Homes These homes will inspire you—whatever your style: colorful, Scandinavian, or country-romantic. Read the stories behind these homes, and fall in love with the photos. Step inside! Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:52:14 +0000 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:46:24 +0000 Laminas_Feed_Writer 2 (https://getlaminas.org) https://www.kotona.com/themes/homes Finnish family started a new life in a small town and a 100-year-old parsonage: “The nature is pristine, and life is good here” Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:52:14 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/home-in-old-parsonage-simpele https://www.kotona.com/articles/home-in-old-parsonage-simpele 0 From Marimekko to Moomin mugs: Finnish collectors turn everyday design into lifelong treasure hunts Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:17 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/finnish-collectors-turn-everyday-design-into-lifelong-treasure-hunts https://www.kotona.com/articles/finnish-collectors-turn-everyday-design-into-lifelong-treasure-hunts 0 Ullamari moved into an 1892 railroad workers’ wooden row house in Kerava: “I feel as if I’m back in the countryside” Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:30:08 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/ullamari-vuokkomaa-wooden-row-house-home-in-kerava https://www.kotona.com/articles/ullamari-vuokkomaa-wooden-row-house-home-in-kerava 0 Gold mirrors and faded luxury fill an opera costume designer’s fairy-tale tower apartment in Helsinki Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:30:14 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/erika-turunen-timo-raski-tower-apartment-helsinki https://www.kotona.com/articles/erika-turunen-timo-raski-tower-apartment-helsinki 0 Inside a spectacular riverside villa in Lapland: “I love stopping people in their tracks,” says architect Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:21:26 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/cliffhanger-riverside-villa https://www.kotona.com/articles/cliffhanger-riverside-villa 0 Emma’s new home stands on centuries-old family land—“A passerby asked whether our house had always been there” Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:44:29 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/new-traditional-house-in-purmo-finland https://www.kotona.com/articles/new-traditional-house-in-purmo-finland 0 This Finnish couple nearly halved their living space—and found an easier seaside way to live with friends Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:00:14 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/maiju-timo-seaside-community-home-oulu https://www.kotona.com/articles/maiju-timo-seaside-community-home-oulu 0 For 10 years, Laura and Sampo dreamed of Villa Vittreski from afar—then suddenly the lakeside fixer-upper was theirs Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:49:44 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/villa-vittreski https://www.kotona.com/articles/villa-vittreski 0 “You won’t find a single plastic kitchen utensil or decoration here!” Inside a Finnish entrepreneur couple’s old-fashioned second home Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:24:53 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/plastic-free-second-home-finnish-wooden-house-eura https://www.kotona.com/articles/plastic-free-second-home-finnish-wooden-house-eura 0 Touko and Viivi fell for a glass master’s Iittala home—with colors chosen by Timo Sarpaneva Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:40:00 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/iittala-glass-master-home-timo-sarpaneva-colors https://www.kotona.com/articles/iittala-glass-master-home-timo-sarpaneva-colors 0 This mansard-roofed home turned Minna’s minimalism into romantic abundance—“I realized I’m a romantic” Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:47:02 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/mansard-roofed-house-turku https://www.kotona.com/articles/mansard-roofed-house-turku 0 Riikka saved a real estate ad for years—then her dream farmhouse surfaced at the hardware store Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:51:28 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/dream-farmhouse-hyvinkaa https://www.kotona.com/articles/dream-farmhouse-hyvinkaa 0 Elina’s home is a real-life Moominhouse, drawing friends to its garden sauna: “When not everything is perfectly straight, the atmosphere feels more human” Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:00:18 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/125-year-old-wooden-villa https://www.kotona.com/articles/125-year-old-wooden-villa 0 This century-old house stole Elsi’s heart: “Home is an embrace where it’s easy to forget the pressures of work” Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:46:29 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/century-old-house-jamsa https://www.kotona.com/articles/century-old-house-jamsa 0 Saunas with a view: 8 Finnish steam rooms made for gazing out Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:37:39 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/8-saunas-with-a-view https://www.kotona.com/articles/8-saunas-with-a-view 0 Swept away by cottage life: Kathrin Deter’s Finnish happy place Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:32:30 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/kathrin-deter-swept-away-by-finnish-cottage-life https://www.kotona.com/articles/kathrin-deter-swept-away-by-finnish-cottage-life 0 Family home in a former school for the deaf dormitory—“I asked my spouse what on earth we would do with all this space” Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:37:00 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/former-school-for-the-deaf-dormitory-home https://www.kotona.com/articles/former-school-for-the-deaf-dormitory-home 0 “I never thought I’d get to live in a house like this”—Iivari and Irene bought his uncle’s mysterious 1940s home Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:26:28 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/iivari-and-irenes-1940s-house https://www.kotona.com/articles/iivari-and-irenes-1940s-house 0 “Every time we come home, it feels like a vacation”—inside an Åland seaside home with no garden or neighbors Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:31:07 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/tiina-tahvanainens-aland-seaside-home https://www.kotona.com/articles/tiina-tahvanainens-aland-seaside-home 0 “I like ‘wasted’ square footage”—inside Iina and Oskar’s colorful home Fri, 29 May 2026 10:35:09 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/iina-and-oskars-home https://www.kotona.com/articles/iina-and-oskars-home 0 “Brilliant inventions that should be used everywhere”: three families share what surprised them about Finnish homes Thu, 28 May 2026 12:20:14 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/three-families-share-what-surprised-them-about-finnish-homes https://www.kotona.com/articles/three-families-share-what-surprised-them-about-finnish-homes 0 After dozens of moves, Katariina made a 1960s atrium duplex her own with her daughters’ help Tue, 26 May 2026 09:01:28 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/katariina-salonens-home https://www.kotona.com/articles/katariina-salonens-home 0 Sofia’s home in Fiskars is full of recycled treasures—“I hauled the workbench on the roof of my Beetle” Mon, 25 May 2026 10:24:04 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/sofia-alanko-home-in-fiskars https://www.kotona.com/articles/sofia-alanko-home-in-fiskars 0 Inside Raija’s green oasis: “Plants are just as important as colors” Fri, 22 May 2026 12:42:09 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/colorful-houseplant-home-kellokoski https://www.kotona.com/articles/colorful-houseplant-home-kellokoski 0 Jannica and Jonathan turned an old beverage factory into a family home—“I knew this house was our destiny” Mon, 18 May 2026 13:57:11 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/home-in-an-old-beverage-factory https://www.kotona.com/articles/home-in-an-old-beverage-factory 0 “Something about this gave us butterflies”—the run-down 1930s home Auli and Ossi restored to look almost original Wed, 13 May 2026 13:59:18 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/auli-and-ossis-house-in-helsinki https://www.kotona.com/articles/auli-and-ossis-house-in-helsinki 0 What stays with you after moving back home? Three Finns reflect on life abroad Tue, 12 May 2026 13:32:10 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/three-finns-reflect-on-life-abroad https://www.kotona.com/articles/three-finns-reflect-on-life-abroad 0 A second chance turned this old elementary school into a dream family home—“Reason didn’t get a say” Mon, 11 May 2026 13:31:44 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/ammala-old-elementary-school https://www.kotona.com/articles/ammala-old-elementary-school 0 Villa Mairea home tour: rare new photos of the Aalto-designed dream house that became world-famous Thu, 07 May 2026 11:32:08 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/villa-mairea https://www.kotona.com/articles/villa-mairea 0 Heikki collects vintage toys and Hilkka loves snap-closure handbags: “Things just find their way to us” Tue, 05 May 2026 09:52:40 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/heikki-and-hilkka-collectors-home https://www.kotona.com/articles/heikki-and-hilkka-collectors-home 0 A Finnish family of six fell for a 1930s wooden house under the apple trees—then came an unwelcome surprise Mon, 04 May 2026 13:17:52 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/wooden-house-in-lahti https://www.kotona.com/articles/wooden-house-in-lahti 0 This Helsinki home used to be a coffee roastery—now it’s pure Nordic style Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:57:13 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/janne-naakka-home https://www.kotona.com/articles/janne-naakka-home 0 How a Finnish family restored an abandoned house into a charming home—straight out of a Nordic storybook Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:23:04 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/19th-century-abandoned-house https://www.kotona.com/articles/19th-century-abandoned-house 0 “So beautiful I could hardly believe it at first”: British ambassador Laura Davies on her pink Helsinki residence Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:45:34 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/british-ambassadors-residence https://www.kotona.com/articles/british-ambassadors-residence 0 Juuli and Niko swapped an urban loft for their dream house in the Finnish countryside Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:47:59 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/juuli-and-niko-country-home https://www.kotona.com/articles/juuli-and-niko-country-home 0 In this 1850s house, even the wallpaper gets painted—Finnish artist Vilhelmiina Mustajärvi hears color like music Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:19:52 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/home-of-artist-vilhelmiina-mustajarvi https://www.kotona.com/articles/home-of-artist-vilhelmiina-mustajarvi 0 Scandi calm by the lake—inside Maikki’s modern home on her grandparents’ land Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:29:54 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/maikki-hevari-house https://www.kotona.com/articles/maikki-hevari-house 0 How the most beautiful house in town became Marianne’s: “I knew this glass-veranda house was my home” Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:20:16 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/glass-veranda-house-in-aanekoski https://www.kotona.com/articles/glass-veranda-house-in-aanekoski 0 From one-bedroom to two: you wouldn’t guess this loft home is only 650 square feet Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:27:10 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/lilli-and-valtteri-loft-home https://www.kotona.com/articles/lilli-and-valtteri-loft-home 0 “It wasn’t really our dream”—moving back downtown brought a burst of color to Matilda and Aki’s family home Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:39:19 +0000 https://www.kotona.com/articles/colorful-family-home-in-downtown-tampere https://www.kotona.com/articles/colorful-family-home-in-downtown-tampere 0