 Mrs. Gullichsen would occupy the seat at the opposite end of the table, conveniently close to the servery and kitchen, from where, as Herdeg writes, she ‘can contemplate her husband silhouetted against the dining room’s asymmetrical fireplace, while through the window she can see the sauna, the pool, the garden court, and the pine forest - things natural or traditional.Most of these views the father would only see reflected in an artifice, the living room windows.The flat roof of the dining room is extended to form a covered terrace, which connects with the irregular roof of the small timber sauna.