camera strap

i got mail today from Odessa in Ukaine! it is my new camera strap that i purchased from this shop. it is gorgeous: made of brown leather, very soft and nice to wear! i love it

colours

fall brings amazing colors, even when it rains.

last picture is my first attempt of making french baguettes :)

week end findings

so here is what i had the pleasure to find yesterday: a mother and child porcelain doves from Helsingborg Deco Keramik Sweden, two embroidery for a kid's room, a cheese board with dome, a mid century wooden shelf, two articulated dolls, enamel serving spoons. all soon in the shop!!

sunday

the weather was incredibly warm today and we took our bikes to go to boxhagener platz. it is a very nice place there, with a fleemarket and lots of cute cafes and places to eat. we had some vegan pastries and then came back home through karl marx allee and alexander platz, that look both majestic!

lazy

i've been lazy lately, not writting on the blog.. i actually got very much into instagram and posted a lot of pictures of new items, streetart and various pictures of berlin. check it out here:

http://instagram.com/oppningshop

home again

this is a great part of our job: being able to see the new home the items we sell are going to. look how this lovely teak and wire shade wall lamp is now wonderfuly featured in C.'s home in Missouri (USA)! it is the perfect reading corner indeed!

fall is here...

 ... and berlin is so beautiful!

week end findings [2]

so here is the second part of my last wekk end's findings: a wire and bakelite desk or bedside lamp, a Soholm Denmark Sonja candle holder, a painting's reproduction, a stainless steel and teak serving set, a baby's handmade hat.. all soon in the shop!

last picture is this beautiful japanese"Ema" i got in the mail today. it is a small wooden plaque on which Shinto worshippers write their prayers or wishes. i chose the one with the 3 wise monkeys.

week end findings [1]

here are some great findings i made on sunday: a beautiful mid century sunburst brass and metal german clock, some dinosaures, a golden Penti camera in its original leather camera case looking actually like it was C3PO's, some great mid century red and white shelves West Germany, some sea ​​urchins and a starfish... to be continued :)

featured by Link Collective

i'm so humbled to be featured on the facebook of one of my favorites shop on etsy: Link Collective XD
they sell handprinted furoshiki, a traditional japanese scarf used as a bag, a scarf of course or as gift wrapping. i warmly recommend this shop for the lovely and high quality products and also for the great shopping experience

sunday

strolling around treptower park, we saw lots of great street art, had a drink at white trash and home made pizzas for dinner. an awesome day of indian summer!

saturday

we had a great afternoon in Gleisdreieck (meaning the railway triangle) which is a huge area in central berlin for people to spend some time relaxing, with lots of playgrounds, grass, space.. we saw some nice streetart on the way, the helix of a wind mill, a grossery shopping machine and a plane on a roof :)

back in the days

see how the movies in our neighbourhood looked like back in the 50's and how it looks like today. i'm happy they kept the original structure, the signs and the doors :)

biking in berlin

berlin is definitely a great city to bike. there are a great variety of bikes, bike lanes almost everywhere, and also a lot of places to rest :)