Lilla Hyttnäs in Sundborn
Carl and Karin Larsson's home, where light colours and rustic furniture became an ideal.
Carl and Karin Larsson were given the house Lilla Hyttnäs in Sundborn in 1888 and furnished it in the years that followed. Karin designed textiles and furniture, Carl painted the home and the family.
When the pictures were published in the book A Home (Ett hem) in 1899, the rooms became a model for many. The home shows how Arts and Crafts ideas took a Swedish form.
Materials: Painted wood, home-woven textiles, furniture in mixed styles
Manufacture: Furnished over many years, with furniture that was built, repainted and added to.
Light colours and white joinery instead of dark wallpaper.
Old country furniture mixed with newly designed pieces.
Karin's textiles with simplified, geometric patterns.