Susanna and Jussi Vento’s apartment in Helsinki, Finland, is pretty tiny at just three rooms: two bedrooms — one master and one for the couple’s daughter — and a kitchen/dining room space. Rather than putting a sofa in the kitchen area, the couple opted for a long table, where they spend time with family and…
Illustrator Jutta Rikola of Kootut Murut lives in Oulu, a town in northern Finland. For the last two and a half years, Jutta and her husband have been slowing restoring their 1956 home. We peeked into Jutta’s home two years ago, and since then, the couple has done a lot work! As only the second…
Illustrator Vesa Sammalisto lives with his wife and their 9-month-old daughter in Helsinki, Finland. When it came time to buy their first home three years ago, finding a apartment in original condition with wood floors, high ceilings and thick walls proved a pretty difficult task. Most apartments on the market had been subject to botched…
Janine Rewell is a 24-year-old Finnish freelance illustrator and designer based in Helsinki. While her illustration style is very colorful and decorative, her apartment leans towards a feminine minimalism. The two room 36m2 (387sf) apartment with wood floors, high ceilings and great detail sets the stage for Janine’s love of mixing Scandinavian design from the…
coming from an american perspective, it can be hard to truly appreciate the small living spaces that typify european living, but living in paris has completely changed the way i look at things. that’s why i absolutely love lotta nieminen‘s apartment in downtown helsinki that is 35m2 (376sf) of pure intimate style and grace. by…
i may not be able to read jutta’s blog kootut murut, but the good news is that visual language is universal, and everything on her blog is beautiful. so we’re so pleased to have a lovely sneak peek into her home in finland. the home was built in 1956, she and her husband are the…
