“ No one can see beauty in things that others consider clutter as well as they can.

 

No dog fits into an interior as perfectly as Wiskie, the Van der Stouwe family's puppy in Moelingen (Voeren). His color matches beautifully with the old tile floor in the living room. The interior consists of many brown, white, and beige tones. "We deliberately keep it calm," says Elisabeth. "That's necessary with such a busy floor. Which we find beautiful, by the way."

 

Bringing beauty to the surface, quite literally - like they did with their tile floor - is a talent of Elisabeth’s. "No one can see beauty in things that others consider clutter," says Victor. "She once even picked up a large rusty nail from the ground and gave it a place in our interior."

 

The nail is no longer there, but the story illustrates how the family's interior organically evolves. "We often change something. And I like that many objects evoke beautiful memories," says Elisabeth.