This photograph was taken during the restoration phase. Behind the shed to the far left stands a structure for the boat hut, which is a hut constructed boathouse. The boat hut is partially buried in the ground and is made of crooked growing birch rafters, with branches serving as walls/roof. The roof is covered with clumps of small birch trees and sod.

Old Coastal Sámi houses were often small and unpainted, usually with a sod roof, or a structure clad with sod (turf huts, "gammer"). Due to the building materials used, form and size of the house, it was nearly one with nature. Therefore they are not easy to spot in today's agricultural landscape. In the Troms County there are not many that are still in existence. The destruction that occurred during the war in 1944/45 and the modernization that followed resulted in the disappearance of many of these structures. The few that remained standing were often located very far apart. Buildings that were built after the war were more visually prominent in the landscape, in terms of both form and colour.