Sometimes the best conversations happen while painting shutters. Last weekend we spent our time on Krk working, painting the house, fixing up the space, making small repairs, and cooking homemade šurlice pasta with wild asparagus. Between all the work, there was still enough time for the sea, silence, and small moments of rest. In many ways, the whole weekend naturally continued the inspiration from our recent trip to Greece. After creating our first raised garden bed at KroNLand last month inspired by Greek cuisine and lovingly named “Greek Moussaka”, it somehow felt completely natural to paint the old shutters on Krk in a recognizable Greek blue. Greece reminded us how beauty often lives in simplicity… white walls, blue details, natural materials, shared meals, and a slower rhythm of life. Those memories stayed with us long after returning home.

While Davor worked on the facade and prepared the walls for a fresh layer of paint, I focused on the shutters that had been waiting for years to be restored. The old house on Krk is slowly coming back to life, step by step. And maybe that’s exactly where the beauty lies, not in finishing everything at once, but in enjoying the process of creating a space. After work, we rewarded ourselves with a quick swim in the still refreshing sea. It was Sunday, the beaches were already full of people, but the water still required a little courage. Luckily, we had already left behind that first spring hesitation toward cold water back in March, while swimming in the Aegean Sea in Greece.

At Transflorium, we often talk about “work therapy,” but maybe it’s actually something much simpler. About working with your hands. About slowing down. About being present. About creating a space together. And about the people who help you breathe a little more peacefully. Today, many of us are searching for ways to disconnect from noise, screens, and everyday pressure. Yet sometimes it’s physical work, simple tasks, and time spent in nature that achieve what even the best plans cannot, bringing a person back to themselves. Maybe that is the real value of weekends like this. Not perfection, but the small things: the smell of the sea, the colors of old shutters, a shared lunch, and the feeling that, at least for a moment, you allowed yourself to slow down. For us, this is also part of the Transflorium story, creating spaces where people can work, create, rest, and rediscover a simpler rhythm of life. 🌿

The full makeover of the house is still far ahead of us, but every small step makes us happy. Because the most beautiful things are often created slowly, through work, play, and shared memories.

Croatian version bellow

Radna terapija na Krku 🌿

Ponekad najbolji razgovori nastanu dok farbamo škure. Protekli vikend proveli smo na Krku radno, bojali smo kuću, uređivali prostor, radili male popravke i kuhali domaće šurlice sa šparogama. Između svega ostalo je dovoljno vremena za more, tišinu i male trenutke odmora. Na mnogo načina cijeli je vikend prirodno nastavio inspiraciju našeg nedavnog putovanja u Grčku. Nakon što smo prošlog mjeseca u udruzi KroNLand napravili svoju prvu vrtnu gredicu inspiriranu grčkom kuhinjom i nazvali je “Grčka musaka”, činilo se sasvim prirodnim stare škure na Krku obojiti u prepoznatljivu grčku plavu boju. Grčka nas je podsjetila koliko ljepota često leži u jednostavnosti… bijelim zidovima, plavim detaljima, prirodnim materijalima, zajedničkim obrocima i sporijem ritmu života. Te uspomene ostale su s nama i dugo nakon povratka kući.

Dok je Davor radio na fasadi i pripremao zidove za novi sloj boje, ja sam se posvetila škurama koje su godinama čekale osvježenje. Stara kuća na Krku polako dobiva novi život, korak po korak. I možda upravo u tome leži prava ljepota, ne završiti sve odjednom, nego uživati u samom procesu stvaranja prostora. Nakon posla nagradili smo se kratkim kupanjem u još uvijek svježem moru. Bila je nedjelja, plaže su već bile pune ljudi, ali more je i dalje tražilo malo hrabrosti. Srećom, onu prvu proljetnu tremu od hladnog mora ostavili smo još u ožujku u Grčkoj, kupajući se u Egejskom moru.

U Transfloriumu često govorimo o “radnoj terapiji”, ali možda se zapravo radi o nečemu puno jednostavnijem. O radu rukama. O usporavanju. O prisutnosti. O stvaranju prostora zajedno. I o ljudima uz koje možeš disati malo mirnije. Danas mnogi od nas traže načine kako se odmaknuti od buke, ekrana i svakodnevnog pritiska. A ponekad upravo fizički rad, jednostavni zadaci i vrijeme provedeno u prirodi naprave ono što ni najbolji planovi ne uspiju, vrate čovjeka sebi. Možda je upravo u tome prava vrijednost ovakvih vikenda. Ne u savršenstvu, nego u malim stvarima: mirisu mora, bojama starih škura, zajedničkom ručku i osjećaju da si barem na trenutak dopustio usporiti. Za nas je i to dio Transflorium priče, stvaranje prostora u kojem ljudi mogu raditi, stvarati, odmarati se i ponovno pronaći jednostavniji ritam života. 🌿

Potpuni makeover kuće još je daleko ispred nas, ali veseli nas svaki mali korak. Jer najljepše stvari često nastaju polako, kroz rad, igru i zajedničko stvaranje uspomena.