Bye bye Schrankwand
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dieastraI'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:
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:
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Date: 2014-02-22 01:44 pm (UTC)I am always amazed how different the cultures are sometimes. When you only know your own world, you think the rest of the world is the same. But yeah, I also figured, since people in America usually have big houses, they store their stuff in the garage or attic or in the basement. But in an apartment, you don't have that much space.
Did you see the picture I posted in some of my other replies? That's the one I have in my living room right now. They seem to come out of fashion though, nowadays I don't see them in the shops anymore.
I already started packing last week, when the date was set, and continue a bit each day, so it is not too much at once. I also look through things and found more old stuff I might offer for the museum, if they want it. I guess I shall do a picture when all the boxes are stapled upon each other, just for LOLs ;)
The putting back in will be fun though, as I can sort out a system and have it all in one place, based on themes, rather than scattled around.