I don't have time

Life is too short to eat from ugly tableware!

At home:
Black and white Taika by Klaus Haapaniemi for Iittala

At Vårkulla:

Korento by Klaus Haapaniemi for Iittala

At the cottage:
Black and white Paratiisi by Birger Kaipiainen for Iittala

I am still trying to find the perfect glassware and cutlery, which is not as easy as finding tableware. For glasses we have green Ote glasses, Gaissa by Sarpaneva and Taika by Haapaniemi (all by Iittala). In addition we have French crystal glasses, Stockmann Villa wine glasses, Ikea wine glasses, old glasses bought from flea markets, cheap brandy glasses from super market etc. I would love to have only Finnish glasses but I want to have wine glasses that can be washed in the dish washer and the only one's by Iittala I like are too big for our small washer. And to be hones, I don't much like the ones I claim to like...I like the French glasses, old glasses from the 40's and Villa Stockman glasses much more..

For cutlery we have Hackman's Carelia at home (which I love as the serie is very large - everything from small spoons to cake servers), Hackman's Memory at Vårkulla and then a Spanish design cutlery at the cottage (don't remember the name, the only thing I remember is that the forks are useless when eating new boiled potatoes..).

Memory would have been a perfect choice also for home as for cottage as I love the old fashioned design but Hackman discontinued the production and I didn't manage to buy the whole serie even for Vårkulla before the prodcut vanished from the stores. In addition the line didn't have scoops and other serving cutlery, so it is would have not been so perfect after all. Well, the search continues...

Can't wait

I hate buying things from web shops as you have to wait before getting the stuff. Even a few days seems like a long time. We ordered this wool/silk rug from Ellos (www.ellos.fi) and I want to have it now, not tomorrow!

The floors in Vårkulla's living room are a bit cold during the winter and that is why we need a lot of rugs. We even pile up the rugs - the more the warmer.

(Photo by Ellos)

Empty cups

The fifties style rules again! The two cups at the back are from Stockholm and the round one in front is from Finland. The Finnish one was hand painted by some hobby artist, the others are by ceramic factories. I don't know what these were used for in the fifties, ashtrays maybe? Or then they were only for decoration as they are now. I am always on the lookout for these small cups - if you see some, let me know!

Jailbird

This pole is supposed to be a candle holder but it has always seemed like a fire hazard so we put a bird in it and use it as decoration.

Coffee and more coffee

We found this coffee tin yesterday. It is from 1953 but it is like new!

Cook´s delight

An old beater is better than none?

No tea for me, please

I am a coffee lover through and through, tea is for sissies! I read that if you drink about 4 to 5 cups of coffee daily you just might miss alzheimer's. Good news, let's drink (coffee) to that.