Raised Wooden Floor

An elevated wooden floor. Wide pine or beech planks are laid in parallel, about forty centimeters off the ground, with a clean wooden edge that can be sat on; the wood retains its natural color, only oiled and not varnished, with a warm luster developed from use. There is no railing between the floor and the courtyard, just a direct edge. One must take off shoes or step up to walk from the interior to this area. Avoid: making the floor flush with the ground, adding railings and fences, using stained and varnished wood, making the direction of the planks chaotic.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片架高的木質地板。寬版的松木或櫸木板以平行方向鋪設,離地約四十公分,邊緣是一道乾淨的木緣可以坐;木材保持原色,只上油不上漆,表面被走出溫潤的光澤。地板與庭院之間沒有欄杆,直接是一道邊。從室內走到這裡要脫鞋或跨一階。避免:把地板貼地做平、加入欄杆與圍籬、使用染色與上漆的木、讓木板的方向雜亂。