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House & Garden 
The house grows naturally among the trees on the shoulder of a big hill. Its construction is very simple , the soft wood being stained brown 
and the lattices, window frames and cornices gay with red and blue paint 
A WEEK-END COTTAGE in OREGON 
How The Architecture of Sweden Was Successfully 
Transplanted to the Northwest Woods 
HELEN EASTHAM 
T HE week-end cottage 
of Mr. and Mrs. Guy 
Talbot, of Portland, Ore., 
is particularly interesting 
for two reasons: its use of 
the strong color and simple, 
sturdy construction char¬ 
acteristic of Sweden, and 
its location on the famous 
Columbia Highway. As the 
scenery along this mag¬ 
nificent drive has the 
rugged and massive charac¬ 
ter of the North Countries, 
the little house with its 
notes of red and blue seems 
thoroughly at home in its 
surroundings of hills and 
lofty timber. 
The illustrations show 
how it appears to have 
grown up of itself among 
the trees, under the shelter 
of the giant hills which 
tower above it. The exterior, 
which is of the simplest con¬ 
struction, is stained a soft 
wood brown and the lat¬ 
tices, window frames and 
Most of the meals are eaten at a table set out under the trees. It is just a step 
away from the wide, sheltered porch 
cornices are gay with red 
and blue paint. A particu¬ 
larly decorative effect is 
gained by the small-paned 
casement windows with 
their red mullions and 
frames against the green 
foliage. 
The wide, hospitable , 
veranda with its large open 
fireplace is more like an 
outdoor room, an intimate 
connecting link between the 
outdoors and indoors. The 
long table and benches built 
on a slightly raised plat¬ 
form at the right form an 
outdoor dining room also, 
which is delightfully pro¬ 
tected from sun and rain by 
a natural canopy of thick 
green branches towering 
above it. 
Inside, the first view that 
greets the visitor shows 
glass doors at the back, 
opening onto a balcony 
overhanging a ravine. This 
is carpeted with ferns and 
