After you enter the flat, there's a narrow set of stairs, at the top of which you're greeted by this little cat decal by Parisian graffiti artist, Miss.Tic.
Kitchen! We have a mini dishwasher (which I love), a mini fridge (which are apparently relatively common in London flats but are SO ANNOYING!), and a washer/dryer combo next to the fridge (it's actually a washer AND a dryer, although I have never used the dryer setting. It just seems a bit wrong.)
The only basil plant I never killed. I just ate it all! Does anyone know if these are supposed to regrow?
I know you're thinking, "thanks for showing us your garbage can, Rebecca", but these are interesting because (a) they are HELLA expensive (this sucker cost £60!!!), (b) it seems like EVERY house in London has one of these! Brabantia, the brand, has really cornered the "bin" market in the UK, and (c) if you ask someone (in a store, for example) if they have a "garbage" (as you pass them an empty coffee cup), they might look at you strangely. They understand you better if you use the word "bin".
The chandelier that cost £5000 (it's made of about 200 triangle-shaped crystal. REAL crystal!). It reminds me of the house that Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer live in in Scarface.
My very packed shoe rack. It is organised by designer, and this is one of my favourite mini-sections of it.
A frame left by our landlady = the perfect frame for my Pyrrha necklaces! Kudos to Danielle and Wade, the designers of this amazing line, for getting their stuff into Liberty. It's been there forever, I think, but it's my favourite department store here and a $180 Pyrrha necklace in Canada costs about £200 here! Wow-za!
I miss being able to go to their studio-house and look through case after case of Pyrrha seals. Discovering a bracelet or ring style you hadn't seen before was THE BEST.
The very extensive record collection left in our care by our landlady friend. She also left her decks, but no amps. No amps = no fun, although I wouldn't know what to do with them anyway. I'd probably try to figure it out, though.
Tiny little bathroom. I got the same map of the world shower curtain here as I had in Vancouver. The tiny little radio actually works (thanks to Brit and my friends at Aritzia for gifting it to me!) and I like to blare it when I'm in the shower.
The white "componibilli" storage thing (I trained Elliot to say that word because it's fun to say) is a Kartell piece by Anna Castelli Ferrieri. I coveted it for two years when I worked at Caban (remember CABAN?!!!) about a million years ago. I aways remembered it being much more expensive than it ended up being, like one of those things I thought I'd buy when I grew up. I guess I'm grown up now.
Although, that said, another thing I always thought I'd buy when I grew up was an Eames Lounger. Still don't have one of those.
Our mini fireplace.
Random finds from the last Granger & Hertzog film prop hire clearance sale. In England, when you rent something, you say you "hire" it. As in, "we got a hire car for the weekend" or "we hired a car for the weekend".
Anyway, Granger & Hertzog specialise in unique and bits of furniture that can be rented for set decoration. Once a year (generally in November, I think—I'll let you know later this year), they have a big warehouse sale and some people line up in advance because it's mega cheap.
We got this random fretwork acrylic table for £5 and the bulbous lamp next to it for £10. I also got this cool, stacking container thing which stores some of my jewellery, and a round, silver TV bench. Everything cost £50 altogether. The colourful thing on top of the table is a pompom garland I bought for our Christmas tree. I decided it could stay out since it's not red and green, but haven't quite decided what to do with it yet.
Come visit and see it all in person!
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