renovation
-
A desire for a raw, industrial style, personality and masculinity
The plan was triggered by a resident's need to upgrade their bathroom. The resident wanted microcement on the floor and walls - and wanted help with their shade choices. They wanted to keep the existing brown-coloured fixtures and match the future colour choices. The shower walls were replaced, as were the ceiling panelling and lighting. The ceiling would be fitted with giant panels, as the same material was already used in the sauna. As the panelling was going to be replaced, it was possible to design...
-
Towards strong colour, harmony and comfort
A family of four wanted a living and dining area that was cosy, homely and warm. They wanted to get rid of the massive mirrored cabinetry and find a solution to the clutter on the open shelves. The living room needed a cat-proof leather sofa with a divan section that was easy to vacuum underneath. A new place for the wall clock, with numbers on the clock to make it easy for a schoolchild to learn our concept of time. All the furniture could be replaced except the dining table chairs...
-
Pair selection
Green. Green ties the rooms of our apartment together. It is repeated in different shades in every room. The large window wall in the living room needed this bond, so I painted the wall with Tikkurila colour palettes with great care. I picked up a pair of original stone window sills, with a beautiful pale green as one of the colour swirls, to colour the whole wall too. It made for a clever colour pair. I'd also seen a colleague of mine with a great idea to make radiators...
-
Forest on wallpaper
I had always thought that wallpaper was a granny thing. Until, after our renovation, I started looking at the different types of wallpaper available! And I was completely seduced. You can find wallpapers with quite a variety of ideas: old board look, wild forest look, retro bicycle wall, pile of suitcases look, big rose look, urban landscape wall to wall look. In this world, there was enough to choose from... And yes, I did think about and mimic the nursery...
-
The crooked tail of the finish
To make a home renovation look neat and tidy, the finishing touches play a crucial role. At first, the renovation is done with a big hand, but towards the end, the brush must become smaller. It's worth paying attention, and even asking a friend to come round to make sure that all the details are taken care of, because in the end it's the finishing touches that really make the overall look of the home stand out. So that this renovation doesn't just appear in a rose-coloured light either, it's probably a good idea to...
-
In search of bridges
Colour is a surprisingly big unifying factor in interior design, even if the rooms are different. I really fell in love with rose gold when I was choosing the taps, and by sprinkling a little bit of that colour on small details in different parts of the apartment, it's like an invisible bridge between them. The colour unifies the different parts of the apartment in my mind. Rose gold faucets were chosen for the bath, shower and sink faucets. A momentary problem was that...
-
The kitchen and bathrooms are in sight
No renovation without a surprise / when there are many cooks there are mixers in the soup / no tap without a change of colour / creative problem solving is an enriching study. And what are those Finnish sayings now. When you order an "easy" Ikea kitchen, you have to remember that when you're gently flicking through the design program, you don't immediately have in mind that the finished kitchen will have many professionals behind the cabinets. Two...
-
Microcement walls on the wall
Now both the bathroom and kitchen microcement walls are finished. The bathroom, with all the angles and pipe spacing, was done by a professional and the blank straight wall surfaces in the kitchen were done by my own hands and my father's hands. The material is mixed from powder and colourant, first one layer of a coarser base material and then two layers of a slightly silkier top coat. The surface is allowed to dry and then sanded. We sanded it by hand...
English (UK) 
Suomi