Stylish and spacious, fine colours from Farrow&Ball, art and high-quality furnishings, floor heating, a real box-spring bed and an Italian espresso machine. Small terrace in front of the large south-facing window, towels made of Lusatian linen, the crockery is hand-painted Polish pottery. And all of this on 50 square metres, where even a wheelchair can be comfortably manoeuvred. The newly renovated house is the former farm building of a cloth wholesaler (the Faktorenhaus). Our housekeeper lives on the upper floor, while on the ground floor - long used as a workshop, chicken coop and later garage - we have installed a barrier-free holiday flat. It is important to us to leave the traces of the past and the history of a house visible and to combine this with modern elements. That's why the wrought-iron bars on the windows are still there, as is the ‘sauerkraut’ ceiling from the GDR era - and the old garage door has been turned into a large south-facing window. New additions include the historic wall panelling from the front building and a completely modern kitchen that was built entirely by a carpenter.