The little house at the back, attached to the big farmhouse, is called Ditte’s little house, or, in French, Ditte’s gîte. Why? Here’s the story:
Ethel, a neighbor from Zwolle, was coming to stay. Great! But where should we put her?
Plan A was to install her in the small house attached to the right side of the big building: the gîte.
We ourselves slept in the room on the left side of the main building. There was no bathroom or toilet there, but we could use the bathroom in the small house.
Ditte, Bonne’s mother, decided to get the gîte ready for the guests. She scrubbed and polished until the gîte sparkled, and the yellow dishcloth had more holes than cloth. Janneke framed the dishcloth, and from then on, the little building was officially called Ditte’s gîte.
Was the neighbor happy with the clean gîte? Absolutely! But not only the neighbor:
Because what if we wanted to do some work on the small house’s bathroom? The only available bathroom is the one in Ditte’s gîte, and it had to remain accessible to everyone.
So… plan B: Ethel slept in the room on the left side of the building, we moved to the room with the large fireplace on the far right, and everyone could enjoy the sparkling clean gîte ❤️