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Just the right amount of chaos
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Retro retreat
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A former sea captain’s home is now Minna’s pastel playground
Colorful macrames
Kirsi learned macrame knots on YouTube and became a handicraft artist in retirement
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Beauty reigns over practicality in Matleena’s colorful wooden home: “Mistakes are easier to bear when you make them yourself”
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Inside Kirsi’s ever-shifting home—“The furniture shuffle is set in motion by each new flea market find”
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Art nouveau house of dreams
“A chef and a hairdresser could never buy a home this large in such a prestigious location”—How this couple snatched up a coveted jugend gem
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From old, uninhabitable general store to cozy home: “We stayed there overnight before deciding to buy it”
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