Home sweet home – but ain't it fabulous to draw inspiration from other abodes as well? This time Design Stories weekend reads sets you up with a delectable smorgasbord of archived home stories, have a seat and join us for a tour!

People have been admiring the timeless quality of Vuokko and Antti Nurmesniemi’s home for close to fifty years. The atelier home, located on the seashore but hidden from view, encapsulates the couple’s lifestyle devoted to design and friends.

Pauline Deckert and Arash Ghassemi have turned their rooftop flat into an eclectic Gesamtkunstwerk, a total work of art of different styles and eras. Design Stories visited the couple’s colourful home in Berlin.

What will be the end result when an interior architect is given the task of updating a 1970s villa – and free rein? In this case, it's a timeless, soothing and uniquely beautiful interior design. We visited Villa Ekkulla on Kimitoön in Southwest Finland and learned how the interior was created.

Miia’s studio home in Herttoniemi, Helsinki, reflects her creativity and courage to use colours based on intuition. For Miia, the happiest moments are those when friends or members of the extended family gather around the large table.

Graphic designer Connie Barton lives in a unique home with a magical, jungle-like garden in South London. She and her husband bought the home after seeing it just once – in the dark – after Connie immediately fell in love with the lush backyard.