Kitchen excavations
It’s been a while since I last posted but I have been fully absorbed in the renovation process. I moved into the house just around new years, which is when the work really got started. As you might...
The curse of indecision
A certain theme that I have noticed in my decisionmaking regarding the house is, well, a constant case of indecision. Being the single owner of the house, unlike my old apartment where my parents owned 1/3 each, means...
Planning a bathroom
One of the first things that needs to be finished in the house so that I can actually move in and stop squatting at my mother’s is a functioning bathroom. When i bought the house, there was a...
Choosing the right style
A thing that is important to me when renovating is that I show respect for the old building. I am not too fussed about using exactly the “right” materials or techniques, because it can easily get out of...
Today’s hyperfixation: dehumidifiers
The biggest issue that is also in the most urgent need of solving, is the water damage in the crawl space. The space is generally super humid, and water is somehow leaking in from the outside. Not even...
Budgeting…
Right now there isn’t a lot of exciting things to share because all I do is trawling the home improvement stores online catalogues, trying to budget the start of this project. I’ve realized that it’s a bit beyond...
Planning a kitchen
(source for photo in header) While it’s still about two weeks until I get the keys to the house, and another two weeks after that at least until I can actually live there, I’m trying to do the...
So I bought a house…
fter months of looking for a small house that I could afford, somewhere in the south east of Sweden, I stumbled upon this gorgeous cottage. It’s a cross timber frame, so the walls are thick making the house...