Robert van 't Hoff which he christened "De Stijl" and in which he and his wife lived shortly after their marriage in July. This was conceived as an attempt to "further the new direction" and he was involved in every aspect of the interior and exterior design including the furniture and fittings. Van 't Hoff's preference for Bart van der Leck over van Doesburg for the painting of the interior was the first sign of tension between the two, but a commission for van Doesburg from van 't Hoff for a colour scheme for the interior of a house he was designing for the
Wietske van Leeuwen 1989 to 1993 under Jan van der Vaart, and Henk Trumpie. After graduation she settled in Amsterdam as an independent artist and started her own studio. In 1996 Van Leeuwen was nominated for the NPS Cultuurprijs 1996, a battle between young unknown artists which was aired on national television. Van Leeuwen received a number of grants from the Mondriaan Fonds, the Dutch fund for visual art and cultural heritage. Since 1997 she is also working as a ceramics and drawing teacher at Altra College, Amsterdam. Van Leeuwen's work is included in the collection of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the Museum