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Roof cover
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010Since we put in the french doors last summer, we’ve discovered that they are a bit prone to the weather, especially the rain and direct sunlight, so we decided to build them a little roof covering.
Here you can see Domnul Căpăţînă (or rather, the son of, because his father has now retired) and team building the […]
Painting flowers on the facade
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009In September we invited a local artisan, Stefan, to paint some flowers onto the facade of the house, above the gates. We also asked him to paint a) a poem onto one of the empty wall panels, and b) the date of the house. He did an excellent job. I’d really like to paint trompe […]
Transylvanian Civilization - The tile trade. Civilizatia transilvana - Mestesugul cahlelor
Sunday, March 16th, 2008There is an excellent permanent exhibition of Transylvanian ceramic heater tiles in Piaţa Huet (Sibiu) which, if closed, can be accessed by asking for help at the Astra Museum at nr.11 Piaţa Mica.
Here are some pictures of the museum’s exhibits which includes this tiled fully reconstructed sobă from Chişmed, Harghita County, built in the second half of the […]
Domnul Căpăţînă - a carpenter extraordinaire!
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Here you can see Domnul Căpăţînă, our incredibly gifted carpenter, who has been making our doors, windows and carved oak staircase. This is him in his workshop in Gura Râului. He has a rather special customer in Viscri…