House Morran by Johannes Norlander Architecture

This beautiful island cottage near Gothenburg dates from the 1950′s and was completely renovated by Swedish architects Johannes Norlander Arkitektur.

The interior of the cottage is refinished with a beautiful natural pine that really takes advantage of the light coming from outdoors.

The exterior has been re-claf in tar-coated plywood, a traditional technique originally used to preserve wood on boats. The eaves and gutters were also painted black to continue the simple look of the house.

The cottage was originally from the mid century with an extension from the 1970′s and was completely run-down. The original building and most of the structure was kept and was slightly refined, keeping it’s original qualities intact.

We love the contrast of the dark wood exterior with the natural green landscape surrounding the property!

(via dezeen)

3 Comments

Astrid May 15, 2011 at 9:22 am

I just prepared a tiny post for my own blog with a photo from this house – before I saw your post. It’s beautiful I especially like all the plywood.

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Emerald Son May 18, 2011 at 5:22 am

architecture at it’s best. great post.

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fine little home June 14, 2011 at 7:11 pm

i love this place! this is exactly what i would build for a vacation cabin, if i had the funds ; )

btw i really love the wood floors and headboard in your room. i just found you on etsy and of course then came over to your bloggity blog and love it too! it’s so random but i found a picture of your headboard months back(on google images) when i wrote a post about wood walls, i didn’t end up using your pic because i couldn’t find a source of where the it came from. but how crazy and kind of weird that i found you now. so glad i did.

anyway, love your style and congrat’s on your engagement!

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