Woodcarving & lighting

I've been indulging myself with home decorating fancies lately which translates to weekend jaunts at furniture & ceramics markets with girlfriends while DH stays at home with the boys.  What a wonderful way to have a little mental respite from feeds and diapers!


Here's a prized find today.  It's massive at 1x1m.  No, I haven't bought it yet. This shop had an asking price of 1600 yuan which was way over what it ought to be.  She didn't seem amenable to bargaining so we took a picture and walked on.  At another shop that appeared to have good quality workmanship in woodcarving, I whipped out the camera and with some bargaining got it down to 750 yuan if we buy 4 pieces. (yep, my friend will take THREE.  She has a cathedral like home with an equally huge expanse of empty wall).

And I'm such a fan of Dutch design house Moooi.  Here's its Paper Chandelier.  There's a little something gothic with this lamp.

Then, there's Metalarte's Josephine Queen lighting.  I used to think chandeliers dowdy and passe but with these bold exciting designs, they really add a contemporary accent to living spaces.  Me like!

 


Alexander is 2.5 years old while the tiny tyke, Lukie is very nearly 7 months