Transforming Trash into Treasured Home #nomad #portugal #saomiguel #azores #digitalnomad

7 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this short excerpt from a YouTube video, two speakers discuss a renovation project involving a 200‑year‑old stone house in the Azores. The host explains that the house’s original stonework is preserved, while the interior is transformed with vibrant, Mexican‑inspired colors and artwork that they create themselves. Rather than purchasing new furnishings, the host salvages discarded or “garbage” furniture and materials, refurbishing them to give the home a unique, inviting vibe. The conversation highlights the blend of historic architecture, personal artistic expression, and up‑cycling as a sustainable, creative approach to home design.

The house is beautiful itself. The stones are 200 years old, right?
Wow.
The only thing I do, I put some colors. This is from Mexico.
So you actually did design it?
Well, I do all the art stuff.
Amazing.
Yeah.
Wow.
This is not like really, you know, very high quality art.
Well, we're not asking for high quality, but yeah, but it just got such a unique vibe, you know.
Yeah, so inviting because it's like an old furniture, right? And I renovated. Someone put it for garbage. Yeah, everything is from the garbage. Yeah, just take it out and I renovate it.