{"id":9019,"date":"2012-01-10T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/blog\/?p=9019"},"modified":"2016-07-19T20:45:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T20:45:12","slug":"finnish-forest-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.ie\/blog\/2012\/01\/finnish-forest-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish Forest House"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo: Goeril Saetre for The New York Times<\/p><\/div>\n

I came across this house recently in The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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photo: Goeril Saetre for The New York Times<\/p><\/div>\n

Not surprisingly, the carefully furnished (aka, sparse interior) caught my eye. I couldn’t help but\u00a0wonder: is there any artwork on the walls?<\/p>\n

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photo: Goeril Saetre for The New York Times<\/p><\/div>\n

With each photo, the notion became less and less likely. Granted, in a house that doesn’t have running water, I’m not entirely surprised.<\/p>\n

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photo: Goeril Saetre for The New York Times<\/p><\/div>\n

Clearly, there is an intention of simplicity in this home. Yet for conversation’s sake, my question to you is: If this was your house, would you hang art? If not, so be it. But if so, what kind of art and where?<\/p>\n

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photo: Goeril Saetre for The New York Times<\/p><\/div>\n

Or, is the view of the dense forest outside the windows framed by the clean lines of the house, art in itself?<\/p>\n

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photo: Goeril Saetre for The New York Times<\/p><\/div>\n

I must admit, I’d love to spend a weekend away in a place like this. Would you?<\/p>\n

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