As an expert Seattle interior designer, I enjoy reading the NY Times.. and this storycaptured my attention. Roman Rutkowski, a Polish architect, conceived his new home, as a simple, rectangular bunker with an unpainted all-wood exterior, and even plainer interior with concrete floors and particleboard walls.

He wanted to create “something different, which is cheaper and which uses completely different aesthetics.” The result was a two-story home, giving the couple 120 square meters of living space (about 1,300 square feet), with large western-exposure windows in the bedrooms, and a small balcony overlooking the backyard.

My struggle with this is seen in the photo above, the particle board ceiling and walls. This is not ‘warm and inviting’ however functional. What do you think? Here is a link to additional slides of the home Roland designed and built.

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