This is... My Best Op-Shop Find(s)

I love a good op-shop. There's nothing better on a lazy weekend than browsing through a few. My favourite finds back home are some fabulous outfits for retro parties.

Japan doesn't do op-shops the same as they do back home, they only have a few second-hand bookshops, a few for home wares and rarely for clothes. But... they do have second-hand kimono shops, so I bet you can guess where I go!

Here are a couple of my favourite finds

A kimono, of course, this one an uchikake wedding kimono with my favourite motif, the crane. The table was also a great find. It's called a kotatsu. It has two table tops and a heater built underneath. The blanket is sandwiched between the table tops, and then you sit with your legs under the blanket, warmed by the heater. It's absolute heaven in winter. There's where a lot of my crafting, reading and of course eating gets done during the cold months.

It's summer here now though, so the blankets have been put away. Actually, I have to confess, my apartment no longer looks so zen, it's now become more of a kimono warehouse than a living space. Buy hey, what's a girl to do?

Thank you to Lino Forest for this week's This is… theme, hosted by the fabulous Angela.