Marvellous Marimekko

As you all know, I am a bit of a fan of Marimekko designs. I was lucky enough at Christmas to receive a lovely piece of fabric from my sister Rachael. She was thinking it would look nice in my studio (if it ever gets finished!). The colour will be great in there.

It is from the Keisarinna collection from Kiitos Marimekko in New York. They provide good online shopping.

Very nice!!

Marimekko print

I am a bit slow in posting our Marimekko 'print', but here it is. We ended up deciding to put it on a diferent wall than planned and then that changed out furniture arrangement. We will probably put the dining table in this space when we get it here ( when it stops raining).
The fabric adds a very cheery feel to the room.
I purchased the fabric from the Marimekko store in New York and the ever capable Lyndon built the frame for us to stretch the fabric over. Quite nifty!

This pic shows our curtains. It was such a drama but they do look nice. The ones above make the ceilings look super high. Next time I need curtains I will make them myself though.
Have a good week!

Great mail day

I LOVE getting parcels in the mail.

Today I arrived home from seeing the movie "The September Issue", a documentary about Anna Wintour, editor of American Vogue magazine to discover my new Vogue mag in the mailbox. It got even better when I arrived at the front door to discover my parcel from New York. Woohoo!

Here is my Marimekko fabric - it's gorgeous! Screen printed in Finland, the quality is excellent.

It is super bright and cheery. Plus, it came in a cute Marimekko shopping bag. I'm a sucker for cute packaging.

Marimekko design

We saw a program on Marimekko on SBS the other day and it got us thinking that this amazingly bright silk screened pattern might be nice as a piece of art for the lounge. The Unikko pattern was first designed in 1964 and has been popular ever since.