This exhibition I’d love to see in Helsinki. Photographer Kenneth Bamberg’s Flowers presents a collection of portraits of young Shan tribe boys, undergoing a male rite of passage in north...
We are planning a weekend trip to Helsinki in the beginning of summer. I’d love to hear your tips and ideas what to do there. Interior shops, flea markets, (baby friendly) restaurants, other fu...
I’m so in awe of Valeria Spring. She is the super-talented lady behind the Red Balloon Photography. I can’t get enough of her nostalgic, fairytale-like photos. The light, the colors, the ...
Step one of the nursery wish list – check. There was a 20% off sale at Mööpeli, so I got the husband talked into buying the Jieldé Loft lamp. But ladies, you don’t know the things I had t...
I made this drawing pretty exactly a year ago in April, but didn’t want to publish it. I was afraid my big secret would be revealed, too soon. In Finnish / Suomeksi Tein tämän kuvan aika tarkka...
Lately I’ve been longing for a bit more romance. I dream of painting the bedroom white (yes, you heard me) and I’ve been making a peony light garland. Maybe that’s why these photos ...
This baby chick is just a few days old. Isn’t he adorable? Happy Easter! In Finnish / Suomeksi Tämä tipuvaavi on vasta muutaman päivän ikäinen. Aivan ihana, eikö? Hyvää pääsiäistä!
These days it seems that things that don’t involve day-to-day basics such as feeding the baby, changing diapers or doing laundry take forever to get finished. Sometimes I feel frustrated. My he...
I found a cross-stitched coat of arms of our home town Oulu at a thrift store. Sure, it’s ugly. But I’m thinking it’s so ugly it’s cool. Panu thinks it’s just plain hide...
I’m dreaming up the nursery, although it’s going to be a while that I’ll actually get to decorate it. You see, my home office will turn into a nursery. But first two other spaces ha...
Something has taken over our living room. I knew with a baby you would get more laundry. I just never knew how much. In Finnish / Suomeksi Jokin on vallannut olohuoneemme. Tiesin kyllä, että vauvan k...
I’ve been in love and dreaming about Kartio glasses for years, but for some reason never got around to buy them. Now that our new dishwasher broke half of the old glasses, there was actually a ...
Today is our three year anniversary. I can’t believe it’s been so long. And our baby boy turns three months. Can’t believe it’s been so long, either! Time flies so fast. Maybe...
my 2nd hand life I love colored lights so much. I have been bookmarking my favorites across the internet, here are some. But as the spring sun shows her bright and beautiful face, I’ve begun to...
Panu has been attaching the kitchen shelves. Finally the open shelves I’ve dreamt of oh so long! First thing I did was put my beatiful tea tins on display. In Finnish / Suomeksi Viimeinkin meil...
I ordered the Eames RAR rocking chair from Nest.co.uk and got it superfast! Both me and the baby love it. In Finnish / Suomeksi Tilasin Eamesin RAR-keinutuolin Nestiltä ja se tuli ihan supernopeasti....
Oh my, what a week I had last week. In bed sick every day, except for saturday, that I spent in the hospital. But luckily it wasn’t what they suspected and I didn’t need surgery. And I...
modern seed For the longest time I’ve dreamed of the Tapiovaara Mademoiselle rocking chair. But it seems I just have to keep on dreaming. Now it turns out we actually need a rocking chair, for ...
Thank you so much for your sweet comments on our news! It’s been so nice to read them, can’t help but smile. We have spent our days with the baby, taking naps when we can. As you can imag...
Our baby is three weeks old! He decided to come into the world a bit early, two weeks before the due date. Which is good, because he was already a big boy. Now we have been learning a new life with h...
Only 3 weeks left til the due date, and lots of things happening. I was interviewed for Vauva (Finnish for baby) magazine last weekend. Thank you Titta and Teija! It was fun, but boy, was it hard wor...
I fell in love with these Haiku cushion covers by Pentik, and thought it was time to introduce some darker colors to our living room. For autumn, you know. They are 100% silk, and only afterwards did...
I’ve been a devoted user of method hand soaps since I first found them, so when I heard from Vihreä talo that they now also have a dish wash liquid, of course I had to test it. I must admit I w...
I was flicking through the latest Anthropologie catalogue and fell for these lamp bases. Unfortunately I was able to find them only on the US site, not on the European, but perhaps they will appear f...
A while ago I was interviewed for Croatian interior design magazine Moja4zida. Last week I received a copy of the issue. Can you imagine my surprise when I saw the cover? It feels a bit crazy and sur...
Some of you have been asking why I haven’t been blogging as often lately. Well, the reason is I’m pregnant. The baby is due in December (Yaiks!!!) and I’m so excited / happy / nervo...
Couple of weeks ago me and Panu took a little mini holiday from the renovation. We rented a summer cottage in the middle of nowhere. The nearest neighbors were almost a mile away and the nearest shop...
Here’s some photos of our home from last April. You might remember seeing some of them in the Design*Sponge sneak peek, but I thought it would be nice to post them here as well. Mansikki can lo...
Our garden is wild, it’s an explosion of flowers (and weeds). I haven’t had time to do much, but to discover new plants. Like this iris. I thought it was hay, it had never blossomed befor...
Our poor kitchen has been demolished. The candy-colored cabinets are at the dumping ground (sniff…) I kind of miss them, but at the same time I’m glad they are gone. The color was the onl...
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