in the coming weeks, you'll get to see some of our finds in kringloopwinkels [sorta like the salvos, but a lot cooler with retro ties, LP players and samsonite leather briefcases from the 70s for 5euros], ikea and other assorted places...
first up; our green chairs - if anyone has noticed, in the past months, i have had a strange gravitation towards green things -- my green wallet(which many people agreed was a strangely apt choice), several green things in my wardrobe and green apples (ok, maybe i exaggerate)
so imagine our combined disbelief when we came across these beauties in a kringloopwinkel barely 50m from our apartment!!
they look like they belong in an american diner or some throwback party to the sixties!! they appeared to be in good condition and sturdy - very important, as these chairs must be a good 20+ years old....but the best bit was; we got the lot of 4 chairs for 20 euros......altogether!! [take that ikea!!]
we've realised that we have an affinity for the slightly retro, definitely character-filled environment;
ok, so the truth is, we didn't have a choice with the safes at our seah street apartment, but anyways.....
so we've been on the look-out, and have already found a couple of nice things here in Antwerp..
as a side note, its pretty amazing the stuff they have at the kringloopwinkel - we've seen entire [about 3m in total!] wardrobes made of super solid wood with excellent ornamentation and craft in the design going for a measly 200euros - we imagine that its the sheer size of these that probably dissuades any takers.. but they also have things ranging from in-cabinet TVs to awesome lighting to even original-retro postcards from europe!!!
ok...back to the chairs
so far they've been our primary sitting arrangements in the house, but as things move along, they will be part of our dining suite...[more info on that later]...and we really like them!
on another note, here is a picture of us painting our master bedroom yesterday...
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