HOUSE AND GARDEN 
J 
ULY, I913 
In Tibirkestuen the gallery is on the ground floor, similar to the 
American porch. The small wing was occupied while the larger 
section of the house was under construction 
The dining-room of Tibirkestuen is on a lower level than the main 
room. The upper chambers, opening on a gallery, are reached by an 
elaborately carved stairway 
is further enhanced by the mode of its erection. Its owner and 
builder, the son of a famous Danish poet, is a B. A. of the Copen¬ 
hagen University, but he was so intensely interested in Slojd 
(a term designating a national handicrafts movement) that he 
started a Slojd school in Copenhagen, in which work his wife 
aids him. The classes comprised carpentry, cabinet making, 
bookbinding, etc., and although most of the pupils, young ladies 
and gentlemen of the best Copenhagen society, do not as a rule 
intend to make their practical proficiency the means of earning a 
livelihood, they are sufficiently trained and qualified to do so. 
The timber for the lower portion of their house was handled 
ready for erection at the school and sent down to Tisvilde, where 
Mr. and Mrs. Richardt erected it in the course of thirteen days. 
The timber is 4 ins. by 4^2 ins., covered inside and out with one- 
inch boards. They used this two-roomed section (now the 
dining-room wing) as a temporary summer home part of that 
season (1909) and further continued their study of the best ex¬ 
amples of old Norse log cabins. Next year the adjoining larger 
portion was built, Mr. and Mrs. Richardt themselves laying the 
foundation. Except for the assistance of two carpenters, in four 
and a half weeks they did all the work themselves—-doors, win¬ 
dows, roof—everything, including all the painting. This charm¬ 
ing, commodious and 
splendidly built house, 
including the site 
($25), cost Mr. Rich¬ 
ardt $500, not count¬ 
ing the work he and 
his wife have put in. 
That the house is well 
thought of may be in¬ 
ferred from the fact 
that Mr. Richardt has 
refused $4,000 for it. 
The large section is 
built of round spruce 
trunks, 6 to 7 inches 
in diameter. The trees 
should be felled in 
May, at which time of 
the year it is easiest to 
remove the bark, and 
the surface of the 
wood is in smoother 
condition. The trunks 
are placed on top of 
each other, being 
grooved in a certain 
manner on the bottom 
side and packed with 
a special kind of wad¬ 
ding, which renders 
the wall absolutely 
tight without a sus¬ 
picion of a draught. 
In former days moss 
was used for this pur- 
Where the elaborate and bizarre colorings of Viking days are not appreciated, modern Scandinavian embroidery 
hangings and furniture are suitable. This bedroom is a typical Swedish interior for a summer home 
