Ullanlinna

Helsinki, Finland

Interior, Furniture Design, 49 m2, 2025

Cozy corner with a mauve loveseat, beige throw, round marble coffee table with candles and books, and sunlight streaming through a window.
A complete renovation of a 1928 apartment in central Helsinki, conceived as a place to nest within the city.
The apartment unfolds as a sequence of distinct atmospheres. Each room carries its own colour identity and spatial intensity, yet together they form a coherent whole. Movement through the space reveals contrast and continuity, while light and shadow continually reshape surfaces and depth.
All primary furniture pieces were designed specifically for the apartment and operate as architectural elements within it. Their forms and material weight hold subtle traces of different places and lived realities — fragments of story translated into colour, proportion and surface. Materials were selected for their ability to mature over time, allowing patina to become part of the expression rather than something to resist.
Featured in DEKO-magazine 09/25.
Minimalist wooden sideboard against a red wall, decorated with two lit white candles, a wooden vase, a potted plant, and a large mirror, with a straw hat hanging on the wall near a wicker basket holding bags.
Marble-top coffee table on beige carpet with three lit candles in brass holders, stacked books, and a wooden vase, against a burgundy wall with abstract painting.
Marble-top coffee table with three brass candle holders holding different colored candles, a wooden vase, and a stack of books.
Modern kitchen corner with dark wood cabinets, white marble countertops and backsplash, gold faucet, and gold range hood.
Modern kitchen countertop with marble backsplash, gas stove, wooden cabinets, cutting board, toaster, and a utensil holder.
Sunlit cozy corner with a wooden table, two wooden chairs with patterned cushions, a green velvet bench, small plants on a cabinet and windowsill, and a large window showing a building outside.
Close-up of a wooden table leg with a geometric design next to wooden chairs with red patterned cushions on a light wood floor.
Cozy corner with a dark wooden bench featuring a green cushioned backrest and geometric cushion, next to a matching wooden side table holding a potted plant, books, and an assortment of pencils and paintbrushes.
Minimalist bedroom with wooden platform bed, soft pink walls, classical sculpture head on wall, and pillows with white throw blanket.
Minimalist vanity setup with a tall rectangular mirror featuring wooden side accents, reflecting a window and stool, and a small table with marble legs holding perfume bottles and a round container.
Interior view of a room featuring light wood cabinets, a white door open to a hallway with red walls, a wall mirror, and a cream-colored fluffy rug on pale wooden floor.
Entrance hallway with bright red walls and door, a straw hat hanging on the wall, a woven basket with bags, flip-flops on the wooden floor, and a patterned rug.
Modern beige stone sink with a gold faucet and drain against dark green tiled wall and a white fringe towel nearby.