Getting Ready for Christmas
Above are two pictures of our kitchen, the one on the left is from this morning (with brand new curtains made by Minna) and the one on the right is from this afternoon when we had family members over. It turns out that I was wildly optimistic yesterday when I wrote that we’re almost done unpacking! There are still random boxes in the hallway and tucked behind the couch in the livingroom but it’s still much better than it was a few days ago. Next week we’ll have to go and empty out the storage space at my old apartment so there are definitely still things to be done.
Last night I decorated the kitchen for Christmas. Our kitchen table is very small which is good because I have only one of these beautiful place mats. It used to belong to a dear friend of mine who was like a grandmother to me and who passed away in January. She gave it to me a few years ago so it’s very special to me.
We found this lovely Moomin tea towel yesterday (and it was on sale!) and inspired by Anna from Door 16 framing a Marimekko tea towel for her kitchen we decided to frame it. Next to it is the traditional candle holder with little angels. I like the tinkling sound it makes when the candles are lit and the angels go round and round over the candles, I guess it reminds me of childhood Christmases.
