apple peeler

Finally I got my apple peeler. I wanted one for a long time.

Just in time for the apple season and perfect

for the long winter nights, lol.

See you

Kay

PS: 

- blue plates are from Melitta

- fruit bowl from Cathrineholm

- vintage tablecloth

- vintage glass ice cream dishes

weekend...weekend

I had some amazing vintage swaps the last couple of weeks. Today I got this wonderful Elac RD100 alarm clock. I saw it last year at the Plastic World exhibiting. This one will live from now on in my living room.

Swapping is really big here. It is nice to see that my girl friends are getting in to it.
So there is a lot of daily life swapping going on here... from books to art.

Do you swap??

enjoy your weekend

Kay

PS: love this cute  ad  "Never Knowingly Undersold"

We want to be modern

A couple of weeks ago we went to see the exhibition "We want to be modern" at the MMK museum in Arnhem. The exhibition is about polish design from 1955 to 1968  from the Collection of the National Museum in Warsaw. Featuring some amazing pieces of pottery and fabric.

Some of my blogger friends went to see the exhibition last year in Warschau and they also loved it.
Not sure which museum will show the exibition next but if it's in your area it's definitely worth paying a visit.

Check out this article from Designboom.

see you
Kay

PS: I love in the moment
- my green trousers
- the German Collection from OPI ( not sure which color I like most)
- Dahlias
- apples
- song of the day David Bowie Let's Dance

pets

Hey There,

Here are some photos from our trip in July to Berlin. We spent a lot of time walking through the city. So much to see and there you can find a touch of vintage everywhere.

see you,
Kay

PS: Let's talk pets. We got 4 cats: Icy (mum), Elvis (son) , Poppy (daughter) and Fifty (old auntie). Also we got one big fish called Troopers.

Tell me about your pet.

record player Lesa Mady 2

 

 

We got a new record player on the weekend.

It is the Mady 2, a little portable player designed and produced in 1975 by an Italian company called Lesa. The recordplayer is battery operated so I can carry it around playing my favourite rock & roll where ever I go.


How is your week going??

see you
Kay


PS: nice blog Swig

 

little walk

In the moment we have great autumn weather. Perfect for a long beach or forest walk.

I tried to convince the family to have tea with me in the garden. But they where not very interested so I ended up having tea alone.

On my tray:

I found the little headhog mask in the Lion Street Store.
The vintage tea cup is from Fire King.
Little bowl from Krenit.
Vintage Soda Stream bottle from Valentines.

Enjoy the rest of the sunday
Kay

Dru Confetti

Yesterday I was lucky to find a whole set of dutch enamelware from the fities. They are designed in 1954 by Wim Gilles for dutch company Dru.

Guess we can call them the dutch Cathrineholm.

see you,
Kay

PS: I like Andrew Combs' "She's Only Lonely".

my day

My day started  this morning with an emergency visit to the dentist.
Feeling a bit better now but will take it easy for the rest of the day.

see you,
Kay

PS:
Poppy moved in to Nilas room
We started to watch Beck
Drinking tea
Dreaming

cool office

My friend Shelly has a really cool office. She built a beautiful collection of vintage goodies
over the years. Definitely a nice place to work in.

Tell me about your office?

see you,
Kay


PS:
- our music this week Bombay Bicycle Club
- new magazine The Simple Things

fine news

Finally I had all my new prints framed.

Only got a small version of the wonderful Dreamland print

 from  Andy Tuohy.

I have some fine news. Mister Kay is making a small collection of midmodern mobiles (not many just few). He already has some orders.

see you soon

Kay

PS:
If you are in London at the 22nd and 23rd of september
go visit the Knots pop-up shop.

dream car

I don't really need a car but if I would get one... I would get a Nissan Figaro. The perfect car for a vintage hunter. I just love the look!

Hope you have a good week coming up. Busy week for me again. We had a very lazy weekend, which was fun and I feel full of energy.

see you
Kay

PS: Anybody seen The Royal Affair yet???

color power

Guess  I have been reading too many Scandinavian blogs. They have so many cool and colorful vintage fabric. So my latest passion has been vintage sleeping bags and nice fabric blankets. They are not easy to find here. Maybe I should go on holidays to Norway next summer.

enjoy the rest of the weekend,
Kay


PS: Have a look at this wonderful German blog Naehfiddeley.

nesting

The weather is changing and I feel like nesting. I'm in the mood to change the house. Getting out the warm blankets. Time for hot drinks, candles, soup, toffee apples, good books and lots of cozy moments at my couch.

Enjoy your weekend,
Kay


P.S.: 
Really want to see the new Woody Allen movie 'To Rome with Love'  ( I lived in Rome for some time and also met Mister Kay there, so I really should go see the movie).

Kanken

 

I don't need a new bag but I really love the Kanken backpacks. They look so vintage.

In Berlin I saw them at Scandiavian Objects. The last  couple of weeks I see them everywhere in town. The bags are from the 70's and are made in Sweden. They come in so many cool colors.

Anybody who has one?

Kay

moving in

Wonderful tea pot Siena by Siegfried Moeller 1950.

Anita Nylund jar

Amazing Anton Piesche  vases

(very mid modern)

Guess it was my lucky pottery day last Sunday at the flea market. I found some nice pieces for my collection. Also got some grey Siena plates, a radio and a Red Riding Hood basket.

I also got some nice goodies for the next Sunday market in Amsterdam.

see you,
Kay

P.S : Remembering 9/11
         never forget EVER

flea market

Yesterday at the flea market.....

I wish I got the Coca Cola cool bag.

Very pretty black & yellow fifties

 mugs but they where to expensive.

We ended the day with a cool drink at the Rhine

and I manged to find a bakery to bring home some

good German bread.

see you  soon

Kay

PS: want to know... what I got at the flea market??

Arabia jam pots

My latest passion are the jam pots  from

the Ramona Range by Arabia.

Most of the designs are by Raija Uosikkinen (1923-2004).

She worked for Arabia in the 50s and 60s.

The next one on my wishing list is the gooseberry jam pot.

  

enjoy your weekend,

Kay

  

PS:

This weekend the weather will be good so we are planning a trip to the  flea market in Dusseldorf .

prints

 

The last couple of months we have been collecting vintage prints. We had some good finds and we really enjoy looking for them. Still need the second blue-green lady from Vladimir Tretchikoff (see photo).

 

Did you know they where selling them at Boots in the 1960s?

 

see you

 

Kay

PS: Music of the day Lee Arab Now

Sunday market

Hey there,

Hope you are all well!

Here are some photos from our stall at the Sunday market in Amsterdam last weekend. It was really fun to be there again and I was lucky Merle was there to help me . The weather was great  and we had some fantasic customers (thanks for the coffee).

See you,

Kay