Bye bye Schrankwand

[dieastra]

I'm never sure what the right official term for "Schrankwand" is. Wall unit? Wall of cupboards? Do people outside of Eastern Germany even have those? LOL I mean, from visiting furniture shops/stores once in a while I know that nowadays you only have a couple of shelves and I always wonder where people store their stuff. Then again, not everyone HAS as much stuff as I do ;)

Anyway, the pictures show my old "Schrankwand" ("Schrank" means cupboard and "Wand" means wall, we always put two words together to create a new one). It was bought in 1982 when my family moved to a bigger flat/apartment and I finally got a room for myself at the age of 9. When I moved out of home 14 years ago I took it with me and it stood in the sleeping room since then. But in two weeks some people will come and take it away, and it will go into the G.D.R. museum! We have a museum where you can look at all the old things from the former Eastern German life, I love that they are collected there instead of just thrown away, I mean, it is my childhood after all and lots of memories. And I can visit my Schrankwand there if I want to see it again ;)

And a week after that a new one will be delivered which is even higher (to use that empty air till the ceiling) and so I will have much more well needed space for all my action figures and all the miniature things I buy for them.

At the left side was a wardrobe/clothes cupboard and underneat some drawers for socks and underwear etc.:



And at the right side was an inbuilt desk with a lamp and this is where I did my school homeworks:



And the whole thing together:

Comments

[hiddleasaurus.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what you would call that, maybe a wall cabinet? Either way, it's awesome that it's going to a museum! :)

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

But have you ever seen one in the States? A friend just told me in a comment below that she mostly knows them from dormitories in colleges to save space for students.

And yeah, yay for the museum!

Everyone used to have them over here. Since we lived in those buildings that were made from concrete panels, it was funny when you visited the neighbours - you immediately felt at home. As there was only one wall where the furniture would be able to go, and on the opposite wall the couch, and in the corner at the window the table. All flats looked the same! And sometimes even the furniture looked the same, given that there was not as much variability.

The exactly same one from my pictures above was also in the room of one of my class mates.

Just for comparison, here is a picture of the one I have in my living room, bought 14 years ago. Back then it was what I wanted. It might look a bit old fashioned now and I wouldn't mind going for something more modern, but as I said, it is hard to come by nowadays. All there is are those open shelves and maybe a drawer or two. That is not enough for me!

(http://s137.photobucket.com/user/DieAstra/media/Dresden%202013/PC120017600x450.jpg.html)