Madrid in Love

Now, as you've probably noticed, this blog is not really about shopping, or even the best fashion tips. But I do have to make an exception with a pop up store I visited with a friend of mine this Monday. It was only open for a long weekend, starting Friday, but by the time we got there it was almost entirely sold out. Did I mention it was an interior decoration store? And that most pieces where pretty big?

But the selection was so delicious, that I wasn't too surprised to see "VENDIDO" clearly marked on about 90% of the labels. The mood was romantic and feminine, without being cloying. Rural vintage in a luminous, Aix-en-Provence kind of way which made you forget the roaring traffic just outside the door and almost smell the lavander fields and hear the humming of the bees and the crickets.

Needless to say, I too, fell in love.

The well chosen selection of pieces made of natural woods and the patina of time drew me in like a jar of honey does Winnie Pooh. Suddenly I was in a light filled home, with a glorious garden full of colourful flowers, sitting at a potter's wheel (there actually was one on display) and humming to myself while creating the type of ceramics that would make a Japanese "living treasure" of a master proud.

Few shops have that transporting effect.

So bravo to the group of friends who mounted this!!! And PLEASE!!! keep doing it every so often until I get back on my feet (financially speaking) so I too, can add the red word to one of your labels and take a little bit of that magic home with me.