New blog

I have started a new blog, this time in Finnish. The address is mausteenavintage.blogspot.com, link

For adult taste

Chocolate liqueurs without the sugar crust - I guess these weren't for children but for ladies who play bridge. Perfect candies when you don't want to take an actual drink..

The lottery of life

Our shop used to be the village lottery/betting dealer right to the closing of the business. So..of course we had to start looking for lottery/betting dealer (Veikkaus in Finnish) stuff. I would love to get lottery slips from the 50's/60's but I guess nobody has saved these as the dealers got new ones every year. Well, I am happy enough with the adverts we have found.

Sweet Christmas

Chocolate lollipops in red and white - perfect for Christmas. I saw these at Tuomaan Markkinat in Helsinki and had to buy some. Maybe all Christmas decorations should be edible, you could just eat everything after Christmas, no need to pack things up and try to find place for all the boxes...hmm..

Merry Christmas, guaranteed

This must be a first. I bought an Alessi Christmas bauble today and it has a two year guarantee! I don't know what the guarantee covers and it doesn't much matter as I am sure to loose the receipt anyway. Never thought anybody would guarantee Christmas decorations (less they are of gold).

Photo: Alessi

Dream kitchen (or kitchen dreams)

Don't you just see the perfect 50's kitchen with yellow-black retro wallpaper and candy colour furniture? You don't? Well, I do (and am hoping the husband will keep up with the good work..)

Not much of a shopper

When you have everything, you still don't have enough Christmas decorations. I went shopping today (due to Black Friday) and the only things that catched my eye were a couple of baubles for Christmas.

Lazy day

I didn't have much energy to do anything today. I raked wet leaves for an hour and half and after that read interior design magazines. Luckily I have an energetic husband, he went to Rauhala and got rid of the plastic carpets in the hall and living room. The wooden floorboards were in a rather good condition so some sanding and painting is required, but no need to change the boards.

This or that

I had to make a difficult decision today when I had to choose between Riikka Fransila's vintage art pieces. There were more than the two in the photo, but these two were the most interesting ones, I think. I bought the one with the mushrooms so if you are interested in the fishman, go and buy it at TRE Christmas market in Aleksanterinkatu, Helsinki.

Smoking is good for you (or for your brand)

Advertising was so much easier when almost everyone smoked. Now people don't even use pens anymore, so what's left to print your logo on?

Travellin man

No need to take your own photos, if you buy a set of souvenir cards. Our latest find are these 10 of Langinkoski, Kotka, where we have visited many times but never happened to take any photos..

Before phone cameras

Orange is one of my favourite colours and as you might have noticed, I collect tins and love the 50´s...so this tin was a perfect find. It is also in very good condition!

Hit and run

Old spinning tops have gotten a lot of hits during the years of play and they usually look better for it.
The top is from a flea market and the old cardboard traffic sign we got from friends (thanks again J-P and Anne).

Memories are made of this

We bought a house my grandpa has built. In one drawer we found a photo of grandma and grandpa, taken around the 30's. We got the photo framed by professionals and now have a very nice picture to hang in Rauhala (after renovation, of course).

Note to self

We visited Runeberg's museum in Porvoo today. There was a dark separate room for dishes that had a window to the room next to it. A great idea, we have a little room under the stairs and a window from there to kitchen would look nice and give some light to the storage room.

An apple a day

An apple pie in the autumn, just what the doctor ordered!

Don't give up yet

It's a bit chilly in the mornigs but after raking the leaves and deadheding the summer flowers it still looks a bit like summer.

I see red

I love red and my husband loves airplanes so buying this can was a given. What do you mean what is it for? It´s for loving the look of it, of course!

First things first

Of course I bought wallpaper for the kitchen before even signing the papers of the house, wouldn't anyone? I just had to as I fell for this Stig Lindberg design at first sight and it just happened that Värisilmä had a campaign lasting the day I saw these the first time. 20 % discount and only for the day, what else there was to do but buy the damn things!

Travellin man

Our "new" picnic case has seen the Niagra falls in the 50's. We don't aim that far, we'll be happy if our Opel Kadet will take us to the neighboring village. But it is good to have a case that has seen some world in its time!