Solo Mio Part 2

Kali kedua Saya stay di area Kampung Laweyan, it’s a batik village and it used to be very grand, only now lost its charms little by little and hoping will bounce back again with preserving the old mansions around the Kampung (village).

Got a chance to finally have a peeked the old mansion once owned by Juragan Batik Laweyan, dengan memberanikan diri untuk mengetuk pintu besar rumah bertembok putih bersih di salah satu gang atau jalan yang ada di Kampung Laweyan bersama rekan saya Halim Santoso, and we were lucky, karena ternyata rumah besar ini sedang mengalami renovasi dan hampir rampung dan akan dijadikan homestay bernama WHEN IN SOLO.

Tipikal rumah Juragan Batik di Laweyan selalu berada atau dikelilingi oleh tembok besar dan tinggi,sehingga sulit melihat ke dalam, hanya terdapat pintu atau gerbang besar yang selalu ada pintu jauh lebih kecildi salah satu daun pintu atau gerbang nya.

Here we go…

The terrace area, which is small pendapa

The interior which reflecting the mixed culture of Javanese, Islamic and European

The pendapa

Some of the interior

The opening which inspired by Islamic style

The old tiles

The old tiles

The old tiles

Other great mansion is the homestay that I stayed during my one night in Solo, this is the second time I stayed there, one of the most well-preserved old mansion, and again it was owned by Juragan Batik (Batik Owner), built in 1930s 1938 for the exact year, with Art Deco style, it’s a beautiful old mansion located on the main road and yet surrounded by high walls, now this beautiful house own by Ibu Nina Akbar Tanjung, she is very profound of old buildings and the wife of former Indonesian Minister, the house now called ROEMAHKOE HERITAGE (www.roemahkoe.com), here is some details of this house…

The inner court, a living room now turned a dining room for the hotel’s restaurant

Another perspective of the family area

The main area,which is mainly a reception area or even for wedding reception

Great example of Art Deco stained glass

Stained glass all over the house

The old tiles

The old tiles

The old tiles

The main building and the bedrooms separated by ponds and garden

The back door, those little door meant for the worker of this Batik factory or not so important guest so whenever they enter the house they need to bow down, they only open the big gate for the house owner and his family and very important guest

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