The interior of the red house.

The entrance of the house shows the wealth of architectural details. The entrance hall its quite rectangular.   

Everywhere you look there are fine details that capture the eye. One of these details is the little stepping that the brickwork has.

In the original hallway it was full of vibrant coloured but now it's all painted in white.

In the hallway, there is this really good painted settle that was decorated by Marcin himself. it has cupboards above and the bench below. On the middle cupboards, there is an unfinished sequence. this image is representing the wonderful happiness of nature. This is was what Morris wanted to create in the red house.

The main front  is to the north so in winter the interior is quite cold. How the sun reflects in the room in different time and different weather it opens a new angle of seeing this house. By these visual perspectives, there are a different and interesting areas in the house.

Staircase

 The oak staircase this was modeled from Jacobean examples. infect the image of the right is quite similar.

In the stairway, there are some touches of detail like the supported  holes. The stairs reflect Gothic aspects that there are pointed and this is to point everything up to the ceiling. 

 

As you go up the stairs there are the open rafters and wood works. This was originally decorated by William Morris and his wife . This is the original painting because if you take a closer look you'll see the printing holes. These were so the workers could know what pattern to follow.

There is something in common on all  the internal. They all have brick arches. The type of arches you normally see them in the external of the main door. This was designed by  Philip Webb's design. Although the arches are not symmetrical. This is because how Webb designed.

As you enter these brick arches there is Morris original studio. This is because Morris wanted to be a painter before he became a designer. 

This incredible room that had windows on bought side so you can imagine how much light the room has and it has an open patterned ceiling.

In the living room there is an open ceiling that was covered with many king of patterns. In this room there is a huge bridge fireplace. Morris painted a motto that says "Life is short, art is forever". The living room also been painted by Edward Burne-Jones and the stained glass was decorated by Morris himself.  ,

 In the dining room there is the dark dresser that was designed by Philip Webb. These is one of the few furniture that its left in the house. From this room Morris build his company. Here it begin the fine crafts that we know today.

Morris has to leave The Red house because of the company. This is because he had a long trip to arrive and so when he got sick it was impossible to attend the management and so in 1865 they left the Red house.

Reference.

Antiques TV, 2013. Red House (part one) [video online] Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn1PHpfshok> [Published on Feb 14, 2013]

Antiques TV, 2013. Red House (part two) [video online] Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V12bcQIcIBU&spfreload=5> [Published on Feb 14, 2013]

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