OUR STORY
“I don’t just want to ‘colour’ the world with paint, but also really contribute to a more beautiful world by doing more,” says Robert Schellekens, founder of LAB. His love for paint and colour was present at an early age. After studying Business Administration at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Robert immediately entered the profession. Initially as a project manager at a paint factory, after which he started Vestingh Paint • Craft • Lifestyle (now: LAB) five years later.
What started in 2010 with a shop of approximately 60 m², has now grown into a true concept store in Bussum of 500 m² where customers are inspired in the field of paint, color and interior. And with a full team in the office and in the webshop in Amersfoort, everything is arranged from A to Z so that your order can be sent out as quickly as possible. "It may be a cliché, but I sincerely find personal service and attention the most important," says Robert. "Not only in our concept store but also for our online customers. Our color samples and sample pots sent by mail to see or test the colors with your own eyes."
Our support department is also always ready to provide you with remote advice and answer all your questions. Curious about the most frequently asked questions? Check them out here .
Founder Robert Schellekens. (Photo: Emma Peijnenburg ).
Anyone who is moving or renovating will recognize it: choosing the right color or the best paint product for your interior can be quite difficult. With a wide range of products and services, LAB is happy to help you on your way to personalizing your home. For example, book a brainstorming session in our concept store and create the basis of your interior together with a colour and wallpaper advisor. Or book a creative workshop in the Vestingh Atelier where you will gain plenty of inspiration and new knowledge. Follow inspiring presentations, make your own colour plan and learn everything you need to know about using colour and giving colour advice from other interior and colour stylists.
Vestingh Colour Studio in Bussum.
Brainstorming session with our interior designers.
Would you rather have your favorite color on the wall right away? We not only sell the best quality paints from various top brands such as Farrow & Ball , Little Greene , Pure & Original , Sigma andSikkens , but also our two successful own brands LAB paint and VESTINGH . Did you know that the sustainable paint line LAB paint developed and produced in the Netherlands? This high-quality paint brand consists of a full range of paint types for inside and outside, including coatings for bathrooms , floors , walls and various specials such as LAB chalk (lime paint), LAB cementum (concrete look) and LAB rubigo (rust paint). Of course, professional painters can come to us for all quality paints and high-quality painting supplies.
In addition to paint, we have a large assortment of wallpaper from exclusive brands such as Élitis, Arte, CMO Paris, Farrow & Ball, Little Greene and Studio Ditte. And if you don't have the time or inclination to paint or wallpaper yourself, we'll just do it for you! With LAB PROJECTS We take care of all the work, from painting a room to exterior painting or applying wallpaper.
Concept store in Bussum.
Concept store in Bussum.
At LAB, there is a lot of attention for socially responsible and sustainable entrepreneurship. For example, we are proud of our LAB FOUNDATION which was founded in 2018. From every LAB paint purchase, part of the proceeds will go to the LAB FOUNDATION and as a consumer you contribute to a better world: paint at home and clean (drinking) water where necessary. “Sharing is multiplying, I truly believe that. If you put love and energy into something, you get it back in so many ways. I think it's a beautiful thought that with water-based paint you provide clean (drinking) water somewhere else,” says Robert.
We also work closely with social workshops where people with a distance to the labor market take on various tasks for us. In this way, we try to give everyone a chance. In addition, we pay a lot of attention to the environment when producing our own paint line. We make every effort to limit CO2 emissions. For example, our sustainable paint is produced in the Netherlands and sold directly in the concept store in Bussum or via our webshop. This is a lot more environmentally friendly than producing it abroad.
In the Vestingh Atelier you can follow creative workshops and inspiring presentations.
In addition, a LAB Second Life is launched on the market several times a year. A limited edition LAB colour. What is special is that this colour is largely composed of unique LAB colours. We literally give these paints a second life. These are cans that have not been collected by customers or colours to which too much or too little pigment has been added due to a typing error. This wall paint is thus given a second life. Doubly sustainable!
COLOUR THE WORLD,
