American Heritage

One of the advantage of getting lost, is that it makes surprising things come up your way. For me, last week-end, it was the shop American Heritage.

Next to Rothkreuzplatz, you have this store which sells essentially decorating stuffs, which are perfect for gifts, or for making your apartment a little different from the page 75 of the Ikea Catalogue. They have really nice objects in different styles like shabby chic style or retro. They also sell specialty foods from the "good old days".

I especially liked the metal signs to hang, and of course some traditional American mail box with the little flag to raise and a lot of different-shaped cookies cutters. It is one of these shops where I always get out with a purchase. Too many cute stuffs. It is not exactly cheap, but it is good quality, and most of their items are different from what you usually find. Some real American classic. It is worth a visit.