Tag: old home renovation

Remember When…

Hei ystävät! Pian on aika Vanha Talo Suomen erityiseen julkiseen puutarhapäivätapahtumaan 06.08.2023 – ensi viikonloppuna avaamme puutarhaportin sinulle tutustumaan puutarhoihin!… Read more.
Hot, It’s Not!

Hello to all you sweltering North Americans! Greetings to everyone, everywhere 🙂 Welcome to another Vanha Talo Suomi update. <3… Read more.
Juhannus Countdown

Greetings to All! We are now into the second week of June, and Finns everywhere are counting down to Juhannus… Read more.
Meaningful Complications

I came upon a great post from Arcoteria @ JAMA House and believe there’s a lot of merit in the… Read more.
…And we’re back…

Three months since the last post… which, up until today I thought would be my final post. I’m not sure… Read more.
End of the Year Progress Update

Hello Friends! Hopefully the season of joy has found you! We are in the process of creating new Christmas traditions… Read more.
Special Christmas Edition – Vanha Talo Suomi

Greetings and Glad Tidings from Vanha Talo Suomi! <3 December settled down and renovations have stopped for now, so we… Read more.
December drawing to a close

Hello friends! We are one week back from a fabulous trip to the United States. It was a much needed… Read more.
November Snow!

Hello friends! – Hei ystävät! We are experiencing the 1st snow event of the 2014/2015 winter season today, it will… 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.
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.
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.
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.