Difference from a Continental Farmhouse: One is Truly Old, the Other is Newly Built

A rustic interior that is clearly newly built, not an old farmhouse. In European farmhouses, beams have generations of mortise holes and wormholes, flagstone floors are worn into depressions, and walls are lime-washed many times. Here, the materials are equally rough, but all are new: the rough-sawn surface of the wooden beams is fresh from the saw, the formwork marks on the concrete are from this pour, and every stone in the stone wall is newly quarried. There is no wear and tear from use. Avoid: adding wormholes, mortise holes, and repair marks, using reclaimed old wood and old stone, showing depressions from wear on the floor, making materials look aged.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個明顯是新建而非老農舍的質樸室內。歐陸農舍的樑上有幾代人留下的榫孔與蟲蛀、石板地被走出凹陷、牆是重刷多次的石灰漆。這裡的材料同樣粗獷,但全部是新的:木樑的粗鋸面是剛出鋸的、混凝土的板模痕是這次澆置留下的、石牆的每一塊都是新開採的。沒有任何使用的磨損。避免:加入蟲蛀、榫孔與修補的痕跡、使用回收的舊木料與舊石材、讓地面出現被走凹的磨損、把材料做舊成有年代的樣子。