Inside the Forest with Kadri Otsiver: A Life of Design, Stillness, and Conscious Ritual

Written by Tiffany Escobar
Contributing Editor, Design & Culture

How one Estonian woman is reimagining home—rooted in nature, rhythm, and radical simplicity.

In an age where speed is mistaken for success and overstimulation passes for normalcy, a quiet voice in the Estonian woods offers something different—an invitation to slow down, look closer, and live in harmony with the land. That voice belongs to Kadri Otsiver, the intentional creative behind @metsamoodi.

From her serene forest home, Kadri shares glimpses of a life designed not around trends, but around truth. With each post and reel, she reminds her 27K+ followers that home isn’t just a place—it’s a practice.

After nearly seven years of travel across different countries, Kadri returned to Estonia during the 2020 lockdown, exchanging a damp apartment in Wales for a quiet, ancestral farmhouse in Lahemaa. What started as a temporary move became a permanent shift toward rootedness. She inherited a legacy—both a home and three “charmingly chubby” cats named Iposson, Krõss, and Krääm—and began building a new kind of life from the ground up.

Together with her partner, she designed and built a small forest home—a space you've likely seen in her now-iconic reels. A place made not for content, but for consciousness.

A Home That Listens to the Land

Kadri’s design choices reflect her reverence for nature. Rather than dominate the forest, her home nestles into it. Natural wood, clean lines, and soft tonal palettes echo the landscape outside—creating a seamless relationship between structure and setting.

Each element serves a purpose, but also a feeling. The result is a home that doesn’t shout; it whispers—calm, grounded, and deeply alive.

Over the course of three years, Kadri slowly built her forest hut on her family’s land—shaping a home that honors simplicity, solitude, and the quiet rhythm of nature.

Rituals That Return You to Self

Kadri’s daily rituals aren’t rushed—they’re reverent. Morning coffee by the window. Firewood stacked with care. A walk through damp moss after rainfall. These are the moments that make up her content—and her life.

In a world chasing aesthetic over authenticity, @metsamoodi offers something rare: real presence. Her reels are meditative, often soundtracked by crackling fires or the silence of snowfall. No overlays. No talking heads. Just the sound of a woman in rhythm with her land.

She says it best:

“Naudin omaette nokitsemist — raamatute lugemist, pildistamist ja mõtisklemist. Mets loob selleks ideaalse keskkonna.”
(“I enjoy tinkering in solitude—reading books, photographing, reflecting. The forest creates the perfect environment for this.”)

What Metsamoodi Teaches Us About Conscious Living

Kadri’s lifestyle isn’t just aesthetically calming—it reflects a deeper philosophy of intentional living in harmony with nature, something increasingly supported by research. Studies have shown that living closer to nature improves mental clarity, reduces stress hormones like cortisol, and even boosts immune response through a phenomenon called forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku), a practice rooted in Japanese culture that has been adopted globally as a therapeutic method for slowing down and reconnecting with the environment. By choosing to build slowly, live simply, and align her daily rhythms with the land, Kadri reminds us that conscious living isn’t about perfection—it’s about presence. Her story encourages us to re-evaluate convenience culture, reclaim slowness, and make more mindful choices about the spaces we inhabit, the routines we nurture, and the values we live by. In a world of overstimulation, her life is a quiet invitation to return home—to ourselves and to the earth.

A New Kind of Influence

Kadri isn’t trying to go viral—and that’s what makes her voice so magnetic. Her platform is a mirror, not a megaphone. It reflects back to us the quiet knowing that we all crave: that simpler can be better, and beauty doesn’t need noise.

In a digital world of excess, @metsamoodi feels like a breath of cold, pine-scented air. She reminds us that the most important home we design is not the one we build with our hands—but the one we create through the way we live.

Why We Follow Metsamoodi

At Neova Collective, we believe conscious living isn’t a trend, it’s a return. And Kadri Otsiver is one of the most poetic guides on that journey.

Her account isn’t just visually serene, it’s emotionally honest. It invites us to imagine lives less defined by productivity and more by presence. Less about things, more about meaning.

You don’t have to move to the forest to follow her lead. You just have to listen—to your home, your pace, your breath.

To experience Kadri’s world of stillness and natural design, follow her on Instagram at @metsamoodi. Whether you’re in a cabin or a city apartment, her story is a gentle reminder:

Sometimes the most beautiful thing you can build—is a life that feels like home.