As with many people who buy an old house or farm, we seem to have a limitless number of projects to be done at all times of the day and year. One of our tasks is to make the barn a bit more organized and at least to the point that we can walk around […]

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I hope you guys can see the guy standing on the scaffolding in this picture. In case you think he’s lost or this was Halloween or something, this is actually what master roofers wear here in Germany. Our neighbors across the street started redoing their roof last week (right before a cold snap hit and […]

Yesterday, I finished up the frosting of the windows in the bathroom. There’s few places I will need to re-stick the film because a few bubbles have come up but having that finished is a very nice accomplishment. Nothing like actually having privacy in your bathroom. We also rehung the door to the bathroom which […]

For quite some time now, I’ve been getting Backwoods Home monthly newsletter. They usually have a few interesting recipes in there, some cute jokes and even some really great woodworking plans from time to time. In this month’s newsletter, they have some spring maintenance tips which they got from State Farm’s website…so I headed on […]