Steal This Look: Tiina's Summer Tabletop Setting - Remodelista
Table setting photographs by Heikki Aho for Remodelista. Star fashion stylist and shop owner Tiina Laakonen lives in the Hamptons surrounded by Finnish modern classics that remind her of home. Tiina sticks to a palette of black, white, and blue in every room, so we weren’t surprised that she extends the scheme to her table. (Tiina opened the boutique when she was furnishing her house and discovered a need to import many of the Finnish designs she wanted to live with.) The table is set with three different plate and napkin patterns: “By sticking to a simple color palette, you can mix patterns in a free way,” she says. See A Finnish Design Fete: Tiina’s Midsummer Table for Tiina’s 10-course Midsummer menu. The tablecloth is Marimekko cotton yardage in the patchwork Yhdessä pattern; it’s available at Tiina’s shop for $48 per yard. Kaj Franck’s Teema dinnerware, a classic from Finnish company Iittala, is available by the piece at Tiina the Store; Teema Dinner Plates are $26 each. The black-and-white plates are Birger Kaipiainen’s 1970 Paratiisi pattern from Arabia of Finland (also available in a colored version). Paratiisi Dinner Plates are available from Rakuten Global Market for $64.56 each. Tiina’s flatware is Bertel Gardberg’s Lion Pattern by Hackman, a division of Iittala. Arabia’s cobalt-colored Valencia tableware was a wedding present to Tiina and her husband, Jon Rosen, from Tiina’s family in Finland. Though production ceased in 2002, the pattern is available from vintage dealers, including Sataman Antiikki, Tiina’s brother’s antiques shop in Finland. Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista. Kaj Franck’s Kartio colored glassware from Iittala is on display in Tiina’s open kitchen. A set of two seven-ounce Kartio Tumblers is $22 from Tiina the Store and comes in several colors and other sizes. Iittala’s 2001 Essence wine glasses come in a range of shapes. Kivi Votives from Iittala are a 1964 design by Heikki Orvola; they’re available in 10 shades of thick colored glass; $21 each from Amara. Linen Suits Napkins from Crate & Barrel are $39.95 for a set of four, each in a different stripe. The biggest splurge in Tiina’s open living room: her Piet Hein Eek table from the designer’s scrapwood series. (West Elm’s Emmerson Reclaimed Wood Dining Table, $899 to $1,299, was clearly inspired by the design.) Piet Hein Eek’s Canteen Bench in Scrapwood is $4,400 from the Future Perfect. At the table, bench seating is paired with vintage Scandinavian dining chairs that Tiina’s husband found on eBay. For a similar look, consider O&G Studio’s ebonized ash Colt Low-Back Side Chair, handmade in Rhode Island; $680 each.