Mei 15, 2020
Dakika 2. Soma

Mtindo Anza Kwa Nyumba Yako

Na Andrea Tapper 

Kwa kifupi kinaitwa ‘The Green Room” na kinapatikana Slipway jijini Dar es Salaam. Lakini mbinu ya ubunifu ya deco sio fupi ya "Mini-IKEA" ya juu barani Afrika. 

Mwanzilishi na mmiliki Elmarie van Heerden, mzaliwa wa Afrika Kusini, pengine angekataa vikali ufafanuzi huo. Na kwa kweli, mkusanyiko wake mzuri na wa kisasa wa fanicha au samani sio uzalishaji wa wingi, wala wa nyenzo zenye kutiliwa shaka bali ni muundo wa ikolojia uliotengenezwa kwa mikono. Na bado ana sifa moja muhimu sana inayofanana na kampuni kubwa ya vifaa vya nyumbani vya Uswidi: Yake ni mkusanyiko wa samani ulio tayari kuagiza, unaoonyeshwa na katika orodha ya mtandaoni.   

Kila kitu kinaweza kubadilishwa, kubinafsishwa na kuchanganywa na kulinganishwa na bado kuna anuwai thabiti, ya bei isiyobadilika ya kuchagua, kuagiza na kununua kutoka - mali muhimu sana kwa mtu yeyote barani Afrika anayetaka kutoa nyumba mpya au kurekebisha ya zamani. Hakuna tena mazungumzo yasiyoisha na fundi-fundi akielezea jinsi unavyotaka sofa ya ndoto yako ionekane, ubadilishanaji wa kuchosha wa picha za kunakili kutoka - mara nyingi na matokeo ya kutisha. 

Van Heerden anajua kutokana na uzoefu wake kile wapambaji wa nyumba wanachokosa na kuhitaji hapa: "Nilipokuja Tanzania kwa mara ya kwanza miaka kumi na moja iliyopita kwa ajili ya mradi wa ukarabati, sikuweza kupata chochote", anakumbuka kwa tabasamu, "hivyo ndivyo Green Room na warsha ilianza. .” Wakati huo huo, ameajiri wafanyakazi wa kudumu maseremala tisa; wanawake wa eneo hilo hufanya kazi nzuri za kufuma kwa viti, ubao wa kichwa na wodi - kazi ya hivi punde ya lazima iwe nayo katika muundo wa kimataifa, iitwayo uzi kwa Kiswahili. Boutique yake imepevuka na kuwa chapa ya maisha ya Kiafrika ikiwa ni pamoja na bidhaa za wasanii na mafundi zaidi ya 40 wa Afrika Mashariki. 

Enter into Elmarie van Heerden’s realm one finds great inspiration. Her flagship store in Dar – others are located in lodges and hotels from Pemba to Selous – has a maritime-African flair, a perfect blend of beach, bush and town. Customers have the choice of three collections. The Pemba Collection is made from solid woods with African flavour and “maximum comfort in mind”, as the designer puts it. Her Contemporary Collection has a more edgy feel using industrial metal and reclaimed wood. The Classic Collection, available in white painted wood, is slightly traditional. Each collection comes with a range of king, queen size and twin beds, dining tables and chairs, sofas, dressers and shelves –  in short, the complete basic furnishng for an apartment or house. 

Mjasiriamali mchanga, mwanamitindo, Elmarie van Heerden kwa hakika ni mbunifu mtaalamu wa bustani, mapenzi yake kwa mimea– pia yanapatikana katika The Green Room – na imani yake katika miundo ya asili iliyobuniwa iliipa duka jina lake. "Kuni zetu zote ni za ndani, zikisaidia vinu vya miti vilivyokuzwa na kupatikana," anasema. Bei huanza karibu $800 kwa kitanda cha watu wawili, $700 kwa meza kubwa ya kulia. Kivutio kingine cha muundo ni fanicha yake ya kipekee na ya kipekee, kwa mfano dawati la nyumbani la rustic lakini laini kutoka kwa mbao zilizookolewa. "Samani za kuishi" anaziita meza zake za aina ya chakula na kahawa zilizotengenezwa kwa mbao za embe na miguu ya chuma.

Samani nzuri za asili na mapambo yaliyotengenezwa kwa mikono jijini Dar
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