HOUSE AND GARDEN 
NE, I9I3 
The roof is covered with turf or sods which by a judicious use of building paper is weather-proof 
and lasting. The grass and blossoms grow to give a very beautiful effect 
built of rough timber by two native workmen, in whose delightful 
homeland the timbered house still reigns supreme, and the work 
gave no trouble whatever. The cabin has the small windows, set 
in lead, peculiar to its early prototype, and the interior with its 
decoration in carved wood and wrought iron consummates the 
scheme in the happiest manner. The wrought ironwork on the 
doors illustrates in the quaint and primitive style of past ages, and 
in effect approaching many an ancient 
Gothic gate, some of Count von Rosen’s 
hunting and exploring adventures — one 
a rhinoceros hunt in Africa, another 
an episode from an exploration in South 
America, the Count with his followers 
swimming towards an unknown shore, 
their weapons between their teeth and 
their baggage on their backs, the na¬ 
tives on the bank awaiting the advent 
of the strange visitors. The open fire¬ 
place is peculiar to these northern 
cabins and when the huge birch logs 
are well ablaze and their flickering, 
fitful flames lighten up this singular 
abode, then is the time to relate a weird 
old saga or some passing strange hunt¬ 
ing experience. 
The Ellestuen, designed by Mr. Carl 
Brummer, lies some distance north of 
Elsinore, high above the sound, with an 
enchanting view of the Danish and 
Swedish coast, the blue Kullen moun¬ 
tain in the distance. Its great breadth, 
its turf roof and the large hall or liv¬ 
ing-room recall the early Norwegian 
log cabins, but in Ellestuen the stair¬ 
case with its gallery is inside the hall, 
and there are other rooms both on the 
ground and the first floor, including 
some quaintly charming bedrooms. 
The doors and other woodwork in the 
big hall, which has no ceiling, are orna¬ 
mented with carving after old time 
motifs painted in bright colors, and 
Ellestuen is a very delightful and very individual house, which 
well deserves the European fame it enjoys, roomy and at the 
same time stylish and homelike. Ellestuen has cost some $13,000. 
Although of log house design, it has departed from it in con¬ 
struction. The house is built of stucco below the first floor and 
battened boards above. Where large and uniform logs are not 
procurable locally this is apt to be much more economical. 
Here boards are sub- 
The roof shows the means of keeping the sods in place 
A very ancient log cabin that shows the possibilities of timber decoration, 
stituted for the logs in the second story. 
The entrance to Ellestuen shows carved 
detail that is exceedingly attractive 
