![A modern home with rough and rugged materials like bricks and wood, also has a natural swimming pool.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/house-with-natural-swimming-pool-060224-1052-01.jpg)
Arno Schuurs and Paulien van Noort of design-build firm GetAway Projects BV, has shared photos of a new home they designed in Gorssel, The Netherlands.
The designers found a long, narrow, and uninviting plot with a shack on it that had been decaying there for years. The shack was removed and they decided to replace it with a new home that’s 65 feet (20m) long and 11 feet (3.5m) wide.
![A modern home with rough and rugged materials like bricks and wood, also has a natural swimming pool.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/house-with-natural-swimming-pool-060224-1052-02.jpg)
The house is finished with Frake Noir, a thermally modified wood type with a dark brown shade, blending it into the surrounding nature. A large glass facade of 14 feet (4.5m) high opens to the garden and swimming pool.
![A modern home with rough and rugged materials like bricks and wood, also has a natural swimming pool.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/house-with-natural-swimming-pool-060224-1052-03.jpg)
Outside the designers created a walled green garden full of bamboo and rhododendrons surrounded by large trees.
![A modern home with rough and rugged materials like bricks and wood, also has a natural swimming pool.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/house-with-natural-swimming-pool-060224-1052-04.jpg)
The unheated natural swimming pool with a swim track of 42 feet (13m) has a helophyte filter (or sand filter) for purifying the water.
![A modern home with rough and rugged materials like bricks and wood, also has a natural swimming pool.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/house-with-natural-swimming-pool-060224-1052-05.jpg)
The walls featured on both the inside and out are made of ‘misfires’, or bricks that have transformed into unusual shapes during the baking process.
![The walls featured on both the inside and outside of this home are made of ‘misfires’, or bricks that have transformed into unusual shapes during the baking process.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/raised-lounge-with-hanging-wood-burning-fireplace-060224-1104-01.jpg)
The house is open plan with a raised lounge with a hanging wood burner fireplace.
![The house is open plan with a raised lounge with a hanging wood burner fireplace.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/raised-lounge-with-hanging-wood-burning-fireplace-060224-1104-02.jpg)
![The house is open plan with a raised lounge with a hanging wood burner fireplace.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/raised-lounge-with-hanging-wood-burning-fireplace-060224-1104-03.jpg)
Adjacent to the lounge is the kitchen with a wood bar.
![A modern kitchen with a wood bar.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/modern-kitchen-with-wood-bar-060224-1107-01.jpg)
![A modern kitchen with a wood bar.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/modern-kitchen-with-wood-bar-060224-1107-02.jpg)
Also on this level of the home is a bedroom with an open bathroom.
![This bedroom has an open bathroom.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bedroom-with-bathroom-060224-1101-01.jpg)
![This bedroom has an open bathroom.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bedroom-with-bathroom-060224-1101-02.jpg)
![This bedroom with a brick wall has an open bathroom.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bedroom-with-bathroom-060224-1101-03.jpg)
Hidden from view is a mezzanine with a large space suitable for three people to sleep in.
![Hidden from view is a mezzanine with a large space suitable for three people to sleep in.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mezzanine-with-beds-060224-1102-01.jpg)
![Hidden from view is a mezzanine with a large space suitable for three people to sleep in.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mezzanine-with-beds-060224-1102-02.jpg)