Tuesday 4 March 2014

Urban Retro - blue is the colour

One of the magazines I read is called Living at Home (where else would you live?), and this month they are featuring what they call 'Urban Retro', which is right up my Strasse. Here are a few lovelies on which to feast your eyes.

Pendant lamp "Y 1956" by Herstal

This beautiful chair is designed for Red Edition by David Hodkinson, a British designer and architect, and is gorgeous - love the shapely wooden frame and available in various fabrics for a mere snip at €1,150 to €1,480. This full-frontal doesn't do justice to the beautiful shape, nor the solid oak, which you can see if you click on the link above. One day I will invest in a beautifully made piece of furniture.

"Floating" chair by David Hodkinson for Red Edition



I also love sideboards and this one fits in well with my current turquoise tick. Doors in four colours - white, light blue, olive green and vanilla yellow by Danish manufacturer Brödrene Andersen - €3,075. The wooden houses are by Danish firm Applicata for €17 Euros, and the butterfly pictures by Lys Vintage at €78.
"Bykato" sideboard in four colours by Brödrene Andersen



My other blog.... Interior Design in Berlin and beyond: Sitting Pretty: Wallpaper.... Meinewand and Bloom Papers

Interior Design in Berlin and beyond: Sitting Pretty: Wallpaper.... Meinewand and Bloom Papers: Fab site for wallpapers, including Farrow & Ball, Osborne and Little, Cole and Son and lots more... expensive, classy, lots of choice. ...

Monday 3 March 2014

After and before... kitchen

Decided to revive my blog, after a long, long time and just use it mainly for ideas and things I like, but to start with, here's the after and before of my kitchen.

After - all lived in, and realise I have to sort out those shelves above the tv!



During the makeover! Ridiculously small, but tall room, wall knocked down!


Before.... yuck!