e only wanted to plant some bamboo and create a high livewall to hide our ugly fence and have some privacy from our neighbours, who like to hang out drinking beer in their enormous terrace that overlooks our garden and dining area. But our simple desire morphed into a big DIY project due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

We suddenly had a lot time because the husband was required to work from home and the kid couldn’t go to daycare and there were some national holidays in between. Our vacation to the Philippines was canceled so we have a bit of money to spend. And after all renovating a paved garden could only have benefits. We’re not bored, we keep ourselves fit and best of all we helped against the warming up of Dutch cities.

his post should be called #thekitchenthatbankruptme, a hashtag I’ve often used when we were renovating this space. For 10 months it was a source of frustration and only recently transformed into a space where my little family and I make delicious meals together.