Close to Schwetzingen, there is a huge furniture store called Höffner. As we were leaving Schwetzingen on Saturday, Jan suggested for drop by there to see if we could find any of the bits we still need for the flat (I love that I have a boyfriend who’s not only willing to shop for furniture with me but actually suggests it himself!). When I agreed to stay I told him that I wanted to get back to sorting out the flat this year, and he obviously took it to heart.
Here’s what we got:
A cupboard to go under the bathroom sink. Jan had to saw its back legs off so it could go on the raised ledge thing that runs the length of the bathroom.
I love how neat the bathroom looks now that our toilertries are inside the cupboard and not lined up along the entire length of the ledge!
I wanted something to store wrapping paper in, so we ended up taking this:
I saw a beautiful umbrella stand that would have worked just as well, but I refused to pay €75 for something I planned to store wrapping paper in. (I wouldn’t have paid that if I was going to use it for its intended purpose either!)
This basket now holds all my self-help books:
They were previously stacked up under the bedside table, partly because there’s no room left on the bookcase for them but also because I don’t think every visitor to our house needs to know I have those books. It was difficult to move the pile when I wanted to hoover… now I can just pull out the basket.
A gorgeous table runner, or more fuel for my obession with owls:
They had bedding with the same owl on, but only in single bed size which is no goo to us.
Jan also got a frame for a poster of his that refused to stay up with simple blu-tack. It looks much nicer framed anyway!
Not a bad haul for a couple of hours shopping.
Confuzzledom 
I love the fact that your boyfriend actually suggested himself anything to do with shopping!! Lucky you! 😉
And I am with you with this owl obsession, I found myself a cute tshirt last week, ha ha. Your table runner is beyond cute, and I would have probably have bought the bedsheets as well, just for the guest room ;-). The bathroom closet looks very nice either. Quite chic – I’d say! Seems you have done some successful shopping!
Svenja
The guest room has a double bed as well, unfortunately. We don’t have a single bed anywhere! Plus the pillow case (only 1) was the big square kind and neither of us like those pilows so we have rectangles.
My boyfriend likes DIY, so I buy second hand furniture that looks naff and leave him play! Best of both worlds! I love the bathroom cabinet – really need one of those!
Jan might enjoy that but the question is whether he would ever get round to it. I’d probably end up stuck with the naff furniture for ages waiting for him to get on with it 😉
A classic case of nesting. nods wisely 🙂
Me or him? 😉
both 🙂
all of those things are so much fun!
Especially the owl!
The owl is the cutest thing ever! I very much like your taste in general.
Thank you!
That cupboard is lovely.
Isn’t it? It was a bargain too 😀