In the city of Jyväskylä, Finland, with a population of around 143,000, there’s a woman named Jenna Pigg. She’s made waves across the country by buying a 100-year-old house all by herself and tackling the renovations single-handedly. Jenna’s story was featured in the Finnish interior magazine Meilläkotona. Jenna…

When you look at photos of this house, it feels like the interior hasn’t changed for centuries. Typical English style of the 18th-19th centuries. Crazy patterned textiles, ruffled chair and sofa covers, heavy drapes on the windows. On the walls—paintings and decorative plates. On the ceiling—stucco. On the…