Stories from the cascina
We're Isis and Bertus, a Belgian-Dutch couple who are exchanging the concrete of the suburbs for the peace of nature. After fifteen years of dreaming and gradually working towards making this possible, we stand at the beginning of a new chapter.
Our path has led us to a dilapidated farmstead nestled in the rolling hills of the breathtaking Langhe area in Piemonte, Italy.
We invite you to join us on our journey of intentionally and lovingly restoring this beautiful 200-year old farmstead. We can't wait to breathe new life into this house and its surrounding land and to learn from the challenges ahead of us.
The Side We Never Show — How We Film Our Renovation Videos
The Sun Returned to the Old Walls
Готовим поленницу к осени
Мы наконец-то достигли первого этажа (почти)
Неделя между Мортаром и Лугами
Мы сохраним балкон (и не построим коридор) #99
Почему мы указываем рукой: фасад меняется (#98)
We Had to Undo Our Work and Begin Again (#97)
Stone Facade Renovation: Getting ready for Pointing (#96)
Pumpkin Harvest & Hanging the Hayloft Doors (#95)
Building a New Garden Cottage Door That Actually Works (#94)
Struggling with Water in the Italian Countryside (#93)
One Summer Day, One Project, and a Garden in Bloom (#92)
Doors, Ducts, and a Detour to the Alps (#91)
We're Restoring an Abandoned Farmhouse in Italy - Two years of progress
Hanging the Shutters We Built by Hand (#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)
Clearing the Land for Our Orchard (#83)
How Many Ways Can You Measure a Shutter? (#82)
Salvaging the most unloved doors in Italy (#81)
Strawberries, Sightseeing and Sawdust (#80)
Наши планы для первого этажа — и пыль, с которой они начинаются (#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)
The (Not So) Quick Project That Took Half a Year Is Done (#75)