Forgotten mansion in Poland

Photo: Pinterest

This forgotten mansion makes me want to start writing a story exploring how the house became abandoned. The fading beauty of the mansion would make for a melancholic story, wouldn't it? Or a sort of European Grey Gardens story, perhaps. In any case, very inspiring.

Warsaw gem

I've been wanting to feature more design from Central and Eastern Europe and I kept thinking again and again about this amazing 80-year old former schoolhouse which I saw on Design Sponge. The owners found the cottage in the countryside of Poland, and moved it (!) to Warsaw where they restored it. The cottage feels very real, especially the fact that the staircase is too short so that they had to buy a stool as a first step. The black and white scheme fels actually cosy here, don't you think?

All photos: Design Sponge

Polish Impressions I

Hello! I am back from my trip to Warsaw. Anne graciously interviewed me for her Boarding Pass column a couple days ago (Thank you, Anne!) and promised that I would share some photos from my trip to Poland toute de suite.

I had a lovely time in Poland, but the weather was horrible. I had about a total of 10 minutes to take a couple of snapshots. My hotel room was on the 34th floor and the only thing I saw was white clouds, no view whatsoever. Luckily, I have been to Poland before when it was sunny and know that the photos in this post really do not justice to the city. I wished I could have included some photos of the old town and the surrounding countryside.

We had a delicious dinner at the Red Pig restaurant (est. 1909) of which I photographed a detail below. I heart pierogi, a typical Polish dish.

[Dear Polish readers, can anyone kindly explain to me what it says on the Winnie the Pooh sign I stumbled upon (see last photo below).]

All photos: European Chic