<p>The object is a 1920s country house in the Tegernseer Tal in Germany. In 1921, the owner’s great-grandfather had a holiday home built for his family. Since then, the house has continuously served as a family retreat and holiday domicile. In the 1950s, the owner’s grandmother had the house remodelled by the artist Paul Mathias Padua. In the 1990s, the owner’s mother commissioned Jan Reuter Interior Design to refurnish the house for the first time.</p>

<p>The original substance was, to the extent possible, to be protected and where necessary reduced, restored or supplemented. The technical systems were to be brought up to date. A level of equipment was to be achieved, which would maintain the substance and make the house liveable year round – for up to nine persons – while at the same time forgoing ‘technical gimmickry’. The built-in elements added by users over the last 90 years were to be reduced; the family history was to remain perceivable through exemplary pieces from the house’s furniture inventory. The goal was to achieve the overall impression of an old house with a palpable history in a contemporary appearance. The planning included the creation of an overall concept for the extensive reconstruction of walls, floors, windows and doors as well as plans for lighting and electrical systems, furniture and a colour scheme. For the furniture, individual pieces from the house’s inventory were selected, grouped into themes with a theme determined for each room (e.g. Baroque oak furniture, according to colour, or natural wood country furniture, etc.). To compliment this selection, a typology extending across the entire house was designed of simple larch-wood furniture in a natural or black-brown finish.</p>

<p>The colour scheme is articulated through natural tones throughout the entire living area, whereas the bedrooms as well as the office and a private chamber for the owner received one main and one accent colour.</p>
