The Bauernhaus

The old beam in the living room, which was cracked and beyond repair , sagged in the middle, so was propped up be a post. Of course, this ...

Or, up me beam, to be more accurate. A few weeks ago, my wife arranged to get an old oak beam from a chap in the next village. Lutz (our c...

Every evening this past week, till close to 11pm, I hacked the surface layers of fine clay plaster off all walls where the timber framing wi...

Little enough has been happening over the Christmas holidays, but any time I've had has been invested in more sandblasting. I re-blasted...

They fulfilled their promise. Windows in before Christmas. 28 windows and two doors fitted in two days. Some small stuff to do in the New Ye...

Corny, but literal. We borrowed a rather ancient-looking sand blaster on the advice of a neighbour, even though every instinct screamed ag...

Our shiny new concrete floor in the cellar was finished a couple of weeks ago. I'd been meaning to take some photos, but not under the...