Word association time! When I say “Swedish," what do you think of? Swedish…meatballs? Swedish Fish? The Swedish chef from The Muppets? ABBA? Vikings? The book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? That tall drink of Absolut vodka known as Alexander Skarsgård?
Now you can add another associative word to the never-ending list of awesome things Swedes have contributed to the world — tiny houses that look like logs!
Yup, those innovative Swedes — who are also responsible for the inexpensive clothing store H&M and everyone’s favorite monkey-befriending, pirate-fighting, pig-tailed ginger, Pippi Longstocking — are really into building cool, efficient, and contemporary-looking tiny homes that look like large logs lost in an enchanted forest.
Out latest find, which is pretty stunning from the outside, has an even more enthralling interior. What does it look like? We’ll give you a hint: nothing like an Ikea.
In fact, just stepping inside this home transports you to another world…
Perched above a creek near Lake Övre Gla in Sweden, this tiny log home is only 200 square feet.
It was remodeled from a late 19th-century structure that already existed by the lake. Red cedar siding was used in its construction so that it would blend into the area’s rock formations.
24H, the Swedish firm that created this trippy structure, built a wheeled room that slides out of the house to make a private porch area.
Reindeer hide covers the walls of a sliding room, which acts as insulation.
This whimsical tiny house packs a big punch — it has a propane stove for cooking, solar-powered lighting that takes advantage of Sweden’s long summer daylight, and one extra special feature…
A stream-fed hot tub warmed by an underground woodstove! Now that’s how I like to rough it.
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