The Lady Painters

Monday, May 16, 2011

Paula's back from NZ - it's time to spam Berlin!

Monday, March 28, 2011

Editorial: Fashionable looks for Winter '10/'11 - proudly brought to you by the Lady Painters and Bauhaus.

Winter's hot new season overalls, in a fetching variety of colours, available in sizes 'fairly-large-man' through to 'really-really-quite-a-large-man-indeed'.

And why not accessorise with a shiny new gold crowbar?

Or perhaps try the orange-bronze bling of a new chisel?

And here is Paula modelling this season's ultimate accessory for the aspiring fashionista, the Spritzgerät.

It really is a ready-to-wear-and-use accessory. Paula has teamed it with some fetching goggles and a dust mask, but you will find numerous ways to make this look your own.

Perhaps add a ladder?

And finally, we give you our new revamped version of 50's power-frauen.

Crisp white overalls for that breezy, just-snowed look.
Note the white on white complimented by white walls, fresh snow, and a white sky out the window.

Enjoy this fashion season with the Lady Painters, brought to you by Bauhaus.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Lady Painters taking it higher, higher, hi-yah!

We were pleased to have the opportunity to paint a suite of offices in one of our favourite Berlin buildings this Winter: The Haus des Lehrers on Alexander Platz.

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The Haus des Lehrers (House of Teachers) (1964) was designed by Hermann Henselmann. Its splendid 4-sided decorative frieze in the socialist realist style by Walter Womacka is a tribute to the teaching profession.

photo by Andreas Praefcke, Wiki Commons

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The view as we laboured painting white on white walls was pretty schön....

Here is a photo of Biggie Smalls (our bike trailer) and I in the snow in front of the Haus des Lehrers:

Check out the sharp feature wall we painted in the boardroom...and note the original furnishings from the 1964 kit-out of the building - very chic, verrry Mad Men!