I'm not quite sure who's waiting more eagerly to open the first window from the advent calendar, me or the kids from theirs (which is actually still waiting to be hung up and stuffed with something today). At the weekend, we celebrated my birthday and moved some furniture around for the occasion. The old cupboard...

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If I had to choose a posh frock for, say, the Independence Day Ball that's coming up soon, I think one of the creations of Finnish-born, Paris-residing Jasmin Santanen would do just the trick. Her style seems to elude a simple, elegant, pared-down sophistication.Jos joskus sattuisi tipahtamaan vaikkapa kutsu...

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Home in Punavuori

The latest issue of the Finnish Avotakka magazine featured a family home in the trendy Punavuori district in Helsinki, which they are still busy renovating. This seemed to fill me with a new lease of enthusiasm, as our own eternal renovation is taking so long. Sometimes it really would be best just close the...

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We have snow!

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Les Enfants

En malta odottaa, että pääsisi jo käsiksi lasten tuleviin huoneisiin, mutta inspiskansion kerryyttämiskautta elellään vielä pitkään. Tässä joitain viehkoja lastenhuonetunnelmia. I really can't wait to get my hands on our children's future rooms, but for now it's still all about the gathering-ideas-stage....

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I've restrained myself from uttering the word C-------- yet, but then I saw these. And they just remind me of my dream Christmas in a quaint stone house in a small Italian village, simple, serene and free, delicious local food and no more than one carefully chosen present each. One day...Olen yrittänyt välttää...

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Here's a little midnight feast of colour and kiddies - sleep tight!Photos: Tjit...

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