Star fashion stylist and shop owner Tiina Laakonen lives in the Hamptons surrounded by Finnish modern classics that remind her of home. For a Midsummer Eve dinner, she set her table with a spirited mix of patterns. Here’s how to re-create the look.
Table setting photographs by Heikki Aho for Remodelista.
![tiina sticks to a palette of black, white, and blue in every room, so we 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Tiina-Laakonen-summer-table-Heikki-Aho-5-Remodelista copy.jpg)
![the table is set with three different plate and napkin patterns: \ 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Tiina-Laakonen-summer-table-Heikki-Aho-2-Remodelista copy.jpg)
![see a finnish design fete: tiina\2\17;s midsummer table for t 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/Tiina-Laakonen-summer-table-Heikki-Aho-3-Remodelista copy.jpg)
Tabletop
![the tablecloth is marimekko cotton yardage in the patchwork yhdessä p 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/marimekko-yhdessa-tablecloth-remodelista.jpg)
![kaj franck\2\17;s teema dinnerware, a classic from finnish company iitta 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iittala-teema-dinnerware-remodelista.jpg)
![the black and white plates are birger kaipiainen\2\17;s \1970 parat 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/birger-kaipiainens-1970-paratiisi-remodelista.jpg)
![tiina\2\17;s flatware is bertel gardberg\2\17;s lion pattern by h 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bertel-gardbergs-lion-pattern-flatware-remodelista.jpg)
![arabia\2\17;s cobalt colored valencia tableware was a wedding present to 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/granatowa-porcelana-skandynawksa-dinnerware-remodelista.jpg)
![kaj franck\2\17;s kartio colored glassware from iittala is on display in 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fields/TIINA-Hamptons-House-Remodelista14.jpg)
![iittala\2\17;s \200\1 essence wine glasses come in a range of shapes. th 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iittala-essence-white-wine-glass-remodelista.jpg)
![kivi votives from iittala are a \1964 design by heikki orvola; they\2\17 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iittala-kivi-votives-remodelista.jpg)
![linen suits napkins from crate & barrel are \$39.95 for a set of four, 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/crate-and-barrel-suits-napkins-set-remodelista.jpg)
Furniture
![the biggest splurge in tiina\2\17;s open living room: her piet hein eek 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/piet-hein-eek-grey-canteen-table-remodelista.jpg)
![piet hein eek\2\17;s canteen bench in scrapwood is \$4,400 fr 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/piet-hein-eek-canteen-bench-remodelista.jpg)
![at the table, bench seating is paired with vintage scandinavian dining chairs t 31](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/o-and-g-studio-colt-low-back-side-chair-remodelista.jpg)
Tour Tiina’s Hamptons compound in the opening chapter of the Remodelista book and Rhapsody in Blue: A Finnish Stylist at Home.
N.B.: This post is an update; the original story ran on June 9, 2015.
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