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...and here are the flats!
It took some time, to refurbish them, to stitch up proper mini-websites, but eventually here they are. Click on the links on the right… The 1920s flat has a surface of only 54 square meters … more →
A flat in Berlin...(well, actually two!)
...and here are the flats!
stripedcat wrote 3 weeks ago: It took some time, to refurbish them, to stitch up proper mini-websites, but eventually here they ar … more →
Recycling furniture and collecting ideas in Berlin
stripedcat wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday I looked at magazines to take with me on my easyjet flight on monday…and I was surpr … more →
One year later...1 candle on the cake!
stripedcat wrote 4 months ago: One year ago we started this blog. Two main reasons: to report about our “flat in Berlin … more →
A little cub
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stripedcat wrote 4 months ago: We warned you. There were early signs of a little crush for small rational flats of the 1950s-60s. S … more →
gazing through green glass
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stripedcat wrote 5 months ago: For some reason I am attracted to green glass. Not broken Heineken bottles, which sometimes on frida … more →
pink tea in Berlin
stripedcat wrote 5 months ago: June in Berlin and spring is in full bloom…orange blossoms, peonies, colors fill the streets, … more →
bookshelf in Goltzstrasse
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stripedcat wrote 5 months ago: Who knows if the italian designer Radaelli drew the inspiration for his “bookshape” book … more →
Happy Easter!!
stripedcat wrote 7 months ago: Well in march during my latest Berlin weekend I did not resist to the temptation of acquiring anothe … more →
sleeping in
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stripedcat wrote 8 months ago: Last weekend, first night in the flat! The flat needs still a bit of work on the storage units, so t … more →
Staring at stairs...
stripedcat wrote 9 months ago: I have discovered today a beautiful stairs blog...full of great pictures by those like us who stare … more →
The Flat is almost ready!
stripedcat wrote 9 months ago: Well, our goal was to be ready for the Berlinale…we’re almost there! I was in Berlin at … more →
Neoclassicism, Historicism, Jugendstil...and maybe Art deco?
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stripedcat wrote 10 months ago: The Flat was built in 1914…not yet Bauhaus time, not yet Art Deco…still Jugenstil and no … more →
Altbau: one year ago, the coup de foudre!
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stripedcat wrote 11 months ago: One year ago we were in Berlin, formalizing our purchase of The Flat. This week the main part of the … more →
It's sooo 1914!
stripedcat wrote 11 months ago: At the bookstore in the Hauptbahnhof we discovered an exceptional Berlin guide: Berlin – The A … more →
Timeline
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stripedcat wrote 11 months ago: We could have been more efficient. Still, we needed to rely upon holidays, availability of flights a … more →
Why we went for an Altbau
stripedcat wrote 11 months ago: We visited several Aufbau flats buit after WWII, between 1955 and 1960. They are all neatly planned … more →
More on Altbau: Berlin article in DOVE Case
stripedcat wrote 1 year ago: After the Il Sole 24 Ore supplement, also the patinatissimo DOVE magazine dedicates a special sectio … more →
thrilling choices
stripedcat wrote 1 year ago: Well, no, we are not thinking of having 39 Stufen (steps) in the flat, but just one… During ou … more →
The colour yellow's intense raison d'etre in Berlin
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stripedcat wrote 1 year ago: Early morning, I got out of my friend’s flat in Moabit and headed for the Bellevue bus stop … more →
