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Rococo or St. Louis? Here’s what we chose

After considering both options (and your input—thank you!), the choice was made - Rococo 3-Column Radiators! They fit the vibe of a 120-year-old house so good —we couldn’t re...

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Merry Christmas, lovely people!

We're wishing you a Christmas filled with warmth, joy, and love! Your support has been a true light for us this year, and we are endlessly grateful.

May your holiday season be magical and t...

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Help us decide: which radiator should warm our home?

Hi patrons! Finally we’ve reached the point where we need to choose the radiators for our home. We need to decide now so that we can determine where the pipes should go.

As we mentioned, fo...

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What we paid for our new windows + front door (color reveal included!)

Happy Monday, everyone! In today's video, I would like to share the costs of our new wooden windows, the front door (and yes, I'll be revealing the color—spoiler alert!), and the window sills. View Post

Croatia Uncovered: our vacation on Krk Island

It's time for our traditional vacation video, capturing those laid-back summer vibes 😀

In August, we took an incredible road trip to Croatia. We drove by car and stayed overnight in a cast...

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Inside the decaying Castle of Heers

In this video, we visit the Castle of Heers in Belgium, which is normally closed to the public. But since we became the members of Herit...

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15 min storm = 5 hours more work

A little spoiler to what you’ll see in tomorrow’s episode. We got a storm today in Belgium and here is the result. Our newly built greenhouses didn’t pass this test. And some of our beautiful...

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Beauty and harmony in every little detail...

Last weekend Illia and I visited  Bonsai exhibition “The trophy 2024” in Genk, Belgium and I would like to share some photos with you. It’s Illia’s hobby that he put on hold currently ...

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Birthday presents start to be thematic…

When you are busy with renovating an old farm, birthday presents start to be also very thematic. Illia found this beautiful old mirror (not sure whether I can call it antique, since we are unsure a...

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One day in the mountains in France [Patreon Special]

We missed the video this Tuesday because we went on vacation to Spain - to visit our friends, to eat delicious paella's, to soak our dusty bodies in the sea 😁 and to prepare for the next renovat...

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Our meadow is becoming a blooming tapestry

Once in a golden hour 

I cast to earth a seed. 

Up there came a flower, 

The people said, a weed.

"The Flower" by ...

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Update for everyone who is emotionally invested into our wildflower meadow ;-)

It's growing!  The first flowers are about to start blossoming. Definitely the rains last days are not only our curse but also our blessing. And it will be a stunning variety of flowers, I mus...

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'Saving Private Ryan' or building wooden flower pot in less than 2 hours...

Last week we were on a mission to save a tree (I think it's Malva arborea), that was blown down by strong winds that we have here from time to time. It was growing in a po...

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Beauty in our garden

You might already know that one of Illia's many hobbies/talents is gardening and growing bansai trees. That's why we are planning to convert our huge cow barn into a greenhouse... in the distant fu...

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Recharging batteries: Our weekend escape to UK [Patreon Special]

Last weekend we took a break and went for a couple of days to London to recharge our batteries. We have never been to London and we couldn't resist the temptation to join our friends and to have a ...

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Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year! Health and joy and peace and happiness to you and your families! Thank you so much for continuing to support us, our channel and our re...

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We bought our mobile home. Illia has nowhere to retreat!

Dear patrons, a long-awaited update. As you might know from our earlier video on YT we decided to move into a caravan. It will allow us not only to save time and money but later, when we'll move in...

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To all our patrons, Happy Halloween!

Be aware of tricks, enjoy the treats and have lots of fun with your loved ones! Boo to you from Illia :-)

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You can call us LANDLORDS from now on!

Finally an update we were so eager (and hoping we will someday) to share with you.  

Although "landlords" is a very big word here: the rent we gonna get is something around 200 euros per...

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Corfu Island, here we are! Our "lazy" vacation in Greece

Our dear patrons,  please enjoy this short video about our spontaneous vacation to Corfu island. Initially we didn't plan any vacation this year: we wanted to let the kids fly to their granny ...

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How much did the wall insulation cost us? We must be crazy...

Our dear patrons, finally I can share some update with you. Recently we bought the insulation for our walls and we would like to share with you how much did we pay for it.  It's superb eco mat...

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A Foal Is Born

Not at our place, but next door. Not yet at our place :-)  It is so adorable that I would like to share the joy with you and post some photos here for you.  

Together with our neigh...

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Revealing our OLDEST DECAYING BARN on the farm | Behind-the-scenes photos

This week we prepared something special for our subscribers. We are showing our oldest barn, that I consider the real jewel of the farm. In the video we will share when it could be built (our assum...

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Buried a treasure box in our guest room / Thank you, our patrons!

Although we didn't find any buried treasures on the farm... yet, we decided to bury a treasure box ourselves in the guest room, before we pour the concrete slab in the upcoming weeks.   <...

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Ep. 60 - Finally treating the oak beams | Behind-the-scenes photos

This week we finally treated our old oak beams against mold and woodworm. The product was rather stinky, I must confess. Illia also fixed a small crack in the wall.

We had heavy rains in the...

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Ep. 59 - Heating caused a problem we didn't expect | Behind-the-scenes photos

Some behind-the-scenes shots while filming our next episode, where we will fight the mold, replace yet another lintel and drink delicious beer.

To fight the insane humidity inside ...

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Ep. 58 - No more crumbling bricks in the wall | Behind-the-scenes photos

Sharing some behind-the-scenes photos from tomorrow's episode with you and our latest purchase - wood burning stove, that we bought second-hand for 100 euro. We have no heating yet and we hope it w...

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Merry Christmas and best wishes for a very happy 2022 from our family to yours!


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Come with us to Antique and Brocante market in Tongeren

Our dear patrons, we would like to invite you to visit Antique and Brocante market in Tongeren. It's the biggest antique market in Benelux and you can find everything over there. We used to visit t...

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We have new logos! And merch!

We had a lot of laugh while brainstorming what our logo would be like. The result you see below. In my humble opinion, they represent the quintessence of our renovation :-) Our friend Dimitri helpe...

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