My Traditional Scandinavian Home - An Old Farm House in the North
Hello, and welcome to our home ❤️
I promised a home tour of our house that we moved into four months ago, so here it is! I walk through the entire house, tell about its history, how people used to live here a hundred years ago and what are my favorite things here.
I did forget to show you the most important thing in a Scandinavian home, our outdoor sauna and of course our music studio that we just finished in an old barn so maybe I'll have to make another tour video soon 🙈
All the best to you all ❤️
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I'm a nature lover and creative soul living far North of Finland. I live in a remote village, in an old farmhouse, travel in the North, and seek inspiration in the wild nature around me.
I create photographs, videos, and music, inspired by this Nordic nature and its magic.
Welcome to my world 💛
Blog: sannavaara.com
Instagram: / sanna.vaara
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I feel like KZread opened a portal to where fair maidens from times long past, flowers and peace prevail.
This video proves why Finland is the happiest country in the world❤️🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
@grandpahickory613
14 күн бұрын
AMEN !
Lucky people who can keep a lot of history in their houses from 1845. Best regards from Ukraine
@Anastasia-nn5fy
4 ай бұрын
Nobody cares about your fake country
@darvenperez2326
Ай бұрын
Eres hermosa
@hsoderberg6505
25 күн бұрын
Are you in a safe place?
My grandmother was from that part of Finland. Glad to see how beautiful it is.👍❤️😄
My husband and I live in a farmhouse which is 135 years old and you are correct that old houses have a special atmosphere. I feel that they have a heart and soul which newer homes don't have. We've also found interesting old tools and objects around our farm which had been abandoned and forgotten. I like to think about how they were used in the past and the stories behind them. Thank you for sharing your home with me. It is lovely and warm and welcoming, as are you.
You speak English beautifully... Thank you so much for that! You knitted those socks? OMG! The designs and details...You are very talented. Your house is "STURDY BUILT" IT will last a very, very long time...Homes are not built in this way anymore. Your home is made out of real strong materials. It is Christmas Season now, and I am hoping that if you celebrate it, you will post us a video of your traditional decorations...It has been a pleasure to see how others live in foreign lands... Thank you for your hard work, effort, and your time! Greetings from middle Georgia, USA!!!
@sannavaara
5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much ☺❤ I hope a wonderful Christmas time to you beyond the big sea 🥰💙
What a beautiful home. You are a remarkable young woman. Greetings from Indiana
hello Sanna....hello Finland...You speak beautifully and charmingly...thanks for your interesting video...❤❤❤
Dear Sanna, met you in your blog about washing sweaters in the snow, then went with you on a ski into the quiet forest, and then the arrival of the seeds. Now my third visit with you the tour of your new - 4 mo in the home. Love your home, as an old soul you are connected with all the life lived in your home Beginning in the 1800’s . Many floor plans in our country combine an open kitchen / family room concept with a fire place. Something’s never change. Also antiques are used for decorations. 👀 looking forward to your updated pictures that you will hang on the wall. ❤
Beautiful old house with history. Watching from Australia from an older house. Love that musical instrument, your scenery, dog & reindeer. Glad to have found your channel.
I love the sweaters you knit, they are so beautiful! You are very talented. Your house is very warm and inviting. I'm form Argentina and live in northern California. The infinite differences of our life experience as humans is fascinating to me. Thank you for giving us a glimps into your life.
Thank you for opening your lovely home to us, Sanna! This is only the second video of yours that I have watched, and I look forward to seeing more. I find peace in listening to your sweet voice and looking at your pretty face while you are narrating your videos. This is my perfect antidote to de-stressing after a long day at the office. With gratitude for your art and your music ~ Beverly in Boulder, Colorado USA
This is the first video I have seen of yours, and I am so impressed! Your house is so charming and historical. I imagine there’s a sense of respect and reverence about the place.
@sannavaara
5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, and welcome to my little corner of the world ☺❤ This house does feel like it has a soul of its own. We are here just trespassing in this house ☺
I am in agreement with you on the “not perfect home”. Mine is crooked also. I say, perfectly imperfect is pretty perfectly pleasing. Side note, this is the best rule for cakes also. Your home is so welcoming and clean and tidy and perfect and beautiful. Old homes are just so special.
I just found you tonight, purely by accident. This was fantastic to watch. Thank you . (from America)👋🏻👋🏻
Thank you for miraculous sounds at the end😘
You have a lovely home! Beautifully decorated with love and nature. You're so kind to share it with your viewers!❤
Привет! Я из России. Ваше видио понравилось. Снежная зима очень здорово. А ваши вязанные вещи прекрасны🎉
The purplish flowers at the beginning and end were so nice to see. Fireweed, I haven’t seen since I lived in Yukon, Canada in 1962.
I, too, am new. I subscribed right after seeing the video on “snow washing”. You are so sweet and your home is beautiful. Imperfections in older, well built homes give it character and warmth. I love that fireplace, too ❤ Finland looks beautiful!
I like the fact that you use the world universal fix of duct tape on your door. I also like the masonry heater you fixed. I'm also glad that you have kept the hand tools. You will have them if you need to use them. I like your house and your unicorn reindeer. I'm glad the house has such a good inhabitant. Happy for you.
Such a lovely home. Thanks for the wonderful tour. The flowers are beautiful, too. I wish you great happiness!
I would like to see more of Roos and maybe you could step back, but thanks.
I had not realized that you DID find your dream house. It is very very special and I love it! The house has its own personality. It is both humble yet majestic in its own way. The stone fireplaces add such a unique aspect to the home. They seem to be coaxing a person to just revel in the moment, accept their simplicity and functionality. They were built for a purpose which they are fulfilling even up until this day. My country worships youth, but there is a great depth of wisdom in the elderly and deep meaning to be absorbed
@sannavaara
5 ай бұрын
That is so beautifully said 😍❤
J,ai vu beaucoup de décors, quelques gros plans(surtout des bouquets) , et vous même , et tout est très charmant ❤; je reste sur ma faim pour visualiser les pièces😊
Lovely home Sanna :) My Grandparents had a long entry room followed by a secondary entry room in the home they built in the US. Many of our ancestors are from Sweden and Finland and came here several generations back. I have always found it amazing that even after all this time away from the far north so many of the traditions, style choices and cultural habits live on. My grandmother had handmade rag rugs like yours all over her home. There was a massive oval one under the dining table. Of all the things we still practice I especially love Fika, knitting, any activity involving snow and immersing myself in nature whenever I have the opportunity. Thank you for the tour and explanations I enjoyed it a lot. 💖In English the main room of our homes in the US is often called "living room" or "great room" which is more common if the dining area and tv fireplace area are combined together.
I just found your page and wow, you inspire me!! Everything you do is beautiful. I like in America (North Dakota) and often despise the winter months. Your view on winter and seasons is so hopeful to me. Can’t wait to follow along more!🫶
I love your home and your knitting. The pink flowers you collected at the start are some of my favourites I know them as rose bay willow herb which I think is a lovely name for them
Спасибо за видео. Это настоящая сказка, а Вы фея. Невероятно красивые виды. А дом еще лучше. Вы просто волшебница. Вы создали настоящую красоту. Мне стало грустно когда видео закончилось. Мне хотелось чтобы видео продолжалось и продолжалось.
Your house is so cosy, Sanna! I love all the old wood and the quirky fireplaces 🤍. I used to live in a 150 year old house that was part of a wood mill. It’s fun to imagine what life was like in such places when they were first built. They’re very “soulful” 🥰. Thank you for sharing 🤍🤍
@sannavaara
10 ай бұрын
Oh, wow. That sounds like an amazing place you have lived in 😍 Thank you for being here with me 🥰
You have a lovely home. It is remarkable how old it is and still liveable. Your sweaters are beautiful and your dog so sweet. Thank you for showing us your unique and beautiful home.
Ooooh such a beautiful house! And the garden with the reindeer in the grarden!! Everything around you reflects you.... thank you for sharing this.❤
@sannavaara
5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 🥰❤
What a lovely home - thanks you so much for showing us!
I just discovered your channel and I can't believe what an amazing country Finland is. I'm following a couple of ladies, one lives in Helsinki and the other one just outside of Helsinki. Your part of Finland is totally different. The nature in your country is so beautiful. You are a lovely lady and your dog Papu is so sweet. Your house is amazing. I love your lifestyle. Please keep producing more of these videos. For those of us who live in big cities (Sydney, Australia) your part of the world is like an escape from the madness of the rat race and all the traffic and rushing around. I wish you and your spouse a happy and healthy new year. ❤🍀
I love your old house. Beautiful! I grew up in a house that was built in 1889, I loved it! Your large room, we would call it the great room. Great rooms here consist of the family room, dining room and kitchen. Thank you so much for the tour, just lovely!
@sannavaara
5 ай бұрын
Thank you 🥰💙 Ah, great room sounds a bit like we call it. Maybe I'll start using that words, thanks!
I'm so glad I found your channel! Your smile is absolutely lovely. Your house reminds me of my grandparents' home in Pyhäjärvi. The pirtti looked very similar, but their tupa was smaller. Your videos are wonderful and I look forward to seeing more of your idyllic life. Terveisiä Floridasta!
Nice and peaceful home. I never thought wooden houses could ever last so long being so open to the weather.
@sannavaara
10 ай бұрын
Wood is amazing! It lasts as long as it can dry after getting wet from snow and rain ☺️
Thank you for sharing your beautiful home. I live in Canada, I appreciate seeing how others live around the globe. Your home seems very peaceful.
Hi! Sanna .....You speak so softly and beautifully.....................
Great to see to live for a 🕙 ..
Beautiful dream house and home! I would call that room that you didn’t have an English equivalent word, a living room or a great room.
@heidimeigs5192
Ай бұрын
I was thinking that great room is probably a fairly accurate description. 👍🏻
@myla2102
18 күн бұрын
Nous appelons cela « une pièce de vie »ou « séjour » en France😊
@survivetolife
18 күн бұрын
@@myla2102 ❤️
Merci pour cette visite ! J’aime l’élégance de la simplicité d’une maison que l’on sent tellement chaleureuse ! Une vidéo dépaysante, pour moi qui suis française et qui vit en Bretagne. 😊❤
Thaaank you Sanna for sharing you beautiful house and surroundings, as well as your beautiful music. My very best wishes from the island of Chiloé in the south of Chile
I’m thankful for your beautiful new home! It fits your heart perfectly. As if made for you. Who knows…the building may have begun being built when the cornerstone was laid. Thanks for sharing your heart through your home.
A beautiful traditional Farm House in Northern Finland. I love the irregular fireplaces (ovens) with their frosted stones, wildflowers, candle holders, windows, woolen sweaters you knitted, and the different chambers. The Unicorn Reindeer munching on the wildflowers is enchanting! Thank you for sharing. Jenny USA 💜❤💙
Beautiful calming life.
Thank you for the tour of your home. It looks very comfortable and solidly built. I like the old stove in the kitchen as well as the fireplaces. You will have to tend the fires in the winter. Your music at the end was very nice, thank you!
Thank you for this, so very interesting and very similar to my Finnish great grandparents house in Pajala Sweden, near the Torne River. Beautiful and so are you!
I would love it if you posted more kantele snippets in your videos, I'm learning kantele and for me the best way to learn is to see and hear someone else play and then emulate that. Both my kanteles sound a little different from yours but this melody turned out nice from them anyway.
@sannavaara
5 ай бұрын
That's a good idea, I will definitely keep it in mind ☺
In Greek we say "krevatokamara", "bed - kamara". And it means bedroom. Very interesting
Thanks!
I enjoyed the tour of your home, Sanna. My husband and I live in a newly built home (by necessity), but my soul resonates with the old. We live in the beautiful mountains located in the eastern part of America. We also have a wood stove to keep us warm and toasty in the winter. I love that nod to the past. I would call your big room which you had no English word for the “great room.” It’s a newer term in America for a multi-functional, usually larger room often toward the middle of the home where family and friends gather to eat and spend time together. Again, thanks for the tour. 😊
I just found your channel and have enjoyed your video. You have a beautiful home and the ways you have honored its past and its history should be gratifying. It is true when you say that nothing in nature has straight lines, so why should the house. Simplicity brings a sense of comfort to our everyday lives.
I love your home and your videos. I live in the US but have family in Lahti. My grandfather immigrated to the US from Viitasaari. My dream is to visit beautiful Finland someday. Thank you for sharing so much beauty with us.❤
Such a refreshing and interesting tour of your Finish home with its history and old charm. I love fireplaces, and flowers on the window sills that radiate a warm and homey feel. Having a cat, dog, or, rabbit, etc. to share my life with while watching nature outside from a cozy room adds serenity to life. Thank you for your pleasant tour. - In appreciation by a Viking of 3 to 5+ generations ago - a combination of 4 Scandinavian countries. My visiting Scandinavia on a tour in 1990 was a dream come true. Scandinavia reminds me somewhat of my origins - New England (Massachusetts). I miss the quietness of the winter landscape then the welcoming of springtime. Greetings from Southern California. (Hoping to move back to New England)
Carpentry tools i know what they are, my gradfather was a master capenter and cabinet maker in rural norfolk lived in small village happy times. He was born in 1898 and died in 1976.
You are living in a beautiful place your house is so beautiful , maybe I can live place like this so love you and God bless ❤❤
You have such a special soul! ❤
i like it boss 🥰🤔👍
your music is so loud I can barely hear you ! glad it stopped ! HELLO FROM TEXAS U.S.A.
What an amazing video. Thanks for sharing. ❤
Hej! I just came across your channel! Your house really is amazing! I love it! I envy you! What you called the main room, in the US, it would be called the "family room". haha, in the kitchen, it would be called a dish washer. Which is short for "automatic dish washing machine". I hope you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I love your house! It’s beautiful!
I am becoming obsessed with your channel. Your amazing, beautiful house reminded me my early childhood time when I lived with my great uncle in the rural Lithuania. The aesthetic, the wild flowers are very similar.
Какой у вас красивый и надежный дом! Это счастье жить в нем!
❤ that house needs you just as much as you need it ....lovely!
You have a beautiful home so happy your dreams came true, im sure it was worth that long painful wait
You are such a kind and gentle person, it is a pleasure to watch your videos and admire your way of life. I live in Australia where the very warm climate gives us a completely different lifestyle and outlook. I am originally from the UK and have pale skin with blue eyes, and so try to keep out of the bright sunshine during the hottest time of the day. I will continue to watch each video you make,as they are so relaxing and interesting.
I FOUND YOUR SITE BY ACCIDENT TODAY, WHAT A DELIGHT. I'M AN OLDER WOMAN FROM FLORIDA USA WHO MOVED YEARS AGO TO COLORADO THROUGH WORKING IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. I ALSO FIND DIFFERENCES IN OUR LIVES FACINATING. ONE TIP..YOUR MUSIC IS TOO LOUD IN YOUR VIDEOS. WOMEN, UNITED, CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. WILDERNESS IS MY SANITY. AND 'HELLO' BOULDER..I'M IN AURORA.
you are so lucky to live in beautiful historic house. My country has lost most of it n I am very sad. I wish to live an old house . Please continue to preserve history n never let anyone to destroy memories n cultures. Love to see more.
Ihan unelma talo teillä! Korvaan vähän otti, kun kantele oli niin epävireessä. Netistä löytyy ohjelmia, jotka auttavat virittämisessä, tai voi googlata esim "virtual piano" ja sen avulla virittää kanteleen kielet.
@sannavaara
5 ай бұрын
Kiitos vinkistä ☺
Hello, I am from Los Angeles. What is the name of the instrument you were playing? It’s a lovely song. I wish you could play again. Thank you for showing your lovely house.
Beautiful house and I love your videos. Your happiness and peace shine out from you. The centredness and calm that comes from living closely with nature, is something so needed in this crazy, fast world. Thankyou for sharing...as others have said great jumpers! Good wishes
Hi from Россия! У вас очень красиво! Зима классная. такая же ак у нас в России.
Hello Sanna, your are a very beautiful young woman and your eyes are very pretty, Israel Perez viewing from Guatemala, C.A. Thanks for the tour!!
Your face glows with divine beauty, the sparkling light of forevermore. I send my love and goodwill and thanks.
Hey 👋 love from India In India also we called rooms kamre 😅 it's lovely to know similarities😊
@sannavaara
5 ай бұрын
Haha, that is SO interesting, wow 😍😍 Hello to the other side of the world ☺💙
Hello again from the North of Sweden! Good to see you again! Love the pink flowers... you can make juice from it! 😊And apparently the deer love them 🦌🌲🔥
@sannavaara
10 ай бұрын
Hello, so nice that you find your way here 🥰 I’ve heard you can make juice, maybe I should try that. There’s quite enough of them everywhere 😅
@beautifulcontentment395
4 ай бұрын
What kind of flowers are there?@@sannavaara
@louisekupers1086
4 ай бұрын
I recognize the long purple/pink flowers called fireweed. A very healthy tea can be made by fermenting the leaves then drying,also called Ivan chia. Lovely place you have there,enjoy!
our home Is also not straight the water in the kitchen sink drains to the right!!! everyone that comes into our home always comments on the slopes of the floors we live in a geodesic dome that we built so everything is angles. we started to add on to it as we are getting old and climbing up a ladder is a bit much when we are very tired. I also knit our sweaters and sew our quilts and blankets. keep enjoying we have been in our dome home for over fifty years
Love your place! My maternal grandparents came from Finland and had a little 2 room cabin in Northern Minnesota USA, I loved going there as a child.
Thanks for sharing your imperfectly perfect home❤
Enjoyed you showing you house , love it
Beautiful!
You have beautiful house and sweet dog 4:26 ❤
Hi, in India kamara in Hindi language room is called kamara. Kamari sounds similar and iso is similar ishaa which means God and in India we see guests as God. Also in Indian traditional house we call north east of the house ishaana
vad härligt! jag vill bo på ett sånt ställe ❤
She is so so beautiful,naturally so.blonde hair,blue eyes and beautiful skin,her home is beautiful and natural also.❤️❤️❤️Chrissy
Your home is beautiful! I love the 175-year history, which is something I hope you will continue to share.
Kedves rokon! Én magyar vagyok. Csak most fedeztelek fel. Csodálatos hely ahol élsz. Csodálatos a téli erdő, a tavasz, a nyár és az ősz... noha ez a három utóbbi Nálatok rendkívül rövid. Nagyon szép és jól szerkesztett felvételek. Nagyon sok filmet megnéztem. Nagyon tetszett. Dear relative! I'm Hungarian. I just discovered you. It's a wonderful place where you live. The winter forest, spring, summer and autumn are wonderful... although these last three are extremely short for you. Very nice and well edited shots. I watched a lot of movies. I really liked.
Your home is lovely. And you are too! I do wish you would have shown pictures around the rooms for a better feel of the space. I so wanted to see the other side of the big room with the beautiful wood stained walls. Maybe some other time? Loved the old pictures above the doors!! The enclosed porch entry hall is wonderful..........wishing I had one just like yours. I enjoyed the visit! Thank you!!
@sannavaara
5 ай бұрын
Thank you 🥰 It was a bit tricky to show everything around 🙈 Maybe you'll get a better view of our house in some future video, then ☺
What a wonderful house. Thank you for the tour. What is the musical instrument you are playing?
You have a beautiful home!
I love it!!! thank you!
Thank you for the tour, so lovely!
You live in a beautiful place and your house is wonderful. Best wishes from England :) I hope you will be very happy in your newly refurbished house. Thank you for sharing it with us and good luck with everything you do in the future.
Thank you for sharing your home. My husband passed this year. I moved into my son’s home and sure left so much behind. But finding your new OLD home, with simple colors fresh flowers refreshing. I to knit but have only made one sweater for my self. My son when he was 3.
@sannavaara
5 ай бұрын
I'm so deeply sorry for your loss ❤❤ I know how it feels to lose someone you love. It hurts in so many ways it is hard to imagine to be true. I hope you find beautiful things in this life and enjoy you life ❤ Thank you for being here and your kind words 🥰
@leahvincerouse
3 ай бұрын
So sorry for your loss ❤ Sending hugs from Canada
Love this.
Beautiful home!!!
@sannavaara
10 ай бұрын
Thank you 🥰
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
thank you so much. Absolutely lovely!