Photos ⎮ kuvat: Katja K.
"Reading can seriously damage your ignorance (text at Puänt bookstore, Tallinn)
Love (Telliskivi), Katja K.
"Reading can seriously damage your ignorance (text at Puänt bookstore, Tallinn)
ENG "Our culture overuses walls. Put your books, art and plants on the floor in an organized manner. Your place will feel taller and bigger. You will have less space for furniture, but the pieces you keep will be more important in your life." (Ben Aranda, designer, New York *)
FIN "Kulttuurimme ryöstökäyttää seiniä. Järjestä kirjasi, taideteoksesi ja viherkasvisi lattialle. Kotisi tuntuu korkeammalta ja suuremmalta. Huonekaluille jää vähemmän tilaa, mutta niistä, jotka säästät, tulee sinulle tärkeämpiä." (Ben Aranda, suunnittelija, New York *)
Love (books), Katja K.
"Introduce it to your friends. Don't keep your wonderful (or on-the-way-to-wonderful) home under wraps. Sharing it with friends, neighbors, and family can inspire you to keep it cleaner, make improvements more often, and simply enjoy it more." – Apartment Therapy. Complete + Happy Home (Potter Style 2015)
ENG I've been so grateful to spend some time at home these holidays, curled up on the sofa, reading books, after having spread my grandparents' old oriental carpet on the floor for warmth. – Which ones of the below "8 ways to love your home so it loves you back", by Apartment Therapy, have you done these holidays? I've done them all, lucky me..."1 Treat it right. If you see something that needs attention around the house – a leaky dishwasher, a loose piece of trim – take care of it ASAP. Letting things go in the short term almost always exacerbates the original issue, costing you more money and time in the long run.
2 Buy it flowers. Picking up an inexpensive bunch of flowers (or cutting some from the yard) on a regular basis is a staple of Apartment Therapy's January Cure, our annual guide to starting your year off right. It's a small thing that goes a long way. Colorful blooms can serve as a visual reminder throughout the week that your home – and you! – are worth treating well.
3 Eat delicious meals together. Whether solo, with family, or for guests, cooking at home is always worth it. Each time you prepare a meal, the benefits increase: your cooking skills sharpen; your kitchen gets more streamlined, because you refine its organization as you use it; and, of course, you get to eat really good home-cooked food.
4 Serenade it. Turn up music and belt out a few favorites the next time you're in chores mode; it's way more fun. You can even use the music as a motivator; challenge yourself to finish washing the kitchen floor before the next song starts. You'll clean more energetically and end up happier.
5 Appreciate its uniqueness. No home is perfect. It's the quirks that give it character and charm. Taking time to turn a challenging spot (a dark entryway, a supersmall bedroom) into an eye-catching design moment is one of the more satisfying projects you can take on – and doing so will make you love your space even more.
6 Don't crowd it. Be diligent in letting go of the things that you don't need. Your home should be more than a place to store your stuff. Leaving some room to grow is essential to being comfortable in your place, long-term.
7 Don't skimp on the time spent together. It's easy to prioritize the time you spend outside your home: working, socializing, exercising. But carving out time on a regular basis to spend an evening in – cooking a meal, taking a long bath – creates a necessary home-life balance. Plus, you'll hit the ground running the next day.
8 Introduce it to your friends. Don't keep your wonderful (or on-the-way-to-wonderful) home under wraps. Sharing it with friends, neighbors, and family can inspire you to keep it cleaner, make improvements more often, and simply enjoy it more." – Apartment Therapy. Complete + Happy Home (Potter Style 2015)
"The milk was from a farm in Mikkeli, Finland, home to a cow called Ilusia and her calf Lorelei. How sweet is that?
NAME YOUR FOOD
USE A TAPE
I tried, but the cassette didn't stick to the fridge.

"Throw-away culture is so last season. Repair culture is the future and it is the Japanese that show us the direction. They have a tradition of valuing items. Instead of junk, they see opportunities. A broken pot is valuable for its imperfection. A crack is highlighted with gold, not hidden. This is the essence of the Wabi Sabi philosophy that has its origins in Buddhism. Nothing is permanent or complete. Everything changes and is incomplete.
People everywhere are getting tired with the ever shortening life cycle of disposable products. In Amsterdam, for instance, they have repair cafés, where broken gadgets can be fixed.
At Ambiente Fair there were beautiful chairs by Bouillon, a Japanese company that lovingly transforms broken mass produced furniture into unique design objects. This is upcycling at its most elegant form and a step towards circular economy.
"Älä heitä pois! – Kertakäyttökultuuri on tullut tiensä päähän. Korjauskulttuuri on tulevaisuutta. Japanilaiset näyttävät mallia muille. Japanissa on aina suhtauduttu tavaroihin vakavasti. Romun sijaan siellä nähdään mahdollisuuksia. Rikkinäinen ruukku on arvokas nimenomaan epätäydellisyytensä takia. Säröjä korjataan kullalla eikä peitellä. Tämä on Wabi Sabia, buddhalaisuudesta peräisin olevaa filosofiaa. MIkään ei ole pysyvää tai täydellistä. Kaikki muuttuu ja on vajavaista.
Ihmiset ympäri maailman ovat väsymässä hyödykkeiden jatkuvasti lyhenevään elinkaareen. Amsterdamissa on esimerkiksi korjauskahviloita, joissa voi kokoontua yhdessä korjaamaan rikkimenneitä kodinkoneita.
Ambiente-messuilla tuli vastaan kauniita uniikkituoleja. Ne on valmistanut Bouillon, japanilainen yritys, joka rakkaudella muuttaa massatuotantoina valmistettuja sattumanvaraisesti hajonneita huonekaluja korkeatasoisiksi, design-esineiksi. Se on askel kohti kiertotaloutta hienostuneimmillaan.


