Winter curtains by Marimekko

We have a small temporary kitchen build by us in a corner of our flat. The building is constructed in 1931 and the room that used to be a kitchen the previous owner changed to be a bathroom as he was a newer cooking, outgoing old man. I am happy to have a big bathroom and now it is really well situated by a long corridor in the middle of out flat, that is fine, but of course now we are lacking the kitchen. Five years ago when we moved in and deep cleaned the flat the only renovation we did was to built an auxiliary kitchen where there used to be a tiny room for gadgets. I like our so called temporary cooking place (temporary as one day we should build a real kitchen to what is now a living room). In order to save space and money we decided use curtains instead of doors in the storage. The thought was also that it is easier to change the look with fabrics.

Well, what is a thought might never happen or only after a long period of time...

Now it has happened; I have changed the spring curtains to the autumn ones! Thanks goes to my Finnish friends who visited me back in autumn and brought this lovely Lumimarjat-fabric by Marimekko. The colouring is from last Christmas edition; dark lila with gold berries. The previous fabric "Kaakaopuu" was also from Marimekko, a fresh bright color design. Both are designed by Erja Hirvi.

Lumimarja is already a classic in the collection of Marimekko and it has a nice story behind the creation; it was created taping real branches of tree to a paper. Apparently that was the only way to create real looking branches. Every year they have new color chart for the design and the pattern is used in several products from bed linens to cups and of course you can buy it in meters as well.

Lumimarja, Erja Hirvi 2004

Kaakaopuu, Erja Hirvi 2007