We just finished this sweet sauna: an 8’x18′ building with an ample dressing room, large hot room, and wood storage on one end, all on a 12’x20′ raised deck. The site is near a cabin and a lovely pond, all on a remote hilltop in the Finger Lakes.
The design and the craftsmanship are driven by the concept: a weekend retreat from the bustle of life, removed from technology and the stress of the twenty first century. Nestled in nature, the sauna has windows to let the light in and open the view to the woods and pond.
We kept it simple yet well-crafted and elegant. The sauna functions as a centerpiece to the family gathering place and also serves as the bath house—the owners are eschewing modern conveniences like running water.
Henry David Thoreau may have had his pond, but what he really needed was a sauna.
