Manoir & Palazzo

On the front door of this shop in Hamburg Eppendorf on Lehmweg 29, you will see the sign Manoir, but in reality, this shop is also called Palazz0.Palazzo is an antique shop which was founded in Hamburg in 1985 and specialises in wonderful vintage luggage. Palazzo was situated in the city centre of Hamburg and recently moved to the Lehmweg and joined the shop Manoir. Manoir is specialised in trompe l'oeil painting and restoration of antique furnitures. At Palazzo & Manoir , you will find some delightfully restored French and English antiques, some great swedish gustavian chairs and beautiful suitcases. This shop gives a fresh look at antiques as it is completely painted in a green neon colour that really lets the vintage Louis Vuitton suitcases and the old leather cricket balls shine. Have a  look for yourself and go treasure hunting:

Website: Manoir / Palazzo Lehmweg 29 20251 Hamburg Mo. – Fr. : 11:00 – 19:00 Sat.            : 11:00 – 16:00

My perfect Sunday

Last weekend I made a discovery that I want to share with you. I met Wiebke and discovered her lovely shop in the Isestrasse 86 in Hamburg, Eppendorf: My perfect Sunday. She asked herself: what makes a perfect Sunday? It can be a trip to the countryside, time with your family or time for yourself. Sunday is a day that tells stories about yourself. Sunday is all about taking a break.

My perfect Sunday in Hamburg has understood this concept and offers a range of objects from all over Europe and overseas that help you tell your story of your perfect Sunday and make your home more homely and cosy.

Wiebke also sells her own home and nightwear collection “crisp” in her shop, with dresses, trousers, shirts, coats and boleros. The soft colours: white, powder or light grey are beautiful and they are made of a very soft organic cotton.

As I am French, I was attracted first by products from French brands such as “La cerise sur le gâteau” from the French designer Anne Hubert. She knows how to combine lovely toile de jouy print or Liberty fabric with neon screenprinting.

You can also find products from British designer Abigael Ahern, such as her famous bulldog lamp that I also saw for the first time in Germany.

So if you are looking for selective and exclusive design and homewear fashion, My perfect Sunday is definitely a place you should visit while in Hamburg.  In the coming weeks there will be some very cool give-aways from “My perfect Sunday” to win on my blog, so stay tuned!

My Perfect Sunday Isestrasse 86 20149 Hamburg

My favourite room

Lieblingszimmer (favourite room) is a fantastic furniture shop in Hamburg Eppendorf. It is a bit hidden from the main road on the Ludolfstrasse 60. The shop sells antic furnitures and accessoires in pastel colours. From gustavian grey to pale green in the provencal style. You almost have the impression to be in the middle of a french vintage patisserie surrounded by beautiful macarons.The antic furnitures either have kept their original patina or have been renovated in the workshop. The total surface of the shop is 170 m2 and you can find almost every kind of furnitures - from bedside tables to cupboards or vintage vases. I especially like the vintage kitchen table. It is the perfect place to go if you want some furnitures with a soul but still at an affordable price.

Nordlys - scandinavian design in Hamburg

You know I like Hamburg because it is so design orientated. I also like it because it has a lot of Scandinavian influences. In some small shops like Nordlys, I have got the impression to be in the city centre of Copenhagen! This very pretty shop is situated in the Görnerstrasse 4, in Hamburg, Eppdendorf.They sell some  pretty brands such as Bloomingville, Green Gate , Liv or Rice. You can also find a large selection of ribbans - that are really gorgeous as well aa a selection of pretty clothes. You can also drink a a nice Milchkaffee in the shop. The good thing is that the shop is also open on the Sunday. You can't miss the danish flag at the entrance

When you go - you have to have a look at the back of the shop to see the two beautiful cats of the shop owner having a nap in their wooden basket through the window

Görnerstrasse 4

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