For over twenty years, British broadcaster and author Alexandra Tolstoy has been carefully restoring and decorating an 18th-century stone cottage…
Twenty years ago, translator Sisko Hallavainio and her husband made a choice many would call reckless. They traded the convenient,…
The story of this unusual house in the Finnish countryside became the subject of a documentary series on the Yle…
Creating a Christmas atmosphere at home is one of December’s main tasks. The tree, tinsel, garlands, Christmas stars in the…
This unusual Scandinavian house is located in Finland’s southernmost town, Hanko. About 8,000 people live there, and it’s roughly 130…
If you’ve moved a few times, you learn that home isn’t defined by square footage — it’s how it feels.…
Slovenian architects from Studio Mika reimagined traditional rural housing and built a modern eco-house that sits naturally in the picturesque…
This apartment sits in an unremarkable 1940 building in Käpylä — a quiet Helsinki neighborhood often called the “Olympic village.”…
Old wooden townhouse blocks are a staple of Finland. Most of these two-story buildings date back to the early 20th…
This century-old house is located in the small Finnish village of Ylasjärvi (population 3,150), near the Bothnian Bay (part of…