ABOUT

Telling a story

Jet van Basten Batenburg
-owner at Couvaloup Mediterranean Living- originally trained as a theatre
director at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, but gradually moved towards
interior design.

After a string of personal
projects and refurbishments of period houses, she was asked to 'do' other
peoples homes. Jet studied at The Inchbald School of Design in London. In 2021 she relocated from Amsterdam to the coastal town of Wassenaar and opened
lifestyle store Couvaloup Mediterranean Living.

With her designs she likes
to 'set a scene' but at the same time believes an interior should never look
staged or too try-hard. A house is meant to be a personal haven, a place to
feel at ease and relax instantly.

The way we work

A room should be as
comfortable as it is beautiful, which is why we begin each project by thinking
about how the space is going to be used. We work with our clients to create
personal, welcoming interiors that go beyond current trends.

We can work with you in two
different ways:





1. Studio Sessions:

On Mondays 1 hour long
consultancy sessions can be booked at the Couvaloup store. Bring ideas, plans
and questions and Jet will provide practical, on the spot advice. These are fun & intensive sessions that will help you with your project. Please contact
us for available dates

€195,- per hour

2. Interior Design Service

Full service interior
design (and exterior/garden design if wanted) by Jet and her team. We take on
both commercial projects and property development, as well as private homes.
We’ll work with you from the initial briefing and design concept through to
implementation and installation, ensuring that deadlines are met and budgets
adhered to.

If you’d like to find out more about our services please do contact us
via info@couvaloup.com or visit us at
the store at Langstraat 24-26 in Wassenaar.

We’d be happy to discuss your project with you and answer any questions you
may have.

A home in the sun

The Mediterranean is where modern life as we know it started. It is where Africa, Asia and Europe meet. Ancient civilizations blended around Mare Nostrum, 'Our Sea' as the Romans called her. For more than 4000 years different cultures have influenced eachother in the port cities of the Mediterranean. This wonderful mosaic forms the base of our interior design philosophy.

In the Couvaloup store we aspire to bring you a sense of a home in the sun. Why not create spaces that remind us of summer, a joyful sense of warmth and a slower pace of life at our own homes? Where living spaces spread seamlessly between indoors and out, where the aesthetics are about craft and handmade. Every item in the store has a story, its maker has put his heart and soul into it. 

A simple, honest approach to design, and a color palette based on the earthy tones of olive groves and lime stone.