The Bauernhaus

While away on a business trip last week, my wife called to say the general builder had sent two people to start excavating our cellar. I h...

No, not the kind I would have liked, but something to treasure nonetheless: old oak beams. For a couple of hours most evening the past wee...

No photos, because there hasn't been any progress! Extremely annoyed with all the companies supposed to be doing work for us. The gene...

It's has felt like a long week. Monday was a holiday, and although it seems to be generally frowned upon to work on such days, I took th...

We really haven't found much in the way of datable "stuff" in the house. The previous owners were not hoarders, and apart from...

It took a while, more because of our bad timing conflicting with other jobs, but big thanks to Lutz, Holger, Andi and the others for buildin...

Before I forget... Our original plan for windows was to go for a t-shape, as we had one old window at the back that was in this form, so w...