2021, triggered by the pandemic, was a year full of groundbreaking changes. Our long-time tenants “Wahre Lebenswerte” moved their company from Tyrol to Thuringia. Thus the Schneiderhof was free for a new utilization concept.
According to our life motto “as it comes it is good”, my wife and farm owner Gitti herself seized the opportunity to fulfill her long-awaited wish of an own practice for kinesiology and Emmett on the first floor. Her more than 20 years of experience as a certified nurse in the intensive care unit Kufstein in combination with numerous training modules for alternative healing methods guarantee the client tailored, ideology-free therapy options. More detailed information is available at
In order to provide an overwhelming framework for this exciting utilization concept, I am able to give full rein to my originally planned second career aspiration as a landscape gardener. My unbridled energy for work with glass is meanwhile lived out in a somewhat more measured and age-appropriate way. In the fresh air in the garden, I can recharge my body’s own energy stores to hopefully be able to implement many more exciting projects together with my family. Whether garden paths, mosaic, walk-in herb spiral, compostable garden toilet, or even individually manufactured furniture – all projects should have a personal reference and their raw materials come from the immediate environment. A special heart project is based on a 30-year-old sequoia tree, which had to give way in our neighboring. The wood of this tree species, which is completely untypical for Tyrol, is visually beautiful, super light, but too soft for furniture construction. Thanks to epoxy resin coating and professional expertise of my friend and neighbor Heinrich Strillinger, the wood of this trunk could be treated in such a way that the complete apartment furnishings on the 2nd floor of the courtyard could be furnished in wildwood style. For my wife’s practice, a 200-year-old hollow sycamore trunk from Thierbach was purchased at a reasonable price. I cut the trunk in half lengthwise with a power saw and transformed it into bombastic chairs for the waiting room in the practice corridor. A total of 6 wall mirrors were created from the leftover slice sections, giving the whole house a very special, individual flair. Nature is the greatest artist! If you make the effort and establish contacts with trades of natural processing raw materials, you will quickly get to the source of wood and stone raw materials. These partly unruly beauties can tell decades, maybe even centuries old life stories and are certainly grateful not to end up in the mills of sterile mass industry.
By the way – my partner and tenant Patrik Winkler increases his glass sales every year and has thus mastered the “stress test pandemic” excellently. Patrik – we are proud of you!