Stick Hardware
The use of stick hardware is an endearing feature of our saunas that falls under the rustic elegant motif that we employ. This hardware also falls under the category of Finnish Pragmatism that is an influence in my design; whereas, superfluous embellishment is avoided and using what is at hand is always desired over spending for what you don’t really need. In my head, I keep an inventory of all the random parts I have collected over the years and stowed away in my shop. When a need arises, I quickly do a mental scan and see if something in stock will do rather than going to a hardware store or jumping online.
Likewise, I often resort to Nature’s Hardware Store when I need things like door pulls and towel hooks.
It is amazing the variety of parts I can extract from the intricate workings of a tree.
The best is hickory because of the way branches crook when they take off in a new direction, and it is very hard. In fact, they make baseball bats out it. Recently we had to fell a Hickory, so I salvaged all the door pulls and towel hooks I could from it.
The spirit of the tree will live on, greeting sauna users with a sturdy handshake each time they enter the sauna.
It’s the small personal touches and attention to detail that makes us proud of our work and makes our work fun and enjoyable. By avoiding the cold and the common place, we make each sauna as unique as its owners.
