The summer 1998 we got a new house at our country courtyard!

The Norwegian word for this building is "stabbur", which means something like "storehouse". We don't believe there is an exact English word for it, so we will call it our storehouse. However, a "stabbur" is also used as guest rooms for visitors (at least ours!) The original use of a "stabbur" was as a building where grain and general supplies storage could be safely stored and kept away from animals. 

Our stabbur has a foundation of six large stones and was built mainly from the pine trees grown on our little farm. It was built by two excellent craftsmen from our district, Jack Kjølås and Per Giskehaug from Stranda. The storehouse was built during the summer at Jack´s farm, then dis-assembled and brought  to us in pieces on a truck to be reassembled here. After three days of work, everything was ready, and we had a new house at our farm.

In October, two of our friends came to help us put the grass on the roof.

Here is a picture of the finished building. On the edge of the roof, we used birch bark. In earlier times, they used birch bark to cover the entire roof. 

March, 1999