You know, I'm trying to figure out this Norwegian architecture.
I looked at a bunch of photographs of houses in Norway, and at some promotions for some famous restaurant in Oslo, and there's really something wrong with the architecture up there.
Too much wall, too few window, if window at all.
Yeah, sure, it probably gets cold in Norway and all that, but man, living in a hole could drive one to drink.
The unrelenting winter winds of Nebraska are cold too, but I would feel as if a gopher in a hole, not living without great big huge enormous spacious windows on all four sides of this house; almost as much window as wall here.
True, it drives up the heating bill, all these large windows, and on all four sides, but being able to look upon the great big wide world outside boosts the morale and shines up the outlook.
I'm solar powered. Sunshine gets me going. I don't do well when it's overcast here on the CA coast. I don't mean just cloudy, I mean low gray sky, like an ugly ceiling.
I haven't checked out the architecture much, but remember the bright colors used as accents. Color can also help to pick you right up.
Hope you are OK. They say that Spring is just around the corner. Can't wait.
It's odd, I don't have any (acknowleged) Norwegian blood in me, though there IS Baverian, English, Cornish, & Welsh, so who knows...
Anyway, for me, the fewer windows, the better I like it.
Might have to do with spending over 20 years on night shifts, and preferring night classes, but still...