We’re Isis and Bertus, a Belgian-Dutch couple who are exchanging the concrete of the suburbs for the peace of nature.

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Restoring a Neglected Farmhouse in Italy – Two years in

We Built These Shutters — And This Week, We Hang Them (#89)

(Almost) Finishing the Shutters & Summer Storms (#88)

The Magic of Making with Your Own Hands (#87)

The Undramatic Work That Keeps It All Moving (#86)

This is What the House was Hiding (#85)

The Stone Walls Are Finally Coming Back (#84)

The Future Orchard Begins Here (#83)

How Many Ways Can You Measure a Shutter? (#82)

Salvaging the most unloved doors in Italy (#81)

Strawberries, Sightseeing and Sawdust (#80)

Our Plans for the Ground Floor — and the Dust They Start With (#79)

It’s Starting to Look Like a Workbench (#78)

A Week of Storm Warnings — That (Mostly) Missed Us (#77)

The Kitchen Garden Is Finished – and Somehow Twice as Big as Planned (#76)
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