Fatima Olivero-Reinius gable house exterior

This Bright Green Prefab in Sweden Looks Just Like a Monopoly House

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"How would a kid draw a house?" architect Per Franson asked himself when designing the Olivero-Reinius family home in suburban Stockholm. The simple prefab structure’s unusual color comes from a traditional source: falu rödfärg, the historic mineral paint that gives the region’s famous barns their red color. Here, the addition of a tint created a hue that matched the house’s green Plannja roof panels.