hello my friends, how are you feeling? how was your weekend? i hope you had a fabulous time enough to catch up with your family and friends… and if possible, to catch some sun! we had a busy weekend… a dinner party on saturday, a voting sunday… i got to see my parents and catch up with one of my best friends, which was delightful! but moving on, because a new week has started and today i am focusing on blogs. i met this girl through flickr and we got to exchange some messages because of our dogs. she is one of those girls that has a very original blog… with drawings and a german sheppard on the right side to welcome all the readers. and her home… well, she matches colours and details that are quite unexpected and creates a world of her own… pretty original and filled with character. and her blog is about that. renovating and building a home. no clues, so far? well, i will share some images…
do you recognize this home? this home belongs to jutta rikola… and she is the one behind the blog called {kootut murut}. here is a sneak-peek into her world…
the name for the blog… i came up with the name {kootut murut} when i was writing only in finnish. it’s a play with words in finnish, so it’s a bit difficult to translate. muru is the name of our dog. it means crumb but also sweetie or love. kootut means collected. a lovely reader {novi} translated it as “a fine collection of sweet lovely things” and i quite like that.
what the blog means… i started the blog because i was reading blogs by people in a similar situation, renovating old houses with traditional methods and flea market finds, and i wanted to join that community. i never would have thought blogging would be so much fun and that i’d be still doing it almost three years later! it has become a way to share ideas, thoughts and inspiration, and also to get to know people around the world i never would have met otherwise.
the goals for the blog… i never really set any specific goals for my blog, and that probably shows! i ramble about subjects that interest me, although i try to keep the main focus on design, photography and illustration. i guess my main goal is to keep blogging as something i enjoy doing and not take too much pressure, and i hope that shows through to the readers as well.
the inspiration comes from… i love reading blogs, so they are definitely a big source of inspiration. also design and home decor magazines. i buy too much of them.
the favourite blogs… there’s too many to mention all. some of my favorites at the moment are {big print little}, {creature comforts} {my milk toof} and {vihreä talo}.
something you would never share on your blog… i try to keep my blog light and fun, because that’s the kind of blogs i enjoy reading myself. i do write about personal stuff too, but nothing too personal. so if you are looking for those deepest, darkest secrets, well, maybe my blog isn’t the place for them.
did you know jutta? if not, you have been missing quite a lot. she has made her appearances in {design*sponge} and {sfgirlbybay} and a lot more… her home is really as inspirational as she is. jutta draws, designs… so other than her home, she has also talent for other fields of interest. you can visit her {blog} and {flickr}. see you in a bit, my friends!
images: jutta rikola via kootut murut
