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Farmhouse
Sharing a room with your livestock – and flies.
The striking blue of the façade of this open-homestead farmhouse was probably a fashionable colour in the mid-19th century. However, contrary to what people believed, it did not keep the flies away – unfortunately for the occupants, as Johannes Reinders and his wife lived together with their livestock in one large room. That means flies were a major problem. The couple lived off their livestock and arable farming. However, the yield they achieved from the poor, sandy soil was not enough to make a decent living. For that reason the Reinders family and other smallscale farmers had to supplement their income in winter with a cottage industry, such as clog and brush making or weaving. They would work on the looms in the side room, often by lamplight late into the night.
1st half of 18th century. Relocated here in 1924. Interior: ca. 1900.