Welcome to our farm!
In 2013, we bought our farmhouse. We remember it well: it was three days before Christmas and we were three months pregnant with our baby son Puck. The farm’s sales brochure said you could “do something” with the zoning. We thought a little activity at home would be a lot of fun anyway. Selling jams or a tea shop perhaps? Wow, that would be something. Homemade apple pie with coffee, just nice and toasty, would it work? Who knows, we both had jobs, our first child on the way so we would see.
But B&B studios? No ya, a nice bathroom and guest room, that was in the planning. We bought the farm and threw ourselves into the (huge) renovation, because a lot needed to be done.
But then Peter lost his job. The idea of doing “something” at home began to take shape. But we never imagined that this would grow into what we have now.
That’s how our story began. Our critter mess expanded and in 2016 we started five tent houses from Farmers Bed. In 2021, Wendy said goodbye to her salaried employment and we have also started renting out three Bell tents on the side of the farm (under our own management).
Then we continued with the final renovation of the farm; namely the B&B family rooms.
In 2022 they were completely ready and we were also able to receive guests here.
Greetings from us!
Peter, Wendy, Puck and Anna.
Dream Cottages
Imagine: wooden houses like you see in America. ‘Log cabins’ is what they call them there. With such a veranda, natural grass roof and chimney. That’s exactly what we’ve been imagining for a long time. Because how wonderful that would be, and how well it would fit here.
From permit processes to the eternal puzzling of how to ensure that the houses are as sustainable as possible. From heating to cooking facilities; How do you build in good harmony with nature? These are challenges that we have had to brood on for a long time. The starting point has remained the same: natural, back to basics with comfort. Not staring at your smartphone, but staring at a wood fire. With the whole family in the open air and a good night’s sleep in a good bed.
At the end of the 2023 season, after eight years, the collaboration with Boerenbed ended and we had the five tent houses picked up (and the three Bell tents have also been demolished).
Then, in the winter of 2023, we started all the work on the site. Because of all the puzzling and the permit process, it was no longer possible to build eight houses in one go and we finally decided to build four cabins and four brand new tent houses. Wehave decorated the four tent houses exactly the same as the cabins, completely in our own taste! And, in the future, we will convert the tent houses into a cabin.
The rest of the site
Not only did we build four new tent houses and four wooden cabins, but we also immediately took care of the rest of the site:
– A new country shop built with open kitchen in a beautiful, authentic style with a multifunctional room on the upper floor where we can organize all kinds of things for the children.
– Built an outdoor kitchen for the wood-fired pizza oven and made a nice terrace with picnic tables and a campfire area to sit together.
– A new entrance and terraces at the B&B in the green have been created.
– Lots of new trees and plants planted in accordance with our biodiversity plan.
Our dream picture
We are already well on our way, but we still haven’t fully realized all our plans, although a lot has happened.
What we want to realize in the future (during the quiet periods):
– Make grass roofs on the wooden cabins and lay wooden verandas.
– Instead of the swimming pool, make a beautiful swimming pond with a beautiful and sturdy chestnut fence around it.
– Next to the swimming pond will be the haystack to play in.
– At the haystack and the swimming pond there will be a sandpit with a water pump and a nice wooden water course, so that the little ones can safely play with mud and water on hot days.
– A cuddly barn, with guinea pigs and chickens, among other things. Egg retrieval? You can do that soon here.
– A nature education room, with games and books (this will be in the cuddle barn). When the weather is bad, this place is a big hay bale climbing paradise.
We can’t quite predict when we’re going to get around to this, but weWould you like to be kept informed of the ins and outs of the farm and our progress? Then sign up for our newsletter below!