We showed that handrail who the boss is!

We have been talking about removing the handrail running in the middle of our outside stairs for a while now. In the old days there where only 2 handrails on the wall (see it here), but the PO had installed one running down the front as can be seen in the picture...

The perfect chair?

When it’s warm outside we love sitting in front of the stables talking and enjoying a nice glass of home brewed iced tea. Last summer we made do with some of the many chairs we have found throughout the house, attic and barn – there must be at least 30 of...

Building a greenhouse & the garden

We are very optimistic people but we’ve come to the realization lately that our dreams and plans about what we want to get accomplished on the house this year may be rather hard to achieve. So one of the projects we’ve decided to put on the back burner is...

So the solution should be pretty simple…

I was just outside to check the other fuse boxes we have (one in the main house and one in the barn – plus I think there is another one I’ve forgotten somewhere) and Robert was telling me that he thinks that it is likely a fuse in the controller box for...

The Mack is back but the gate is not

When I came back from the walk with Ayla this morning, I was very relieved to see Macky’s van outside. Hopefully he won’t take long to get everything wrapped up today and I know both hubby and I will be VERY happy to be able to use the new bathroom...