Villa Sjökku has been refurbished with respect for the old

Villa Sjökulla has a magnificent mansion, with a new chapter in historical life with new owners. With good maintenance, the life of a great building will continue for a long time. The surfaces are painted with Uula Color paints with long experience and lots of references from different buildings. Villa Sjöku in Hamar, Porvoo, has a landmark for boaters and residents of Porvoo. The history of the villa extends until 1850, when merchant Leonard Simolin moved the villa from Terijoki to Hamar in Porvoo. The villa served as the Simolin family's summer place for over thirty years, after which the villa was bought by August Eklöf, Commercial Counselor, also known as the founder of the Porvoo steam saw.

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Now Minna and Sami Lampinen are the fourth owners of Villa Sjökulla after Eklöf. They bought a villa last year. A family of five searched for a holiday home for year-round use. The plans were a new and modern destination. The family made a spontaneous visit to the villa when he saw an ad. They heard the villa in good shape and the reforms were made with respect for the old, which was an important prerequisite for a nearly 170-year-old building. And then it was, there was no return.

Villa Sjökulla was painted with Uula's goals

The outside of the villa was painted last year and this year the painting contract has been extended indoors, with peace of mind. Lampinen wants to honor the old and keep the building in good condition and beautifully to the knees. It is also reflected in material and color choices. For painting, they want to continue with Uula Color's goals because they have already been used both outside and indoors. Since Lampis has no previous experience in renovating old houses, help and advice has been needed. They have also received them from Uula.

Uula Color goals are made in Kauvatsa, Kokemäki. Villa Sjökku is not the only value target to select Uula's paints. Uula Color goals are used for the restoration of the French historic values, the Versailles Palace and the Louvre Art Museum. Uula's founder Arto Uunila started making a cooking paint in Nurmo more than 40 years ago. The first goals were made on the walls of the hometown museum. With a high quality product and a perfect paint tone, awareness increased, rumor spread, and the product range was expanded to meet demand and customer needs. In addition to the traditional cooking paint, the production of linseed oil paint was started.

Today, more than forty years later, Uula's idea is the same as then. Paints and surface treatments for different wood surfaces are breathable, non -plastic and ecological. Nowadays, the product range also includes odorless, plastic -free and quickly drying water -borne paints for painting the interior surfaces. Uula with interior paints you can paint the interior walls and ceilings in all homes. Uula furniture paint is suitable for painting furniture as well as Uula Announcement paint for opaque painting.

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Villa Sjökulla - History of the villa

The story of Villa Sjökulla began in 1850 when Leonard Simolin (1826-1881) from Porvoo brought a villa from Terijoki to Hamar in Porvoo. The villa served as a summer place for Simolin's family for over three decades until the early 1880s. In the 1880s, Simolin sold the villa to August Eklöf (1837-1912). Eklöf's career began as a shop boy in Porvoo and in the 1860s he began to practice colonial goods and wholesale. Later, Eklöf became interested in the timber sector and owned numerous sawmills around Finland. Two of them were located in Tolkkis and Kaunissaari, Porvoo, located on the opposite shore of Villa Sjökulla a few hundred meters from the villa.

Eklöf commissioned an extension to the villa, designed by architect Theodor Höijer. In the extension, the upstairs of the villa was raised and a tower was built in the villa. The expansion was completed in the 1890s and the villa is today largely in the same outfit, except for the decayed and demolished balcony (upstairs) and the terrace located at the east end of the house. The original drawings made by the villa's architect Höijer can be found at the Porvoo Museum.

August Eklöf spent the summers in Villa Sjökulla his wife Elin Sofia Arppen (1857-1924) and a couple of children until their death. The villa remained owned by Eklöf children until the early 1960s. Since then, the villa has been privately owned - we are in the fourth owners after Eklöf.

At the turn of the 19th and 19th century, Villa Sjökku had a lively villa, which was welcomed by guests and members of the surrounding community were welcome. Albert Edelfelt, who spent almost next door to the villa next to the villa, was one of the regular guests and painted Eklöf's sons on the Villa Sjökulla porch. On Midsummer Eve, the children and youth of the Sahakylä were invited to Sjökulla. There were lemonade and caramels and the lawn was sung and played. When the twilight came, two bonfires were lit and rockets were shot.

In 2018, Villa Sjökku has reached a respectable age of 168. In the same year, we have had a pleasure and honor starts hosting the villa after buying it in May for a year-round leisure time for our family. Respecting the old, our desire is to write our own figure in the history of the villa and keep it vibrant and in good shape, including future generations.

Villa Sjökulla - Villa History / Hamar, September 2, 2018, Minna & Sami Lampinen

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