The small town of Horsbüll is located in the north of Schleswig-Holstein, near the Danish border. Here, on the North Frisian mainland, the couple Britta and Karsten Klasen, who live nearby on the island of Sylt, discovered an old thatched house. The house was built around 1875 as a branch of the village school in Horsbüll to make it easier for the children from the surrounding farms to get to school. The teacher also lived in the building, which also had a stable attached. The so-called Reethues was purchased by Klasens and lovingly converted into a spacious holiday home for 6 people in 2014.
The former stable is now occupied by a spacious living-dining room. A furniture store on Sylt gave Klasens the inspiration to insert cement tiles into the floorboards. With the MOSÁICO tile planner, they selected the pattern and color it so that it matches the selected furniture.
The floor-to-ceiling windows of the former stable gate flood the room with light, so that the “Persian carpet” made of cement tiles under the dining table stands out optimally. The bright colors create a sunny atmosphere even when the Schleswig-Holstein weather is not playing along.
Very close to Horsbüll is also Seebüll, where the expressionist painter Emil Nolde painted his landscape and flower paintings in expressive colors. I'm sure he would have enjoyed these cement tile colors too.
The surface pattern 219 is made of sand (M04), yellow (M05), red (M12), blue (M19) and fir (M26) and has border 472 in cream (M03), mustard (M06), red (M12), Bordeaux (M13), grass green (M25) and olive (M28).
Overall, the result is a real eye-catcher whose colors harmonize with the light wood of the floorboards and the classic wooden furniture. The splashes of blue and green pick up on the colors of the armchair and sofa.
It is easy to understand that the Thüh is well booked, as Mr. Klasen told me. We wish all guests a pleasant stay and congratulate the Klasen couple on the successful transformation of the old village school.