We’re Renovating Our Old Swedish Root Cellar 😅 | DIY Farmhouse Project – Part 1

We’re renovating our old Swedish root cellar (jordkällare) here at Lilla Backeberga — and this is only **Part 1**. 🌿🧱 This old cellar will eventually become a beautiful and functional storage space for our farm life — for **potatoes, carrots, vegetables, wine and other things we want to store throughout the year**. But before we can use it properly, there’s quite a bit of renovation to do. In this first part, we’re working on the **stone walls, the entrance and the doors**. I had already renovated the front earlier in the year, but then realized that I hadn’t built the stonework exactly the way I wanted it. 😅 So now I’m going back and fixing it — grinding and brushing the stones to create larger, more natural-looking gaps and give the cellar a more traditional, old Swedish root cellar feel. I try several different brushes and techniques, including wetting the stones before brushing them, and show you what worked best for me. Meanwhile, Oskar is working on the **new insulated doors**, using sheep’s wool insulation and building the frames for the two-door entrance. And this is just the beginning. 🤍 In the upcoming parts, we’ll continue renovating the **inside of the root cellar**, making it not only practical for storing vegetables and wine, but also a beautiful space that fits our old Swedish farmhouse. We’re doing everything ourselves, learning as we go — and sometimes realizing that we should have done things differently the first time. 😅 Come along for the whole transformation from an old Swedish *jordkällare* to our finished farmhouse storage cellar. 🍷🥕🥔 Chapters 00:00 Swedish Root Cellar Renovation – Part 1 01:00 A look back at the renovation 01:23 The old stone walls 01:55 Oskar starts insulating the door 02:33 Grinding the stone walls 02:53 First progress update 03:57 Checking the progress 04:20 Trying a different brush 04:43 The plastic brush 05:04 Brushing the stones 05:12 Does wetting the stones help? 06:31 The area underneath the door 06:58 Mixing the concrete 07:33 Building around the door 08:54 Finished! 09:29 The new door 09:48 What is Oskar doing? 👀 09:54 Building the door 10:46 Insulating the door 11:14 Building the second door frame 11:57 Insulating the second door 13:15 Making door handles from old branches 13:45 Root Cellar Renovation – Part 1 14:21 More dahlia projects 14:44 Scandinavian blueberries 🛍️ THINGS I USE & LOVE *Garden & Pruning* Garden Scissors https://amzn.to/4wE2aHR Hedge Shears https://amzn.to/4gj0pej Bonsai Scissors https://amzn.to/4xVEAYj Bouquet Scissors https://amzn.to/4hJPThp Flower & Bouquet Decoration https://amzn.to/45M7nT5 *DIY & Renovation* Masonry Trowel https://amzn.to/4gJjPYM 5-Piece Masonry Trowel Set https://amzn.to/4zQ4Wwt Screwdriver Drill Bit Set https://amzn.to/3Vdh4HW Concrete Mixer https://amzn.to/3Vdh4HW Concrete Bucket https://amzn.to/4xCzH6B Cordless Drill https://amzn.to/461UAft Work Gloves https://amzn.to/4gWLcPo *Filming Gear* Gimbal https://amzn.to/4yoplra 🌿 MORE FROM US Instagram   / __laaeri   🎙️ PLATSALAT PODCAST https://open.spotify.com/episode/556M... We are Lara & Oskar, living on our little Swedish farm, Lilla Backeberga. Thank you for being here and following along with all our renovations, garden projects, flowers, animals and everyday life in the Swedish countryside. 🤍 Keywords: DIY root cellar, Swedish root cellar, jordkällare, root cellar renovation, cellar renovation, farmhouse renovation Sweden, Swedish farmhouse, Swedish countryside, traditional Swedish cellar, vegetable storage, potato storage, carrot storage, wine storage, wine cellar DIY, stone wall renovation, old stone cellar, DIY renovation, farmhouse DIY, rustic cellar, cellar door, sheep wool insulation, countryside living Sweden, Lilla Backeberga, Swedish farm life, renovation project Sweden