Swedish Cabin
It’s always nice to have a little piece of Sweden nearby. For me, it’s this cabin in the woods–a gift from my parents.
It represents the little stuga in the woods where the young Swedish women would spent their summers. You see, in the summer the cows were taken into the forest to forage. That meant that the fields near the farm could grow up and hay could be cut for the long winters. Each Swedish farm had grazing rights in the surrounding forest, and each farmer built a small cabin like this, They were usually grouped together for camaraderie and protection. The girls would have to milk the cows and make cheese and butter all summer long. Today these little cabins are summer cottages!
Just like Swedish log cabins, I wanted mine to be built of square logs.
And I love the doors in Sweden! Our builder Steve built this one for me.
Sweden at midsummer means wild flowers–lots of wild flowers.
From my trip to Sweden last year I brought home this candle holder.
And this door stop.
There’s a special Swedish style sofa/bed. I didn’t know how I was going to get one of those home from Sweden. Amazingly, this was in the Pottery Barn catalog!
Enjoying a moment with my mom.
Shhhh. In an effort to keep the trolls out, we’ve given them their own house!
The roof is tall and pointy like that so they can stand up inside with their hats on. Bad manners–wearing a hat in the house, but don’t tell a troll I said so!
6 Responses
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 am
What a cute cabin. My inlaws built a house in Prineville out of square juniper logs. It has a bare, very old, polished tree in the center with the beams all joining at the top of the tree in the center of the house. Pretty cool. I hadn’t really seen many square logs before. Your cabin looks very cosy. what do you do there? Just go sit and enjoy the peace and quiet I bet. I bet you don’t have a phone there!!!! I sure wouldn’t.
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:29 am
What a sweet cabin – I love the history lesson, too. All you need is a treadle machine, and you’re good to go! You and your mom look very happy there. I would be too – the peace and quiet has got to be priceless.
July 2nd, 2010 at 11:25 am
I love it! I wish I had one in my backyard.
January 12th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Awesome, that’s exactly what I was scanning for! You just spared me alot of searching around
January 26th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
You’re the best! Take care.
March 1st, 2011 at 9:45 am
I love it!
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