cheat sheet

Who lives here: Rut Káradóttir, an interior designer based in Reykjavík, Iceland; and her husband Kristinn Arnarson, a marketing consultant, use the house as a holiday home.

Style of home: A 105-square-metre, three-bedroom, two-storey barn built in 2010 in Stokkseyri, a village of about 450 people in south-western Iceland. The couple bought the house in 2015 and spent six months adding their own decorative touches.