Antwerp icon House or porter's exchange, after 30 years of Antwerp in Antwerp North

Antwerp, After thirty years of leaving the Antwerp meesterdecorateur Pieter Porters his beloved city with his business, House or Porters. Around christmas of this year he will have his showroom in Kipdorpvest to exchange it for a property in the Antwerp's north side. The reason is twofold. “Antwerp has become a disaster in terms of mobility and in addition, the market changed to such an extent that a showroom is no longer profitable,” says Porters.

Only twenty years old was he, when Pieter Porters ' case ‘House of Porters in Antwerp started. Today is the interieurdecorateur a concept in Belgium and Europe. A variety of restaurants and castles, but also living rooms of ordinary Flemish people, were by him furnished. But after thirty years, Porters decides his beloved city in exchange for the north side. Where exactly, that still remains a well-kept secret. “It speaks for itself that this is a decision that is not about one night, the ice is gone. But sometimes you have to taking the plunge and decisions, dare take in the interest of your business,” says Porters.