Jutta and her husband bought a 1956 rintamamiestalo (a Finnish house built after WW II) and have been documenting their renovation challenges on their blog ever since. This has lead her to be living a double life for a while now, working as freelance designer and illustrator (check out her blog for her gorgeous work) by day and a house renovator and interior designer by night.

The credit for this beautiful home is entirely up to the couple: ”We do most of the work ourselves, it's pretty much a learning process. Living in a house over 50 years old, we try to preserve as much of the history as we can”. Once the house gutted and stripped of any questionable 1990’s finish and décor items the fun part began, the décor.

Jutta’s love for vintage furniture has spread throughout the house and she has managed to create charming interiors full of character. The secret sources? A lot of the furniture and décor items in her home are thrifted or inherited ( mainly from her grandmother) or bought from Etsy.

Overall I love Jutta’s incredible taste in colour: the rich turquoise in her studio is both relaxing and inspiring; the fresh baby blue and pink theme on the kitchen cabinets is just adorable;  last but not least, she picked the most exquisite green Osborne&Little wallpaper for the hallway.

I am convinced there is something about Finland that inspires their people to create warm, welcoming and incredibly stylish homes. :)
For more on Jutta’s just peek through her Flickr set or her blog.

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