Paper bags

Drawers

Bin

Ena 7

Ena 7 by Jura

Now it's done. We bought the coffee machine to our kitchen. This morning went with the instructions. I'll hope that next morning it will be much easier. :)

Now I'm happy!

About a bucket, a tap and a bench

We have two things what we want to accomplish with our sauna

1. Experience: relaxation and ritual

2. Ecology: decrease the water consumption

1. The experience, relaxation and ritual

It all started when we saw a picture of a spa hotel Yasuragi in Stockholm. The Japanese shower area felt like a spa though it looked a lot like the bathing area in an old Finnish sauna. There actually weren't any showers, just the tap, bucket and a bench.

We both understood why we love sauna so much. It's the experience that you need to make an effort to go there. You take your special sauna accessories with you, some food and drinks and it all might take a couple of hours to finish. Many Finnish families go to the sauna on Saturday. It's a Saturday night ritual and even more so in the old days. You worked 6 days, and then you went to the sauna to wash yourself properly.

Everything is nowadays so automated that you don't have “anything” to do in the sauna. In the old saunas you needed to carry the water outside from the lake, then you put it in the kettle to warm it up. After that you balance the water heat with cold and warm water, it’s almost an art form. To fill the void, people build Jacuzzis and other ridiculous things in the sauna. In my opinion concentrating into the small little things makes the sauna experience special and relaxing!

2. Decreasing the water consumption

We want to take part in decreasing water consumption in our family. The way we plan to do that is to go back in time and make our sauna a little bit ascetic. Instead of standing under shower sitting in bath it is going to be just a small bucket, a bench and a tap. When you wash yourself with a bucket you can decrease the amount of used water a lot!

Only 3 % of water resources are sweet water, water that we can drink and use for washing. 0,036 % of all sweet water in the earth is in lakes as an easily usable form. For example 10 min shower consumes around 130 l of water. I think that 1-2 buckets are enough to wash yourself. So that's around 10-20 l, that's a lot less than 130 l.

It's also wise to decrease the water consumption because when we move to a family house the water costs increases. The less we consume, the less we pay.

Conclusion

We'll build just showers inside the house for daily use and a separate wood heated sauna outside for relaxation. We want to make it as a ritual and decrease the amount of used water. In our sauna there's just bucket, bench and a tap. 

Picture of the hotel Yasuragi

Simple tap no:1

Simple tap no:2

Any how, after this blogpost we definitely are going to visit Yasuragi in the next couples of months to see if there's more ideas that are usable. I'll make a post when we are back.

Greenhouse all over?

Recently my friend posted this photo in his facebook. They just bought an old cottage and are about to  renovate it. This photo popped-up. I don't know what is this green house fixation that I have, but this terrace is so beautiful. I like the idea, that the stair doubles as a bench. What a great idea!

Kitchen chairs

Family Chair by Design House Stockholm

 

 

Just a mention to myself. These beautiful chairs were too small for my bottom. What a pity!