store visit to Kiitos in Barwon Heads...

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So, I guess that's it for the school holidays!  Tomorrow it's back to the lunch box grind and the quickest term of the year.  We had a mixed bag of a holiday- an aborted trip to Sydney, plans made then un-made, loads of work in between kid commitments - the usual stuff. We finished the break with a trip down to Ocean Grove - and I must say, Ocean Grove and surrounds are not the shopping wasteland that they used to be.  I hate to do the "I remember when..." but I do remember when Skinners was the shopping highlight of the main street (cue to lols from long-time OG visitors).  Even just a few years ago, I could only get my shop on at the various oppies dotted around the Bellarine Peninsula.  Not so now, as a visit to OG isn't complete without a quick trawl through The Mill in Newcomb, a trip to Kyo, a pop into a relative (and very lovely) newcomer, Stone and Grain and a walk over that bridge to check out Kiitos in Barwon Heads.


Kiitos Living by Design opened in December 2009 and quickly took the BH shopping scene into a new league.  Owner,  Maria Malakellis has a long family history of trading in Barwon, as her parents owned the much-loved fish and chip shop for years.  Looking for a career change, Maria took on the challenge of a prime, but neglected, site in Bridge Road and hasn't looked back since. She stocks the full range of Marimekko, has the import licence for those covetable acapulco chairs, plus a hand picked bunch of Aussie and international design favourites such as Muuto, Design House Stockholm, Fink & co, Eva Solo and Karen Walker. It's a big, bright hit of retail fun, just metres from the sand. And, Maria is just back from the trade fair in Paris, so she's expecting shipments of even more loveliness.


I also picked up a few lovely props around the place - will show and tell soon.

Kiitos
www.kiitos.com.au
Bridge Road Barwon Heads
03 5254 1835


If you are down that way - do check it out.


hx