Last weekend was a remarkable milestone - finishing one of the longest projects we ever launched, the slate terrace. Had we known when remov...

One of the reasons we decided to not to start from the scratch on the backyard was that it would have been such a shame to rip off the exist...

After seaming, a few more details need to be taken care of before we can rent a sanding machine and finish the surface. There were a few noo...

It was Friday night after a crazy week. The kids were finally asleep and I had just finished working on a blog post. Time to call it a day...

The concrete stairs casted last autumn have been screaming for a slate layer to cover them up. So Pekka started by covering the vertical par...

Next, we wanted to plant a row of smaller white cedars ( Thuja occidentals ) to give our terrace a bit of privacy. So Pekka drove to Puutarh...

In addition to the terrace, backyard is another key item on our (endless) to-do list for this summer. We have been going back and forth what...