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A designer’s surprise: this bedroom got a color refresh and a functional upgrade

Meet Chinese money plant: the perfect easy-care houseplant for beginners

Niina is hooked on crocheting flower hats: “Crocheting has become a way to avoid housework and unpleasant feelings”

Hoya care: easy tips to help the beautiful plant thrive

Fresh and easy tile makeover: transform your old bench into a personal piece

More surface space and seating for your entryway—build a wall-mounted bench with our step-by-step guide

I insisted on vintage-style outlets for my old house—now they're lost behind extension cords and wire tangles

Draft stopper—what’s that? Three knitters share their playful draft-blocking creations

Wow, how creative! 6 uplifting upcycling ideas from creative cottage owners

Claim your recycling crown: 5 fantastic ways to repurpose old items at the cottage

Inside Leni’s vibrant cottage: “The entire cottage’s color scheme was guided by Kettukarkki candy.”

Boundless creativity at Eki and Marita’s island retreat: driftwood pergola edges, fishing-net decor, and more

A 90-euro rent gap forced Niina and her daughter to move: “I long for a room with a door I can close”

Grandma-style weekends at a log retreat: young couple’s cozy home in a former general store

Sunnuntaiaamu mittens—easy colorwork for crisp mornings

Sunnuntaiaamu headband—an easy and elegant colorwork accessory

I got a call no old-house owner wants—I mentally tallied the cost of a roof renovation

Turn an old cupboard and table into a functional washing station—complete with a dish-drying cabinet

Butterfly mittens—delicate colorwork with a traditional touch

Peony cushion—knit bold intarsia blooms with a twist!

I’ve swung my axe so many times anywhere but into the wood that, statistically, my next swing might be the one that strikes me

Charming and refined: Gitta’s hoya obsession blossomed when she met her spouse—and his impressive hoya carnosa

Meet Maiju Gebhard, inventor of the Finnish dish-drying cabinet—or was it an American invention, after all?

Small cottage, big terrace: discover the Karhulas’ coastal hideaway

Make maple leaf ghosts in minutes—some paint and a marker is all you need!

A washing machine door is now a window: Sanna and Petri’s inventive outhouse makeover

Suvi tames the child’s bedroom clutter: “Now the little one has something like their own treehouse to sleep in”

Meet the heather tree: a striking fall decoration for your terrace

You won’t believe these 4 idyllic backyard saunas started as dilapidated shacks

From teardown to treasure: how a pink wooden villa stole their hearts

Garage turned into a red velvet and gold-saturated entertainment center! Mikko and Annastina’s home movie theater is a dream come true

A princess once lived here: step inside Mari’s attic in Turku’s iconic jugend block

“Easy, perennial, and bloom for a long time”: a landscape designer’s guide to alliums

Teardown house, tight budget, and toddlers—Sohvi and Teemu’s bold rescue of the forgotten log house

From child welfare to clay: “At first, I held ceramics courses in my backyard”

Is your soil acidic or alkaline? Easy DIY pH checks you can do at home

So easy: create paper pumpkins with supplies you already have!

Mushroom madness and other signs of aging—someone fetch a forest bouncer!

Step into autumn: 5 wool sock patterns for every skill level

Layered bulb lasagna: a joyful spring show in one pot

Three freezers, one berry car: “In the forest, I am part of the chain of my Ugric foremothers”

Over a million of us go to the cottage—and maybe that’s exactly why we are the happiest country in the world

Feel the icy allure of Tapio Wirkkala’s Ultima Thule, a Finnish status symbol

One bulb, up to five blooms: discover multi-flowering tulips

A whopping 60 clematis: Merja’s sure-fire tips for heavy clay soil and winter survival

Step inside a 1950s cottage relocated to Seurasaari, where the floors squeak and the radio still plays the marine forecast