Friday, July 22, 2011
Friday Finds
It seems like I am the very last person in Jo'burg to hear about Nonna , a decor and gift shop in Craighall.
Thankfully a friend put an end to my ignorance when she gave me a gift voucher to Nonna for my birthday earlier in the month.
Why some people hate recieving gift vouchers as prezzies is really beyond me.
You get to choose your own gift, knowing exactly what it is that you need/want, and you get to shop for it too!
Nonna is a shop on the first floor of a rather dodgy centre on Jan Smuts, specialising in 'found' pieces from antique and second hand shops, as well as new pieces - think ceramics, notebooks and cards etc.
I really liked the vibe of the shop, and they had some very cute and unique things, but I must admit that with some of the older items they seem to be trying to pull a fast one.
Most of the items you could find in your Mom or Granny's kitchen, hidden at the back of the cupboard, like old serviette rings and cutlery, jugs, enamel and copper items. Some of the candlesticks, which were definitely not silver, were marked at R500, which I thought was a bit steep. If you are willing to go get your hands a little dirty and dig around the second hand and antique shops on Queen street or in Newlands, you will find exactly the same things for a third of the price.
That said, I thought Nonna's was great for inspiration, and I ended up buying a ceramic bowl with a black and white protea from a label called Afro Delft, which I thought was a super cool name!
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