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

[jackwabbit.livejournal.com]

Google "wall unit," and you get tons or results.

Here is one like my mother-in-law's:

http://www.rockvillecustomcabinets.com/images/Rockville%20Custom%20Cabinets%20Wall%20Unit%20001.jpg

These are done here, just a little differently.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that one looks very nice! I never had considered white furniture, as it can look too much like from a Doctor's, but it works surprisingly well. I don't like those really dark furniture, that's depressing. I love the many drawers also, I am hooked on drawers.