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Living With Daydreams – Art decorations for dream lives

Workshop wall of tools behind a carved wooden coral frame around a harbour painting

We are a creative studio

We are creatives, with unlimited ideas. We don’t have one style, we design and produce art plans, tailored to your story, taste, interior and budget.

We create, co-create and curate art, offering you a high-end, personalized service, turning your beautiful home into your dream home.

What makes us different is that we apply art direction within the art industry, rethinking the expected, challenging the traditional approach, and creating meaningful concepts that go beyond simply placing art in a space. With art we build a unique world around our clients and their life story.

Together with artists and skilled craftsmen, we bring our ideas to life. We create unique art works with exceptional attention to detail, material, and storytelling.

Art is highly personal

We believe that art is the soul of a place.

Over the years we’ve noticed that many people desire art that fits their beautiful homes and lives, but don’t know where to start, while talented artists seek meaningful connections with buyers who truly appreciate their work. This is where we come in.

I am a creative at heart and soul.

My home is a museum of me. Every room, object, and artwork has been carefully designed or curated and tells the story about me and my creative journey.

Over the years, I have worked on countless creative projects around the world, big and small. Along the way, I have been fortunate to collaborate with exceptionally talented artists, visionaries, photographers, directors, cinematographers, designers, industrial designers, illustrators, technologists, and craftspeople. They helped bring my ideas to life.

Art and craftsmanship have always been at the centre of my work. This is my passion and what I love doing, what I’m good at.

In 2025, I stepped away from my international career in advertising. Much of my work focused on creativity-for-good initiatives, including campaigns that received two Grand Prix awards in Cannes and New York. It felt like the right moment to begin a new chapter.
I then founded ‘Living with Daydreams’, the crown on my career. Here I apply everything I learned and put my creative skills at the service of the art world. We create meaningful artworks for people and spaces,, while opening up new art opportunities and work streams for artists.

Living with Daydreams

Art decoration for dream lives.

Founder & Creative Director

Jessica Kersten

Jessica Kersten, founder of Living With Daydreams, in her pink kitchen with a terrazzo island
Pink kitchen with brass cabinets, a framed painting and a black couture piece in the doorway
The Caged Bird, black couture dress by Ronald van der Kemp against floral wallpaper
The Tree Show, limited edition lithograph by Mark Ryden in an ornate gold frame
Eyelash, black glazed ceramic sculpture by Marlies Neugebauer

the caged bird / couture dress
paris fashion week 2025
artist: ronald van der kemp
price: on request

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the tree show / L imited edition litho
artist: Mark Ryden

eyelash / ceramics
Artist: marlies neugebauer

Photography print by Koen Hauser: young woman in a white blouse holding a pink animal figure
Chromatics!, abstract photograph by Marcel Christ in pink, red and black swirls
My Family Tree, illustration by Jeanne Detaillante: family portraits in a tree, in an ornate gold frame

no title / photography print
artist: koen hauser

chromatics! / photography
artist: marcel christ

my family tree / illustration
artist: jeanne detaillante

Pink dining room with a mint green table and benches and a gallery wall of artworks
Pink studio with mint green bookcases, an easel and a grass-covered sneaker sculpture
Nature Dream: sneaker sculpture overgrown with golden grass, by Hoyte van Hoytema, Frederik Bond and Mr Plant
Better Than New for Philips by Toiletpaper Magazine: hand reaching for a Grand Prix trophy in space
Poster for There's Only One Sun, an art film by Wong Kar Wai for Philips
Stick 'm In with Ministeck: white cap with a pixelated cat, by Jessica Kersten and Jord Beets
Cover of the art book Vaginas Untold by Jessica Kersten and Sandrine Le Goff
Jessica's Gardens: painting of a child peeking over the edge, in a branch frame by Maarten Mortier
Bottle Book by John Stam and Jessica Kersten: a Heineken bottle of paper pages revealing a heart
Cloudfactory, art installation by Thera Hillenaar, art direction by Jessica Kersten

nature dream / campaign
art director: jessica kersten
writer: sandrine le goff
artists: hoyte van hoytema, frederik bond, mr plant & mary mattingly.

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better than new / refurb is the fu ture!
art director: jessica kersten
writer: sandrine le goff
artists: toiletpaper magazine

See more: Philips – Better than new

there’s only one sun / art film
art director: jessica kersten
writer: ricardo adolfo
artists: wong kar wai & william chang

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stick m in with ministeck
artist: jessica kersten
3d design: jord beets

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vaginas untold / art book
breaking taboos around womanhood.
artist: jessica kersten & sandrine le goff

See more: Vaginas untold / art book

jessica’s gardens / series paintings
artist: jessica kersten
frame: maarten mortier

bottle book
art directon & design: jessica kersten
artist: john stam

cloudfactory / art installation
art director: jessica kersten
artist: thera hillenaar

We Can Art Decorate Your Home and Life

By thoughtfully creating and curating art, we add the perfect finishing touch to your home, garden, and special moments. We bring art that reflects your personality in a tasteful and artful way – tailored to your story, style, interior, and budget.

Floral artefacts

Next to our personal art service, we also explore new art opportunities and develop art platforms. After Jessica shared her “daydreams” for the art world with Maarten Spruyt, his response could not have been better. Maarten is now joining the Floral Artefacts art platform.

Church aisle lined with white flowers
Floral Artefacts logo
Torso sculpture overgrown with moss and small flowers
TINEKE VAN DER POUW KRAAN
White porcelain vase with sculpted flowers along the rim
Green ink drawing of a botanical form
Seet van hout
Framed wall piece of green dried flowers
JESSICA KERSTEN

At many weddings and events, extraordinary floral arrangements are created for just a single day. They become part of the memory of these special moments. Yet most of these flowers are simply thrown away once the event is over.Through Floral Artefacts, we invite artists to work with preserved flowers from meaningful occasions and use them as material for new artworks. In this way, the flowers are given a second life and bloom again as art.

Each Floral Artefact becomes a tangible memory, carrying the beauty, emotion, and story of that special day. Through our personal art service, we create bespoke artworks especially for the couple, a meaningful piece filled with memories.

We work with a mix of talented artists from both the Netherlands and abroad, openly sharing knowledge about how to work with this natural material. A creative family of artists learning and inspiring one another.

More coming soon!

Dried rose installation on a golden rod structure

Large dried flower installation above a brass kitchen island

Our Art Services:

Creating bespoke art:
Art that begins with you. We create – and co-create – bespoke artworks that reflect your story, your space, and your life. Whether inspired by your home, garden, or a meaningful moment, we design concepts tailored to you, and craft a personal art plan to bring them to life. You’re invited into the creative process: from artist visits and prototyping to final installation.

Curating art:
We find art that fits your home, garden, and life within your budget and style. With a tailored art plan, we help you grow a personal collection over time.

Artfull living
We bring art into the most meaningful moments of your life. From a flower bomb bursting with color at a special birthday to a Christmas dinner table set for the birds in your garden to an artfull midsummernight, Halloween masks, etc. We bring art into your life events.

We also help you preserve what matters most. From photoshoots to oil painted family portraits and commissioned artworks, we offer beautifully artistic ways to capture and cherish your memories for years to come.

Gifting art:
Art is one of the most meaningful gifts you can give or receive. We help you find or create the perfect piece for the special people in your life. Whether it’s a wedding, an anniversary, a milestone birthday, Mother’s Day, Christmas, graduation, a new home or even a fresh start after a divorce, art marks the moment with beauty and intention.

You can also gift our services: Give your children art for their first home, celebrate their achievements, or offer someone you love the joy of living with art.

Practicals:
We take care of the details, so you can simply enjoy the art. Framing, cleaning, hanging, installing, moving, storing, even selling, we handle it all.

Living with Daydreams membership:
Bring art into the rhythm of your life.

2–4 times a year, we visit your home with a curated selection of artwork, carefully chosen to complement your space indoors and out. Each visit reflects the season, your taste, and the ever-changing mood of your home and garden.
Alongside the art, you’ll receive inspiration and creative ideas for your life events, helping you integrate beauty and imagination into special moments and meaningful milestones.
With each new season, we refresh and reorganize your collection introducing new pieces for summer, storing others for the winter. This evolving experience ensures your home always feels alive with creativity.
Your membership includes a tailored mix of all the above, uniquely designed to suit your space, your style, & your story.

Living with Daydreams –
Art decorations for dream lives.

 

The art

We collaborate with artists, galleries, and organizations across the art world. Our mission is to open new doors for everyone and bring more art into the world. We believe art belongs everywhere, in museums, galleries and in the spaces we inhabit every day. Each place has its own story and we make it our mission to find or create works that truly belong. We partner not only with artists, but also with interior designers and garden architects, shaping environments where art and life meet seamlessly.

The artists
The world needs art, now more than ever. we believe artists look at the world with different eyes, they see wonder and beauty where others don’t. Their works bring hope. Because of our backgrounds we have access to an unusual pool of artists around the world. We don’t represent them, but work with them. We have had the privilege to work with many great talents out there, from Wong kar Wai, to Hoyte van Hoytema, to Toilet paper Magazine, to Ronald van der Kemp, too many to list here. But we also work a lot with local talent, know where to find unexpected arts and crafts(wo)men and are always on the lookout for new, up and coming talent to collaborate with.

Creating bespoke art
Introducing art direction and art decoration into the art world is a new thing. We carefully select artists who are a true match for our ideas. Which is why we’re highly selective about who we collaborate with. Especially when creating bespoke art for our clients, collaboration is essential. That’s why, in developing our art plans, we work closely with artists and actively involve them in the process, we’re in it together.

It’s a great pleasure to work closely with artists. Developing art together will bring you closer to the work and the artists themselves.

Art projects
We’re developing various art projects at the moment.
More soon.

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Artists we love & love working with.

Interior by Supaform with a colourful abstract artwork, marble daybed and red side table

Supaform

Grey ceramic vase with a dark tulip, by Marlies Neugebauer

Marlies Neugebauer

Installation by Serialcut: old television sets covered in white flowers

Serialcut

Ruffled white and yellow textile sculpture by Thera Hillenaar

Thera Hillenaar

Layered abstract sculpture by David Neale in grey, blue and pink

David Neale

Round textile artwork by Wendy Lek of a figure in patchwork trousers

Wendy lek

Padded textile artwork by Shona Heath of a seaside scene

Shona Heath

Ceramic figures by Makhno Studio in a misty garden

Makhnostudio

Photograph by Frieke Janssens: woman in embroidered clothing surrounded by hunting dogs

Frieke Janssens