Wouldn’t you agree that life is not worth living without a few ‘legal’ addictions? I do believe that I am closer to a few people and places in this world just because of the addictions we share. Life with Robin is more fun for the two that we have in common – chocolates and furniture. We debate so many things in life, one of the reasons why naming our children is such a task. But on chocolates and furniture, we couldn’t agree more.
Chocolates have got to be dark – the more cocoa the better. Green and Blacks 80% is on top of the list along with the Lint Dark Orange extreme. This is a slightly dangerous addiction to share as one of us is always ready to nudge the other for ‘just one more piece’. Maybe some disagreement here would have been better! What is interesting is just how similar our tastes in chocolate are – there has almost never been a time when one of us likes a particular bar or box and the other doesn’t. One of our slightly embarrassing favourites are the Danish Anthon Berg dark chocolate liqueurs that one of our Danish friends insists is eaten only by grandmothers during dark Christmas evenings in Denmark!
An addiction to furniture is a little more complicated and the limited space in our London flat kept us as much in control as it could. The space in our Kenya house is, let’s just say, the excuse we needed. Kenya is not really Italy when it comes to furniture but it has its gems. Marc van Rampelberg’s (http://rampeldesign.com/1-29-the-story.html) elegant curvy creations from beautifully carved pieces of wood dovetailed or seamlessly joined up are stuff of legends. However, he remains an elusive artist to reach and the legends about the prices of his pieces have also made us a bit wary. The one that we visit the most is called Woodcharm – a store that has existed for years on a popular street in Nairobi’s city centre. It’s run by a father and his son. Well, more the father since the son is also a private sector consultant. The father has a classical leaning while the son a modern one. The store at any given time has at least 85% classical designs influenced by a number of different cultures around the world – though predominantly European. Now that we have baby number two coming into our lives soon and with T still climbing into our bed once in a while we decided it was time to invest in a larger sleeping space. Obviously Woodcharm is where we went and they have delivered a fantastic modern bed.
Chocolates have got to be dark – the more cocoa the better. Green and Blacks 80% is on top of the list along with the Lint Dark Orange extreme. This is a slightly dangerous addiction to share as one of us is always ready to nudge the other for ‘just one more piece’. Maybe some disagreement here would have been better! What is interesting is just how similar our tastes in chocolate are – there has almost never been a time when one of us likes a particular bar or box and the other doesn’t. One of our slightly embarrassing favourites are the Danish Anthon Berg dark chocolate liqueurs that one of our Danish friends insists is eaten only by grandmothers during dark Christmas evenings in Denmark!
An addiction to furniture is a little more complicated and the limited space in our London flat kept us as much in control as it could. The space in our Kenya house is, let’s just say, the excuse we needed. Kenya is not really Italy when it comes to furniture but it has its gems. Marc van Rampelberg’s (http://rampeldesign.com/1-29-the-story.html) elegant curvy creations from beautifully carved pieces of wood dovetailed or seamlessly joined up are stuff of legends. However, he remains an elusive artist to reach and the legends about the prices of his pieces have also made us a bit wary. The one that we visit the most is called Woodcharm – a store that has existed for years on a popular street in Nairobi’s city centre. It’s run by a father and his son. Well, more the father since the son is also a private sector consultant. The father has a classical leaning while the son a modern one. The store at any given time has at least 85% classical designs influenced by a number of different cultures around the world – though predominantly European. Now that we have baby number two coming into our lives soon and with T still climbing into our bed once in a while we decided it was time to invest in a larger sleeping space. Obviously Woodcharm is where we went and they have delivered a fantastic modern bed.
Great story, I really love it. Thanks for sharing. I haven't visited to Colombia but I sure it is a worthwhile place to visit. We will there (Colombia) next year.
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