Kiitos, Barwon Heads. Photos by Sean Fennessy
Kiitos products and owner Maria Malakellis – wearing Marimekko of course! Photos by Sean Fennessy
Many of you have noticed (and kindly clicked!) the eyecatching Marimekko-filled advertisement bouncing up and down that right hand ad column over the last year or so. Maria Malakellis, who owns boutique lifestyle store Kiitos in Barwon Heads has been a great supporter of TDF for a long time now – I thought it was about time I returned the favour!
Maria opened Kiitos in December 2009. After a trip to Helsinki a few years prior, she had fallen in love with Marimekko, and knew the shop would have a strong focus on the iconic Finnish brand. These days Marimekko’s colourful textiles, homewares and clothing share the space with other Scandinavian brands such as Design House Stockholm and Iittala, as well as contemporary pieces by local designers such as Marc Pascal and Me & Amber.
I was convinced Maria must have come from a design background before opening her stunning store… but she surprised me. ‘Don’t laugh but my background is fish and chips…!’ she confided! Maria says that when she was young, her family always had great modern fish and chip shops in Barwon Heads, Queenscliff and Portarlington, and she grew up serving behind the counter. Of course, she always had a leaning towards design – ‘my sister and I would pore over every design magazine we could lay our hands on as teenagers’ she says. After her family sold the last fish shop, Maria took 6 years off, spent some time in real estate (selling Docklands apartments off the plan!), but was eventually drawn back to the beach. When this site in Barwon Heads became vacant, Maria could immediately see the potential of the semi-industrial space. It had once been an old garage, and in previous lives has served as a pinball parlour and a Greek restaurant. ‘This is by far the best reincarnation I think’ says Maria!
Maria’s colour-filled store in Barwon Heads is SO worth a visit next time you feel like heading out of town for the day. Located about an hour and half from Melbourne, it’s the perfect day trip. (Of course, for the homebodies out there, there’s always the online store!)
Maria would love to offer one lucky Design Files reader a beautiful prize to warm up your bedroom this winter!
Kiitos Giveaway – 1 x Marimekko Unikko Doona cover plus pillowcases and cushions.
Kiitos Giveaway -
- 1 x Marimekko Unikko doona cover, any size – valued at $229.00 (QS)
- 2 x Unikko pillowcases – valued at $34.00 each
- 2 x Unikko 50cm x 50cm cushions with feather and down inserts – $70.00 each
Total prize valued at $437.00!
To enter, simply leave a comment on this post today Thursday June 16th, before 10.00pm Melbourne time. A winner will be drawn at random and contacted by email tomorrow. Giveaway open to Australian residents only.
*UPDATE – A winner has been drawn! Comment #423 is the lucky number – congratulations Kiri B and thanks to everyone for all your lovely comments!
THANKS so much Maria! Huge thanks also to Sean Fennessy who took these stunning photos of the shop!
Kiitos
Shop 2 5-7 Bridge Rd
Barwon Heads
3223 Victoria
ph. 03 5254 1835
Open 10.00am – 5.00pm everyday except closed on Wednesdays (winter only).
lovely :)
great looking store!
Your giveaways just keep getting better!! Count me in!
What a great giveaway! A marimekko quilt would really brighten up my winter! Thanks for the shop tip, I will have to visit it some day.
I am going on a road trip! The store looks great.
oh my goodness, my dream competition! fingers crossed.
Beautiful and bright! Would love to check out the shop someday.
Funny timing – I was just admiring the Kittos website last night! :) Love it!
what a heavenly prize! pick me please!!!
Oh my gosh I LUST after Marimekko fabrics!! It would be worth a trip to Barwon Heads to drool over the gorgeous Kiitos! And I WANT Maria’s jacket!! :D
Gorgeous shop and have always loved the print featured on the quilt cover!
Love this shop, it is a must for gift buying. It’s lovely to see one of my locals on the blog – thanks.
What beautiful sunny summery colours. How they would brighten up a dark, dreadful, dingy (enough D words) Canberra winter.
A whole store dedicated to Merrimekko! Road Trip!
What a generous giveaway. Got to join this list.
If only to be so lucky. Peachy perfect prize!
been up watching the lunar eclipse – just as beautiful as these designs…!
This store couldn’t be cuter, Barwon Heads + Marimekko, I love it!
These would look gorgeous on any bed!
Yes please. Such a brilliant giveaway! xx
It would be so great to win this generous price, please!
something about Marimekko that always makes my day happier. Can’t get enough and would certainly put some bright new bed linen to a good use. Keep up the beautiful store…. I’m in love.
Ooh, I’m already imagining that beautiful quilt set in my new bedroom! Fingers crossed!
A beautiful inspiring space AND Marimekko AND a giveaway!!!
Oh, yes please!!!
Love the COLOUR.
Gorgeous Marimekko and what a wonderful store.
I’d love to have this doona to brighten up my bedroom.
xxx
My dream store! The world needs more colour and Marimekko is the perfect way to spread it around!
Just what I need to help me get through winter!!!! A touch of beautiful spring!!! What a fab prize!
Lucy – how fabulous I would love to win as have just done up our master bedroom and looking for bedding !!!!!!!
OMG Bring it on
My fave of all time!
what a colourful, cheerful looking store! looooove the bed spread
How bright and happy! Love it!
Something to cheer you up on a winters day!
Ohhh I have lusted over Marimekko’s beautiful, bold prints for such a long time. So may applications for a big happy colour pop around the house!
MMMMMMarimekko
My friend, who first told me about Marrimekko – and is obsessed with it – is going through a tough time right now. If I could win this giveaway for her, I’d be the best friend ever!
Oh me me me me please.
I grew up in Finland, Marimekko is my favourite ever since! I miss it terribly since I moved to Australia – so good to see some Marimekko action here :)
Great Colour, would love.
What a fabulous burst of colour her shop is! It positively vibrates with happy, sunshine rays of rainbow-speckled tones. I especially love the facade, with the crisp black awnings – deliciously classic against all the zingy colour goodness.
I would love this in my bedroom, very cheery for winter!
Winning this will make me very popular with my wife.
Oh my! How did I not know about this store? How fantastic! I adore marimekko so have fingers and toes crossed very tightly!!!
Colour is what my bedroom needs this winter.
Looks gorgeous. And I would love that doona cover!
Marimekko puts a smile on my face in the middle of winter-imagine waking up under such a quilt cover!
Just super!
Wonderful shop , bursting with designer goodness not least of which is that vibrant Marrimeko fabric.
Lovely strong colours
What a feast of Marimekko and other beautiful things. I wish I lived in Barwon Heads. That doona set would certainly light up my winter bedroom. Now I am off to look at Kiitos online.
just the absolute thing for freezing cold hobart……………….
I love Barwon Heads! Check out my post on all of Barwon Head’s gorgeous boutiques, including Kiitos, at my blog http://econest.blogspot.com/search/label/Travel – I HEART Barwon Heads.
by far my favourite store in Barwon Heads! it’s all my first stop for a little funkis clog satisfaction!
Love Kiitos! an the online store is great too!
Another store to add to my itinerary…!
looks like a fantastic store. i love the colours!
Argggghhhh… how fantastice… I love this giveaway!!
The shop looks amazing, so bright and colourful…the people in Barwon Heads are very lucky :)
Another great post & another great giveaway!!
Delicious!
Marimekko in Bed! What more can I say?
look at all that gorgeous marimekko!! heart palpitations!!! love the fact she followed her heart from fish and chips to gorgeous fabrics xx
Marimekko is my hearts blood, I adore it and would gladly give the doona set a happy home :)
Wow! I neeeeeeed that quilt cover!
Wow wow wow! This quilt cover is awesome! Promise to take great care. :-)
Yes please! Will have to make a day trip to BH sometime soon.
Love Marimekko!
THIS IS A DREAM!!! Swoon :)
Ooooh, yes please!
primavera
Beautiful store! And Marimekko? Divine!
These Marimekko products would look great in my child’ bedroom. Yes please
bloom spring flowers, bloom
Fabulous giveaway, and the shower curtains on that site are to die for.
Love love love Marimekko – it is timeless – also love Barwon Heads – lets not forget that is where teh TV series Sea change was filmed
yes please some colour and warmth for this cold weather!!!
The colours make it feel like Spring already
Such a fabulous store in a wonderful part of the world
My bedroom would love this injection of colour to brighten up the Winter :) Thank you so much
Oooooh so tempting! Some stylish Marimekko jolliness for the bedroom…
Just got back from Scandinavia, where I had to be dragged out of a Marimekko shop before I bought the whole lot! Great to know I can buy it right here in Vic, now I can satisfy my addiction!
What a magnificent shop, count me in for the giveaway please!
That print is great – I love Marimekko!
Oh my goodness! Just the thing to totally revamp my tired and boring bedroom. Divine!
would love to win this for my wife :)
beautiful fabric
marimekko & the sea….wonderful!
YES PLEASE!! luv it :)
awesome giveaway, great colours!
Woop woop! Great giveaway…fingers are crossed!
x
Another amazing talent
That colour would brighten up any winter!
Love the colour!
Wow, so beautiful!!
Marimekko, a design classic, gorgeous bright colours. Great giveaway once again. x
I’ve always been a fan of Marimekko would so love to win something in this pattern
my friend loves this designer, If I won I would give them to her x
As a print designer Marimekko is one of my biggest Inspitations! So Excited to read this feature and enter this giveaway!!!
Xx
Love Marimekko
fingers crossed! x
Oh light up my life!!! mmmmm!
Wow – this is very generous! Gorgeous giveaway, i wish, i wish, i wish :)
Always have loved this pattern!
I lived across the bridge in Ocean Grove up until a year ago for 17 years. I love going through this store discovering new things that have arrived!!! My new house would adore some new things to brighten the winter blues…
One can never have enough Marimekko!
Oh my Great Dane! Way toooo cool!
It’s gorgeous! Fingers crossed…
Oh, my bedroom would be SO brilliantly warm with this cover! Oh my!
Oh I just absolutely LOVE this!!!
Squeeee! I looove Marimekko, pick me for the duvet prize – if I win I swear I will switch allegiances and start saying DOONA! xx
i would love to win this prize.
What a way to brighten up a bedroom. I would love to give my space a makeover with this.
Sure to brighten up even the darkest coldest bedroom during winter!! LOve this prize!
Please, please, please choose me! I love this stuff!
What a great way to warm up Melbourne’s winter nights with all that colour!
Oh! This is another gorgeous giveaway! Thank you for all the chances of winning! Keeping hopes up all the time!
Why isn’t this store in the city?
these would brighten up my life! its a lovely shop, i remember visiting last i was in town and its beautiful. xx
Oh Lucy, when I saw the words ‘Marimekko Giveaway’, I squealed. Really.
more lovelies from the design files and friends
Amelia
how perfect for an energizing wake up on these cold wet and windy mornings…. I LOVE LOVE LOVE MARIMEKKO…….
very very pretty. the best print Marimekko has ever done i reckon!
how beautiful!
What an awesome shop and whTa great giveaway. The doonah cover reminds me of my youth.. Thanks for the opportunity
so lovely! I would love to give to Mum as a pressie to cheer her up in wintertime! Pick me!
Love reds in the bedroom!
Good luck to Maria, Barwon Heads needs wonderful shops like these.
They are perfect for my bedroom.
Gorgeous stuff! Will definitely pop into the store when in Barwon Heads next time!
My favourite colour combination! Such a gorgeous shop, I hope to see it in person one day :)
Such a fun print. Love Marimekko. Will have to visit the shop when next in Vic!
didn’t know there is such a great Marimekko stockist just out of Melbourne! I must go on a road trip to visit!
What an inspiration, I love that Maria isn’t a professionally trained designer and is doing so well – gives hope to the rest of us!!!
I’ve loved the Marimekko Unikko print for what feels like forever!!! And the shop is so bright and happy. Gorgeousness!!!!!!
Perfect – I’ve been looking for some new places to do some day trips to with the boy and this looks perfect! I’d LOVE to open a homewares store like this!
A happy, sunny doona would perfect to snuggle up in on such a miserable day like today…
Definitely going to go and check this store out
something nice and bright for winter.. thats goes for the store and the giveaway.
Amazing! (its my birthday on Saturday….) xx
Awesome!
My Marimekko collection is small but growing…
So lovely – can’t wait to visit the store
How beautiful, I am definitely off to Barwon Heads!
What a gorgeous looking store, I’m definitely going to plan a trip to Barwon Heads!
As if you wouldn’t wake up cheery under that doona, no matter how freaking cold it is in Melb at the moment!
What a dream to sleep under Marimekko covers!
LOVE Barwon Heads- haven’t been there for ages and can’t wait to check out the store. Thanks for another awesome comp.
WOW PATTERNS GALORE!! LOVE IT
I’ve always loved these. great giveaway
I love this store! :)
LOVE! Would warm up any interior this winter!
looove loooooove love! Thanks Maria, Lucy and Kiitos!
Beautiful products! Amazing give-away!
bewdiful store and fabbo give away – loving TDF more and more
Beautiful store and what a generous giveaway!
Marimekko makes me think of summer, instant sunshine in my bedroom yes please.
Gorgeous … please pick me!
Yes Please!!! thanks x
one of my favourite prints!!!
Long way to drive, but it’d be worth it!
Oh yes please!
love marimekko. i will have everything crossed in the hope that i win!
beautiful! yes please!
now that would warm up a cold winter bedroom!
Dammit, stores like this make me wish I had a car! Internet browsing it is for me then!
ouch, i loves that print. fingers crossed…..x
Count me in!
I can just see my miserable wintery days in bed looking so much brighter.
please pick me!!!
p.s love the design files!!!
xx
Oh how gorgeous! That print match my house colours perfectly too ;)
Marimekko….forget about stars in the eyes, I have big bright flowers!
Love Marimekko. It never dates.
What an awesome giveaway! Love Marimekko!!!
what sweet dreams we would have wrapped in Marimekko!
color me up!
LOVE Kiitos, and LOVE the Marimekko Unikko Doona cover even more if that is possible… And Maria is a sweetheart. x
Oh wow, what a lovely giveaway! Pick me, pick me!!
I have a thing for marimekko!!
What a generous giveaway!
Have to say, of all the blogs I read, this is the one with the ads I click the most often. In fact, sometimes when I’m bored I come here just to click the links and go window shopping *embarrassed*
Lovely cheery colours and a timeless design – what a great way to warm up a winter bedroom!
simply stunning!
Just the kind of bright I need on these wintery days. Beam me to Barwon Heads.
Great bright colours!
I have a thing for marimekko!! the perfect giveaway!
would itn’t be good if we all looked as fresh as that wonderful pattern after nearly 50 years!
Stunning store!!! I would love to win this prize, it is gorgoues!!
beautiful and bright
Love the bright colours :) This would look perfect in my new house!
What a beautiful store hidden away in my favourite part of the world! It’s been a while since I’ve planned a weekend drive but I think you have inspired me.
Beautiful!
Entering my name, keeping my fingers crossed. What a super giveaway.
Beautiful designs and amazing vibrant colours! Perfect to lift that cold winter blues.
I adore marimekko and couldn’t possibly afford it. Fingers crossed!
lovely, thanks for sharing.
Goodness gracious – what an amazing giveaway! That store is great – I remember wanting to purchase everything in there when i visited a few months back.
Trying my luck as well.
Someone is going to be very lucky. What a prize to win!
Great story and another great giveaway :)
Already 189 comments! But I’m throwing my hat into the ring anyway.
Explosion of colour! Absolutely love it!
i was in here last weekend – Maria always remembers me from my previous visits – and today i am wearing my new black patent clogs i bought! one of my all time favourite shops and maria’s knowledge + friendliness make it all the more special.
Oooo another place to stop at when I go to Drysdale in a few weeks.
Another incredible giveaway!
I have always wanted something (anything!) from Marimekko…this giveaway would be more than perfect. Fingers crossed.
how bright and lovely maria’s shop is!! will have to pop in next time we’re on the bellarine =)
thanks lucy!
Right, I’m off to Barwon Heads this weekend! Thanks
Gorgeous bright colours!
I just love Marimekko, great giveaway, thanks!
I ♥♡❤ Maija Isola and Marimekko.
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it’s worth it !
Beautiful store and a great giveaway – thanks
So perfect for winter!
The shop is gorgeous, so vibrant and bursting with colour.
Design Files and all it’s inhabitants remind nearly always of the Grand Designer, the team who bought us the blood coloured moon last night.
Gosh, I love this article! All that colour is must be so wonderful to go to work there everyday. I would love to have a beautiful shop like that one day. And what a fabulous giveaway – so very generous. I will definitely be checking out the online shop.
Another awesome prize. Put my name down to win :-)
I’ve loved Marimekko for longer than I can remember. Have a beautiful tablecloth and many other pieces. Especially love their colours and patterns. This bedspread is Fabulous!
I’ve long been a fan of Marimekko, I just got some of their Converse ♥ Marimekko sneakers but I’ve had my eye on their beautiful bedding for ages. And I love their mugs too!
So stylish and the colours chosen are simply gorgeous.
Absolutely gorgeous! I’ve been a huge fan of marimekko for so long – can’t wait to go and check out the shop!
totally gorgeous Marimekko, who wouldn’t want to lie in this!
cool, such bright and happy prints, perfect to warm up a winters day
Ooh i’ve always loved this pattern! This would look so good in my room :)
yes, love the bright colours perfect for the winter bedroom.. Love to visit the shop too…
Would certainly brighten up my earthquake damaged place. But only open to Aussie residents.
Christchurch NZ
Awesome stuff!
Oh my! Oh my! I love this pattern.
beautiful bold prints and colours! marimekko designs are absolutely stunning!
What a beautiful shop! Such wonderful bright colours… I think a little road trip to Barwon Heads might be in order : )
AMAZING! Please brighten up my abode. x
Wow! What a way to wave goodbye to Winter. Those colours warm my heart.
Just looking at this store makes me smile- i think I need one of everything to chase the winter greys away. Better get the car keys.
beautiful colors. my winter frown needs to be turned upside down.
What beautiful bright bedlinen. That would brighten up any bedroom!
The print is gorgeous! Would love to have it in my bedroom!
A great splash of colour to brighten up winter! Yes please!
Gosh, I love Marrimekko – Such a joy to see it en masse rather than the little snatches here and there you often see in gift shops in Melbourne. Will have to head down the coast immediately!!
Love the Marimekko designs!
Marimekko Forever! I loves it.
This would really help banish winter from my bedroom
LOVE Marimekko! Definitely need to stop by this shop next time we’re down the coast!
How very generous! Yes, please……
I adore the poppy print … will definitely be visiting this store soon!
wow! Now I won’t have to break my luggage allowance flying back from Scandanavia beladen with liitala glass! I think I will have to visit you in two weeks time when I am down the coast. AND you have design house stockholm – it is all my nordic dreams come true!
SO nice to see Kiitos getting a mention, I love Barwon Heads and it’s the best shop on the main street by a long way!
gorgeous! please pick me!!!!
ooo my favourite textile design company!!! Marimekko. It is still so well loved around the world.
I love how good things last and are enjoyed by so many.
Looks like a gorgeous shop!
What a treat! Ooh pick me!
As a newbie to Melbourne, I don’t even know where Barwon Heads is… but it’s now bookmarked as a place to go… just so I can visit this most gorgeous store. It is filled with my favourite Scandinavian brands. I can’t wait to go!
LOVE Marimekko! Thanks for another great giveaway!
Absolutely gorgeous. Love this store.
oh marimekko! SUPER LOVE! :3
Such GORGEOUS vibrant colours in our in box to brighten our day, wherever we are on a wintery day :o) Thank u xx
colour me happy!
Ooh, how fun and cheerful! A gorgeous giveaway.
how timely. last night I discovered a hole in my favorite, well loved (read:OLD!) quilt cover. Would love a bright, new Marimekko design to replace it.
I love those vibrant colours and patterns! And would love a new doona cover…
Great colours and would surely brighten our bedroom.
Thanks
this colourway looks like a collection of cheery ladybugs!
So beautiful. Can’t tell you just how much I love Marimekko.
Love Marimekko! My puppy tore a big hole in my doona cover this morning! This prize would make my winter!!
Wow. Those colours could warm up anyone’s winter.
Wa! The 253rd comment! What a way to brighten up our drab bedroom! That doona set is eyefuls of happiness.
I just love Barwon Heads!
Reminds me of my Mum’s gorgeous curtains which she still has.
My daughter’s name is poppy and her inheritance aat the moment is a 6ft peice of Maramekko Poppy fabric that is her tablecloth once a year. Imagine is she could sleep with it every night! Cheers
OMG, so much love for marrimekko – that linen would make our room positively zing!
Definitely glad I checked in this morning.
Super generous giveaway.LOVE Marimekko… me please !
I’ve been buying my Marrimekko direct from Finland! If only I knew I could have taken a leisurely drive to Barwon Heads! See you next week. Thanks for this fab article Design Files.
I’ll be adding a visit to Kiitos to my ‘to do list’ next time I’m down that neck of the woods :)
eye-poppingly beautiful
so lovely!
pick me pick me pick me……I love anything marimekko!
just what my bedroom needs on these brisk Melbourne winter days
wow, fabulous prize, thanks Lucy and Maria for the chance to win it!
Lovely! Congratulations Maria, such a great selection!
I didn’t know you coulod buy a matching bed linen and jacket. Great design.
cute shop. a must visit in Barwon Heads!
SQUEEEEEE – so perfect for this dreary winters day.
I love Marimekko!
Wow I didn’t realise Marimekko did bed ware…. What a lovely shop! I will check out the online store as I’m in Sydney. I only said to my partner on weekend we need to revamp the bedroom….perfect!
What a doona set. Many Thanks
Lizzie
ooh this is a great prize, guaranteed to brighten up any wintery bedroom!
what vibrant colours!
What a colourful World!!!
Love this giveaway! Please make me warm!!
love it!
Kittos Brightens up Barwon Heads. Im a big fan
Oh my, can it get any better? I love marimekko and I love that print! Keeping my fingers and toes crossed today. Thank you so much for your generosity, Maria! and Lucy for blogging it ;)
me me me please!! :)
Another gorgeous giveaway! I love Kiitos + Marimekko.
My Design Files subscription keeps bumping me off for some strange reason, and after a few confused weeks without my daily dose, yesterday I re-subscribed. Today is the first day back on board – and WOWEE! Bright explosions of colour are the perfect antidote to dreary grey days!
It’s such a happy bedspread & I want it! :)
Best prize ever! I love Marimekko. Every bedroom needs this much colour.
LOVE the bellarine. LOVE kiitos. LOVE marrimekko.
Glad to see that Maria is still there – we knew when we saw her open that she had a great eye. Goodluck to her :)
Fab shop and great prize – yes please :)
wow! i love marimekko and i love giveaways! entering as i type!
Cute store – fantastic giveaway! :D
I got engaged on Monday and turned 38 (eeekkkk!) yesterday…so it’s been a pretty spectacular week for me. LOVING the Kiitos ‘On-Line’ store :)
Damn, I drove through Barwon Heads without stopping the other day! Stopping next time now I know.
look at the colours what a super cute store!!
wow, that is very interesting. Love it!
That store looks so fun!
Pick me! Pick me! Oh please pick me. Pretty please I need this pretty pretty Marimekko doona. And pillows. NEED. Puh-leee-se pick me. Thanks in advance for picking me Lucy. You are amazing. AH-MAZ-ZING! And thanks Kittos. Amazing too. x x x
Lovely! Lovely! Lovely!
Can’t wait to visit this gorgeous shop!!
Yet another reason to escape the grey of Melbourne
YAY! GIVEAWAYS! What beautiful bright colours, looks like lots of fun =)
Here’s my hope-laden comment! Please pick me random-selector thingy :-)
I bet the family fish and ship shop was great, but yay that Maria has moved on. What a gorgeous shop – I have a Marimekko people print mug at home and I love it!
Lovely giveaway!thanks!
Mum Mum would just love this for her birthday … she’s a Finn and she loves anything marimekko!!
Oh wow! A beautiful shop and fantastic giveaway!! I LOVE marimekko – fingers crossed :)
Go ahead, make my day!
Another incredible giveaway! How do you do it!?
This would make my mother in law very happy for Christmas !
Enough to brighten any day.
Love love love the bold colours!
Wow would certainly brighten up a bedroom in winter. Absolutely gorgeous. Your giveaways lately have been the best.
Amazing giveaway. /Imagining having breakfast in bed in marimekko loveliness with marimekko tray ! it’s nearly too much.
Lovely – count me in!
wow, stunning!!
Gorgeous and generous giveaway. Yes, time for a change-some bright colours would be so uplifting!
Awesome – i do hope it’s me!
So vibrant – love it!
My partner loooves marimekko!! I would be in the good books for years if I won this
Such a lovely store, in such a great little town, we always call in while visiting Barwon Heads.
Stumbled on this shop a few months ago when I was in Barwon Heads for the day. Loved it and enjoyed chatting to Maria.
Nice and bright, would love this…….
PICK ME PLS. It’s ma birthday soon :)
Absolutely gorgeous- would love to visit the shop in person. When is’ Kiitos’ opening up in Brisvegas? Heading straight to the online shop now :-)
Love the brand. Love the sheets. Perfect for my bedroom!
Great reason to visit Barwon Heads – the shop looks fab!
Marimekko marimekko choose me please, so you may dress my bedroom with ease!
Golly! just popped over to the Kiitos website. So much great stuff! and all in the one place too! Thanks TDF! I have my fingers and toes crossed for some Marimekko magic! :)
That is a breezy, beautiful store and such an explosion of colour – even from the street!
LOVE marimekko & the shop looks a treat… what colour!
So gorgeous. The print certainly looks as if it guarantees happy, happy dreams.
DYING TO SEE THIS SHOP!
I’m on to the online store straight away, being Scandinavian living overseas, your beautiful products bring me home… :)
Wow, look at all those gorgeous bright colours! Marrimeko looks like a great import out of Finland!
Marimekko to me translates as bright,cheery,refreshing and fun – just what I need to get through the Melbourne winter!
LOVE IT!! fingers crossed xx
An inspiring story.
Pink + Red, my favourite colour combos, Marrimekko, design legends
How gorgeous and bright!
Beautiful Marimekko! I’m going to Helsinki next year -can’t wait. Great shop!
gorgeous, bright & happy
I love how Marimekko is so loved by all – I saw a room filled with their furnishings on a South Korean TV series just the other week!
How fabulous! This is one happy bright store in BH town and is a MUST to drop by when you visit. Maria is so warm and welcoming – you wont want to leave! Oh and the Marimekko speaks for itself – FANTASTICO!!
This is my favourite Marimekko print, I gave it to my best friend on tea towels for her kitchen tea party, reminds me of happy times :)
What a giveaway! Would be just the thing for the new Sydney pad…!
Beautiful print. Love it so!
Your store looks fresh and inviting.
You have an eye for quality and I love the fact that you run your store.
Hope I win…
I have just this moment discovered The Design Files. Awesome! This is everything I love! The Kiitos store is really beautiful – Oh to have it here in Perth. Maria is a great example of not mattering if your background is fish and chips or accounting. If you have a creative soul, it will blossom if you let it.
Beautiful and inspiring pieces! I love the colours. LOVE IT!!!!
I can’t wait to visit this beautiful shop. It’s a pity she doesn’t serve fish and chips anymore!
I’ve been into this shop and wanted to buy just about everything I saw! Such a beautiful collection in a lovely little beachside enclave. Fingers crossed that I’m the lucky one – such happy bedlinen would definitely cheer me up!
Ooh – love the prints and love your site for telling me about some amazing stores in melb! :)
such a colourful post on a dreary day!
Such beautiful bright fabrics!!
My stepdaughter turns sweet sixteen tomorrow – I’d love love love to be able to give the beautiful bedlinen to her.
Really brightens up the Barwon Heads shopping strip – I always love visiting this shop when I am down the coast. Inspiring!
Thank you Lucy, that is an inspiring store and story. I would love this quilt, it would cheer up my little girl’s sick room so much!
Neutrals may be chic but they lack the zing of these colours!
Zing puts a smile on your face and a bounce in your step, and that has to be good for everyone.
Thank you for offering such a gorgeous and generous giveway! Your store looks fabulous! I’d love to be included in the draw for a chance to win! x KL
I think that these fabrics have made the sun shine ever since they were made!!!
Kiitos… LOVE.
The Marimekko Unikko Doona would make our bedroom smile, and remind us of our trip to Scandinavia!
Marimeko makes me happy!
I love Marimekko! Will check out Maria’s shop next time I’m down that way!
Your shop looks beautiful and looks like I need to visit Barwon Heads!
Nice One.
Brighten up my bedroom please Its a bit sad cause its winter
ME ME ME!!! X
LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Ax
oh my – such lovely stuff! and they also stock the Marrikekko Siirtolapuutarha coffee cups! Nice, real nice.
For when too much Marimekko is barely enough..!
These are gorgeous!
Barwon Heads: The Helsinki of the South.
Ohh the sweet dreams I’d have sleeping on these gorgeous sheets!!! I love your giveaways!!!
It is colour that my bedroom is lacking and these would be a fab solution! What a brilliant giveaway!
Pick me, pick me!
Oh I was just in this shop last weekend!!! Ria is so lovely and it is amazing to see all the gorgeous Marimekko products in person (and in such a fab setting). Thanks for the great post.
Me me me me!!!
Catching up on some beauty sleep
yes please
so perfectly colourful and bold. love the shop wish it was within my geographical range!
I love it!
The shop looks great! I do love all things marimekko!
An amazing giveaway, always been a dream to have Marimekko bed linen. Gorgeous shop too.
I ♥ UNIKKO! Oh a doona cover!!
oh what a design to brighten up the bedroom!
Wow, a Unikko act of generosity!
I love Marimekko. Hope to get to get to Kiitos one day soon.
Was in at Marias shop over the long weekend! Absolutely stunning!! Marimekko is a beautiful brand!
Great pop of colour and joy for winter!
Oh I love Marimekko, that duna cover is absolutely gorgeous! what a beautiful shop.
My bedroom is in desperate need of a makeover & a gorgeous set of linen from Marimekko would be the perfect place to start!
What a yummy store, can’t wait to visit!
that bedset would surely make waking up in winter a whole lot easier!
So pretty!
Amazing! Would really love this set!
Stunning! I love it!
Excellent giveaway!! I want in!
I love Marrimekko!
My latest obsession….Marimekko!
A beautiful little shop in my favourite beachside town :)
I’ve been hunting for a good source of Marimekko- perfect!
The bold colours and patterns perfectly compliment the current trend of grey, white and black walls, turning your home into a pseudo art gallery with blank backdrops and bright central focus – love love love the designs!
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Such a wonderful store that is a must to visit and enjoy spoiling yourself in…with my car being fixed I need to have that linen to also spoil myself
Beautiful
After Melbournes long cold night last night I think I need some bright and colourful Marimekko to warm up my bedroom! Just gorgeous!
love the colours!!!
Fantastic, me and online shopping have a date immediately!
Marimekko!!!
Make my daughter’s day! Brighten her room with this beautiful prize and inspire a whole new level of tidiness!!
what a beautiful colourful collection of homewares, and each product compliments the other so well, can’t wait to go visit this bright cheery store. This would certainly brighten up our plain jane bedroom! xxx
Oh my goodness, what a beautiful store. I love all the colours!
Fingers crossed I am a winner : )
Marimekko Unikko print is just beautiful and WOW the whole shop looks amazing!!!
Absolutely sublime! I adore the vibrant colours and the doona set would dramatically improve the look and mood of our bedroom!
Oh my I’m in love! Gorgeous! Got to be in it to win it, right? =)
Ooh Marimekko lover here! Having just moved house, our room is looking pretty sad and sorry. A new bedlinen set would certainly liven things up! What a great competition, and a fabulous looking store. x
Kiitos! Thank you!
had a lovely time visiting the store the other week – so many great things – and super happy with my chilewich mat
Oh please please please
This is the first time I’ve seen thedesignfiles site – and what an introduction! Marimekko is magnificent – and as for Maria’s coat? I am hyperventilating!
That is gorgeous. Fingers crossesd!!
so cosy, yes please!
Maria’s families fish n chip store in queenscliff was my favourite. And I love love love this print. So fingers crossed and thankyou to you both for your generous give away.
definitely dropping in the next time i am in barwon, those first few bright coloured dresses on the rack are making me pine for summer
Marry me marimekko!!! x
My kids are wearing the marimekko PJ’s I used to wear as a child….have been in love with this brand forever…
me me please!
…being a scandi and all, I feel a certain affiliation with the quirky, delightful and lovable designs of Marimekko – if only I could fill my aussie home with some pieces from their collection!
I love Barwon Heads, I love Kiitos. That is all
was checking out the on-line store a month ago thanks to a lovely friend, who incidentally posted a comment only 11 comments ago lol!
No, me me pretty please?!! So YUM!
I never win these things so no danger there…sigh…. ;-)
They are lovely.
What an excuse to head to the beach! Amazing store, and nothing better when the owners are passionate about what they sell. Great work.
I love Marimekko!
me me me me meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Complete my life!
beautiful! :)
Marimekko is Finnish for goorrggeeoouuss.
Kiitos! Näkemiin.
These are sooo pretty!
I’ve visited this fabulous shop several times when passing through Barwon, but it’s so nice to know the story behind the success. Thanx.
Pick me, Pick me!
Bright and beautiful.
Oh my, those colours are just so happy!!! Love love love.
I have always wanted that bed linen set – I LOVE Marrimekko!
yes please – add a splash of red to the winter blues & warm me up with marimekko!!
kiitos = thank-you!
amazing looking creative space!! well done Maria :)
Thanks to Sean Fen for pointing me in the direction of this beautiful shop. Will definitely have to visit!
Swoon!
Can’t believe, just stopped outside store on the way from ferry terminal in Queenscliff it was closed already. We will be back!!
I will be making a trip to Barwon Heads soon just to visit this lovely shop! And thank you to Design Files for making my day brighter with your awesome blog :)
Certainly Kiitos must be in the running for most delightful way to say thank you!
I am a big fun of Marimekko! The design always makes me happy:) Thank you for the store informations!! xxx
Wow, what a beautiful, happy looking shop! Those colours are just what I needed to warm up my senses on such a dreary day outside in Melbourne.
What a beautiful burst of colour in an otherwise dull Melbourne winter! Gorgeous products :)
I fell in love with marimekko in Helsinki. The shop looks fantastic. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
ohh i will be keeping my fingers crossed with this one. What i love about Marimekko….. not shy of going bold.
Bright and happy! I’m heading to Vic from WA in July so will definitely call in.
Such colours! Lifts my mood.
colourful, love the shop!!
Such great pics! <3 Kiitos <3 Marimekko x
OMG! I so hope I win. Will visit for sure next time I’m down that way.
Best giveaway ever!
What a great prize. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
WOW! All I can say…Just awesome!
love it , love it, love it
I also fell in love with Helsinki and Finland when I visited in 2008. The Finnish are so lovely and stylish and every home I stayed in looked like it came straight out of a design magazine.
Kiitos Maria and TDF for this great giveaway :)
I have a old and faded Marimekko Unikko tea towel that has been used with such love that it is now threadbare but still looks deliciously vibrant when hanging on my oven door. Would love absolutely LOVE to win the bed set.
Love the bright colour – POP! Crossing fingers hoping I win!
Hoping you pick me!
Love Marimekko :)
Kiitos Living by Design was the reason I knew I could leave Melbourne to live in Geelong!
Gorgeous giveaway! I will have my fingers and toes crossed… Thanks!
yay. we love marimekko!!!
Definitely need this to keep me warm this winter!!
With crossed fingers and toes I say VALITA MINUA – which, according to a dodgy online translation service, means CHOOSE ME in Finnish. Oh, please do!
My favorate store to visit on a Sunday drive, love this store!!
Also love this prize!!!
What eager little creatures we all are. Pity we can’t all win! Thanks for a great blog x
Delicious! I feel like leaping in a borrowed car immediately, for a seaside meets Finland adventure!
i heart kiitos xo
I love Marimekko! Wish I lived in Victoria not NSW!
Just stunning!
Oh I would love this for out bedroom! What a lovely prize.
Winter in the City Bleak, a splash of colour I seek!!
Mmm Marimekko, banishing that black! :-) am I feeling lucky???? :-)
Pick me please ! ! !
Ooooohhh, I love Marimekko, what a great giveaway!! I have my fingers crossed for this one.
YES PLEASE – would love some colour and sunshine for my bedroom this winter cheers Can
Another great giveaway.
oooh I love Marimekko! The shop looks divine – more good reasons to have moved to Melbourne!!
The shop looks gorgeous. Must visit when I’m next in Melbourne.
Ooh, dream competition. I love Marimekko!
She sells homewares by the seashore…
The wares that she sells are beautiful for sure!
Fabulous colours and shapes. Merry Marimekko!
LOVE it xxxx
Great looking store in a great town.
I will join the adoring hoards! Thanks for the daytrip destination!
yes please? (manners matter!)
Thankyou for the daily rays of sunshine in any case!
So much gorgeousness!
oh ah marimekko by far
plaster the world in marimekko – def brightens the day..
I am a designer and live on this coastline. It is a wonderful and inspiring store! Its so good to see a store of this quality in the area. It makes the coast so much more interesting!
So beautiful and bright! Marimekko always puts a smile on my face
Love the colour – so energising, especially with this grey Sydney weather!
gorgeous! just the thing my bed needs!
Amazing, amazing giveaway!! Love Marimekko!
Marimekko bed linen, so lovely… I would love to be able to give these to my 20 year old daughter who has recently moved out of home.
ah! so nice
Beautiful colours in the shop – I’ve sent the link to all I know who visit Barwon Heads.
Have been a Marimekko fan for awhile now. How I would love this so very much..!
I would travel to Marimekko with my Finnish mum by tram when they had a shop in South Yarra, Melbourne in the 1970′s. We would browse the fabrics and choose a few metres to be used on the next home project. When I turned 10 in 1980 mum (Aiti) made me a Marimekko jumpsuit that I wore at my party with my friends eating traditional Finnish sponge cake with cream and berries. I have a photo where most of the cake is on my face!
GROOVY,BABY. MARIMEKKO ALIVE, WELL AND STILL TURNING HEADS !
Divine, just what is needed to chase away the winter blues.
coastal beauty !
looks gd !!
I’ve always loved that Marimekko print. Can’t wait to do some coastal driving in that area this winter!
Please and thank you xxxxxx
Its almost a Finnish style winter here at the moment so this design would definitely warm the cockles!
Makes any bedroom divine!
oh what a colourful shop – love it :)
Bright and happy, would be loved!
How could anyone wake up grumpy in a room dressed in Marimekko – love it!
Loving the vibrant, happy colours! Now I look forward to heading out there on the weekend!
love the colour filled space
Wow! Marimekko love!
What a great giveaway! Beautiful store.
gorgeous :)
I only just subscribed to The Design Files an hour or so ago and what a stunning offering to read about Kiitos and your passion for design Maria. Congrats, I will be visiting very soon. Best wishes!
Ooh, just scraped it. What a gorgeous design – count me in!!
Love the shop and love Marimekko.
DIVINE! love it!
LOVE.WANT.
PICK ME PICK ME PICK ME!!!
Count me in! I love the blog and love Marimekko!
Will match other Marimekko in our house. Love the store – we were there on the weekend, so many lovely things, and supporting local business is a bonus!
OMG! Yet another awesome giveaway, stop it you guys! :p
Love the bold contrasting colours and patterns! Love Marimekko and love the design files! Will definitely love that doona on my bed <3
This would be the perfect makeover for my office and home.
Such a dazzling display of colour and style – Love the Marimekko print !
Gorgeous fabrics; I feel cheerful already.
Wow amazed at the wonderful response to the marimekko unikko doona cover and cushions give away (thank you Lucy and Sean) ,feeling the love for Kiitos Living by Design and Marimekko.. I wish I could do an “Oprah” and give every single one of you lovely marimekko fans a unikko doona cover, but I can’t. The best I can do take 20 %off the price of all marimekko doona covers and matching pillows and free delivery, within Australia.To take advantge of this special offer please email me or ring Kiitos on 03 52541835… and why not join us on the Kiitos Living by Design facebook page.. cheers Maria.
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