Adela Pârvu: Grandmother’s cottage from Bran, place of the soul

“Ciprian Obancea was born here. His father is a carpenter and together with him he made many beautiful things, starting from small constructions to furniture. He is also good at painting. Besides, all the furniture you would see here is made by he and his father. This house right now wasn’t his grandmother’s, but it didn’t look like it either. He had the opportunity to buy it a few years ago, and he did it especially for the very nicely positioned lot and its generous acreage . It measures about 7000 square meters. The idea is that he bought the place for himself and his family. He found an abandoned house, uninhabited for about 20-30 years, with a shaky roof and dilapidated walls. But he told himself that the architecture its traditional character deserves to live on. It was difficult for him to renovate it, so he reconstructed it. He kept the pattern of the old one. He also used some of the materials, such as the foundation stone and the whole beams.” Read more on adelaparvu.com…