Munich Residenz: German Rococo Furniture

Munich Residenz (Part 2):



Hi everyone!  On Monday I showed you part 1 of my trip to the Munich Residenz with all of the lavish interiors.  Basically it was a bunch of beautiful empty rooms.  The Munich Residenz has 130 rooms, so today I am going to show you all of the German Rococo Furniture (or late Baroque in many cases) in some of the other rooms.  Warning!  Image Heavy.  Keep in mind that in addition to fine German Rococo furniture, you can also see styles from the Renaissannce, Baroque, and Neo-Classical furniture!
Many of the rooms have been refinished or rebuilt to accomodate the destruction of WW II.  I think they did a beautiful job at restoring as much as they could.  There are so many rooms, I don't know what exactly each of them are for but I tried to note the main ones, and if you tour the Residenz yourself (and you have plenty of time) you can hear the history of each room.  You can easily spend a day at the Residenz and probably still wouldn't hear the audio for all of the rooms. (Unfortunately my camera died and I had to use my mother's P&S but they didn't turn out so bad).   These images make me happy!


The Green Room was used as the ballroom and also belonged at that time to Elector, Karl Albrect.



Below, the State Bedroom.



Genuine royal porcelain of the treasury room.  These were from the Wittelzbach Dynasty.  I love the colors pale turquois and gold!



Below is the Charlotte Room (music room where Princess Charlotte Augusta was taught).
Me posing with my dude, (mad)King Ludwig II.  He headed the building of the Conservatory in the Residenz.  He is also the King that lived in the Hohenscwangau Castle and later the Neuschwanstein Castle.  I visited them in February, they are a must see!




Below, the Elector's bedroom or Karl Albrect.







Above is another part of the Stateroom and it was used as the conference room for the Elector fashioined in French designs and furniture.


My goodness these chairs are killin me!


If you look closely, it's a small statue of a grown man breastfeeding.  Can't find any info on the significance of this statue but thought it was odd and worthy of inclusion.  Those pervy old German lol.



I think everyone knows my love for secretary desks by now.











I don't know how it happened but somehow we missed seeing the Theater which is one of the finest examples of Germany Rococo in the world.  Here is what it looks like:

Source for most of the historical info on this page can be found here.  It is also a good page to go to for more background information on these rooms. 


This completes our tour of the Munich Residenz.  It is a great museum to visit if you ever find yourself in Munich.  Munich is a cool city to visit (though driving is little scary there at times).  There is so much to do, so many stores, bars, museums, history, etc!  Once you enter the city center on a Saturday, you will usually hear a rogue DJ in the middle of the street blasting some beats and tons of people drinking beer and eating fest foods.  It seems like there is always a party going on in Munich!  Hope you enjoyed the tour and now share my obsession with Rococo.


If you could take a piece of furniture home from the Residenz.  Which one would it be?





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Munich Residenz: Lavish Interiors

Munich Residenz (Part 1):


Today I am going to take your on a visual journey through the ornate rooms of the Munich Residenz.  I have been to Munich several times, for Oktoberfest, shopping, restaurants, and partying at the Hofbrauhaus (which is a large beer hall and mini Oktoberfest in itself ).  But I had been wanting to visit the Munich Redidenz to view and photograph the inside of the Residenz.  We actually tried to see it months before but had shown up a few minutes too late.  But when I found out that I could take pictures of the inside, (without flash) I knew I had to return.  The tour comes with an audio guide in English.


There are 130 rooms in the Residenz and many of them have been built and rebuilt over centuries time.  Inside the Residenz you can see many styles of archticture including Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and Neo-Classicism.  But lets be honest, I was here for the Rococo.  Much of the Residenz was destroyed during WW II and had to be rebuilt by photographs.

Below is the shell grotto, created entirely out of real shells.





Apparently when the fountain was in working order the mermaid's breast spouted water (and I've also read red wine?)






Hall of portraits below.  Check out the gold detailing on the walls!






Royal family tree.





It's hard to see from this picture but behind the glass there was royal China and dishes.





Below you will find one of the many statues of Perseus who is holding the head of Medusa that he has just slain.  As the story goes, he was the one able to slay her because he did "not look into her eyes."



And below we have Triton (in human form) who is the Greek messenger of the sea.




Here we can see the relic room with centuries old artifacts.




This box holds the coffin of a royal infant.



The Antiquitarium  below is the oldest room in the Munich Residenz and it was Duke Albrect V that had it built beginning in 1568.




One of the chapels.












Since there were 130 rooms, there were plenty I have not explored yet.  I had taken so many pictures so far that I had to break my tour of the Munich Residenz into two parts.  On my next post, I will take you on a journey through the many rooms housing the German Rococo furniture.  It is a delirious trip through room after room of opulence.  Be sure to check it out!

Out of the styles that you can see in the Residenz (Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and Neo-Classicism) what is your favorite style?


Part 2: Munich Residenz: German Rococo Furniture








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Monthly Inspiration: Beach Vintage

It's August and I have a whole new batch of inspirational pics and ideas for you.  Because August is really the last month when people think of the beach, I have decided to do some beach inspiration, but with a vintage twist.  And who doesn't love those 1950's beachy swimsuits and outfits!  Let's get right into some of the images that are inspiring me around the web this month.



 I am in love with every detail of this retro beach room from the colorful flowered couch which would otherwise look tacky in a normal room, to the surf board against the wall!



I found these vintage inspired trays with images of an octopus and lobster.  Makes me hungry for seafood to be honest.  They look like a pretty simple DIY project with some paint and a few beachy graphics.



Of course anything blue and chippy looks coastal to me.  Throw a basket in the picture and I'm sold.



Modern interpretation of a vintage scene.  Love the mint bathing suit, the glasses, straw hat and little pail.  Oh and her hair!  I would totally rock a one piece if it looked like this!




Of course I can't talk about vintage beach beauties without mentioning my girl Bettie Page! I've loved her images since high school.



Kitchen beach vintage.  Who says your dishes have to match?  Especially with vintage dishes like these  where you may only find one of a kind and not a set.  Don't they look awesome together?




Love bracelets?  Aren't these fish hook and rope bracelets adorable?

I've been all about anything with maps lately (this is mostly a travel blog after all) and I even recently bought a big framed map that I have no idea what to do with yet.  I like the way they used a globe as a centerpiece and it goes nicely with the beach tablescape.



Something about these old VW vans that makes me think of road tripping from beach to beach.  I would love to spend a summer in one of these babies with cute curtains and interior.  Wouldn't that be the bees knees?  I rarely see one on the road but when I do, I get really excited!



Another way to get around from beach to beach are bikes. Namely cruisers!  When I see cruisers I immediately think of riding around the beach or pier with my pup in the basket.  Now if only I could afford one of them.  Check more of these bikes out at ruthysrides.com



I can't talk about beach vintage decor without mentioning two of my favorite blogs:  Coastal Charm always has the neatest posts about the blogger's amazing cottage on the beach.  Wouldn't that be nice!  And beachvintage.com (totally my style btw) shows off so many great beach inspirations and I am IN LOVE with the fabrics on this blogger's site.


Anyone else love this stuff?








Sources:

pic 1: bedroomsandbathmag.com 
pic 2: indulgy.com
pic 3: thelittlecorner.tumblr.com
pic 4: link n/a
pic 5: link n/a
pic 6: alpenstrasse.tumblr.com
pic 7: swellcaroline.com
pic 8: completely-coastal.com
pic 9: theguardian.com





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