Hazy afternoon light filters through the blocks of Helsinki’s city center, finding its way through wide windows and into the home of Roosa and Mici. Their timeless Art Nouveau building holds a hom...
Villa Ekkulla: A place to get into the 70s mood
A few years back, word of a delightful old house for sale in the small seaside town of Dragsfjärd took creative entrepreneur Anna Helminen to the Finnish island of Kemiönsaari. It was there she fo...
Color palette from the beaches of Hanko
A few blocks from the coastal boulevard, a beautiful 1907 log house stands tall. After years of searching, it was through word-of-mouth that Mervi and Petri finally found this unique holiday home ...
Bringing Brazil’s sunshine to Helsinki
Brazilian-born designer, Florence, traveled the world to set up her business amid the green streets and 1960s apartment blocks of Helsinki’s Hermanni. Her globetrotting story comes alive in the c...
For designer Laura Seppänen, there are two things at the heart of interior design: an effortless atmosphere and people. Laura designed a deep blue interior shade for Cover Story’s Basics Collectio...
A white shade for an airy home
A few years ago, entrepreneur Kirsikka Simberg would have imagined herself living in a dark and moody “fixer-upper” apartment with a 70s vibe. Or perhaps a stone house that evoked her carefree day...