I went to this Indie cafe/restraunt in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam in January. As you can see from the placemat below, it was called Ciao Cafe.
cuisine: Western and Asian
vibe/theme: Retro, 70s Ethnic
base colour: orange. which is a) funky, b) warm and friendly
other colours: red, lime, brown, purple, wood
The Downstairs: one word - modular. This man is a hipster for sure. Having dinner in this Scandinavianish study desk bookcase unit while reading the cafe's books. The stripes on the shirt in this picture semi-mirror the stripes of the sofa upholstery upstairs, streamlining the two floors.
Upstairs: kind of a cosy, groovy loft
furniture & fittings: lounges, coffee tables, cushions, chandeliers, shaped lights
magazines: interior design, fashion, luxury
Orangina outside of Europe!
artistic pictures of naked people. You can't really see the handprints on the ceiling...but you can see the repeated faded flowers on the wall.
Okay, so this is SO cool (who even says that word anymore? just me?). The painted air-conditioner. To leave it unpainted would add the Industrial look, which simply would not work in this space. Like, it would not be a “this is such bad taste it’s funny” scenario. Like, that would be the equivalent of plastering up a large picture of a lolcat(z). Verging on offensive.
xo.
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