Maybe it's because I'm not doing any of the work myself, or perhaps how serene all of the craftsmen involved in the project seem to be, but this 25-minute video of a traditional Finnish log house being built, from soup to nuts, is one of the most relaxing bits of video that I've watched in weeks.
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4:48 pm Thu
Dec 6, 2018
Witnessing the construction of a traditional Finnish log house is strangely soothing
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