The Revival of the Log Cabin 
FURTHER REMARKS ON SCANDINA¬ 
VIAN SUMMER HOMES—STRUCTURE, 
BUILDING METHODS AND FINISHING 
by George Brochner 
I N a previous article the precedents of Norwegian cabin archi¬ 
tecture were spoken of. In this issue of House & Garden 
several cottages 
show various 
ways in which 
traditions may be 
modified while 
preserving the 
spirit of log cabin 
architecture, and 
adapting it to va¬ 
rious ends. In 
the tea pavilion, 
designed for a 
prominent Danish 
banker, Mr. 
Gliickstadt, b v 
Mr. Carl Brum- 
mer, the well 
known Danish 
architect, the in¬ 
terior is the work 
of the Danish 
painter, Mr. S. 
Clod - Svensson. 
This cabin, pic¬ 
tured at the top 
of page 19, has in 
its exterior much 
in common with 
the old Norwe¬ 
gian R a in loft 
S tu e . A large 
room occupies 
the greater por¬ 
tion of the ground 
floor (there is, 
besides, a small 
kitchen) and the 
upper story con¬ 
tains two tiny 
bedrooms. The 
pavilion, to use 
an unduly mod¬ 
ern name, is lo¬ 
cated at Sollerod, 
Denmark, and 
built to the ar¬ 
chitect’s design 
by local artisans 
who also assisted 
Mr. Clod-Svens- 
son in the decora¬ 
tion of the inte¬ 
rior. The latter 
artist, before em¬ 
barking upon this 
work, made a spe¬ 
cial study of an¬ 
cient rustic Norwegian craftsmanship, and he is much to be 
congratulated upon the happy manner in which a difficult task 
was accomplished. 
The timber was 
first painted with 
brown - red and 
afterwards sand 
papered to bring 
out the graining 
of the wood. 
The ceiling was 
then painted in 
dark neutral 
grays to repre¬ 
sent clouds — the 
old-time style. 
The interior 
woodwork was 
next taken in 
hand and treated 
with transparent 
colors on white 
gjround over in¬ 
teresting native 
carving. The 
doors having had 
their decoration, 
the specially de¬ 
signed furniture 
was painted and 
ornamented. The 
indispensable pejs 
(fireplace) was 
done in diverse 
lime colors, rugs, 
china and glass 
to match, as far 
as possible, com¬ 
pleting the equip¬ 
ment of this high¬ 
ly characteristic 
little cabin. The 
cost was about 
$5,500, but half 
of this, at least, 
was absorbed by 
artistic work. 
I am not sure, 
however, whether 
the modern built 
log cabin must 
not be said to 
have reached its 
climax in Mr. 
Paul Richardt’s 
house, Tibirkes- 
tuen, at Tiswilde, 
Denmark, and its 
intrinsic interest 
Inveland Sater shows how fittingly the cabin type is adapted to the Norwegian coast scenery. Al¬ 
though this house substitutes a board structure for logs, its design is thoroughly consistent with 
the Norse log house 
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The plans and elevations of Inveland Sater. This is a thatched house and has the turf only at the 
ridge, where it is kept in place by riders. The svalegang appears in the plan and the side elevation 
