An essential guide for any design lover making a trip to the Netherlands: stylist Pia Jane Bijkerk's Amsterdam: Made by Hand, a compendium of shops and vintage sources.

Bijkerk, who writes the eponymous blog Pia Jane Bijkerk, divides her time living and working between Sydney, Paris, and a houseboat in Amsterdam. In Amsterdam: Made by Hand ($14.25 at Amazon), she wanders through the city, clueing us in to the shops where she sources the props, accessories, and objects that she uses in her work as a photographer, stylist, and writer.

Above: Amsterdam: Made by Hand, $14.25 at Amazon.