Cabinet of curiosities

I'm looking for a glass cabinet right now. I would like a cabinet where I can gather different objects that I collect; taxidermy birds, porcelain dogs, objects bought on trips and so on. I would like to create my own cabinet of curiostity. The original cabinet of curiosities or Kunstkammer emerged in the 16th century and was very popular in Renaissance Europe. Wealthy people created microcosmos or even museums of their own with natural history objects, geology, religious or historical relics and work of art. This type of display of objects has become popular now again and you see a lot of interior pictures inspired of natural history museums or classic 19th century English libraries. It's a trend were ones home should look like one of an old time explorer. I like it a lot, but I'm also aware of the authenticity problem. I think the objects you collect should be real and come from places you actually visited and not just objects you bought in the nearest cool vintage store. I've bought a lot online from for example ebay but I have this idea that for next year I'm only going to buy things when I visit different places in Sweden, for example small towns. In some way I feel that you get a more fair part of the objects history then and if you are lucky you buy it from someone that can tell a story about it's origin.

Here are some nice inspirational pictures of cabinet of curiosity ideas:

Collection of different vintage objects
Picture: http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.se/p/
morbid-anatomy-library.html

Nice display of old sheets from natural books together with objects
Picture: http://blog.modernica.net/vintage-collectors-creepy-interiors/

Fun shaped shelf with objects
Picture: http://eternalmagpie.tumblr.com

Amazing cabinet with taxidermy birds
Picture: http://www.mintdesignblog.com
/2009/09/cabinet-of-curiosities/

Top of the cabinet
Picture: http://www.mintdesignblog.com/
2009/09/cabinet-of-curiosities/

Antique cabinet of curiosity
Picture: http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/07
/dc/e4/07dce4e148c3ef8658a8c36c8f41e062.jpg

Nice to display other objects than animals in glass bells
Picture: http://www.poetichome.com/2009/03/30/
cabinet-of-curiosities-a-world-of-intrigue/

Traditional display of animals in glass bell
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/
astropop/3525703893/in/photostream/

Old medicin cabinet used as a cabinet of curiosity
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/astropop/
5171673957/sizes/m/in/set-72157625374748574/

Vintage medicin cabinet on wheels, perfect for display of different objects
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/
dianamartini/3274513690/

Nice display of paintings together with objects of nature
Picture: www.tmblr.com

Mix of books and objects
Picture: www.tmblr.com

Collection of taxidermy butterflies
Picture: http://www.savvyhomeblog.com/
2012/07/house-crush-hamptons-designer-showhouse.html

Old fashion library with curiosities like a scelleton
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/
somethingshidinginhere

Freeman's restaurant in New York, a lot of curiosities there!
Picture: http://alexanderwaterworth.blogspot.se/
2012/02/interiors-freemans-new-york.html?m=1

Lovely book by Thames & Hudsson I bought on my last trip to London!
A lot of nice examples of cabinet of curiosities
Picture: http://blog.katemccgwire.com/

Margit Brundin

I found a new ceramist I absolutely adore on my way home from work yesterday. I saw one of her dog lamps in the window of "Konsthantverkarna", a shop at Södermalm, Stockholm. Unfortunatley the shop was closed but I managed to find her lamp online. I visited her homepage and it was filled with amazing animal sculptures. She says that for her, animals holds a certain mystery about them. She likes to build stories around them and fantasies about their thoughts and emotions. I just love the wall hanged animals and the candle holders! I really would like to get one of her pieces!

For more info and pictures, visit: http://margitbrundin.se/

(All pictures from her webpage)

More is more; Tony Duquette

I found a book I want the other day. It's a book about Tony Duquette. I've never heard about him before I found some pictures on Pinterest. He was an American designer that lived and worked in LA. He designed costumes and settings for movies, interiors, jewellery and special furnishing. He also created interiors for numerous night clubs, public places and private properties. He loved richness, drama, ornament and individuality. His house in Beverly Hills, "Dawnridge" is now a museum. He began to build it in 1949 together with his wife Elisabeth and worked on it for the rest of his life. They created a home that was grandiose and overstated with gilded lilies, leopard patterns, rock crystals and endless rococo paintings. Each space was a pastiche of Duquette's passions: Chinoiserie, gold-leafed trays, Louis XV chairs and Japanese brocades. Judging by the pictures it looks beyond words! It has that special combination of colors and crazy objects that only an eccentric still genius person can put together. I really would like to go there and see it in reality, but in the meantime I'm going to buy the book for my self as a Christmas gift!

The Green dining room
Picture: http://knightmovesblog.blogspot.se
/2011/03/day-in-tony-duquettes-world.html

The Green dining room
Picture: http://tartanscot.blogspot.se/
search/label/Barclay%20Butera

The Green dining room, I love the pink bird cage!
Picture: http://loveisspeed.blogspot.se
/2012/01/best-of-best-tony-duquette.html

Lovely painted drawer
Picture: http://virginiasite.wordpress.com

The drawing room
Picture: http://www.lonny.com/photos/
Living+Room

Animal stairs
Picture: http://carterandcompanyinteriordesign.
blogspot.se

The guest bedroom, who would not want
a crocodile at the foot of the bed?
Picture: http://tonyduquette.com/images/
DAWNRIDGE/055DawnridgeBedroom2.jpg

Close up on some of the decorations at the dining table
Picture: http://habituallychic.blogspot.ca
/2012/12/more-malachite-and-gorgeous-green.html

Detail of a folding screen
Picture: http://www.lonny.com/photos/
Tony+Duquette/x7RnKOqvBvD

Living area
Picture: http://habituallychic.blogspot.se/
2012/02/more-is-more.html

Bedroom
Picture: http://habituallychic.blogspot.se/
2012/02/more-is-more.html

Details in bedroom
Picture: http://habituallychic.blogspot.se/
2012/02/more-is-more.html

Living area
Picture: http://habituallychic.blogspot.se/
2012/02/more-is-more.html

Day beed
Picture:http://habituallychic.blogspot.se/
2012/02/more-is-more.html

The garden
Picture: http://www.lonny.com/photos/
Landscaping

The front yard
Picture: http://philipsgardenblog.com/
2008/04/26/the-gardens-of-tony-duquette/

The entrance
Picture: http://thecoincidentaldandy.
blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/
no-one-does-it-better-tony-duquette.html

Tony and Elisabeth Duquette
Picture: http://www.houseofhackney.com

The book about Tony Duquette's work by Wendy Goodman and Hutton Wilkinson
Picture: http://tonyduquette.com/book.htm

This book, also by Hutton Wilkinson is about the
design philosophy and the creative process of Tony Duquette
Picture: http://tonyduquette.com/book.htm

Collection of cactuses

It's snowing in Stockholm today and I'm not keen on winter at all right now. I'm dreaming of warm air and exotic places were cactuses can grow....I know I'm like a year to late with this but I've got myself a cactus collection a couple of weeks back. The cactus has been the most trendy plant for a while now, but it took me a while to get one myself. I'm not good with plants, but who can fail with cactuses? Anyway it's nice to look upon them now when it's snow on the roofs outside...

My own collection photographed a week ago when it was still sunny outside...
All flower pots from Uppsala Ekeby.

And some more inspiration pictures of collections of cactuses:

Picture: http://wolfeyebrows.wordpress.com
/2013/05/16/rodney-graham-at-home/

Picture: http://firsthome.tumblr.com/page/205

Picture: http://www.architectureartdesigns.com/
10-diy-inspiring-garden-pots/

Picture: http://designsavvywench.tumblr.com/
image/52292628305?crlt.pid=camp.5q4x4dpyUYiZ

Picture: http://sadieanddasie.wordpress.com/

Picture: http://equipment-fr.tumblr.com/post/23627300437

Picture: http://www.trustyourblood.tumblr.com/
post/31062650037

Picture: http://www.solxsol.com/blog/search.php
?k=&d=all&p=70&pm=7&pn=11&c=0&f=

Picture: http://designfieldnotes.com/2012/08/
potted-bliss-indoor-plants-101/ 

Picture: http://milenachka.tumblr.com/
post/49405521845

Picture: Unknown