Maison de Marrakech Belydance

Hi Everyone!
I've just had a bellydance show, where I've dance with a fan veil.
Hope you enjoy watching this :)
Hope you can join my blog/face book and get more info about my new Bohemian Chic Designs, Interior Desgins and Moroccan Culture. I love everything beautiful and exotic!
Also, there will be some giveaways coming up soon, so stay tuned!!

Maison Marrakech new announcement☆☆

It's been 1 month since I've updated my blog. It's terrible that I am so irregular in the things I do....
Well, I have a good reason, as we are creating our new webshop.
For those who know me for my tunic/dresses & fashion, we are now going into business with upper class
Moroccan elegant furnitures!
We will be designing furnitures as:
Small side tables
Lanterns
Lamps
Candles
Cushions
carpets
leather pouffes
babouche slippers
indoor/outdoor fashion

We will be announcing in the close future of our new website: http://www.maisondemarrakech.com/
(which isn't working just yet!!)
For those who would like a peep into our world, here are some of our lamps we will be selling...

It was love at first sight we the moroccan design....My dream is to fill my life with all the beautiful things from this lovely exotic country and share it with you...

Moroccan Autumn Inspirations

Hello there everyone!
Last time I've posted my blog, it was just August and it was hot/humid unbearable in Marrakech. We were resting under our terrace, drinking ice cold moroccan mint tea...
Now, things has changed, and it's turning into Autumn again. Even in Marrakech, there is a four season, and yes, we do need coats in the winter in the night time (it drops to 5-8 degrees!).
The day time is still hot here in Marrakech, but I can feel the season changing in the night time...ah, it's that time of year again.
Autumn is a great time to explore things different and new.
I'm working on our new Autumn/Winter collection with different Tunics/Dresses for the cold season.
I'm very busy ordering and making the collection, but for the time being, I'd like to share a Moroccan Autumn Inspiration...

Love from Marrakech,

Moroccan Handira- a beautiful woven art

Hello everyone! Are you enjoying the summer still? I'd love to share with you another Moroccan art called the 'handira'. It's a beautiful piece of textile woven from sheep wool and hundreds of sequins. It's meant to be a traditional Moroccan wedding blanket.

In the Berber villiages of Morocco (Berber is the original group which lived in Morocco for centuries and have their own culture, writing and language very different from the arabic Moroccans!), the femail members of the bride spend months hand sewing this beautiful blanket. The Berber bride will wear the handira as a cape for the journey into their new home and will use it for the first night to spend with her new husband.

As a designer, I find this sequin wedding blanket very trendy for any bedroom, and will add that extra luxury and exotic feeling to a peaceful and calming atmosphere.

It useful not just for a bed cover, but could be used anywhere in your room especially over your sofa.

It also makes it a special feeling that everything is handmade, and was meant to give good luck, prosperity to the new family the bride was meant to spend her life with.

I have a handira as well in our bedroom, and I'm loving it every day! It just brings that special feeling into the home decor!

If you are interested in buying Handira's let me know! I sell some in our stock and would love to share this lovely Moroccan art with you☆

with love from Marrakech,

Peacock Pavilions-wonderful bohemian dream

Hello Everyone!
It's been almost 3 weeks since I've writen my blog. And this always happens when I'm off to Marrakech. I always love to indulge myself in the Moroccan culture 100% and forget about all my troubles, work etc...just forget about the everyday normal things and concentrate on the extraordinary.

It's good, everyone needs to switch off from time to time and renew their energies...hope you have a change to re-energise yourself soon :)
Talking about extraordinary and re-newing yourself, what's better than doing this in Morocco. My exotic retreat and inspiration!

Here is another one of my favorite hotel boutique...check this one. It's called the Peacock Pavilion and is located just outskirts of Marrakech. Hope you enjoy the photos, and see you soon in Marrakech x

Zenza...Wonderful Moroccan Ideas...

I am now looking at beautiful Morccan Inspired Stores all around the world. There are so many, it's amazing! From California USA to Netherlands, Germany, Japan...it's endless. Beauty is borderless, yes, without a doubt.

Today, I'd like to take you to a store in Netherlands called Zenza. A beautiful Minimalistic Morccan Designs...Enjoy!!

I love this simple decor!! Yet, very moroccan....

 Beautiful Exotic Designs...love to have these in the house.

 Great idea for your home lighting too...

 Playing with the shadows....very Moroccan taste.

Address for this wonderful shop :
Zenza

Utrechtsestraat 101
1017 VK Amsterdam
Tel: 020-4230070

Love from Marrakech,

R&B Collective, a pop-up Moroccan Bazaar in LA...

This shop is reminds me of the Souk in Syria or Marrakech...

A beautifully bohemian place to get interior ideas...

Really cozy corner..Love the Moroccan Pouffe there..

Exotic trays & Tea pots...why not buy one and invite your friends for an exotic tea time?

There's something about LA that I love, and can connect to...Not because I grew up there and feel close to the Californians, but because of their lovely choice of Bohemian lifestyle. LA is such a beautiful boho city to me, and will always be close to me...

Here's a great pop-up shop which opened just a year ago in Brentwood, LA called "R+G Collective".
Their collection is amazing! From the tea tables of Syria to the beautiful handcrafted leather pouffes from Morocco, Marrakech... If you live in LA, this shop is a treat for all exotic travellers, except that you don't have to travel at all! Just endulge yourself in the mystic cultures...

Abit about the background of this shop.   Hollywood art director, Wendy Riva & Andrea Gibbin collaborated on the shop with interior designers Eric Hughes & Nathan Turner. The shop also features clothing by Minnie Mortimer & Soledad Twombly...
I hope my design Tunics & Caftans "Maison Marrakech" might be selected in their shop one day....☆
Their address:
R + G Collective, 11981 San Vicente Blvd., California, + 1(USA) 310-729-7775

Love from Marrakech,

Inspiration for Boho Beds...

 I love the weekends! (Who doesn't??) On Saturday mornings, I love to just lay on my bed and not worry about what's happening outside in the world. I just want to indulge myself in the bedroom I love...
Here are some inspiration for Bohemian look Bed Designs...Hope this gives inspiration to your weekend too.
Happy Friday ☆

 I'm in love with this beautiful blue...Very playful, yet soft...

 Just look at this gorgeouse wooden engrave. It's an artpiece to admire...

 Very clean, fresh room, yet it still has a Bohemian Flair...like the Vases, I love them!

 A mixture of Moroccan & Indian designs...It's one of my favorite...Live like a princess..

 Much love & Inspiration from Marrakech,

 

Riad Fernachi-The Ancient meets the Nouveau...

It's tuesday, and it's time for me to select another wonderful riad that lies in Marrakech. There are so many houses and riads that are unique, it's amazing. No wonder it captivates and mesmerizes so many artist in the world...

Riad Farnatchi has been created out of five small Riads in the heart of the oldest part of Marrakech. Houses have stood on the site for many centuries and some of our walls go back over 400 years. You could see in all the rooms the marriage of the antique engravings, arches etc to the modern furniture and designs.

They know the most important thing in elegance, which is to keep things simple! Yet, it's got all the Moorish element...something you could copy in your home.

For the Moroccan's, the bathtime is an important ritual of the day. This one is like a Hamman, where the whole bathroom becomes the 'bathtub'. I love spending time in Moroccan baths, imagine floating hundreds of red rose petals in this bathtub with candellights..absolute romance.

I recommend this riad, which blends the old & new, tradition and the western decor beautifully...Hope you have time to stay at this riad when you come by Marrakech.

Address: Riad Farnatchi

Derb el Farnatchi
Rue Souk el Fassis
Qua'at Ben Ahid
Marrakech Medina
MOROCCO

With Amour,