching colors. Actually, Linda doesn’t really like colored flowers but these ones are indeed very beautiful. She’s used tulips, French anemones, ranunculus and wax plants. Adding something with small blossoms to the bouquet always creates a beautiful impression because small flowers add life to your creation. You might have discovered that this bouquet offers a special variation of both tulips and French anemones. It’s the tulip sort "Brownie" which has a beautiful color. It’s produced by a company in Holland called VIP Roses. The French anemone is one of the spring queens and it’s…

The creative ideas continue in Mette’s and Jens’ hallway. Jens has made some "built-in" cabinets out of old cupboards that have been extended both in height and depth, and they’re now used for the big family’s jackets, shoes and boots. Everything has been assembled and painted white in order to hide the joints. Below the stairs, the washing machine and the dryer are hiding underneath a nice, old tabletop. Mette has made a linen curtain that hides the appliances, and she’s also made a curtain out of old pillowcases with insertions for the space above the cabinets. Lots of baskets and shelves are used for storing laundry detergents, gloves and whatever else is usually stored in a hallway. Only the beautiful things are visible and they contribute to the cozy…

In Grethe’s home, there is no doubt that French treasures make up a large part of the interior design. That also goes for her impressive hallway with a high-beam ceiling and beautiful, old wall panels. The etoile wallpaper has only been used on one side and on the end wall to create a sense of peace in the room but it does underline the style very nicely. The room has been adorned with lots of brocante finds, including an old dressmaker’s dummy, a funny, old Roman helmet, antique mirrors, old shutters, old windows, a French chandelier and other funny items such as a wonderful fruit centerpiece made of stone with the perfect patina. Instagram: @homeofbrocante…

In the home of photographer Sanne Boer, there’s a pass-through room with lots of funny nooks, staircases and doors. Sanne decided to paint everything in one and the same color – white. Floors, ceilings, walls and doors – everything was painted, and afterwards, the wooden surfaces were treated with clear wax. This adds a sense of peace to a room which might otherwise seem very confusing with so many different elements. A few nice pieces of recycling furniture and a couple of baskets for storage make up the decorative items in this room.…

One of our 2022 series is about the Hjulmand Madsen family. Michael used to work as a carpenter here at the magazine and he’s a talented hobby photographer, hunter and chef as well. He’s married to Catarina who’s a great cosmetician, a wonderful singer and a person who loves interior design, outdoor life and cooking. All year round, the couple goes on trips in nature with their children Calle, Pelle and Viggo. They go fishing and hunting, they prepare food over an open fire, and they sleep under the stars or in a shelter. Whenever she’s got time, Cat blogs about their life. Here we’ll show you some of their creative recipes for food prepared on an open fire and in the pizza oven in the garden. Enjoy! DUCK BURGER…

Do you have an interesting home and/or garden, a creative hobby, an exciting company or a creative workshop that you’d like the world to see? And would you like one of our competent photographers to visit you? If yes, we’d like you to contact us. DON’T BE SHY Perhaps your home has a special story to it or perhaps it represents a special, wonderful place which is mirrored in your interior design? You don’t have to have a perfect home because we actually prefer authentic and personal homes. You’ve only got one room which is interesting? We’d also like to hear about that because we write about various themes throughout the year and perhaps this one room is perfect for a theme. Perhaps you’ve renovated your home or maybe you’re…

Daniel Tschopp was born on February 5th 1939 in Ziefen in Switzerland. Ziefen is a small municipality with some 1,500 inhabitants. His house, which was built in 1860, is the home of a small atelier in which he used to sell and repair Pfaff sewing machines, and he also spent 30 years repairing industrial sewing machines. The workshop is still in use. Throughout the years, Daniel has established an impressive collection of sewing machines to create a small museum. Amongst other things, he owns the very first sewing machine from Switzerland. Apart from being interested in sewing machines, Daniel also creates 8mm films which are shown in his own little cinema in the cellar.…

When Tina started working with flowers back in 2018, she had no idea just how much they’d end up meaning to her. At the beginning, it was all about figuring out the strength of the paper and finding out what techniques to use for which flowers. Her design background came in handy and she started experimenting more and more. By now, she’s spent hundreds of hours on her flowers and at times, her work room mainly resembles a big flower store. All her spare time was spent working on these flowers, drawing templates, testing them, experimenting with paper strengths and trying to make perfect copies of small, fine flowers one night, only to experiment with huge fantasy flowers the following day. Tina loves emerging completely with the process, forgetting all…

We’re letting you take a peek at the book "Shades of white", written by Fifi O’Neill. Fifi has always been fond of interior design – even as a child. To her, all homes have potential, no matter their age, size and style. Our home isn’t just an extension of ourselves where our personality is displayed, but also our safe sanctuary. In our home, we can express our creativity. Fifi has been working as a stylist for many years and she’s been working with interior design and writing books and magazines almost her entire life. She never tires of visiting new homes, meeting new people and noticing all the different ways of furnishing a home. The color – or a lack of color – plays an important role when it comes…

USA Brayden & Brooks, 37012 High Chaparral, 77355 Magnolia www.braydenandbrooks.com Regina Annes, 16500 Gallion Drive, 70769 Prairieville www.reginaannes.com Vintage Violet, 20909 Bull Pine Rd, 19947 Georgetown www.vintagevioletchicboutique.com White Peony, 6353 North Macarthur Blvd, 73122 Warr Acres Treasures Then and Now, 20 Kirkcaldy Drive, 72715 Bella Vista French Charmed, 10354 W. Guinevere Drive, 83704 Boise www.frenchcharmed.com CANADA Mabel and Martha’s Vintage Style Decor, 1916 Dewdney Ave, Regina, S4R 1G9 www.fb.com/MabelandMarthas ESTONIA Maakivist OÜ, Tehnika 4, 70101 Viiratsi www.xn--vp-ckaa.ee HUNGARY Erdei Klára E.V., Petőfi Sándor u.12, 8900 Zalaegerszeg www.shop.malenka.hu SLOVENIA Kolor dom d.o.o., Kaseljska cesta 146, 1260 Ljubljana-Polje www.vintagepaint.si ITALY FERINA PASQUALE, Via san Salvatore, 90033 Chiusa Sclafani www.rosarioferina@hotmail.it BS Interior Designer, Via Giuliano Mancini 20, 91026 Mazara del Vallo Le Tapissier, Località Amerique 34, 11020 Quart INSTUDIO di Meregalli Giulia, Viale Europa…

We’d love to welcome you! We share our ideas on DIY projects, including anything from fantastic interior design solutions to cozy, small projects that you can easily try out at home. We offer you lots of inspiration, tips and tricks from the wonderful world of flowers. Both indoor and outdoor. Find inspiration for dinner. We’ll show you lots of tasty dishes and share the recipes with you so that you can easily try them out yourself. We’ll show you beautifully furnished homes full of personal style, interesting furniture and evocative decoration items – often with a focus on recycling, flea market finds and sustainability.…

This is the home of Mathilde and Christian, and it has no separate hallway. You enter directly into a room which is hallway, dining room and kitchen all in one. In order to separate the various sections from each other, they’ve put up a bamboo room divider and they’ve created space for a small coat rack. An old bench is used for shoes. A technical cabinet on the other side of the entrance door is also used for shoes and jackets. The door is made of an old shutter. When people come over, it’s a bit of a challenge, but then the shutter wall is also used for hanging jackets.…

For many years, this hallway was furnished in a more traditional brocante style but as you know, sometimes it’s just time for a change, and that was achieved by adding colors and some more rustic accessories. Adding color changes the expression completely. The cabinet was exchanged for a metal cupboard and the rocking chair was exchanged for a wooden bench. As the room offers large windows, it’s a perfect place for lots of plants. It’s almost like a greenhouse. Natural materials such as wood, earthenware and sisal have found their way into the hallway. The lamp is made of old water pipes, bought from a local plumber, as well as a socket and a lightbulb.…

Here in Kenneth’s home, we’re met by an entrance that really mirrors the style of the rest of the house. The room is just so beautiful, featuring a large, oval door with an impressive glass section that offers the most amazing inflow of light. However, furnishing this room was a bit of a challenge as it’s both narrow, features a staircase leading up to the second floor and has several doors. Kenneth has added several decorative ideas and a practical cabinet to the room. All the items are true brocante treasures from markets and antiques stores, including wonderful centerpieces made of sandstone, a chandelier with prisms and some fantastic, old, uneven lanterns.…

We’re always surrounded by all kinds of chemicals. In particular, cleaning detergents can contain lots of hazardous chemicals that can harm the environment and us. For this reason, it makes good sense to make such detergents yourself. It’s quite simple and cheap. Let me share a few recipes with you. WASHING-UP LIQUID: 10 drops of tea tree oil10 drops of lavender oil3 fl oz (1 dl) Castilla soap3 fl oz (1 dl) distilled water2 tsp salt2 tbsp citrus juice Castilla soap is a pure, liquid soap that contains no preservatives, thickening agents or other additives. It’s made of coconut oil and sunflower oil. Warm up all the ingredients so that the salt dissolves and everything melts. Allow the mixture to cool off and pour it into a bottle. Shake the…

Louise Weiergang Ipsen has invited us to her special home in Humlebæk in Denmark. Almost everything in this home is recycled. Louise has furnished her home in a very feminine style and, amongst other things, she had to convince her husband about the shade of rose on the wall by calling it "beige with a warm glow". The red thread in the interior design of this home is made up by flowers and plants, combined with soft and calm colors, and recycling. Louise doesn’t only love furnishing the home; she also enjoys her garden. As you can tell from the pictures, she’s used some of the garden elements indoors as well. A streamlined kitchen can easily be combined with cozy, romantic details that add personality. Most of the furniture in…

Inspired by the pictures of Daniel Tschoop’s workshop – and lots of lace from our storage room – we went into our creative workshop to make some nice things. This is definitely a very simple project but sometimes, less is more. Pieces of lace such as these ones are very decorative in their own right. They’re all nice reproductions of old bobbin lace and standard lace. You can tie them around small pickling jars and use them for tealight candles or bouquets. On the next page, you can see just how cozy it looks when you collect a group of glasses in various sizes, decorate them with a selection of ribbons, and add tealight candles. You can use a bigger pickling jar as a vase. This one has been adorned…

Join us as we visit Algria’s home which is a truly peaceful place for both your eyes and your thoughts, featuring subdued colors, natural materials and a very simple interior design. The walls are bare and have been washed down with white and gray concrete, chalk and sand. The original wooden elements, such as doors and floors, have been preserved in their natural color and have just been sanded down. Algria lives here along with her husband Derek, her son Dax and the dog Snowy. She grew up in a home with only a few material goods but with lots of love. That’s why she doesn’t need a lot of things in her adult life. She’s never dreamt of living in a palace; instead, she wished for a small, peaceful…

Humans have been making tools for 2.5 million years. In comparison, the spoken language only appeared some 9,000 years ago, meaning that tools and physical gestures have been our main means of expression longer. As opposed to other craftsmen, smiths had to make their own tools. These are the original tool makers: traditionally, smiths didn’t only make swords, armors, hinges and horseshoes but also all the tools needed to carry out these tasks. The same is true today – especially for Conrad who sticks to traditional forging principles and does all his forging manually. His workshop and smithy are located in a former cinema and it’s a kind of informal museum, dedicated to his collection of antique and homemade tools. Hundreds of metal pliers and other tools are hanging from…

USA 01519 Grafton, Off the Common Antiques www.offthecommonantiques.com 01566 Sturbridge, Hydrangea Home Decor www.hydrangeahomedecor.com 01864 North Reading, Brissonte‘ 01969 Rowley, The Barn at Todd Farm 02631 Brewster, Shiplap and Shutters 02653 Orleans, Cottage www.cottagecc.com 03458 Peterborough, Twin Elm Farm LLC 06475 Old Saybrook, Cottage Flair 08210 Cape May, West End Garage Instagram: Urban68westend 13084 LaFayette, The Vintage Room www.thevintageroomny.com 13827 Owego, The Left Bank 14450 Fairport, Magpie & Sparrow 15658 Ligonier, The Wooden Bobbin 15522 Bedford, Paprika Rose Vintage Style 17013 Carlisle, Hands of Time Antiques 20853 Rockville, Whimsy Hollow www.whimsyhollow.etsy.com 20176 Leesburg, The Stone Gate Market 21704 Frederick, The Stone Gate Market @Chartreuse & co 24986 White Sulpher Springs, Barnwood Living www.barnwoodliving.com 27284 Kernersville, The French Farmer‘s Wife 28712 Brevard, Lady Beatrice 28732 Fletcher, The Garage www.shoppearlsintheattic.com 29483 Summerville,…

We’re visiting Theo and Angelique in a small village in southern Holland in their house that used to be a bakery. There is a wonderful, light and airy atmosphere throughout the entire house. The basic elements in all the rooms are kept in shades of white, accompanied by lots of daylight coming through the large windows and lots of natural materials. We’re so much in love with the style which is both cozy and countryside-like but also modern. As the entire living area is on the first floor, all the rooms melt together as one to create a beautiful whole. When you enter the house, you find yourself standing in a beautiful hallway with direct access to the living room. These rooms are only separated from each other by a…

Many of us have a hallway and a corridor that connect lots of rooms. How can you turn such a room into an exciting part of the home? Mette and Jens have solved this challenge by adding wooden panels to the walls, painting the panels and the floors white, and using nice wallpaper and wonderful colors on the walls in their marvelous countryside home. This place makes you think of the old beach hotels, the only things missing being the signs with the room numbers on the doors. The couple has also installed old windows in the walls towards the rooms, adding daylight to an otherwise dark corridor and making this room nice and cozy. A bench in a pass-through room is great for storage and it invites you to…

Finding your keys is often a challenge. You can keep them in a small basket or in a box. As an example, a brick mold is a great solution. But you can also decide to hang them somewhere. This small metal cabinet has been turned into a key cabinet in a jiffy. Now you can place your keys somewhere where they’re not visible, but you still always know where to find them! Use a pair of pliers to cut a handful of large nails in half, keeping the nail heads. Place each nail in a clamp and use a hammer to bend the nail to create a small hook that fits a bunch of keys. Sand the nails down to get rid of sharp edges. Glue the hooks to the…

Idea: Use a fabric with patterns if you’d like a more colorful look. What you need for the 3 tassels: Sheet – torn into shreds with a width of approx. 0.4 inches (1 cm). Old beads Polystyrene balls – I used some with a diameter of 2 inches (5 cm). Old, small silver beakers Unglazed florist’s thread A selection of yarn or ribbon Coffee for patination White paint and wax What to do: For the first one, I used a polystyrene ball with a diameter of approx. 2 inches (5 cm). Start by making a hook out of unglazed florist’s thread and add a big bead. Glue the hook and the bead into the hole in the polystyrene ball. Use a glue gun or wood glue. Paint the bead and…

Pia, aged 57, lives in the town of Tommerup in Denmark. Her home is full of recycling treasures and features a wonderful mixture of rough and romantic items. She lives alone in this house and has been living here since 2016. The house itself dates back to 1863. Pia has renovated it herself with the help of good friends and her ex-husband. She dreams of setting up a small store with flea market finds, offering primitive accommodation and serving coffee and cake in the garden. This old house offers so many opportunities and Pia has lots of ideas. She’s been interested in interior design ever since she was a young child when she furnished her granddad’s old chicken sheds. THE COMBINATION OF FEMININE DECORATIVE ITEMS AND ROUGH FURNITURE ADDS AN…

Sarah Jahn is 21 years old, a chef, a confectioner and a new, hopeful talent in Austria. She creates recipes and participates in several TV-shows in her home country. As #sarahliebtsuess she inspires her followers and fans every day. This name isn’t just a slogan, it also describes Sarah in a nutshell because she really loves sweet things. We’ve been lucky enough to convince her to create some recipes for the magazine, based on the best seasonal ingredients, throughout the entire year of 2022. Enjoy! PRALINES WITH ORANGE GANACHE Thermometer and mold for filled chocolatesGrated zest from two oranges3 fl oz (1 dl) heavy cream3.5 oz (100 g) finely chopped white chocolateA few drops of Cointreau3 cups (500 g) dark chocolate Bring the heavy cream to the boil along with…

The snowdrop is a bulbous plant with line-shaped, blue-green leaves and white, drop-shaped flowers. Part of the amaryllis family, there are more than 20 different sorts of snowdrops. This is the very first flower of the year and it usually peeks out whilst the ground is still covered in show. Actually, it’s a bit of a cheater, arriving so early, but it’s a definite sign that spring is on its way – something that we all long for at this time of the year. Linda also cheats a bit by bringing lots of snowdrops into the house and placing them in pots to create small still lives. She combines them with other spring bulbs such as crocus and fritillary, and they all grow and blossom for several weeks. Once they’re…

The onion is one of the oldest known vegetables. Onion is a true winter vegetable that people either love or hate. Onions are used in lots of dishes to add taste and you can get fresh, roasted, pickled and dried onions. They can easily be the main ingredient in a dish. Here we’re offering you some of our personal favorites that you can either eat as they are or use as accompaniments. ENJOY! BAKED ONIONS 4 onions2 tbsp balsamic vinegar1 tbsp sugarSalt, pepper4 tbsp oil Cut the onions lengthwise. Mix all the ingredients and brush the cutting surface of the onions. Bake them at 356°F (180°C) for approx. 1 hour. You can serve them along with other baked vegetables, some nice humus and a bit of naan bread. SMALL SWEET…

Spotting the first winter aconites in the garden is always a special moment, and sometimes they stick their heads out as early as in January. You can easily bring them inside, placing them in small pots or something similar, and let them decorate your greenhouse or your living room, and then you can replant them in the garden later. If the bulb is kept moist, the winter aconites will last for a couple of days indoors but you can also pick some for a small vase. Winter aconites look so cute in small, old cups, in an earthenware mold or in a glass container like this one. Don’t forget, however, that they’re poisonous so don’t place them on a dinner plate or somewhere else used for food. This is an…