apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

This 400-year-old damp, 4-room stone house along the Vltava River in Cesky Krumlov (112 miles south of Prague) was purchased for the equivalent of about $6,000 USD. At the time of the sale, it was serving as a garbage dump for the surrounding neighbors. The owners, Cal and Carolyn Zukowski (an artist and a teacher) set about turning this historical rundown river house into a home, focusing on maintaining the home's ties to the river and keeping costs down by using second-hand materials when possible...