Real Cottages Are Dark, Damp, and Cold

A scene honestly depicting the shortcomings of a cottage, highlighting three problems. First, dark: small windows and thick walls mean that even during the day, areas more than two meters from a window require artificial light, and by 3 PM in winter, the room is already dim. Second, damp: thick earth and stone walls absorb water from the ground upwards, resulting in a darker damp line and white efflorescence at the base of the walls, and mold spots in the corners. Third, cold: no insulation, single-pane windows, and a stairwell that acts as a vertical chimney drawing warm air away, making it cold three meters from the fireplace. The image should present these three actual conditions and label them.
Avoid: depicting the cottage as bright, warm, and comfortable, hiding these three problems, depicting the house as a ruin, changing the spatial layout and materials.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個誠實呈現小屋缺點的畫面,標示出三個問題。第一,暗:窗小而牆厚,即使是白天,離窗兩公尺以外的地方就需要開燈,冬天下午三點房間已經看不清楚。第二,潮:厚實的土石牆會從地面吸水往上滲,牆腳有一圈顏色較深的濕痕與白色的鹽析,角落有黴斑。第三,冷:沒有隔熱層、窗是單層玻璃、樓梯間是垂直的煙囪把暖空氣抽走,離爐火三公尺就冷。畫面呈現這三個實際狀態並標註。避免:把小屋畫成明亮溫暖舒適、隱藏這三個問題、把房子畫成廢墟、改變空間的格局與材質。