Unterhaltung - Lieblingsstücke

We have a new shop in Eppendorf (since April 2012) - a concept store called Unterhaltung - Lieblingsstücke (it could be translated Entertainment - Favourite Things) and I really like it. They  sell a little bit of everything (yeah - like a concept store usually does...) -  jewellery, decoration items, food, postcards, books, magazines, clothes ... It is also a good place to find a nice present for a male friend or your husband and for children.

They represent some very cool brands like the danish brand House Doctor or sell some lovely DIY magazines, like the brilliant British magazine Mollie Makes. But just have a look for yourselves when you are in Eppendorf. You can even stay a little longer and have a cup of coffee in the shop.

Johanna Schultz - Poetry with letters

Hello,
Today has been an exciting day blogwise. I published the new self-hosted version of my blog (no more .wordpress.com) as well as my madame love Facebook fanpage.
So now I would like to share another very cool shop in my lovely Eppendorf (the beautiful area of Hamburg I live in).
The shopkeeper is pretty young and called Johanna Schultz  - and so is the shop: Johanna Schultz - Wohnen 1700-1980 (Living 1700-1980).
Johanna sells a lot of beautiful objects in her antic shop. but my favorit ones are the letters. I am a big fan of the use of typography in the decoration: you can see examples on my pinterest board LOVEly letters.

Even if I love the letters, I must say that you can find a lot of other treasures in the shop, such as beautiful lamps, like an original artichocke lamp by Poul Henningsen or a lonely fawn coming strait out of a fairy tale.

Palais XIII

Today I will post about a shop I love love love in Hamburg. This completely unique and magical shop is situated in the Henriettenweg, in the Eimsbüttel district at the number 13, and that's why it is called Palais XIII. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Aujourd'hui j'ai décidé d'écrire à propos d'une boutique de Hambourg que j'adore. Cet endroit complètement magique est situé au numéro 13 du Henriettenweg (le chemin d'Henriette) dans le quartier de Eimsbüttel et s'appelle tout simplement le Palais XIII.

Hamburg is the city in Germany where can find almost all the big publishing houses. That is really one of the reasons why Hamburg is so interesting regarding design and decoration. Palais XIII is working a lot with magazines such as Living at Home or Schöner Wohnen. You will find there some objects, you don't find everywhere in Germany: beautiful lamps from French designers Tse & Tse Associées or black and white china from the Swedish artist Lisa Ottebring. A lot of things are also available in the online shop, but it would be a shame not to visit this very unique place.

Palais 13

Henriettenweg 13 20259 Hamburg

Tu.-Fr 11:00-18:00 Sat. 11:00-16:00

Küchenblume and flowers in my kitchen

So it is time for me to write a bit about my neighbourhood (Kiez in German).I live in a very beautiful part of Hamburg called Eppendorf. It is very green, full of little decoration shops and pretty cafés. In the Isestrasse, where the splendid Isemarkt (a very cool market) takes place twice a week, you will find my favorite flower shop in Hamburg: Küchenblume.

but you know me, I couldn't just have gone there, just to take some pictures...so now, I have some very pretty peonies in my kitchen. I love this season.

Küchenblume Isestrasse 76 20149 hamburg

Mo-Fr. 11:00 – 19:00 Sat.: 10:00 – 16:00

Akiko - Ein Stück Japan

So, I think I talked or showed enough of my handmade stuff in the last posts. So let's talk about Hamburg. The first shop I would like to talk about is the beautiful Japanese shop called Akiko - "Ein Stück Japan" in the Hamburg Neustadt. Hamburg has so many design and decoration treasures to offer and so the Neustadt - it is not going to be the last post about this part of the city. Akiko opened her shop in the Wexstraße 39 about eight years ago.

She sells fabric with traditional japanese pattern

 japanese Yusen-paper

as well as decoration items such as boxes, or tableware

She also offers some handcrafted accessories and clothes produced with japanese fabric in her workshop.

Akiko has arranged her shop in a very tasteful and poetic way - with origami cranes dancing on branches but still respecting the traditional japanese sense of simplicity and harmony.

If you are a crafter and want to learn the art of origami (the traditional Japanese art of paper folding) you can join a workshop. The workshops take place in the shop, and Akiko teaches herself. Of course the fabric and the papers can be bought online, but it would be such a shame to miss a visit to this fabulous shop.

AKIKO  Ein Stück Japan Wexstraße 39 20355 Hamburg

Monday   : closed Tu. – Fr.  : 11:00 – 19:00 Sat.            : 11:00 – 15:00