Modern House Minimalist Design

  ‘Young learned, old done!’ I do hope that a lot of our Belgian companies of craftsmen will survive for many more generations!   Marie and grandfather Henri Marie is the daughter of Geert and Veronique, the owners of the Belgian furniture company MALVINI. Following in her father’s footsteps, Marie would be the third generation of furniture makers.   Anthony and grandfather Jacques (1999)

  ‘Young learned, old done!’ I do hope that a lot of our Belgian companies of craftsmen will survive for many more generations!   Marie and grandfather Henri Marie is the daughter of Geert and Veronique, the owners of the Belgian furniture company MALVINI . Following in her father’s footsteps, Marie would be the third generation of furniture makers.   Anthony and grandfather Jacques (1999) Anthony is my son and Jacques is my dad. Belgian company of cabinet-makers LEFEVRE INTERIORS . If Anthony would make plans to join me in business within a few years, he could run the business for the 5th generation.   Jef and grandfather Jozef Jef runs the business for the sixth generation!!! Jef runs together with his father Eddy the Belgian company, that creates exquisite front doors, ATELIER SCHRAUWEN .   I do hope that I will be able to add more pictures of grandfathers with grandchildren in future. If anyone of you do know a Belgian company of craftsmen or artists, of which th

  Specialist in designing and creating new exclusive front doors ‘with the charm of the past and the comfort of today’. That is what Atelier Schrauwen stands for. Jef Schrauwen, is the youngest member of a Belgian family line of woodworkers (since 1890), who runs, together wih his father Eddy, the family owned business for the sixth generation !!! When Jef entered the company, the future and

  Specialist in designing and creating new exclusive front doors ‘with the charm of the past and the comfort of today’ . That is what Atelier Schrauwen stands for. Jef Schrauwen, is the youngest member of a Belgian family line of woodworkers (since 1890), who runs, together wih his father Eddy, the family owned business for the sixth generation !!! When Jef entered the company, the future and further development of the firm kept him busy. He worked out a new strategy and decided to specialize in  creating new exquisite front doors ‘with the charm of the past and the comfort of today’.   I do feel a resemblance with Jef here. Entering our company years ago, I made the decision to specialize in paneling after 3 generations of furniture and cabinetmakers.   And I might think that Jef did not regret his decision because last year Atelier Schrauwen was honored with the award “Ambacht in de Kijker” (Craft in the picture), an award that was given by the Belgian Minister of small an