Monday snapshots / Syksyn sävyjä sekä Habitare-lippujen arvonta
Its time to say bye-bye for sunglasses and summer shoes, at least for a while. It´s raining and temperature dropped down to basic Finnish fall levers. But now it´s the season for all fall flowers,...
View ArticleKitchen vol. 2 / Vielä kerran keittiössä + HABITARE arvonnan voittajat
We renovated our kitchen little less than four years ago, but still it was time to make small "face lifting" here. I showed earlier some pics and here´s more. We repainted the white concrete floor....
View ArticleVintage lamp / Kirppislamppu + huhuu Habitare voittajat!
Our cottage´s sauna/guest rooms informal theme is "from the flea market" and my latest find is this simple white/brass 60´s style lamp. We´ve had this"summer" cottage now for two years and I can´t even...
View ArticleFig tree with pinch of tile red / Viikunapuu ja pienipala tiilenpunaista
Lately if have "decorated" at home, it means I´ve just bought some house plant and thats it. Simple, chic, inexpensive - and I´m just so fascinated about all green stuffs. My latest find is this...
View ArticleCongrats Lundia / Onnea klassikolle
Muoto 2014 gala was yesterday and furniture company Lundia won the Best Furniture Company price. Congrats! Just week ago, I painted this boys room´s 80´s Lundia drawer to white. And the Classic series...
View ArticleBehind the scenes / Kurkistus työmaalle
Just few pics from my latest work project. Everything is still unfinished and I´m waiting for few big shippings but later this week this should be ready.The most beautiful Ole Gjerløv Knudsen Daybed...
View ArticleHeadbord / Sängynpääty
Still, one more pic from my unfinished project - A simple headstand, made from plywood board and Normann Copenhagen´s Pocket organizers. Tapiovaara´s classic Lukki stool just turned 60 and I love this...
View ArticleLe weekend / Viikon loppu
Weekend, after a hectic week and soon I´m heading to our country place with my daughter. Picking porcine mushrooms and maybe some horse riding, my kind of luxury life.We also have some new ideas for...
View ArticleMein lieber Dieter
I love Dieter Rams design. Its simple, practical, long lasting and always super stylish. My latest find is this iconic AB1 alarm clock - From the archipelago flea market. - - - Mikään ei ärsytä niin...
View ArticleShades of grey - Toilet makeover / Harmaan sävyissä, pikkuvessan muutos
You have to now use your imagination. Yesterday this downstairs tiny toilet was white (with marble tiles). I din´t have time to take the before pic... Evening inspiration with gray paint jar and here´s...
View ArticleOffice rearrangements / Työhuonetta järjestykseen
My rearrangements continues. Home office has been a total mess and I really needed to do something about it. String shelves with a work top used to be in this corner. Yesterday I took it away and...
View ArticleInterior design project for NCC housing / Sisustusprojekti rakennusliike NCC.lle
Since the summer holiday ended I have worked with a really nice project. I was asked to design the interior for two 106 square meter apartments for NCC housing. The place where these apartments are, is...
View ArticleMonday // Keskeneräinen maanantai
Here in a blog world, you can crop away all the paper piles and the clutter. My home office is still unfinished. Too much work and specially paper work (which is not the nice part...) Have a sunny...
View ArticleInterior design project for NCC - part II / NCC sisustusprojekti - osa II
If you saw my last NCC post, you can now compare. This is exactly same kind of 106 square meter apartment in Kalasatama (Fisherman´s Harbor), except some surface materials are different, like the...
View ArticleThe Beehive / Mehiläispesällä
I have planed to buy this lamp more than a year and now it´s here -The Beehive. It´s Artek´s classic from 1953 and I love it. Good things are worth waiting for. Mr Aalto (designer of this lamp) was...
View ArticleStudio snapshots / Työn alla
Few studio snapshots from my this weeks project. Paint jars, wallpapers and all kinds of nice things. Hopefully soon, I can show you these three pictures what we did today. - - - Muutama vähän...
View ArticleLeaf lamp
(Cooperate post with Katoko web shop) The fall is here and days are getting darker and shorter. My love for light and especially for lamps is raisin again so I could´t resist this Muuto´s simple and...
View ArticleShapes - right now / Kurveja vs. kulmia
Instead of wood and natural materials, something different. Mia lamp from Danese Milan // Terje Ekstrøm´s Ekstrem chair // Therese Sennerholt´snew print // Hay´s Slit table.- - - Välillä vähän muutakin...
View ArticleOrganic skincare
Lately I have tested the Chinese acupuncture. It really works, if you just don´t be afraid of needles.... My neck and back don´t like the way I work... Is really good to remember to take care yourself...
View ArticleVitra store Helsinki opens / Vitra avaa ovensa Helsingissä
As you probably know a year ago Vitra bought Artek. As a result of this "design marriage" Vitra store will open now in Helsinki. The store is still unfinished and full of boxes, wrapping paper and busy...
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