Here we have the Marimekko Ruusupuu (the Rose Tree) fabric. It has, among many, been a favourite of mine for a long time. (picture source)
So I got curtains of the fabric in the apartment I had before moving to where we are now.
Then as I moved the curtains got chopped off to hang in the study.
And now they are hanging in the kitchen!
As the result of an unexpected little catastrophe actually; I washed the yellow gingham kitchen curtains and they shrunk with some 20 cm... Argh! Because I (finally) am in cleaning-and-organising mode now I thus can't stand things being "not ready" and as I would have packed the rose curtains aside anyway for a kiddo-set of curtains for Dag I made a quick save and hung these up.
Funny how a little fabric can change the whole feel of a room! I really liked it with the yellow curtains, but I am starting to think that this is not that bad after all.
Btw another little funny thing, Marimekko fabrics / patterns are probably one of few in which it is considered totally alright and normal (and rather fancy too as 'it is after all Marimekko' ) for someone to show up to a, say, wedding in a dress of the same fabric as your tablecloth. Hipsters and old ladies alike.
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