Among private customers, projects of German houses are especially popular. The catalog contains more than 60 ready-made solutions for construction, among which there are examples, both traditional in style and in a more modern reading. The most attractive features of such cottages are: strict elegant appearance, and rationality of planning decisions.

architectural features

As in all European countries, German architects were strongly influenced by Italian and later French culture. The victory was won by the practicality of the national character. A clear, well-recognized appearance of the building has formed, which distinguishes all projects of German houses and cottages from the photo in our catalog. It is characterized by the following features.

1. Square or rectangular, with a slight difference in sides, the shape of the base. Clear geometric shapes, accentuated by decorative trim.
2. The combination in one ensemble of additional volumes, acting as multi-level extensions: an outbuilding, summer cuisine, swimming pool, garage.
3. Horizontal remote structures on the upper floors with a terrace, large balconies.
4. Gable (rarely 4) roofs covered with red, cherry, brown tiles, attics with windows.
5. Lack of small decor on the facades - classic look form dark beams that form a "cage" and contrast with the light plaster on the walls.

Majority architectural projects Germany bears the legacy of Gothic culture. This is the general aspiration of the building upwards (towards the sky), acute-angled outlines, vertical glazed bay windows and narrow windows.

Various German-style cottages

Modern houses in Germany are built mainly of stone, frame structures are common. Usually they are erected in several levels, one-story buildings are less common. Among the finished projects, there are several that are popular.

• Old German brick houses— differ in solid appearance, and functionality. large areas glazing gives the facade a stylish look, and decorative beams on the gables are a tribute to tradition.
• Cottages with a pronounced fachwerk- built from the most different materials. Imitation of intersecting vertical and inclined racks is created using polyurethane foam materials, laminated chipboard, wood. An example in the catalog is a building made of aerated concrete blocks (No. 53-96).

Clients often ask for a German-style house project with an attic - this is a traditional construction technique in many areas of Germany, where the rational use of each is characteristic. square meter area starting from basements, and ending with the attic space.

Our company has been developing ready-made architectural solutions, including projects of German houses, for more than 15 years. Choosing the option you like, the customer receives a complete package of documentation with working drawings, diagrams and specifications of building materials.

For those who still doubt whether it is worth going to the Kaliningrad region or not, I will say again - it is definitely worth it. Maybe there is nothing to see in Kaliningrad itself, except for the preserved cathedrals and churches, which miraculously survived after the allied bombing and storming of the city. Everyone already knows about the Curonian and Baltic Spit, they are definitely worth getting out on. But I also highly recommend driving a car through small towns, where the old German architecture is well preserved. And do it better as soon as possible. Houses are gradually drowning in the harsh Russian reality, wrapped up in Chinese ventilated facades, overgrown with warts of air conditioner units and sparkling with false teeth of white plastic windows. And this is logical - people want to live in warmth and comfort.

But the strongest enemy of these places is time. Old houses of the beginning of the twentieth century, without proper care, are gradually falling apart. In 10 years, half of these photographs will already be history. They are already history. Walking along the old cozy streets, the feeling of unreality does not leave - it's like a journey into the past, a walk through the museum, where people live, children play, cats and dogs roam...

I went to the Kaliningrad region precisely for the sake of such quarters. You won't find anything like it anywhere else in our country.

1. The ideal way to travel around the Kaliningrad region by personal transport is a car and a motorcycle. Or a bike. The roads in the area are all right. Luxurious highways were built around Kaliningrad.

2. And throughout the region, a whole network of old German roads with the famous "last soldiers of the Wehrmacht" has been preserved. These are old trees that are planted closely along the roads, which is why boring country lanes turn into a beautiful journey through forest tunnels. But with the soldiers you need to be on the alert - any mistake can cost a life. There is no roadside, and any deviation from the trajectory leads either to the oncoming lane or to a centuries-old wooden pole. The war has long ended, and these German trees still continue to claim the lives of people.

Pravdinsk

4. The first city on our way was Friedland, which means “peaceful land” in German. When these lands became part of the USSR, Friedland was renamed Pravdinsk. The old German buildings are well preserved in the city, along with the Church of St. George, which was founded in 1313 and took only 150 years to build. Where else can you find such streets, like scenery for filming? I'll tell you - only in the Kaliningrad region!

5. Exit to the roof of the church, and now the current church, is interesting not only for the view of the city, but also for the exit to the roof itself. Climbing the steps of a medieval tower is not at all like flights of stairs to a soviet panel twelve-story building.

6. The city center has been partially restored. More precisely, the facades facing the main square have been restored. Some buildings were lucky and they retained their original appearance. But not all. Look how awful the neighborhood store "Neighbor" looks like.

7. Inside the church now like this.

8. Coincidentally, we arrived in Pravdinsk on the day of the city. A whole city holiday unfolded near the church.

9. Against the backdrop of the old and neat architecture, this colorful Chinese masquerade looked completely absurd.

11. It cannot be said that the whole city consists of old German houses and is all so beautiful. No. These are all the intrigues of the photographer. To take such photographs, it was necessary to manage to compose the frame so that advertising, facades of chain stores or mobile operators would not fit into it.

Railway

12. Previously, this city was part of the border zone, which was not reported anywhere along the way. Therefore, local residents habitually handed over all the lost tourists to the border guards, and they, in turn, issued a fine of 500 rubles and took a couple of hours of time. But last year things got easier, and now the city is open to everyone.

13. In Zheleznodorozhny, medieval buildings have been preserved, although they are pretty dilapidated. In the very center, old sheds of the 17th century survived, but every year they get worse and worse. Instead of restoring this beauty and making a museum and a shop for tourists inside, these sheds were surrounded metal fence. So that no one climbs into collapsing buildings and gets killed, and that no one interferes with the sheds quietly rotting.

14. Local residents adapt old houses to their needs as best they can. Somewhere a window is cut through, somewhere an arch is laid. Fortunately, there is a lot of building material - the recently closed brewery will not soon be pulled apart by bricks.

15. Zheleznodorozhny is a city-museum.

16. German pharmacy.

17. Urban pastoral with a stork on the roof.

19. The building of the church has been well preserved in the city, but apparently no one needs it and they are not going to restore it.

Chernyakhovsk

22. The third largest city after Kaliningrad and Sovetsk is located on the A229 Kaliningrad - Minsk highway. This is a modern city with the usual standard buildings. Only in the center of the city there are a few streets with houses that are unusual for a resident of Russia. This is me to the fact that the city is not at all the same as in our photographs. These are just fragments and details that we were specifically looking for.

24. Old church, now St. Michael's Church.

26. Photographing German architecture in Chernyakhovsk is becoming more and more difficult every year. Instead of beautiful facades practical ventilated horror appears.

27. But people can be understood. High-quality reconstruction costs ten times more than a Chinese ventilated facade.

28. See how alien they look plastic double-glazed windows. But from them it does not blow and does not flow.

29. We ended our viewing of Chernyakhovsk in an incredibly tasty beer yard near the central square. Highly recommend! After the beer yard it began to rain, and we drove towards Lithuania.

31. In the next, final part of the story about a trip to the Kaliningrad region, read travel notes, car life and traditional travel accounting.

Thank you for your attention!

The architectural styles inherent in Western countries are now very popular with domestic developers. In elite Russian settlements, one can increasingly see houses stylized as french provence, English classics, luxurious baroque or trendy high-tech. But ordinary homeowners are especially sympathetic german style characterized by a combination of restraint and comfort.

The inhabitants of Germany are known all over the world, first of all, for their practicality and frugality, and these features are reflected in the architecture of residential buildings. Such buildings at first sight give the impression of reliability and comfort, special home comfort without any frills.

The German style is characterized by the following features:

• the correct form of houses;
• small windows;
• lack of an attic;
• restrained colors;
• the predominance of natural materials;
• a small amount of facade decor of simple lines.

house architecture

A traditional German house is either rectangular or square and can be one, two or three stories high. Modern options allow for extensions and some asymmetry of forms, but even in such projects much attention is paid to the correct proportions. To expand the usable space in the houses, an attic, bay windows are equipped, often there is a basement.

The porch at the entrance is usually low, modest in size, with simple wooden railings. The terrace, if any, is quite small, but most often it is absent. small, correct geometric shape balconies are available in almost every two- and three-story house. In buildings of the classical type, they are always open, but in more modern projects preference is given to balconies closed type, including those with panoramic windows.

Small balconies - a feature of style

The roofs of German houses are most often gable, with wide overhangs, covered with tiles. Roofs of complex configuration or hips are rare, mainly in large mansions with numerous outbuildings.

Entrance doors have rectangular shape, the top can be glazed. The main entrance stands out only in a contrasting color - it is not customary to use another decor. The windows are also rectangular, small, with thin perpendicular lintels. Shutters are rarely used, and even then only as decoration.

Materials for construction and decoration

For the construction of German-style houses, red brick, natural stone, cinder block and ceramic block are widely used, and for frame structures - glued laminated timber, sandwich panels and DSP. A very common option is when the first floor is built of brick or stone, and the second of wood. Traditional finishes are plaster and paint. The walls are plastered smoothly, texture compositions used on rare occasions. Plinth veneer natural stone or its imitation - this is the most popular way of finishing. For roofing, all types of tiles are used, less often corrugated board.

Prices for a ceramic block from various manufacturers

Ceramic block

Color spectrum

German houses are characterized by very restrained colors, and bright accents in the design of the exterior are rare. For walls, they usually choose beige, sand, white, sometimes light green or terracotta. Wherein wooden decor almost always has a saturated dark brown color which contrasts favorably with the walls. Also for contrast shutters and entrance doors may be bright red or blue. Roof color, depending on the type roofing material, varies from red-brown to dark gray.

The architectural style has several directions, the most significant of which are German Gothic and fachwerk. Gothic refers to the castle style, and is more suitable for luxurious mansions. But in Germany there are many small houses, stylized as Gothic and distinguished by an unusually colorful look. They have high pointed roofs with the same pointed canopies over the porch, narrow, vertically elongated windows, and columns at the entrance made of stone or brick. The plinth is also high, lined with roughly hewn stone. All this makes the house visually taller and gives a presentable, outstanding look.

Fachwerk is considered the most famous direction, and for many it is he who personifies the traditional German style. It is very easy to identify half-timbered houses by the wooden beams dividing the facade into small sections of the correct shape. The beams intersect at right angles and diagonally, creating a kind of decor that is characteristic only of this style. Such houses look solid and unusually colorful, even despite the simplest decoration.

Design features and materials of half-timbered houses

Fachwerk refers to frame construction and today it is the most advanced technology for the construction of wooden frame houses. The basis of the structure is a structure of durable wooden poles, horizontal beams and diagonal braces, and the space between them is filled with various building materials with sufficient heat capacity.

Half-timbered houses - German style

Initially for the construction half-timbered houses ordinary logs and wooden beams of various sections were used, and the sections formed by them were filled with straw mixed with lime and clay (like adobe buildings). Later they began to use stone and burnt bricks, sometimes boards. Now the frame is made of glued laminated timber conifers, and modern materials are used to fill the sections - sandwich panels, DSP, aerated concrete, various heaters. At the same time, the frame elements always remain in sight, regardless of the method finishing facade.

Such houses have significant advantages:

• the wooden frame has a relatively low weight and does not exert a serious load on the base. This makes it possible to build buildings on shallow foundations, which significantly reduces construction time and material costs;
• v frame structure easy to hide all communications;
• the length of the bars makes it possible to overlap large spans, which means interior spaces can be very spacious;
• the technology of fastening and bandaging the beams reduces the risks of the building skew to almost zero;
• half-timbered houses look colorful and impressive, standing out against the background of standard buildings.

True, the half-timbered style also has disadvantages:

• design development and installation of structures requires professional knowledge and skills, and the services of a specialist are very expensive;
• a classic half-timbered house is not suitable for the northern regions, since the walls in it are not thick enough and cannot provide reliable thermal insulation;
• an open wooden frame needs regular treatment with flame retardants, antifungal and hydrophobic compounds.

In addition to the construction of half-timbered houses, there are more practical option – exterior finish under fachwerk. Firstly, absolutely any house of a standard form can be styled as fachwerk. Secondly, it is not difficult to perform the simulation on your own, no special knowledge is needed for this. Thirdly, such a finish will be cheaper than, for example, cladding the facade with siding.

Bar prices

Fachwerk style facade decoration

To simulate frame beams, conventional wooden planks treated with protective glazing compounds.

The rougher the material, the better; false beams made of artificially aged wood look especially impressive. Boards must be at least 10 cm wide and at least 2 cm thick, always smooth, without cracks and rot, with a minimum number of knots. The moisture content of lumber should not exceed 20%.

Polyurethane boards are an excellent alternative to wood. This material does not need to be protected from precipitation, insects and microorganisms do not damage it. Polyurethane is much more durable than wood and less hassle during operation. Polyurethane boards can be bought at any building supermarket, and the choice of such products is quite wide.

Finishing can be done according to brickwork, plaster, insulation. If the walls need to be leveled, the sheathing of the DSP house with the subsequent installation of false beams would be an excellent solution.

Prices for various facade boards

Front board

Preparatory stage

To properly prepare the walls, you must first remove all unnecessary and check the quality of the base. Therefore, the first thing to do is to remove facade decor(if any), platbands, gutters, lighting fixtures, and then thoroughly clean the walls of dirt. Can be used metal brush or a grinder with an abrasive nozzle. After cleaning, cracks, chips, empty seams in the masonry and other defects are clearly visible on the walls.

Cracks and deep grooves should be sealed with cement mortar, as for small irregularities, then they will be hidden under a layer of thermal insulation. If areas affected by the fungus are found, they must be treated with an antifungal compound or any chlorine-containing agent after stripping. After the repair mortar has dried, the walls must be primed, and it is desirable to choose a primer with antiseptic properties and containing a quartz filler.

Warming and plastering

If the walls do not need to be leveled or insulated, you can immediately start finishing. We will consider the option with insulation. One of the popular ways is foam sheathing: the material perfectly retains heat, and the installation process does not require much effort. Styrofoam plates are attached to the glue and additionally fixed with dowels-fungi, for reliability.

Step 1. The lower boundary of the sheathing is determined and a horizontal line is drawn along the perimeter of the house. According to this markup, they are attached to the dowel-nails starting bar on which the first row of insulation will be based.

Step 2 Stir the mounting glue and begin to fix the foam. The glue is applied in a continuous strip along the perimeter of the sheet and pointwise in the center, after which the foam is applied to the wall, leveled and pressed. Be sure to check its location with a level to prevent distortions.

Step 3 Each next sheet is attached close to the previous one so that there are no gaps. The installation of the second row is carried out with an offset of the vertical seams, for which the first sheet in the row is cut in half. In the same way, the remaining rows are mounted, periodically checking their horizontal level with a level.

Step 4 After the glue dries, the insulation is fixed with fungal dowels, drilling neat holes in the center and in the corners of each sheet. The dowel caps must be slightly recessed so that they do not protrude beyond the plane of the foam. Next, the irregularities at the joints are cleaned, the gaps are blown out with foam, if they are nevertheless formed, priming the entire surface.

Trimming excess foam

Step 5 Knead fresh adhesive solution and applied with a notched trowel over the foam. A reinforcing mesh is laid on the solution, smoothed with a spatula, deepening several millimeters into the thickness of the mixture. The mesh sheets are overlapped with each other and carefully leveled so that the joints are not visible. After drying, the surface is grouted with medium grit sandpaper.

Step 6 Cooking plaster mortar and apply it to the walls in a thin and even layer. Special care is needed here, since any flaw will be clearly visible. When the plaster sets, it must be rubbed with a metal or polyurethane trowel.

Finally, the walls need to be painted. It will be difficult to do this after installing the decor, because you will have to paste over each board masking tape so as not to stain the paint. The color for the walls must be selected taking into account the color of the boards, because they must contrast with each other. Classic fachwerk implies light walls and a dark frame, this combination is more harmonious.

Styrofoam prices

Styrofoam

Fachwerk imitation

Step 1. First, you should draw a sketch of the facade on paper and consider the location of the decor elements.

In traditional half-timbered houses the lower part is surrounded by a solid beam, which is called a strapping. Bars must be installed at the corners of the facade, and to strengthen the structure, they are rigidly fastened with bracing (corner mans). If the wall is more than 6 m wide, another vertical beam with braces on both sides is installed in the center - the central man. Strapping beams are also attached to the upper part of the walls and between floors.

An important element of the half-timbered house is the "St. Andrew's Cross" - two diagonal planks fastened in the form of the letter "X". Most often it is located above and below window openings. Crossbars provide additional rigidity to the frame - short horizontal crossbars between the uprights.

Advice. Fachwerk imitation does not require exact observance of these conditions, because false beams are not subjected to any load. At the same time, well-placed elements create a more believable look and bring the finish closer to true German style.

Step 2 After working out the sketch, it is necessary to mark up directly on the wall. Vertical and horizontal lines are drawn strictly according to the level, because even small deviations will be noticeable from afar. After completing the markup, it is necessary to prepare the boards: first they are cut according to measurements in length, the ends are cut off at an angle at the braces, treated with protective compounds.

Step 3 Each element is carefully coated with impregnation on all sides and dried in air. Next, 1-2 layers of dark-colored paint are applied: traditionally, in half-timbered houses, the beams are painted in dark brown and black, which effectively contrast with light plaster. Instead of impregnation and paint, you can take a glazing antiseptic with a dark shade of color - it will not only provide reliable protection, but also retain the natural texture of the tree.

Advice. Strict restrictions on color scheme there is no frame, and there are houses with red beams, dark blue, light brown. The most important thing is that the boards do not merge in color with the walls, because then the whole meaning of the finish disappears.

Step 4 They take the first board, apply it to the wall and mark the attachment points along the marking line. Putting the decor aside, they drill holes in the wall, remove dust, and fix the false beam in place with the help of dowel-nails. The rest of the elements are fixed in the same way, carefully aligning along the marked lines until the layout is completed. The caps of the fasteners must be recessed into the tree by 1-2 mm so that they do not protrude above the surface.

Use Case decorative boards with dowels

Step 5 To improve the aesthetic appearance, the recesses in the fasteners should be sealed with a waterproof sealant. For these purposes, an acrylic-silicone composition is perfect, which has excellent adhesion and resistance to deformation. Sealant can be matched by color or painted over after it dries.

So, quite economically, you can give your home a completely the new kind. Here you can experiment with color, wood texture, layout options. The main thing is to do everything as carefully and precisely as possible in proportion, otherwise it will all look more comical than attractive.

Video - German-style houses

Video - Finishing a country house in the German style

Video - German-style house

Video - Fachwerk facade decoration

Each country has its own traditional. So, Russia is steadily associated with, China with pagodas, Europe with Gothic buildings, the USA with skyscrapers, etc. But at the mention of Germany to those who are fond of architecture or just follow current trends suburban, the term "half-timbered houses" will come to mind.

half-timbered house

Having appeared in Germany, today they have become very popular in different parts of the world, including ours.

Fachwerk history

The German word Fachwerk is formed from two parts: das Fach - section, cell and das Werk - building. Literally, it turns out "a structure from sections." Looking from the side at half-timbered houses, we will be convinced of the accuracy of the definition. Similar to a fairy tale, they will not go unnoticed while walking along the old European streets. Their invariably light walls seem to be "cut" by dark wooden beams. The sloping roof completes the structure.

According to historians, fachwerk originated in Germany, in areas where there were rivers nearby and shipbuilding developed. To repair and build ships, one had to be well versed in carpentry. And once the masters realized that it was possible to build not only strong ships, but also solid houses.

The appearance of half-timbered houses dates back to the 12th century. But its heyday came in the 15th-16th centuries, when architects mixed traditional fachwerk with new trends:

• with baroque elements (pediments with large curls along the edges, an abundance of details on the facade, sculptures of people and animals),
• with Gothic elements (quotes from Holy Scripture on the façade)
• with details of the Renaissance (an abundance of characteristic rosettes, shells, wreaths, flower vases on the facade).

In addition, the geographical division into regions also influenced the construction. If you visit several regions of Germany, then you will not find the same half-timbered houses there. The following areas are distinguished: Thracian, Alemannic and Lower Saxon half-timbered houses.

Houses were built taking into account the fact that the land in those days was very expensive. Therefore, I wanted to increase the living space not at her expense. They did it like this:

• We built a frame from strong wooden racks and beams.
• The panels filling the space between them were made from a mixture of clay with wild reeds or straw. This mixture was called adobe (you can learn more about it from the publication). The adobe was applied to the "skeleton" of wooden rods.
• In order to expand the space in the room, the enterprising Germans came up with the idea of ​​building in such a way that each floor was wider than the previous one and “hung” about half a meter above it. This overhanging floor also protected the lower ones from moisture. Subsequently, the characteristic ledges became one of the hallmarks of the fachwerk as an architectural trend.
• After completing work with the frame and panels, the house and. And they painted not anyhow, but according to a certain principle. Panels - in a light color, and a wooden frame - always in a dark one. The house became visually "broken" into cells. This is how another difference appeared, which we will talk about later.
• And finally, . In old German half-timbered houses, the roofs were high and sloping. Below them was an additional living space.

As for the decoration and the house as a whole, only wealthy burghers could afford them. They invited experienced craftsmen who know their business very well.

At the request of the owner, they could recreate the family coat of arms on the facade, make unique carvings, decorate the house with sculptures, paintings or inscriptions: for example, with wishes of good health and prosperity, or simply with information about who lives under this roof and whether the owners are happy with the guests. Such statements were called Haussprüche (from German das Haus - house and der Spruch - saying).

Interesting: researchers of this type of architecture have revealed that there is some symbolism in German half-timbered buildings. If the beams intersect like the letter X, then this symbolizes the St. Andrew's Cross (on which the Apostle Andrew was crucified).

If the segments of the side beams do not intersect, then this shape is called "Swabian Woman". Why Swabian? Most likely, the association comes with the national costume of Swabian women: a lace-up corset with a decollete and a fluffy skirt.

If the beams resemble the letter "U", then you have a "Wild Man". The origin of this name is not really known. Maybe this is how the sedate inhabitants of medieval Germany imagined a person with strange behavior - a wild one.

Curved scrolls in the form of the letter "S" on the corner beams were amulets against lightning. Scary masks on the facade protected from evil spirits and ill-wishers. Images of the sun in the form of rosettes were symbols of fertility and material well-being.

With the onset of the 18th century, half-timbered houses lost their positions. It was very difficult to bring engineering equipment into such a house, but I didn’t want to live without them. The 19th and 20th centuries were also marked by half-timbered calm and mass construction of more modern buildings. But the 21st century stirred up interest in this style. In large cities in Germany, and not only, they began to restore old half-timbered houses and build new ones, but already taking into account modern trends, etc. And now the descendants of burgher houses are called half-timbered houses, or half-timbered houses.

Distinctive features of half-timbered houses

Color contrasts and windows in a row.

1. Complete absence of metal elements in construction. That 500 years ago, that now the construction of a half-timbered house does not accept metal in the frame. Heavy metal ties will ruin and appearance home and interior. The result is not at all what was expected.
2. Bearing beams do not hide under . This is one of the main features characteristic of fachwerk. Beams divide the house into peculiar sections.
3. Filling the space between the beams with a material that is different in texture from wood. Previously, it was adobe, which we have already talked about above. To date, it has been successfully replaced by brick.
4. Lightweight design. Half-timbered houses are very light, so you can build them on a shallow one.
5. Color contrasts. In the first half-timbered houses they played on the confrontation "light-dark". Now the flight of fancy is not constrained by anything: dark red and green, brown and beige, dark brown and light green and other combinations.
6. Overhanging one floor over another. Today, this feature has practically disappeared, it has become optional. There is no need to expand the living space in this way, and modern ones perfectly protect the tree from moisture.
7. Lots of small windows. In the Middle Ages, the house could be literally strewn with small windows. Small, because they still didn’t really know how to make large windows, it was difficult to get glass and very expensive. Fortunately, now they can make windows of any size, and there are no problems with the material. Very popular among owners of half-timbered houses these days panoramic windows . Although experts do not recommend doing this. Firstly, because the windows do not always overlook a pond, a meadow, a forest or a house is on the outskirts, and neighbors scurrying about on business are an amateur sight. It is better to make several windows in one row.
8. high roofs. In Europe, all half-timbered houses have tall and sharp gable roofs. It was beneficial to have such a roof structure: it protects the whole house from precipitation, and you can also equip it under it. V modern houses there are also sloping options. But if you want to meet the requirements of style as much as possible, then a high roof is a must.
9. The house should "strive" up. Of course, with a shortage of land in medieval Europe houses could not "spread" in width. They were directed upwards. The higher, the more space. If you are building a house now, then it is up to you to decide whether it will be stretched vertically or horizontally.

Is it possible to build a half-timbered house in Russia?

On the pages of TSB (Big Soviet Encyclopedia) there is a mention of half-timbered houses. But with a note that it can only be built in a warm climate, otherwise you will not overwinter. For example, in the south of the country: “... In modern construction F. with wooden frame and brick or adobe infill are mainly used in areas with a warm climate (including in auxiliary production buildings). Such data were for the period 1969-1978.

But thanks to new technologies. Now half-timbered houses are no less warm than tiles.

The walls are best left white (or any light tone).

Beams - always contrastingly dark to the walls. By the way, you can display on the beams.

Forged things look good as decorative elements: horseshoes, shelves, etc. If desired, even forged furniture won't be redundant.

The interior of a half-timbered house implies the presence of a hearth. It will make it more homely and cozy. It doesn't matter if it's a fireplace or a stove.

If there is no passion for antiquity, then the house can be turned into a modern spacious dwelling. We add the features of minimalism to the fachwerk features:

• No forged products and an abundance of accessories.
• A large amount of space is left free so that sunlight can freely fill the room.
• Beams can be painted in light tone slightly darker than the walls.
• A small fireplace (the oven is inappropriate), a minimum of furniture, light-colored textiles, in general, nothing that makes the interior heavier - and we get a house from a mixture of two seemingly opposite directions.

Half-timbered houses, despite their popularity and ancient history in Europe, we are considered exotic. Not everyone will dare to "get involved" with such a project. But with proper execution, the result will justify the effort and money spent. And what do you think?