The Red Cottage Projects
During the last month of 2024 we decided that it was about time to upgrade our old heating device that was getting really messy and we couldn’t trust it anymore. A new, modern device was much needed. We searched online and opted for the same producer that is in located Sweden, hoping for a decent …
In April 2026 I got an idea to create some stone “walls” in order to create a more “cozy” layout of the garden. At the same time, due to the existence of quite large gap in the property that was intended to save the house from the water and humidity that runs downhill from the …
When we purchased the house, there was this gigantic raised bed in the middle of the lawn. It had some interesting herbs and perennial plants in it. Still, some of the plants were unknown to us, others were there due to “time and nature”. The whole bed was quite nice in the summer, but a …
The southern part of our property has an “dramatic” border that ended in the woods with a 2m drop. I did clean that part of the property and used some soil from the green house digging to create two planting areas that would be good for planting some flowers or other plants of our choice. …
Having more and more fancy garden tools, machines etc. it’s been more and more annoying to get to the necessary tools into the basement, in particular the mowing machine that is kind of heavy for my hurting back. On our property there was a try to build a shed made by prior owners and it …
Since 2022 when we purchased the house, the deck was one of the places where we knew that we would be dealing with quite soon due to its severe state of degrade. The nearby woods contributes ad well to keep the high level of moist that added another level to the equation creating a lovely …
After our first for raised beds we noticed that the ones that we created were a bit small. Good for spices and some greens but most definitely not for a bigger production. So I started to think about a new raised bed design. Luckily, I had the opportunity to get some transport pallets for free …
Creating our first raised beds The first year when we purchase the house we focused on the small changes, nothing too big. We enjoyed the place, the surroundings, the lovely nature, our neighbours etc. The year after the purchase of the property, in 2023 we developed a strong need to do something with it beginning …
We decided to paint the facade and change a bit the colour as well. Unfortunately, the previous owners made a choice to use synthetic colours on top of the classic red one used on these lovely red houses in Sweden. This made us unfortunately use more or less the same type of colour. We knew …
When we bought the property we decided to keep the bed that the would owners left. It looked just fine and it was made of real wood, not like the modern Ikea products that may or may not be good. One day we were about to move the mattress and it was in that occasion …