For reasons I won’t dwell on, I spend a lot more time than the average Brit reading Finnish interiors blogs. Despite having the most incomprehensible language imaginable, I can usually spot them from a mile off because they almost all the homes have a remarkably similar style. Black, white, big Marimekko prints and a hit of bright yellow.
So when I came across Maria’s blog Diagnoosi Sisustusmania (Interiors Mania) I was pleasantly surprised by the welcoming vintage vibe of her lovely Finnish home.
Maria’s blog mainly tracks the restoration of her house and her flea market finds. I like the relaxed, non-try-hard vibe, mixing vintage bits with inexpensive high-street accessories like the cushions from H&M home. Her style feels achievable and real somehow. Styled, yes, but not contrived.
Maria’s clearly a dab hand with a paintbrush and there are some really cool things going on with the floors in her house. Check out the checked floorboards in the living room and this pattern in the hallway. If I’m lucky enough to have original boards in my new flat I’d love to have a go at something like this…
Upstairs the bedrooms have that magical mix of warm and inviting and fresh and calm.
And tell me… what teenage boy wouldn’t want to have an old VW campervan embedded in their bedroom wall?
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I love this! Painted floors aren’t that difficult! The results are so worth it.
Very beautiful indeed. I wanted to do painted checkered floors in my kitchen for ages, but it´s quite a process I believe…