Ok, I am not going to harass you with more Christmas inspired recommendations. I am through with my Christmas gift shopping and now I am sort of yearning for some other inspiration – products to refresh the home for a new year and past the festive decoration.…
Two weeks ago I attended a fabulous milestone in Munich’s shopping life – the opening of the first Bolia store. Ever since I was in Denmark I fell in love with the stylish, cool and modern furniture and home accessories from Bolia.…
Mid-week, mid-December, mid-pre-festive-shopping-mania: In questions of gift shopping I must say the easiest presents are those for myself. I know, not very generous. But on the other hand we can also be generous to ourselves from time to time. If you need some more shopping inspiration, be it for yourself or your beloved ones, I have curated a little selection of recommendable goodies for beautiful homes – of course with a little blue bias – you know me by now.…

Today is the day! Interior design aficionados like myself are happy and excited that a cool design store is touching base in Europe: Today the first European West Elm store is opening its doors in London’s Tottenham Court Road. On more than 12.000 square foot the store will feature furniture, textiles, accessories and gifts, as well as a West Elm Market shop-in-shop and a coffee shop.…

I usually discover the coolest and prettiest interior design stores while traveling the world like this one or this one, both in Vancouver, Canada. Sometimes I really forget to look around in my hood, that is in Munich, and discover new and inspiring stores just here in front of my nose.…