Tag: DIY

Autumn Progress

Hello friends 🙂 Welcome to Vanha Talo Suomi! It’s once again a bit rainy and wet here in Southern Finland… Read more.
Early October Progress

Hello! Our trusses were delivered last Friday so you know what that means! It was all rather exciting getting the… Read more.
Final Days of September

Hello again from Vanha Talo Suomi! So much has happened within the past few days, I’m not sure where to… Read more.
Something’s Happening

In case you were wondering what we’ve been up to, I can assure you there has been plenty of activity… Read more.
Soggy Conditions

Welcome to another tale of Vanha Talo Suomi home improvement! Once again it’s been a week to remember – or… Read more.
Summer Rains

Finland experienced an extended period of unusually hot weather in July (Hellepäivä), it approached previous weather records from the 1970s… Read more.
Power Tank C02 Kits

Power Tank C02 Kits. I signed up for this newsletter from Thisiscarpentry.com and have found the articles to be of… Read more.
Construction Begins

Hi and welcome to Vanha Talo Suomi! It’s been pretty hot here (+28-31) in southern Finland (Uusimaa) with temperatures being… Read more.
It’s Handled

Hello again from Vanha Talo Suomi On his last day before heading off on vacation with his family, our trusty… Read more.
Mayhem

It was a pleasant weekend. My brother-in-law Veli-Matti returned on Saturday to help nail up another side of the house… Read more.
Wrapping up June

Hello from Vanha Talo Suomi! June has been a quickly-passing, cold, wet month for us – it didn’t hold us… Read more.
How to build a kitchen

Greetings friends! I’m happy to inform you that our kitchen construction is on its second day and could be completely… Read more.
Drywall is up

Hello from Vanha Talo Suomi! It’s been an interesting week weather-wise…actually for longer than a week the weather turned quite… Read more.
Latest Happenings

Hello from Vanha Talo Suomi! Since I last posted, summer arrived! Yeah 🙂 …then it got cold. Beating 40-year-old temperature… Read more.
Mid-May Happenings

A few projects were started, a couple were wrapped up, and the 2nd Peltomaa dumpster left us! Hooray!! Pekka and… Read more.
Day 2 of Demolition

Wow! things are really changing here quick at Vanha Talo Suomi 🙂 We cleared the built-in closets and opened up… Read more.
…And so it begins.

Crow bar – CHECK, Hammer – CHECK – LET THE GAMES BEGIN! We got right into it and managed to… Read more.
Palm Sunday 2014

It’s been a bit rainy this weekend, unfortunately the weather complicated our plans of yard work, but we weren’t deterred… Read more.