Some years back we came across an article about challenges of building a house. There was one paragraph that stuck with us (freely translate...

We crossed our fingers on Friday for a weekend without rain, as it has proven to be impossible for trucks to climb up the grassy hill when t...

At this point, it is rather difficult to hide what we are doing. One can just follow the mud track to ground zero. If day one had it's c...

At 7.30 am it arrived. At 8.00 am the engine started. The digging begun. At that time, we had no idea of the challenges the day would bring....

Today we woke up full of energy. After morning coffee, it was decided that the first thing to do was to buy a chainsaw to be efficient. An h...

Sweat. Sore muscles. Exhaustion. Backyard looking like a disaster. That is seems to be slate floor assembly in a nutshell. Yet, Pekka is enj...