Do I love novelties? Liebe ich Kuriositäten?

Hello everyone,

my page views in Germany went UP to an enormous degree so at lease short postings will be bi-lingual now :-)

As you all know Iam rather a novelty myself so of course I love unusual stuff. And stuff whose existence was forgotten in the first place....

Wie alle von euch wissen bin ich selber eine ziemliche Kuriosität, also liebe ich natürlich ungewöhnliche Sachen. Und Sachen von denen wir vergessen haben, das es sie überhaupt gibt...

What is this? just a decoration piece?

Was ist das denn? Nur Deko?

A further look at the matter reveals the purpose...

Ein zweiter Blick zeigt den Zweck....

Which may looks like something stolen from an extra mad scientis is actually a mini-vase for daisies...

Was aussieht als wäre es einem besonders verrücktem Professor geklaut worden ist eigentlich eine kleine Vase für Gänseblümchen....

And what looks like made to put on a bracelet is actually....

Und was so aussieht als würde es an ein Bettelarmband gehören ist eigentlich....

...meant to be put on you cocktail glas to mark that this is yours! (and the spears... well, we still use spears for cocktails and little snacks)

....dafür da um an dein Cocktailglas gehängt zu werden damit du weisst, das es deins ist (und die dazugehörigen Spiesschen benutzt man ja immernoch für cocktails und kleine Snacks)

Here we see a bottle and a tiki-mug with a extra nice handle...

Hier sehen wir eine Flasche und einen Tiki-Becher mit extra tollem Griff!

I love the love for details!

Ich liebe die Liebe zum Detail!

Who would actually look BEHIND a vase?

Wer würde denn schon HINTER eine Vase schauen?

Iam a novelty that loves novelties!

Ich bin halt eine Kuriosität die Kuriositäten liebt!

The Tiki Room

Hello everyone,

I don´t think I showed a picture of my living room in the making yet!!! Here it is! It is red, the former tennant painted it like that and we kept it. We got the red chaiselounge whose back you are seeing for free! The little bamboo shelf aka the Tiki-Shrine was a fleamarket find for 5 Euros. The seat on the ground was by IKEA and I found the pillow in some cheapo-store where I got it for 8 Euros. I promise better pics with better light and maybe even close ups once the tiger seats and the dinner essemble arrived.

My flea-market findthis Saturday. I got those 5 books for 4 Euro and I LOVE the covers so so much!!! I should display them somehow but I don´t know where/how yet!

When I saw this little kitten-vase I immediately knew it should be the keeper of my make up brushes. I was thinking "Please be 3 Euro, please be 3 Euro" while the stall holder took out his price list and checked forever. It was..... 3 Euro. Maybe I have special mind powers (or maybe not....)

And yay!!!! The mirror of my vanity table is finally hanging!!!! Now I can set my mind on how to decorate it!!!! I got the mirror for free from my grandpa, the vanity table off ebay and the chair for free from a neighbor that wanted to get rid of it. Sometimes Iam a fortune cookie. Here counts "More and better photos when Iam finished", too!

random ideas for my new apartment...

...given that I get it. I made a deal with John. He can furnish his working/sportsroom and I can furnish our sleepingroom and living room. I have some ideas in my mind already....

Livingroom:

Photo: ebay

Iam lusting for those repros of cocktail-chairs for my living room. It will be mostly Tiki-inspired and Iam on the hunt for a nice kidney-table. too. We will have a red chaiselounge that we get for free as a sofa and I hope to snatch up those chairs - and hope badly they go with the chaiselonge and the orange walls!

Photo: ebay

In our living room there will be our dinning corner as well. This is what Iam eyeing on ebay. Do you think those will go with the cocktailchairs, the chaiselounge and the walls? It will become colourfull for sure...

Sleepingroom:

Here I plan for a 50s meet baroque boudoir theme. The walls are turqois and as John can´t be bothered will wallpaper and I actually like the colour I have an idea how to get the baroque theme in... but more about this later....

I dream about this IKEA bed:

And while this IKEA wardrobe is not particulary retro I just NEED a lot of space for my clothes! And the white should go nicely and neutral with the overall look.

On the bright side here´s something I had for years already.... My beloved vanity table from the 50s! And my kidney formed mirror

Retroish bed, modern wardrobe, 50s vanity table... Where does the baroque element come into play? I have no idea where I found the picture (comment if you know so I can give credit) but I plan something like this - however I will put baroque wallpaper into the frames. I already found 3 gold frames on a fleamarket and I´m positive I will find more!

It is still loooooong to go, but I wish I could just go ahead and buy everything I want already!!!! I´m in nesting mode!