Studio: international art (79.1920)

THE REVIVAL OF THE WOODEN HOUSE

WEST AND SOUTH ELEVA-
TIONS OF MR. H. ANDERSEN’S
WOODEN HOUSE AT HORNBCEK
PAUL RICHARDT, ARCHITECT

crude suitable colours. Woven hangings
of a kind are used with capital effect, as
they were in olden times, nor are some
good heavy rugs by any means out of
place. Rustic pottery may be made to
furnish many a cheerful spot of colour
against the mellow brown tints of the
wooden wall or the white pejs, and the
furniture, in many cases specially designed,
should not clash with or offend against the
solid sombre scheme of the room. A
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certain kind of simple but high-class En-
glish oak furniture, which the modern
English designer and craftsman under-
stands how to produce to perfection, is
admirably suited for the interior of a tim-
bered house. But anything flimsy, any-
thing too elaborate, should be ruthlessly
discarded. 00000
In the garden round the house, if any
proper garden there be, I would have some
of the dear old-fashioned English flowers.