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The trees on Üllői út
More than a year ago, on April 15, I signed the papers for my flat in Budapest. It marked the beginning of what I saw

Bedroom: If it were a shoe…
If it were a shoe, it’d be a Manolo Blahnik. But it’s not. It’s a writing desk that is doing a wonderful job as a
If it were a shoe…
If it were a shoe, it’d be a Manolo Blahnik. But it’s not. It’s a writing desk that is doing a wonderful job as a

Living room: The elusive könyvszekrény
While the rest of you have been getting on with your lives, I’ve been searching in vain for a suitable bookcase (könyvszekrény) to house the
The elusive könyvszekrény
While the rest of you have been getting on with your lives, I’ve been searching in vain for a suitable bookcase (könyvszekrény) to house the

Living in the ghetto
It’s only now the penny has dropped. When I first started talking about moving to Budapest, one recurrent theme in the advice offered by soon-to-be-friends

Bedroom: All I want for Christmas is a clerk’s chair
Don’t be deceived. This may look like an ordinary chest of drawers to the undiscerning eye, but it’s actually so much more. One of the
All I want for Christmas is a clerk’s chair
Don’t be deceived. This may look like an ordinary chest of drawers to the undiscerning eye, but it’s actually so much more. One of the

So ugly it’s beautiful
Every Saturday for the last five weeks, I’ve visited this antique shop near Szabadszag hid on Vámház korút. It’s one of those curious shops with

Getting a name for myself
Picture it. Saturday morning. Downtown Pest. The tourists, those brave enough to stumble out into the cold, are wandering through Raday útca wondering why their

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