Lost-&-Found Stories

Do you recognise occurences like these: You’re tidying up and suddenly your focus rests on some piece of furniture. You look at it from the distance censoriously and think: Man, what an annoying soul-empty expression of N O T H I N G – I don’t wanna keep you any more!

Nowadays, it seems to be easier than ever to throw things away and order new chic ones – but wait and think again: Is there any chance to substitute the boring emptyness you feel looking at that piece with a sudden inspriration? My husband Thomas is great at having such creative brainstorms. I really appreciate his positive impact on everything. Before our wedding for instance, we had a LOT of decisions to make. We decided to move from two separate flats into one only. Hardest part was to decide what to keep, what to recycle and what to get rid of – and we had only one month for that and all the renovation work (for all of the three flats!) included. We had to keep tabs on our wedding costs, so we couldn’t even think about big new buyings. Best situation to get creative :)!!

You see the white little cupboard above? Thomas took it some day from some house clearance and it fits perfectly to our bathroom basin. I made the first transformation step by changing the knobs, but for the next 11 months it stayed the same – boring white with some flakings on the top side.

One day in April during the first lockdown this year, we decided to go window shopping in the Bremer (Steintor-)Viertel (a nice part of the town full of individual boutiques, coffee bars and restaurants near to the Theater Bremen). There you can find many many shops offering vintage and designer furniture. In one window we saw a fancy lowboy coloured in light grey with golden leopard print and totally fall in love with the idea to get that amazing look for our bathroom cupboard, too!

Thomas started sanding the surface at the same day. He mixed a green colour from our wall colours left and painted the cupboard two times – the golden leo pattern was my task. At the end, we sealed our new it-piece with a wood warnish to avoid damage. And for the ultimate look, we changed the knobs again to reach a little more “Serengeti” style.