Plum living

This tiny one-bedroom apartment was quite outdated. Agathe and her partner did the entire renovation themselves while working full-time, which meant they had to sleep in the kitchen for nearly two months!

Parquet on the wall, cabin bed and plywood cabinets. Anni and Heikki's small home in Punavuori is full of insights and personal solutions created by Heikki's skilled hands.

Narrative is everything for stylist and colour consultant Fiona de Lys, whose atmospheric 18th-century cottage in north London has been intuitively decorated with evocative hues, art and antiques that transport her to places from her past