Notes from the studio on materials, light and the small decisions that make a room work.

A low walnut coffee table on stone blocks in front of a linen sofa, lit by low sun through sheer curtains

, Jordan Smith

Designing rooms for low northern light

In Helsinki the winter sun barely clears the rooftops. Here is how we plan rooms that still feel bright from November to February.

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A lime plastered wall with a bronze candle sconce beside a linen curtain and a deep wooden window frame

,Sofia Ramirez

Lime plaster, and why we keep coming back to it

It cracks, it marks and it changes colour with the weather. It is also the finish our clients ask us about most.

A steel dining chair with a woven paper cord seat next to a stone window bench with a bowl and a pear

,Sofia Ramirez

How we choose a dining chair

You will sit on it every day for twenty years. Here is the short list of checks every chair has to pass before it reaches a client.

A bed with a grey wool throw beside a tree trunk side table, in front of an old plaster wall with patches of exposed layers

,Jordan Smith

Keeping the cracks in old walls

Not every flaw needs fixing. Notes from a stone house renovation on knowing when to stop.

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