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WHO LIVES HERE?

Enni and Teemu Äijälä live here with son Väinö, five. They have a design company, Äijälä & Äijälä Oy, and Enni works at Aalto University as designer in residence.

THE PROPERTY

Three-bedroom self-build semi in Helsinki.

1 “Choose a flexible sofa”

‘Our modular seating can be adapted to suit our needs, as its sections can be separated and reorganised however you wish to arrange them. Even the arms and backrests

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