And then finally today I got the call from the old man fixing my led windows!! I was so surprised when i walked in the old workshop, it feelt like time had stood still for about hundred years and when I had a look at my old windows they were shining and new….. Magic!! […]
Now, finally I can show you the kids bathroom, it almost done!! Of course there is no water yet so we cant use it´s but at least I got some nice shots of it today;) In this bathroom I went for the English slash Industrial feeling, with grey and black hexagonal floor from […]
Welcome back to reality!!! What a day…. Yesterday beach and relax and today running around like a crazy person buying paint, bathroom lamps, ordering mirrors and I even found my small iron-details for my new windows at Byggfabriken. First layer of the Tadelakt is now finally on after BIG crises when the products […]
The thing I love most with renovating old houses is all the surprises, nothing really becomes the way you think from the beginning. We had allot of unexpected problems and we have manage to find fun and beautiful solutions along the way. After almost 9 months of heavy renovation I am starting to see […]
Yesterday my posh English bathroom floor arrived!!!! Hexagon grey/black from Original Style, got a really good deal for the floor at Byggfabriken! and the kitchen wall is coming up…. I don’t ever think I will EVER get tired of white simple tiles! Its rainy and windy outside, perfect day for renovation! Have a lovely Friday everyone;)
Yesterday we had visitors in the old house, photographer and blogger Amelia from A Beautiful living and stylish Tant Johanna came to make a little reportage in our working dust! The kids couldn’t understand why anyone want to come and take photos of our mess so they decided to clean and fix up the place before the […]
The cement floor is now on its place and it´s still warm from yesterday. I had some test tiles made to find out which treatment is the best agains oil and red-wine. Does anyone have suggestions of products or how to treat a kitchen cement-floor?? I would really appreciate!!
Today I had the old ceiling fixed up with new ornamental stucco! The rest of the house have the original once left but in one of the big rooms the roof was covered with old ugly masonite and when we tore it down there were nothing else but sand and stones;) Now it´s back to […]
Finally we are there, the most fun part of the renovation is getting closer… COLOURS!! Studying colours for walls, for floors, of roof and colours of windows, the “post card scales” from Nordsjö are great! Love the views from up here… Need to get the exact gray colour for the roof ridge and I think I found it;)
Make space, here comes the experts! Now when most big stuff are done in the house I need some real professionals to give the last touch.. Scraping all the windows…. Get the exact measurements…. A whole lot of materials to build together, great place for two small arcitects… Thanks you Katarina for the great Fristad […]