From sauna to bedroom

For as long as we've lived here, we've had this one room downstairs that has had the wonderful name "the torture room". At this point, we're not really sure who came up with it (myth has it that it could be the brother-in-law, but who knows, really?) I at least thought the room had more of a sauna-feel to it than guest bedroom.

Since we're expecting a few guests this summer, and since it will look nicer to give the room a purpose, we decided to make it into a bedroom. It will be nicer for guests that are not couples to not share double beds, and it will be easier to sell it if there are some furniture in it if it comes to that.

The only things we actually bought for this project are the mattresses, all the rest is scraps and pieces that we have saved from around the house, so that considered, I think we have lifted the room considerably.

So here are a few pictures of the bedroom make-over.

Before:

Yep, all plain wood panel. Sauna-feeling rated 8/10. 

As we are working: 

Hanging the dreadful curtains back up. (At least until we know what we want to replace with)

And result: 

As you can see, there are still a few things to be wanted before this is a really great bedroom, but we have a much nicer light to put in, and with some colours on blankets, rugs and pictures on the wall, this room now has quite some potential.

Dugnad at Ådnanes

Today there was Dugnad at Ådnanes. A dugnad in Norways means all neighbours come together and do something to improve the neighbourhood. In this case it meant there was a team of people improving a hiking-trail, a few were building a deck with the sea for public use, and we were tasked with providing some furniture for a playground in the forest.

We started by making a simple coffee-table from a slice of a large pine-tree and some hardwood legs. Meanwhile Gudmundur took the chainsaw to some logs and produced to benches to complement two he made earlier.

We loaded all the parts we made on the ATV and lugged it through mud and high water to where the playground is. This playground is made by some local people using rope and wood, and I am certain 6-year-old me would have loved it.

The final set-up. Four benches and a table set up to face the playground, the beginning of which you can see on the right.

Baptism of "tantegull"

This spring my sister had a little baby girl born all too early, so we've spent quite some time with the little precious thing.
We were given the honours of being godparents for the kid last weekend, and I thought it was so nice, I'll share some photos here.

The child is gonna be officially called Noelia Kristin, but we'll keep calling her cuddle-names for at least a few more years.

Daniel is having some serious Godfather-talk with the little padawan. 

Cutting the pretty cake

Hole in the roof

The main worry of this spring has been a leaky roof, and all the hassle with fixing it up.

Though at no point in this whole proceedure it has felt good or that it's gonna be ok, it has all turned out rather fine all thanks to a great insurance company, support from family and friends, and the choice to see this as a good lesson, and chance to redecorate the bedroom in which the leak occured. 

So we had water coming in from under a window in the top floor, and that soaked up a wall, a floor/ceiling, and came through in the middle floor in the living room, missing our control center with a few centimeters. (Or pc-corner if you must)

The insurance company went in fast, and that was a major relief, and the previous owner helped out documenting older damage. All in all, it has turned out for the better, but the stress such a stupid thing can put on us is huge. 

Therefore I'm happy to finaly share some before and after-pictures here, on our tiny blog.