Jul 14, 2020
Belgian military cemetery, De Panne
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Belgian military cemetery, De Panne
Adinkerke, WVL
Ik goan noar mijn stik
Bij de scheiding tussen het Oost- en West-Frankenrijk wordt ongetwijfeld nog geen rekening gehouden met het fenomeen dat het geromaniseerde deel in het westen met de Germanen in de minderheid zich zal afscheiden van de gebieden waar de Germaanse taal van de stammen en de vroegere hertogen niet verdreven werd door het Latijn. In Frankrijk moeten er regio’s bestaan hebben waar het Germaans een…
Gery Florizoone: de wind is een uitvinder
Gery Florizoone: de wind is een uitvinder
De wind is een uitvinder Zijn woorden / tot vogels verknoopt hij heeft uit kieren / het riet geslepen hoge bomen heimwee / opgehoopt. De geuren bereid / een valavond nabij, naar mijn hart gegrepen / als naar een pinksterbruid. Uit: Verzamelde gedichten, 1973-1986, Den Gulden Engel Wommelgem, 1986 bron foto: indeken.be Gery Florizoone (1923-1986, Adinkerke, België)
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The sun begins to set as people walk along the seaside in Adinkerke, Belgium. Seaside towns in Belgium were busier than usual due to COVID-19 restrictions and school holidays Credit: AP Photo/Virginia Mayo
Een arme tjoolaare
Een arme tjoolaare Mielten Blomme van Leisele moest op ‘t jugement kommen omdat ‘n op ‘n nacht had in è brooken in ‘n schoenwinkel entwaar in Veurne en daar eenigte paaren schoenen had mei è pakt…
‘t Wos eigenlijk d’eerste keer niet meer dan Mielten voor de juge moeste kommen omdat ‘n hier en daar entwat scheef è sleegen had, gelik ze dat olhier zeggen. Mielten wos ollezins geen gevaarlijken…
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Residence DD by Pieter Vanrenterghem
On Belgium’s Western Front close to the French border, lies the village of Adinkerke. Flanking the historic village and not far from the Belgian coast is a country estate; one of the last farms in the region to be walled by water.
Local designer Pieter Vanrenterghem was asked to bring this former farmhouse and its cluster of outbuildings from beneath their agricultural veil and into the open as a rural retreat. Offering an antidote to fleeting trends, Pieter asserts the hallmarks of modern Belgian design; simplicity, warmth, and craftsmanship, bound by natural materials.
While no longer a working farm, Pieter set out to accentuate its Flemish pastoral history when transforming the main house and the adjoining four buildings. The main house spans open plan living, three bedrooms, and three bathrooms, together with an additional two bedrooms with ensuites in the surrounding structures. “Two of the buildings are designed as a bed and breakfast. The program of the main house needed to be able to adjust to this same purpose, in case it became too big in the future,” Pieter says.
In creating a true destination of escape, Pieter converted the fourth building into a fitness space, complete with its own indoor swimming pool, while the fifth building became a dedicated party venue; a large, lofty hall designed to host large gatherings of more than 100 people.
Across all five buildings, the owners wanted to reflect the best of Belgian interior traditions. “The owners requested an easy house to live in; distinguished by warmth and tactility, shaped by natural materials,” Pieter says. He proudly lists a number of natural surfaces from the Muzillac Veine in Agripa Fine natural stone in the kitchen to the Travertine - both sourced from Belgian stone supplier Hullebusch.
The Moroccan Tadelakt lime plaster technique lines the floors in the main house, topped with sisal rugs and Pieter’s signature walnut timber joinery. He also selected dark oak herringbone flooring for the party hall, under restored exposed timber beams. “The interiors are very clean and minimal and consist of specific alignments,” Pieter says. “The use of natural materials softens these lines, making the spaces feel more human.”
When asked about his favorite space within the project, Pieter says he’s drawn to the open plan living, dining and kitchen area in the main house. A cozy, contemplative place to curl up by the custom fireplace, the living space plays host to a collection of design icons. From Michel Ducaroy’s Togo sofa for Ligne Roset, Pierre Jeanneret’s Easy Chair, and Poul Kjærholm’s PK22 Easy Chair for Fritz Hansen, to the Austere Floor light by homegrown talent Hans Verstuyft for Trizo21.
When we seek to define what luxury design means today, there has been a refreshing shift away from excess, to the quiet, simple, and slow. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Belgium; a nation that continues to produce some of the world’s most renowned design aesthetes. Pieter Vanrenterghem joins this esteemed crowd, capturing the essence of rural timelessness in grand scale and stature.
All images © Thomas De Bruyne — Cafeine
Words & images, Courtesy of Pieter Vanrenterghem
Blauwers in de Westhoek
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Smokkelhandel in Veurne-Ambacht ten tijde van Maria-Theresia (1760-1770)
De stad Veurne en het Veurnse hadden in de jaren 1760-70 weinig of geen nijverheid, ook geen landbouwbedrijven van betekenis. De producten van het land werden onbewerkt uitgevoerd: tarwe en schokkeljoen gingen naar de markten van Ieper en Poperinge, naar Roesbrugge en naar Frankrijk; de boter ging in grote hoeveelheden naar…
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