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Vilpola or even a sauna room. A beloved child has many names.

Vilpola can be found in the Eurajoki, the gentle embrace of the traditional Finnish countryside. There is a summer home in the Laakso family, Sydänmaa. The childhood home, once built in the early 50s, has undergone a partial deformation. In addition to the traditional main building in the yard, there is a sauna building, as well as a farm that has once been a cattle protection, which has now been renovated into an idyllic Vilpola. Modifications in both the sauna building and the main building have been done with respect for the old and using a lot of existing materials.

Rustic atmosphere

The cool light and warm rustic atmosphere of Vilpola makes the small space feel spacious. The space is also created by the removed ceiling that reveals genuinely old, time -colored roof boards and rusted nails. The rugged edge of the ceiling and wall surface is unique. The contrast it created is impressive.

During the renovation, the roofs that have been supporting the roof for decades have been replaced with new ones and have been treated with Uula powder . Old paint layers have been removed from the double doors on the wall and left as such. The rustic doors give a reflection of a new space that opens. Uula wood floor paint is selected for the surface of the wooden coffin on the window wall . The window frame has a glimpse of blue  Uula Ovi and Window paint painted and green Naava's shade .

The interior paint was painted on the walls with a feel of lime paint

The wall surfaces were painted with Into the interior paint , dim. It gave the space a feel painted with lime paint. The concrete floor previously in the room has been replaced as a board floor. , the floor -made floor was initially treated one time Uula Oil Call , tone 0505 . The second treatment was done with a colorless oil sparkle and during the treatment, the wood surface was randomly ribbly ribbly to live the board floor. Finally, the floor was treated with a colorless oil sparkle once.

The wooden door leading from Vilpola to the sauna is original. It was treated once with Uula Puukerv. The old hinges and the traditional handle stayed at the door as such. The wall surfaces of Vilpola are painted white and value has been given value. The untreated brick wall decorates the space with its authenticity. The playfulness of bricks of different colors is a beautiful detail that also gets a couple of old, multicolored roof boards.

In Vilola, candles that create the atmosphere and light and, if necessary, the room is heated by the fireplace. Although Sydänmaa is a summer home in the family, the heating capacity of the space allows it to be used and a common pastime even in other seasons.

The space was finished with furniture and black painted rattan chair

Vilpola's furnishings have been reduced but functional. At the table of the right size you can spend time with delicacies, cooling or chatting. The old rattan chair has been traveling in the family's everyday life for years. The grinding and the rattan chair consumed by time is painted in black with an zeal furniture paint. The dark shade is comfortable to light and create a partnership with a black roof candle.

An experienced space for deformation is a stylish entity. It combines lightness, lightness, roughness and rusticity. In the Vilpola atmosphere, relaxes, calms down and gets breathless, just as its purpose is really. Thanks to the Laakso family for being able to visit the heartland.