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The cottage from Świątniki was built in 1758. Dwelling rooms and a horse stable are covered by a common roof. The cottage is a wide-front, one-and-a-half passageway building, with the following layout: storeroom – hallway (with kitchen) – dwelling room – horse stable. The cottage walls are corner-notched log structures, whilst the walls of the stable are post-and-plank structures. The premises are covered by a hipped straw roof. An archaic bobstay chimney is the most noteworthy element of the cottage. The chimney structure consists of four converged poles (sztagi), standing directly on the ground. The rods between the poles are wound up in straw plaits and tightly plastered with clay to protect them against fire. An additional small kitchenette is at the base of the chimney, with a cooking plate and a smoke duct open to the chimney’s interior. The duct was made from bottomless pots placed one on top of another. The dwelling room has a typical kitchen stove with a heater and bread oven. The noteworthy foundation inscription carved next to three rosettes reads: Benedic Domine Et omnes chabitantes inea Anno Domini 1758.

The floors of the residential and utility rooms are covered with clay pug. The entrance door to the hallway is hung on an archaic revolving mechanism. In the storeroom it is worth noting the disassembled weaving workshop by the wall and various tools for processing fibre.

In the nineteenth century the village of Świątniki from which the residential house originates, were proud of their (male) weavers, who were locally known as niciorze, and wove linen canvas.

The cottage was purchased from Janina Gardyńska.