Decoration

decorating with animals

We had friends over the other day, and they asked me if there was an "animal theme" in the decoration of the flat.I never realised it before, be that is true that we have animals in every rooms of the flat, on pretty much every walls... Animals in the decoration bring a fresh and childish touch, I like very much. I have a tiger print from Sweden in the middle of my living room, that was meant to be for a child's bedroom, but it looks so simple and stylish, and with the right frame, it can look good in a "grown ups" room. You can also have a look at my pinterest board on that topic. Tiger print from the shop - The human empire in Hamburg

Tiger has also a couple of cat friends, to play with, like this one for instance:

neko-by-madame-love

and lovely chicken that come from the former GDR and were bought on a flee market in Berlin plastic-chicken-by-madame-love But there are not only tigers, cats & chicken in the flat, we also have a couple on nice fishes, rabbits and all kind of animals

fish-by-madame-love

deer-by-madame-love

girafe by madame love

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