DREAM COMBO - Traditional Clay and modern aesthetics (Rescuing a 120 year old house) 

Really missing Felix's commentary! Don't realize how much of a main cast member he is when someone isn't there to tease Laura for a mis-cut! Dan did a great job with the camera work. Get well soon, FeFe!

Laura and Felix have such a great dynamic, and it really shows how much of his character is missed on this week’s episode. Get well soon Felix 😊

As a ceramicist, I am worried about all that clay dust in the air! All clay contains silica, which can cause Silicosis. Please have everyone wear a mask!!!!

What if you commissioned Simone to make you a stained glass window for that bathroom??? 🤔

Dust extraction is not only for the benefit of your health, but also to prolong saws lifetime. Cutting anything that kicks up fine mineral(rock, gypsum, clay etc) dust can damage the motor over time. The motor sucks up air around it and small particles become an abrasive that damages the coating on the anchor which causes a short. I wouldn't have said anything, if you were using a cheap saw meant to die on this project, but you seem to be using one of your favorite festools for everything around the house, so I thought you might want to know.

I don't know if you've talked about this in your videos before but i think clay dust isn't super healthy when inhaled, so it's probably best to wear a mask when cutting it :)

I don't think I noticed before in all these videos exactly how crazy tall the ceilings are in your home. The doors are massive too. I absolutely love it.

When I was little our house was in the process of being built (by others) for a long time, and I remember feeling sad as the internal walls went up and everything inside got darker and darker - I'm glad you noticed and thought of leaving the top part of the bathroom wall as some type of glass that will let in light.

You could add rippled glass to the vertical side of the door. More light in the bath!

Good wishes to Felix for a swift recovery, and thanks to Dan for filling in. Loving the idea of inside/outside and open tops to the walls.

work with Simone to make a stained glass window panel for that hallway!

I'm only 7 seconds in but thank you to whoever is picking the music for all your videos, it is so refreshing to hear music that isn't recycled on many different channels... I get why it happens but I just always really appreciate the choices made here!

Hey Laura, zunächst möchte ich mich für die großartigen Videos bedanken und deine unfassbare Kreativität! Ich schau immer wieder gerne vorbei 👍 Ich hätte da ne Anmerkung zu Badezimmertüren: Am besten immer nach außen zu öffnen, denn wenn im Bad mal was passiert, liegt man vielleicht sonst vor der Tür die nach innen auf geht und es kommt niemand mehr rein! Oder eine Schiebetür 😉 Ich freu mich schon aufs nächste Video und bis dahin wünsch ich Felix gute Besserung

Ditch the radiator (if its not a towel dryer ofc) and install floor heating instead.

Danke an Dan fürs Einspringen. Klasse gefilmt!!

Have you considered using one of your cool neon signs in the window spaces above your interior doors? I know how much you love neon and I think it would be awesome to see a video of you deciding what you would want and making one.

You are definitely forging on, Laura! Felix: get better soon!!

Feel better Felix!

2 hours is s very long time when waiting for Laura’s video.

I hope we’ve gotten to you in time- have you considered making the under-window shelving to follow the same lines as the angled timber and not to connect it at 90° angles? It’s an interesting angle- play it up especially if your “windows” will follow it too!

Are you concerned about the moisture coming from the bathroom? I know it shouldn't be huge for a simple washroom, but if you plan to continue this upstairs (and I think you should because the Tudor-esque styling of the exposed beams is amazing and mega geil) it may behoove you to plan for that eventuality. I know clay adsorbs some, but I'm slightly concerned for you, and for others who might take up this building method in future. The hydronic heat in the area also causes some concern that perhaps the bathroom may become too dry and will crack.

If you made some aluminium frames for the windows and then put frosted glass on both sides, you could put LED strips between the sheets of glass and have lighting for both the toilet and the hallway and the aluminium frames would act as heat sinks for the LEDs. You could use tunable white and/or RGB LED strips and simulate daylight for more inside/outside confusion.

Dan you did a great job! 👏Felix get well soon, i miss you in the video ❤

You may want to consider putting some videos in the can so you have one to play when Felix is not there. He really brings out the energy in you! I hope you pay him well.

It is always interesting to see how things are built in other parts of the world. I like that you re purpose left overs instead of wasting them.

Next project: Laura makes just with i joist cut-offs. The new, "accidental" favourite building block.

I know it's going to be great when Laura says "let's do it"

Brilliant, Laura! You are so right about windows on indoor walls! I love your vision of the "confusion" of interior/exterior walls and keeping the story of the building's evolution visible! Great work, as always.

Congratulations on the nuptials! 🎉❤🎉

An internal sliding door would look good there. Feel better soon Felix !

What a great spot for your new shop! I can just imagine you walking outside and looking at the incredible scenery, and then walking back into the shop with a new idea or an answer to your questions. Now I can't wait to see your house AND what you are doing here in the US!! Thanks for sharing!!

If it was me, I would use a washer to screw the corner of two clay sheets. That way they would hold together more and would be more even, easier to do the mud afterward. Same principle as the kerdi boards from Schluter.

Laura you're doing an amazing job on that house I really enjoy watching. Felix I sure hope you get to feeling better the videos just aren't the same without you in them

Hi, looking like you got married, congratulations.

Hope Felix will get better soon. Love his sense of humor. Makes me laugh. Looking good as you are putting your house back together.

Get well soon Felix ! And thanks Dan for your work this week !

Maybe you can ask Simone for a stained glass workshop for the bathroom 😁

Get well soon Felix Couldn't be more happy about the decision to go with windows up top. It will also help spread light through to the entranceway. Watching your thought process is utterly fascinating in a very good way, you're inspiring. (I'd be using stained glass windows, if the space was mine to fill, for example) You make my Sundays interesting 🙃👌

Hope you get well soon Felix!❤️🤗🐝

"I measured from the wrong side!". Bane of my life!

I'm appreciative of this video & love the progress, angles, footage. I'm just incredibly sensitive to camera movement. It's a style, I know. But it makes me nauseous quickly. I don't know how or why but it's connected to my sensitivity to sound volume & abruptness. I need the narrative volume to match or be greater volume than filler/background music & have similar cadence & tempo; basically I have an internal "urge" to turn it (music) down when the talking stops or turn it (narrative) up when the music fades. Otherwise it heightens a sense of anxiety. My partner doesn't have this and is perfectly unaffected. Wish it wasn't so but it is how I'm wired. Just saying in case anyone else relates. Oh, and I love you Laura, and Felix, Smuda, and your whole crew. Such delightful, warm, natural, and real human energy. And congratulations!💒👩‍❤‍👩👭🏳‍🌈🥂🎉

Reeded glass windows would be pretty and it would look nice with the lines of the beams. ✨

I wish I had the guts to to non-traditional construction methods in my house. You could make a really cool stained glass in the bathroom in the upper openings. (I’m a glass artist so I go there every time). I owned. 250 year old house in the US and love the post and beam and would have loved to expose it but my partner was against it🤷🏼‍♀️.

I would suggest: no shelf and windows in steel frames with opal glas😍

I'm just gunna say - I want that tall skinny space next to the door to also be a window. Nice balance that way.

Get well soon, Felix!

Maybe some glass blocks would look good in the bathroom wall. They provide privacy. Love your show.

The little strip of empty wall next to the door would be really good to get Block glass and do like a glass brick wall there so it can get more light in as well

Habe das Video gerade zusammen mit meiner Freundin gesehen. Sie meinte gleich, als du die unteren Fachwerk-Flächen gefüllt hast, "oben müssen Fenster rein!". Ihr Vorschlag: Butzenscheiben :) passt zum alten Charme, man kann nicht durchschauen und sieht cool aus. Lässt sich bestimmt auch ne Kooperation mit einem Glaser machen, Glas schneiden, schweißen und so. Wir finden beide, es sieht jetzt schon richtig gut aus!

Love this series. Really neat to see differences between your home/materials and what have been traditionally used in the US.

Feel better soon, Felix! As I was watching the video, I thought, "Laura should consider making that top section with windows" and then you DID. So that was "geil"!

Dear Laura, I know you don't do electrics but can you please show us your monster fuse panel. It's only glimpsed in the video but it looks very industrial and extra powerful for your little house! Get well soon Felix! THank you to the new camera guy for getting Laura broadcast as usual.

I love to see you getting to the fun parts of this build! Things like interior walls matter for vibes and all, but your house (usually!) won't fall down about it, so you can really enjoy the process and see what works for you! Wonderful to see after all the headaches over the last two years 😅

I have a similar indoor wall to fill. Our solution is inspired by what is found in this house: Small clay bricks. Glued together with more ckay. Grünlinge are really underrated. It takes a bit more time, but is very solid and cheap.

I love that you show us the whole process, I hope that when the time comes for interior design you will too!

Wishing felix full recovery at soon as possible ❤

Watching Laura cut those clay panels with no mask makes me wonder how much mud she has in her lungs and sinuses.

I love what you're doing in this house. But you and Felix have so much complicity. The videos are very funny to watch when he is with you.

Get well Felix! ✨🤘✨

You should get Simone to make you a stained glass window for the bathroom 😁

A pocket door for that bathroom would be great. It wouldn't put you in a weird spot trying to open the door right into the toilet.

Laura where you installed the interior shelf in the bathroom you used a vertical step up where the height changed. I think if instead you followed the beam and angled the vertical transition it would look like a lightning bolt and more importantly follow the angle of the beam. Great video.

Glass blocks would look nice there or even stained glass.

All the window in between every room gives me that old new york apartment vibe

I was thinking that windows would look good and about two seconds. Later you said oh let’s do windows. I love the idea and I love the cool shelf idea you have for the inside of the bathroom.💚💚💚💚💚💚

Looks like there's space above the door for a thin panel of window. But what about taking out the top horizontal panel on the door and installing a stain glass window instead (perhaps made by Simone)?

Hallo Laura, ein kleiner Tipp für die zukünftigen Türen: Beim Einbau der Zargen die Bandseite besser mit einem Lot ausrichten - ist viel genauer als jede Wasserwage und verhindert dass dir später die Türen wie von Geisterhand öffnen oder schließen - oder immer in einen bestimmten "Totpunkt" fallen.

Great video as always, Laura! I really hope that you can have another collab with Simone Giertz soon! The vibe with the two of you together is great and there are always lots of laughs! The "satellite-dish chair" video you did with her a few months ago was hilarious!

Sending healing energy to Felix 🤧 I really like what you are doing for the bathroom!!! 🎉🎉

Felix, get well soon❤

Prayers for Felix hope he gets better and see him soon, he is so funny.🙏✌️👋

If you get a drywall screw gun you'll be able to drive those screws in about 10x faster. And they'll also stop automatically because of the clutch. Recommend!

I love it all...including the off-the-floor toilet. You are one hard working girl!

YES love window idea for bathroom

Loved how Dan got pulled into full measuring accountability towards the end :D #onboarding #complete

Get well soon Felix! I'm sure whatever you plan for the windows will look great. For me personally, I'd prefer it if the glass started above everyone's eye sight, so that people couldn't even see the shadow of the person on the other side of the glass, since it's a bathroom. It's definitely up to you, Laura! Good luck with all of your projects

Hi Laura do you really need a radiator in the toilet as it will only be used for a few mins, and the walls are all clay so should be warm. Love the window idea and shelf as you could have lots of coloured bottles on it and make for a nice view from outside the loo. Hugs to Felix get well soon, xxxx Dede xxx

Bullseye glass on top would look great

The materials are so cool ,the expensive will payoff in the end . I wish we had more homes like this in America.

You could nearly double the utility of leftover i-joists by trimming the web out (reserve web for shim stock) & just using the flanges separately.

Stained glass would look great!

It’s quite fun to watch you go through the design process, in real time. Making all the decisions ahead of time doesn’t allow for creativity. You go girl!

As always a good job and a really nice idea with the windows for the Toilet. Missed the typical comments from Felix, hope he gets well soon. @Dan good job. 👍🏽

Get well soon Felix but CONGRATS Laura on the ring ;)

Nice work! Very jazzy music at the end. I realized that my head was bopping. Ha ha. See you next week.

You should check out shikkui if you want to make any walls white to bounce more natural light around the room. It's natural lime plaster.

"super massive stabilty stuff!" Get well @Felix!! Love the bathroom walls and crazy shelf & window idea. Dan did a great job on the video too!!

I agree about windows on that wall. Step by step you’ll get a nice comfortable house.

I like the windows in the bathroom, it will keep the space from feeling like a closet.

Looove it!! I love to see the progress. Also, no work is boring - we watch it because we love it :) every single aspect of it! Congrats on all the work you're doing, and bon courage pour la suite

Dear Laura, it is good to indulge, but sometimes you have to control them so that the home does not lose its value if you want to sell it, you have to look for a certain unity and look at it as a whole. It is just an advice!!. A hug😉

Very rewarding to finally get to some design work!!! Patience and determination. Thank you for continuing this series!

Cool the way you get inside a place, get a feel for it, then decide what it needs. Hope Felix is better.

Missing Felix too this video gave me motion sickness lol

I vote stained glass for recycled glass in the bathroom. You’re doing GREAT!

You make my Sunday morning special Laura ..watching you with tools is like a dance..smooth..

The frosted windows in the bathroom is a good idea. We have a bathroom that has no outside walls (no natural light), and we’ve talked about one of those “tube” skylights, just so it’s not so dark.

Felix brings out Laura's playful style. Get well soon!

You could put a transome( window) over the bathroom door as well.

Awesome Video!!!!