What a lovely way to display a vintage t.towel!
image via Design Sponge
I can't wait for our kitchen to be finished so that I can finally display a few of mine.
Before I continue, I have to admit, that we have painted over an almost identical yellow in our kitchen. And, it was a hallelujah! moment when we did.
Almost our whole house btw, was painted in that yellow with royal blue trims and ceilings! If you follow Aussie rules, picture the West Coast Eagles. Get the picture? Hmmm, lovely, and I'm not kidding! (this was even more awful for us because we are Richmond supporters! Having confessed to that however, we would NEVER paint our house yellow and black!)
Anyway, as usual I digress (it's my last post for a while, I'm allowed to. Ha!) this is where the H.E.L.P! comes in...
Yesterday I received an email from Austin (Hi Austin), have a read
Hi Kylie,
I'm Austin, I'm visiting Melbourne from the U.S. and I have been assigned a mission to bring back some tea towels. I came across your blog and I was wondering if you had any advice for me, where a good place to shop might be? Many thanks,
Cheers,
Austin
As most of you know I'm a Perth girl, and as it's been at least three years since I was last in Melbourne, my knowledge of the local vintage t.t. scene sucks.
Can you help???
I'm sure someone can.
Any info would be really appreciated.
(remember, I've got my rep to uphold! Ha-ha!)
All you have to do is leave your suggestion in a comment - I know Austin is going to check back and read them.
We can't have him failing his "mission", can we?
Thanks in anticipation, for your suggestions x
Now, the tea towel du jour
Can you help???
I'm sure someone can.
Any info would be really appreciated.
(remember, I've got my rep to uphold! Ha-ha!)
All you have to do is leave your suggestion in a comment - I know Austin is going to check back and read them.
We can't have him failing his "mission", can we?
Thanks in anticipation, for your suggestions x
Now, the tea towel du jour
The Great Kitchen, Saltram, Devon
Pat Albeck for The National Trust
This t.t. dates from the 1970's and I love it. Do you?
Turns out Pat Albeck is legendary among t.t. designers. She has designed heaps of t.ts. for The National Trust and even has a slight Australian connection. See, here she is with a boomerang
Pat Albeck, honourary Aussie?
Click here To learn more about Ms Albeck and to check out some of her awesome designs.
note: this is a wonderful link whether you like t.towels or not! I hope you'll have a look.
And here's The Great Kitchen (built in the 1770's)
image via
look, those copper pots are on the t.towel...
Now, I know this post is all-over-the shop, but I think it would be remiss of me not to share this...remember my post on Iwanoff's Marsala House? I thought you might find this interesting:
The Sunday Times, 6 May, 2012
(apologies for poor quality)
Phew! That's it, I'm outta here!
Back in a few weeks, until then take care and have fun.
x