From Place To Space: Room To Dream In Munich

Today I want to take you to my favorite shopping spot in Munich, Germany, to the cute interiors boutique for slow living: 'Room to Dream'. I have already blogged about it quite a while ago, but recently I went to the boutique to style up a few corners and get them photographed by my friend and photographer Lina Skukauske. These are the results of our mutual work.

'Room to Dream' is run by Sabine Stadtherr, a charming lady who welcomes every client with a big smile and sometimes even with a cup of tea and cookies. Currently the entire store boosts with wonderful Christmas decor ideas as well as fantastic gift ideas for the upcoming holidays. One of my insider tips if you are in Munich and still on the look out for Christmas presents: Sabine makes her own collection of chunky knit cushion covers and baskets. Absolutely spot on at the moment and super soft and comfy!

If you love Scandinavian design and Scandinavian interior brands, you should visit 'Room to Dream'. You will find a beautifully curated selection of home accessories, furniture and home textiles for stylish homes. Oh and you can enjoy a warm mug of mulled wine just in front of the store, too. What else can one wish for on a festive shopping spree in Munich?

Room to Dream, Lenbachplatz 7, 80333 München

Photography by Lina Skukauske

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Before I'm taking you on a little inspirational travel through the orient, I want to tell you the story behind it first: My family stems from southern Serbia. It's the bordering area between Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and it has always been the orient for me when I was a kid. I was born and raised in Austria, in a typical Western European society, landscape, and visual world. But every year when we traveled down to what then was Yugoslavia, I was embarking on an adventure from 1001 nights. I felt like a kid on a magic carpet discovering a region full of people dressed in folk costumes, cities dotted with mosques and churches, colourful and loud bazars. It was the adventurous life of spending summers at my grandparents' house, dining under the vine covered porch, sitting on lumbar kilim cushions, meeting friends at the village's well. Today, all this seems like a far-away fairytale. 

This private background must be the reason why I still love oriental home accessories like my vintage kilim rug and cushions, hammered metal bowls, mosaic vases. Well, there is one thing from my childhood that I sort of disliked. My mother would always ask me to grind the coffee in one of those old bronze coffee grinders. She would then prepare Turkish mocca. As much as I disliked the grinding as a kid, today I own my mother's old coffee grinder as a dear souvenir of a happy childhood. And a memory of my roots. Happy Friday!

Photography by Igor Josifovic

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