Our new series continues, in which we present our favorite shops, cafes, and restaurants in Budapest, which we particularly enjoy visiting and which are somehow connected to the NON+ spirit.
This time we visited the recently opened PaUZa home decoration store on Vitkovics Mihály Street, where we can find environmentally conscious and sustainable home decoration items, accessories and gifts made from natural materials.
The story of PaUZa is particularly inspiring in itself! It happened that Évi and Zoli, the founders of the brand, decided to take a big step in 2016: they left their jobs as marketing and engineering, packed their backpacks and set off on a trip around the world. "We set out to discover what lies within us. We decided to include a backpacking trip before the big restart. It was the biggest adventure of our lives so far. In addition to changing our attitude towards life, it changed us for life and forged us together," they say.
During the long journey, they crystallized what was truly important to them, what they wanted to do in the future. Upon returning home, they created the PaUZa webshop , featuring home accessories whose selection was inspired by slowed-down moments, promoting awareness and more attention in purchasing decisions, and mostly made with slow processes, handmade, and environmentally friendly ingredients. The webshop was soon followed by the opening of a small downtown store.
"Our philosophy is quite simple. We love beautiful, simple and functional objects. We believe that home is truly home when you are able to take a short break at any time, be present and enjoy the simple but beautiful moments of life. We cannot stop the world for you, but we believe that the objects around you all inspire the experience of simple and beautiful moments" - say the founders about the PaUZa spirit.
The story of PaUZa is particularly inspiring for us, the main lesson of which is that it is never too late to redesign, to rethink what we really want to do, what makes us happy. Even with a successful career behind us - in fact, in this case the decision is even more exciting and of course the change may require even more courage, but this is the real challenge! The point is to create balance within ourselves and live in harmony in the moments of everyday life - this is what the story of Évi and Zoli encourages us to do.
We thank PaUZa for their hospitality and wish them much success and happiness on their new journey!
Photo: Kiss Lenke 'Song'
Model: Laura Wolf
