We drove down this dirt road, pulled up to a wire fence, and I took one look at the place. My eyes widened and I think I sighed with excitement; Phil said "Oh dear God." And that started our amazing journey on this path towards restoring this old farm house. We knew it was love at first sight with this beautiful mess. The farm sits in a little oasis of forest and trails, yet we are just one dirt road away from civilization. It is estimated to be about 250 years old, and it has been in the Fuksa family for about 100 years. It has taken on many identities in its long life, a working farm, market place, family house, with probably a host of residents. When we first walked through it, I was immediately drawn to the walls - they are all about a meter thick.... I thought about all the stories these walls hold. The lives they have seen, the laughter, tears, the people. The history of this farm draws me in every time. It's like it beckons to be rebuilt. To be restored, to be loved on. For new life to be breathed into it. It wants to hold on to the past and move into the future. I love this place - the quiet it brings, the space to process, and the messiness of it all. This is our journey as we navigate restoring and reclaiming this farm house.

Friday, May 27, 2016

Outside plaster

The section for us to approve the overall look of the outside plaster is finished...


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Friday, May 20, 2016

Underfloor heating, dormers

We opted for under-floor heating on the ground floor, a more energy- and cost-efficient manner of heating.  They snaked the water pipes through the plastic layer, which will be covered with concrete, then the hardwoods...


The dormers on the top floor are looking good...

 And the outside plaster is being prepared for us to get a glimpse of what it could look like...

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Friday, May 13, 2016

Guest House

The guest cottage is coming along too.  We love the side windows.


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More windows and more

A few days later and all the windows are now installed - it almost looks like a real house!


It's coming together...

They've also started to prep the ground floor for floor heating.  This black plastic will contain the plastic pipes which will snake through every room to radiate the hot water under the floors.

And it's covering so many other pipes that lead to our "mud room" where all the technical equipment will be.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Windows!

The windows that we ordered about 6 weeks ago have arrived, and it's time to install them!  This is one thing we've really been looking forward to - we felt like the former house was missing out on great views and natural light.  

The big window in the future living room is awesome!  It's what we were hoping for!

Shanna admiring the new big living room window...

Phil's future office...

Upstairs, top floor, from Lucy's room... what a view!

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Ceiling/floor

Here's the brewery wood now installed as our upper floor in the cottage - we love it!

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