A free spirit who loves to collect vintage pieces and rarities, an all-round creative who loves shades of colour and the softness of fabrics, Marie is interested in cracks in walls rather than perfect surfaces – it’s in the gaps of life that she finds her sense of beauty.
It is a typical apartment from the end of the 19th century (it was built in 1884), consisting of a “parade” of large living rooms for entertaining and then another section, used as a sleeping area, with the bedrooms and servants’ quarters, the kitchen with its own entrance and a small room for the maid.
Marie defines her style as “boho wild”, and there is perhaps no better definition of it than this home full of reassuring objects, soft and dusty colours, vintage design gems and joyful chaos.
Most of all, Marie loves the colour pink: “It has to be a dirty, dusty pink with a hint of black.
When it came to refurbishment and decorating, some of the walls were painted by her artist friend Mirja Ilkka from Helsinki, while she left others untouched, “because it’s a great background for photos.
