The palette

Spruce logs laid crosswise for the log storey, their ends showing at the corners; stripped spruce logs standing upright for the upper walls; dark oak logs for the stilts, posts and plates, dark oak stairs for the brackets and the eave fascia; moss blocks and grass blocks on dirt with roots for the turf, spruce planks for the roof deck, stripped spruce for the bark strip; stripped birch logs framing the windows; a mangrove door; stone, andesite and polished andesite for the footing stones.

Techniques

• Notched log corners
• Raised on stilts
• An overhanging upper floor
• A turf roof with a timber edge
• A carved gallery

The steps

1. Flat stones and the stilts
2. Log storey: notched corners, log ends out
3. The red door between carved posts
4. Brackets and joists of the upper floor
5. Upper walls of upright boards
6. White-framed windows, the gallery door
7. Gallery posts, its carved rail and arches
8. Gables up to the roof
9. Turf roof on its deck, the timber eaves
10. Barge boards crossing over the gables
11. Free-standing stair, a step from the door
12. Lanterns under the gallery

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