Be the Queen of your living room says Santa Kupca

Stuck at home Masquerade by santakupca.com

Instead of feeling trapped at home, 

you could turn it more 

celebrate by being the 

Queen or King of your castle. 

santakupca.com

Design Academy Eindhoven 

graduate student models

 

Hesitant to RSVP

 

which is one of her 3 pieces 

of garment created during the pandemic. 

All of the garments were created 

in lockdown at home, 

and the materials 

were made with a printer. 

See all three garments 

at santakucpa.com

During isolation every day 

can seem mundane, 

but what if 

we could turn 

it more celebratory? 

Instead of feeling 

trapped at home, 

you could celebrate by being 

the queen/king of your castle. 

On what level of comfort 

you want to be in when 

going out and when 

staying at home, 

and how to create 

the perfect tandem?

santakupca.com

The three pieces blend 

with certain parts in my house. 

They romanticise the intimate 

state of what home symbolises 

for me in a shape of 

soft duvet that can be quickly

worn on top of 

the underwear 

or just on a naked body. 

The garments dwell in an 

exhibitionist masquerade 

where the wearer is the decor 

piece behind the screen.

Thank you santakupca.com

Would really love a 

duvet dress just 

like this at home. 

Wouldn't you?

Stay in 

touch!

Jimmy

Cunha, city of ceramics

Cunha, city of ceramics

Wanted to go to Cunha but due to the 

pandemic ended up never going. 

We believe in keeping the wheels turning,

 so masked keeping distance,

 we are here to find hand made ceramics 

from the city of a long ceramic 

tradition in Sao Paulo state, 

which is about a two  

hour car drive from Penedo. 

A NOBORIGAMA 

 登り窯  

chambered climbing kiln is 

built on a slope, 

and each succeeding chamber 

is situated higher 

than the one before it,  

fitting the mountainous 

area Cunha is located 

in perfectly. 

The chambers in a NOBURIGAMA 

are pierced at intervals 

withs stoking ports. 

These climbing kilns 

have been used in Japan 

since the 17th century. 

The video shows the surrounding hills 

and the square in the city center 

by one of the two churches. 

Cunha was inhabited in the beginning 

of the 18th century. 

The municipality was fonded in 1724 

and elevated to city in 1858. 

The rooster above I spotted at the fantastic 

eco reuse cafe of Aracato you see more of below. 

Since 1975 Cunha has become an center 

of stoneware ceramics 

5 Noborigama 

wood fire kilns and 

16 ceramic studios in 

all in Cunha

 

to that a city with 

sights and 

lots of restaurants. 

The main church is being 

restored to its former 

glory at the moment.  

Even found a fun real interesting antique 

shop on the main square in Cunha. 

Aracatu is not only a cafe 

it is a way of living in the eco 

tradition that sells fresh 

veggies and bakes everything.  

The cute rooster you saw 

above lives here.

And  below video show the 

burning stove and fresh 

baked bread that greets 

you in the entrance of Aractu. 

 

Aracatu

The fire wood stove at Aracatu

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The art of ceramics

You find a lot of ceramic flooring

We found what we came for which is water 

vessels and a cup for all hotel rooms 

at the beach hotel Pe Na Areia at Ilha Grande. 

Also found some for our own home. 

Cunha serves sensational ceramics

Stay in touch

Jimmy 

 

Erica & Christopher won a home consultation for their first home

The gorgeously green kitchen was an easy choice when the young couple moved in to the new built two room apartment in Fruängen, Stockholm built by Åke Sundvall that I worked with in Sweden. 

Moving in together is a mutual decision naturally but deciding which furniture to use in the new home and what to sell or get rid off is difficult for everyone when making one home out of two. 

To know which style to accentuate and how to mix two life styles is not easy for anyone.  

Erica & Christopher won a Home Consultation last year  from me at my lecture dealing with creating a Personal Space called Room for Personality, in Swedish : Personliga Rum. Åke Sundvall who arranged the inspiring evening at Brf Agnes generously supplied the possibility for one of the new owners to win a personal HOME CONSULTATION. 

20 years ago most home owners did their own interior work when moving in to a new home, but nowadays the 

attitude has changed. 

After years with designers helping out home owners on TV the attitude has changed for sure. 

Thank you so much Erica & Christopher for letting me in to your home and congratulations to your new home and life style you created by just meeting me two evenings two hours at a time. 

The choice to keep the kitchen table in the middle of your kitchen space instead of by the window is what makes your apartment a harmonious 

hit in my opinion. 

Love the retro glass chandelier 

you had the guts to go for it completes your personal style. 

Here you see more of the new home 

with a view in Fruängen, Stockholm.  

All my best wishes to your new 

home life Erica & Christopher.

Stay in touch 

Jimmy 

  

 

The dining season

 

Mesh is the name of the table ware series at Rosenthal which is also the
name of a good friend of mine in the hospitality industry in Stockholm.
The tastiest wraps and juices in Sthlm are found at Planet MESH 

When first starting out with the  

hospitality segment as 

an interior designer

 I was disapointed because 

I realized that fine ceramics of the artistic kind 

does not really endure a professional 

cafe and restaurant environment. 

Mesh Rosenthal

The good thing is that a company like Rosenthal have 

produced porcelain for over 140 years. 

The factory in Selb, Germany have provided both private 

and professional

markets with the focus on sustainable 

production in the factory in Speichersdorf, 

Germany.   

Mesh Rosenthal

So I like to follow what Rosenthal 

is doing and this private use

 table ware collection 

is being made in a variety

of colors which means 

off course it has been a true success.

Since 2009 Rosenthal is owned by

 an Italian company owned by the American Arcturus Group. 

As you understand the table 

ware for a restaurant

 is its signum.

Just like you want a certain 

style at home, right?

 

Stay in touch

Jimmy

Tack till : Grand Relations representerar Rosenthal i Sverige.

 

Brazilian beach hotel and restaurant update

Beach hotel at Ilha Grande on Costa Verde
2,5 hour drive from Rio de Janeiro.

Pe Na Areia means Feet in the Sand 

is a beach hotel at 

Ilha Grande which is my latest 

interior update project.

 

Ilha Grande is a island off the 

Costa Verde,Green Coast 

in the state of Rio de Janeiro. 

From the city of Rio de Janeiro to Ilha Grande 

is so easy to go to that there are 

day trips for tourist 

to visit the enormous nature 

reserve beaches you find on Ilha Grande 

Angra dos Reis located 

off the coast of Costa Verde is where 

you take a 20 min fast boat to

 the pier at Ilha Grande. 

Constructed from whole Eucalypto tree trunks the building
is rustically well built.

 The big staircase is one of the changes that has to be made to create space for the new rooms and make + space of what now is not used the best way, what I call a minus space. 

The hotel and restarant Pe Na Areia want to create more hotel rooms.  

8 rooms will be updated and where there is now a lounge and second floor laundry room my plan is to win at least 3 to 4 new rooms with a view of the sea.  

On the first floor is the restaurant, kitchen and space used for everything from storage to special fish cleaning areas. Pe Na Area is a fantastic sea food restaurant and just the logistics and storage of fresh sea food  and fish everyday means that you need fridge rooms and other special areas such as handling all of the waste in the best way.

My task is to find a way to update the areas on both floors and add more rooms without changing the exterior. As in all of the world beach property comes with a lot of restrictions.  

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The veranda on the first floor

 has a complete traditional 

coconut palm thatch roof.

Since I love great sustainable traditional materials

 my goal always is to work as circular as possible all projects I will certainly look into using more of this Brazilian technique that you see in many of the tropical beach cultures around the world. 

In using for the region typical materials always comes with knowledge and experience in handling the work done by the hand makers. 

The door signs as well as the main sign and 

artwork needs to either add more 

of the same or creating 

a new graphic profile and make new signs since 

we will have 

more rooms than 8 

when my work is done. 

spagetti camerao or shrimp is a real favorite at Pe Na Area

We stayed at the hotel last weekend 

which meant trying more

 of the food here on the beach at Pe Na Area. 

Since I love sea food and fish I must say 

I did not eat anything but 

great gourmet fish

 and seafood

the first 2 days

Moqueca is what I would call the
Brazilian Bouilabaisse.
A fish and seafood based dish that
with the palm oil dendê,
coriander and coconut
milk becomes irrisistable. 

Love that the food at the restaurant here
at Pe Na Area is soo good.
 Enjoying every sec!  

Sitting on the beach eating sea food 

in the sunset is the thing. 

The owner of Pe Na Area at Ilha Grande opened up for 

business already 20 years ago. 

This is a oil painting of the original house that today looks 

the same but is surrounded by houses on on both sides. 

 The island life of Ilha Grande 

is filled botanic wonders.

Great breakfast with lots of fresh fruit
which for me is true luxury. 

Getting the feeling I have all I need to be able to get going with my work creating a interior update. 

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All measurements are naturally taken and photos of every corner. Along with experiencing the essence of Pe Na Areia here on the beach I have all I need to get started on the interior update work. 

Check my Insta @jimmyschonninghem for more from the beach at Ilha Grande. 

Stay in touch 

Jimmy