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View from the west, 9 January.
Back in November I blogged about how I helped put a roof on my dad's octagonal sauna. A reader asked to see the plans of the building. And here, with my dad's permission, are plans and elevations by architect Ulf Gillberg. Isn't this pretty damn neat?
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Ah, that reminds me ---
That would be something of a sauna gnome, no?
And then wham I notice I have no clue whether the garden-variety Finnish sauna gnome (saunatonttu) has a Swedish equivalent: a tiny caretaker nature spirit (as every tree and building used to have) that'll make your life difficult, though usually without tentacles, if you disrespect its habitation.
If the sauna gnome craps on us we may all go gnome poop insane.
Martin: Thanks for the update. Tres cool and hot too! Don
Looks lovely. Are there more recent photos of it?
I'll take some more when the project has advanced further. Currently there is copper on the roof but no windows in the wall openings.
Ah, so now is the perfect time for me to see how it's being constructed!