Early on in the renovation process two large stone fireplaces were uncovered in the Stone Haus. They had been covered up by paneling and drywall for many years. Each of them have been restored to their original appearance and will hopefully be the focal points of the two dining rooms. Come in and enjoy a cup of coffee or a glass of wine next to one of these beauties!

When we purchased the Stone Haus, we weren’t sure what we would uncover during the renovation process. One of the neatest things we discovered were the interior wattle and daub walls. Wattle and daub is an ancient, sustainable building technique for walls, using a woven lattice of wooden strips ("wattle") as a framework, which is then covered ("daubed") with a sticky mixture of wet soil, clay, sand, and straw, often reinforced with animal dung or hair, to create a solid, insulating wall, commonly used as infill in timber-framed structures for centuries.

We saved all of the saplings that were covered in the mud and straw, cleaned and polyurethaned them and reused them on an exposed wall in the downstairs hallway for visitors to see.