{"id":3104,"date":"2025-07-24T04:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/07\/24\/moka-vanille-restored-farmhouse-luxury-in-belgium\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T04:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:23:04","slug":"moka-vanille-restored-farmhouse-luxury-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/moka-vanille-restored-farmhouse-luxury-in-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0e42\u0e21\u0e01\u0e49\u0e32 &amp; \u0e27\u0e32\u0e19\u0e34\u0e25\u0e25\u0e4c: \u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e39\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e32\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e44\u0e23\u0e48\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1a\u0e39\u0e23\u0e13\u0e30\u0e43\u0e19\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e25\u0e40\u0e22\u0e35\u0e22\u0e21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve long been fond of Moka &amp; Vanille, a restored farmhouse turned guesthouse located in Heusden-Zolder, a village in the Belgian province of Limburg. Owner (and interior designer) Dorine Cooreman has meticulously overhauled the interior, creating an understated, luxurious sanctuary\u2014custom-designed linens, ceramics by Anja Meeusen of PTZE Porselein, and solid oak pieces from former furniture maker Malvini included.<\/p>\n<p>Photography courtesy of Moka &amp; Vanille.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3742572089690229363.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: The brick farmhouse is surrounded by meadows and forest.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4820464775271530927.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: Cooreman mixes ancient elements (the original brick floor) with new pieces (the white molded plywood dining chairs), plus newer pieces that look old (like the glazed, wrought-iron windows and doors on the ground level).<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3085606772605881900.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: Rough-sawn, bleached wood flooring is covered with a natural-fiber striped rug, at left. (Cooreman offers a variety of similar Rugs for sale on her shop site, called Moka Tales.) At right, the designer\u2019s&nbsp;AA Chair in natural leather.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6646680395951958229.jpg\">  <br \/>Above:&nbsp;A linen slipcovered sofa with throw pillow made from a repurposed kilim. To the right of the sofa stands the designer\u2019s black steel Floorlamp 4110.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4826143062902521720.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: In the shared living room, Cooreman installed an antique black cabinet and placed art objects atop.     <br \/>Above: Understated luxury in a below-eaves bedroom, attained with crisp linens designed by Cooreman, fresh paint, and linen-upholstered headboards.&nbsp;Photograph by Jo Pauwels, courtesy of Moka &amp; Vanille.     Above, L to R: In an attic bedroom, Cooreman built wood-paneled cabinets into the walls under the rafters. In the bathroom, a modern industrial faucet contrasts with a hand-thrown porcelain basin by ceramist Anja Meeusen.     <br \/>Above:&nbsp;The designer used earthy lime paint throughout the interiors, including one dark gray bed and bath, and left original beams exposed.     <br \/>Above: The pastoral property still has an orchard and farm animals, including sheep, chickens, and donkeys.   <\/p>\n<p>N.B.: This post is an update. It originally ran on March 17, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>For more in&nbsp;Belgium from across our sites, see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Object of Desire: A Box Set of Garden Tools from Belgium<\/li>\n<li>An Artist\u2019s Avocado Project in Belgium<\/li>\n<li>Furniture: Belgium Storage from Lekker Home<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0e40\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e37\u0e48\u0e19\u0e0a\u0e2d\u0e1a Moka &amp; Vanille \u0e21\u0e32\u0e19\u0e32\u0e19\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u0e0b\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e44\u0e23\u0e48\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1a\u0e39\u0e23\u0e13\u0e30\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e48\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e19\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e40\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e15\u0e4c\u0e40\u0e2e\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e4c \u0e15\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e39\u0e48\u0e43\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e39\u0e48\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19 Heusden-Zolder \u0e43\u0e19\u0e08\u0e31\u0e07\u0e2b\u0e27\u0e31\u0e14 Limburg \u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e25\u0e40\u0e22\u0e35\u0e22\u0e21 \u0e40\u0e08\u0e49\u0e32\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07 (\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e19\u0e31\u0e01\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e15\u0e01\u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e07\u0e20\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19) Dorine Cooreman \u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e38\u0e07\u0e20\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e16\u0e35\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e16\u0e31\u0e19 \u0e2a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e23\u0e04\u0e4c\u0e2a\u0e16\u0e32\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1e\u0e31\u0e01\u0e1c\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e31\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e39\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e40\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e1a\u0e07\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u2014\u0e1c\u0e49\u0e32\u0e1b\u0e39\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e09\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e30\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27 \u0e40\u0e04\u0e23\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e0b\u0e23\u0e32\u0e21\u0e34\u0e01\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22 Anja Meeusen \u0e08\u0e32\u0e01 PTZE Porselein \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1f\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e19\u0e34\u0e40\u0e08\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e44\u0e21\u0e49\u0e42\u0e2d\u0e4a\u0e04\u0e41\u0e17\u0e49\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e2d\u0e14\u0e35\u0e15 [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-renovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}