not to be emo but I’ve been following you for like 7 years now and it’s genuinely just so nice to see you happy and engaged with a cool fucking house and a mini book truck on the way! congrats!
@@ArielBissettJust started listening to your podcast and tell Conner there are origami kayaks that fold up into something like 2’x2’ so you don’t need a pickup or rack to transport it.
You talking about your EDS and saying it's naightmare, you're in constant pain, and then cackling is so relatable for me. I have lupus sle, and I react the same way about my pain. Like, what else can you do lol
I love the ring, it’s so you. As a professional gardener and garden designer I have some tips for very low maintenence things you can do for your garden/yard: Number 1 is find out your hardiness Zone and what kind of soil you have. That will save you from a lot of heartaches. Bulbs and tubours: spring bulbs that come back every year is a great investment, because it's a one time investment and you don't really need to do anything to maintain them. Examples: Daffodils/Narcissus Crocus, Snowdrops/Galanthus, Scilla and Alliums. (Modern tulips are pretty, but rarely flower well after the first year, and have a lot of fungus problems because of mass production) Look for species tulips if you like the idea of tulips. Since you live in a wooded area, look around you and see if there are any native plants you enjoy looking at. A more curated version of the woodland around you could be very nice to bring in to a garden. Go and "steal" some from nature.
I cannot imagine your vibe not making everyone happy. You are so relatable! I’m a 63 year old grandma and I get absolutely giddy when I see a new video of yours pop up. We too completely renovated our 150 year old home and we don’t plan to ever leave. It is our taste precisely. I fell in love when we moved here 21 years ago, and still in love. Although it looks (and smells) completely different. We made an apartment in our non refinished basement and live down there 7 out of 10 years of the renovation. My husband did everything himself, and he rebuilt it with everything my heart desired. All for my convenience and enjoyment. We’re very happy!
The "are you happy" answer hit me right in the soul. I felt not unhappy but also not actually happy for like 10 years and in the last year I too got a house, have a long term beautiful relationship with my bf, a fantastic daughter, and a job I like and feel proud of. It just feels like my life came together and I finally feel actual happiness. So, congrats! I know how nice that peace brings.
Retired librarian here. Added bonus to your engagement, for me at least, you're sitting there long enough so I can figure what books are behind you! Except that stack of books on the side table. You need to turn that stack around so the titles can be seen! Lol! Congratulations. Your ring is just lovely!
I love that you want to stay in this house forever. As much as I get that home design and decoration can be someone’s main passion and hobby, I still feel like constantly moving and flipping and customising house after house after house is like.. massively wasteful. I wish more people had the ability to move into a home and be content there instead of always moving on to the “next thing”
Yea, feel your pain. My critters, however are honey bees in a crawlspace with instead of where's the honeycomb, the name of the game is where is the hive?
EDS team ! I think the "give it all and then nap for a few days" is the best for mental health when you have chronic pain, we need satisfaction still and doing nothing or just a bit doesn't make the pain go away (heck sometimes it makes no difference), but that's just my own experience.
I used to be on the give it all team until I permanently injured myself as I got older. 😢 I lost most of my mobility by doing too much. My body is full of rips and tears that can't be fixed. Doing the bare minimum now is preserving what mobility I have left.
I also live with chronic pain. I finally got the right medicine for me, after 14 years of no one believing it was real. But theres still break through days. I always find it uplifting when i come across other people with chronic pain because it IS like that. You have to live anyway. And its hard. But its harder to be alive and not be living. ☺️
I have chronic Lyme disease and I, too, live the do what I want and then crash for 3 days life plan. It works for me. At one point, I was really careful not to overdo and that didn't really get me any more functionality. Now, I have a great time overdoing and the memories are great during the recovery days.
Fellow EDSr here. Appreciate hearing you talk about how it’s just ok to be in pain! It is what it is and we just have to make friends with our pain right? 😂❤
As somebody with EDS and a lot of related issues it is really nice to hear other people's stories. I'm glad other people are hurting but I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my discomfort.
I'm glad negative comments don't bother you. I've loved the things you do in your house. Stepping outside the norm and expressing yourself is admirable.
This is a weird comment, but I think you will understand. I KNEW you had chronic pain even though I didn’t know you had EDS, because of your amazing sunshine-y personality. There is often an intense lightness that comes from struggle that is recognizable to others who “get it.” Please never forget how much your JOY and realness gives a huge gift to others. You are an absolute treasure.
My only comment about the "hot water taps" are that they have a limited use .... we've replaced 3 before we learned they are not made to work for more than a few years ... yes, they only cost about $300, but in the meantime if they "go bad" and you don't know it ... they can cause a lot of costly damage to your kitchen before you know it. We settled on buying a really good electric kettle (a staple of, as I'm sure you know, every home in the UK) and it only takes a couple minutes to warm up water to tea/coffee temp.
I know you said you don't really wanna do any wedding content, but if you end up making anything yourself I'd love to at least see some clips on that. Been loving chloe rose art making stuff for her wedding, it's so much fun seeing handy/crafty people make stuff
Just to get a little serious for a second. And as a response to your “do I regret making Reno videos?” My husband and I bought a fixer upper at the end of 2023. Unfortunately we had to fix some serious issues right out the gate and it completely depleted what we had saved and even put us in some debt. Which has made my husband seriously depressed and a little hopeless on fixing up the house. The only things I’ve been able to do is patch some holes and paint some rooms. But! When I show my husband your videos and the timeline that you’ve been working on your home, it gives both of us a lot of hope, that we will eventually get there too. It’s not a race and we have time. Thank you for making these videos, we love them! ❤
As a sixty plus woman, assuming you haven't finished your bathroom, I strongly suggest a soaking tub ( if I recall you have 2 bathrooms, I haven't seen any bathroom videos in a while). As for the wall of windows, sounds lovely. I also have a old house ( 1914 four square) with lots of large windows & I suggest you take a lot of time watching what the sun does all year long because a wall of windows can really heat up your house, covering a lot of windows on 1 wall is difficult at best & than there's the cleaning & maintenance of them. Depending on your air conditioning situation or potentially lack of central air, learn about and consider double hung windows & adding transom windows above doors ( what they did to increase cross ventilation before air conditioning came every day house item. Some times our for fathers has better ideas on living in our environment. Love your eclectic decorating style. Carry on your doing great.
I find it cute how you have not yet processed the engagement thing because you are still calling Connor your boyfriend when he is now your fiancée lol. Really liked hearing more about your mom and Honduras. ♥
I was watching Rosie and you asked her if you could visit. Now she asks if she can visit you. I WANT A COLLABORATION!!!! I did not get engaged but I got married while still in my teens and this year we are having our 50th wedding anniversary and we have remodeled eight homes. Wishing you many, many, years of happiness.
Perennial herbs that can become little shrubs, and herbs are great for a wild garden, learn what medicinal herbs do well wilding. and plant lots of bulbs, like hyacinth and daffodil and jonquils and crocus and etc. these will make great border plants and they are really low maintenance
A possible cheaper alternative for instant boiling water is a countertop water boiler + warmer! I have a zojirushi one and would highly recommend it to anyone. I fill it once per day and always have hot water ready to go! It's very worth it if you drink a bunch of tea (it saves energy too).
aaah! ariel! i have been watching for many years and im really proud of you and what you've accomplished!! and congratulations on your engagement. i literally could not be happier for you :)
I have a small apartment in the heart of a city that I absolutely love but I’d love a country house too, with the idea that I split time between them and keep both as my forever homes ❤ congrats on your engagement and in the tiny truck! appreciate this channel not becoming a wedding channel 🎉
You were inspiration for buying a house. I have EDS as well, and it has been painful working on my house too. You're giving me even more inspiration to just keep hanging in there.
I always caution people to be careful how much you do because there is a point where you will rip or tear your body to the point where it cannot be repaired and that's what I'm facing right now. I am older and as I got into my 30s and 40s that is what happened to me and now I am mostly bedridden because my body is ripped apart.
Not you making tears come to my eyes talking about how you and Connor reconnected after all those years! Whenever you talk about family and friends, your love oozes from the screen, its so joyful ☺️❤️ so happy for you and thank you for sharing with us!
I'm a Wild Rosie fan too, and a more recent fan of yours, and I enjoy you and your journey very much indeed. Congratulations on your engagement, and it most definitely was meant to be, written in the stars, with such a connection. I'm a retired librarian who reached 79 yesterday, and my avocation has been arts and crafts, so I love books and colour, as you do.😊 I'm a recent widow though, so thank you for sharing with your channel. It means a lot, for many reasons. Your joy in life is heartwarming. 💖
Maybe planting some bulbs? And liliacs! In California, where we live, it doesn't get cold enough for bulbs or liliacs but they seem like wonderful gifts that would regive year after year.
I’m watching your channel while I’m sick with covid and I’m realizing that I think this is my favorite channel on RUclips. I’ve been watching your channel since you bought your house, and I’m still watching. It is so wholesome and real and lovely. Thank you for recording your stories, projects and life with us.
Honestly it’s so special to follow someone for so long and basically grow up together. I have followed you for so long…. I even remember being sad when you were sad after breaking up with your ex, being happy for you when you met Connor, got the house and now got engaged 🥺 thank you for sharing your life with us 🥰
My husband and I lived in NY near the border at the time. We drove to Toronto and he took me to several locations around the area and had dinner at Casa Loma. At the end of the night after everything was closing he pays someone while I used the restroom to give us a private tour of the library again and I was very confused. As I was looking around the man talking faded away. I looked toward the guy and he left. I turned around and my man was on his knee barely able to get the words out! I couldn't ask for anything better for someone obsessed with Beauty and the Beast and libraries all my life ❤
Watching your videos gives me energy. Your enthusiasm is contagious. I’ll be 77 soon and doing projects, like you, keeps me going. Hats off you you, Ariel! Keep going with your dreams!
feeling a lot of kinship with you in this moment! we're the same age, and I also spent my life up until age 23 moving so frequently - over 40 times in total. AND i also have EDS! i noticed the hyperextension in your knees in another video and was wondering if you might also have EDS. i have that w/ a host of other issues and truly applaud you for the physical labor you're putting in -- it's no joke when you have chronic pain! anyway, i love your channel
Congratulations on your engagement. You might like Hannah Duggan's channel. She has been renovating two different properties that she has purchased over the last 5-6 years. The first one has two cottages and a bit of land in a rural area. She has done most of the work herself with occasional help from family and friends. On the rare occasion that there is something totally out of her wheelhouse she has hired someone who knows what to do and she usually helps them and learns how to do whatever it is so in the future she can fix or do whatever it was. Last year she purchased a small homestead with a bit more land and a custom built wood home that she has been slowly renovating and doing upgrades on the different systems for heating and plumbing while reconfiguring the different spaces to suit her long term needs. Both places are rustic in some aspects with the newer one being more modern on the amenities like having a heating system other than a wood stove. She has both types in the newer property which also has an amazing cast iron cook stove which has come in handy when the power went out. She recently started her own business that includes some beautiful jewelry that she designed as well as journals, totes, and some other merchandise that helps support her channel and projects. It's called Lupine Lane after the flowers that was growing everywhere surrounding her first property with the two cottages. I think they had been hunting cabins in the past and were very rough. I will try to share a link because I probably misspelled her last name.
Congratulations in your engagement!! What a sweet story - I love that you thought of each other simultaneously after so long and that it was finally the right time for you to make sense together. Re: comments on your design style - I get that taste is subjective and your style isn't for everyone, but I think it's so beautiful and unique and joyful! Every room so far has been 10/10, such a vibe, just delightful. I could totally see you doing interior design work for clients after you're done with your own home. You have such a singular and exciting aesthetic.
As someone currently working in the interior design space and a lover of more traditional style homes, I fully agree with the superfluous trim 😄 Putting in big beautiful trim, in a new or old home, really adds and defines the character of the space. It can be expensive if done well and right, but it is always beautiful!
One of the few luxury items I harassed my poor husband for was a hot water tap in the kitchen. We have a very basic stove and refrigerator...but that insta-hot tap has been glorious to have. It's lovely to make tea or cocoa without having to wait for the water to heat. HIGHLY recommend, you won't regret it.
I could cry. You have been a part of my watchlist for last many many years, way before you moved here and I am so glad to hear that you're engaged and happy. Of course I knew of the engagement from the pod (and that little surprise on Leena's video). I am so so happy for you 🤗
your happiness for instant tea is just one of the reasons why I enjoy your channel so much. Your personality always shines through, love it! Congratulations on the engagement ❣
a warning about that hot water tab: once you have it you will NEVER be able to live without one lmaoo. i moved into a place which already had one installed but it broke after a few years. there was no way i could go back to the old fashioned way, so i saved up and replaced it, it was sooo expensive 🥲 but so worth it! just think about making pasta - no wait time until that huge pot of water of water is boiling! plus the mind blown faces of your friends when you offer them tea and you just go straight for the tab water, priceless. also as another chronically ill person, i totally get how you sometimes just have to power through and risk the downtime. as long as you know your hard limits so you don’t overdo it to the point of permanently worsening the condition if that’s possible with EDS? i know it is for me and it’s one of the few things that really scares me about this whole chronic illness thing!
Ariel you genuinely fill me with joy, oh my goodness. I've been having a lot of stresses recently (some are very good stresses- my best friend got married and I got to go on vacation, but others have been very bad stresses) and I've been very emotional recently and hearing how excited you get about things just really... it's exactly what I needed. I feel like since I started watching your videos I've gotten a lot better about finding little ways to make things in my life better, and I've been thinking about what I really want out of life recently. I'm so so excited and happy for you and your engagement and your future plans and everything!
Geez we're all getting sentimental in the comments 😭 I'm one that's been here probably 7 or 8 years now and it's so beautiful seeing how far you've come. Came for the books, and stayed to live out my dream of a nice house in a small town. Congratulations to you on all you've done for yourself, and I wish you both many happy decades in the home you made 💜
I have hEDS too!! It makes me feel more hopeful for my future knowing that one of the people I really look up to has dealt with the same issue and lives happily and successfully :)
On the hot water tap topic, you can also get a hot water dispenser. It's not an urn (one of those giant cylinder things that sit there guzzling energy, constantly hot and a steam burn risk). It's a much smaller thing. The water in it stays room temperature. But when you press a button, it instantly dispenses hot water. It takes much less energy because it isn't keeping it hot the whole time. You can set the temperature, and the volume, each time. I also have EDS and multiple other autoimmune connective tissue diseass and a muscle disease, and lifting a hot water kettle is really hard for my hands, wrists, shoulders and upper arms. The hot water dispenser is my new best friend. I put the tea bag in a mug, place it under the dispenser, press a button and walk away and come back in a few minutes when it's steeped. It's also useful for when I just need to add a bit of hot water to cooking.
Ariel, you just make me so happy!! I was missing you today and thought it had been a while since you uploaded, so checked to see if there was anything new on your channel. To my disappointed, I found no new video. Just a few minutes later, as if you were listening, out popped your new video! I loved the Q&A and also love watching Roaming Wild Rosie! Congrats on the engagement, Connor is one lucky lucky man.
I loved your response to the question about becoming a house flipper. The way you acknowledged the distinction between learning new skills for your own joy vs. for a career was so emotionally honest. I'm about to graduate from college, and I am pushing myself to think more along these lines, as I try to figure out what truly makes me happy and what I feel pressured to pursue for money.
Congratulations on your engagement! I must admit that as a horticulturalist I'm a little bit disappointed in not getting to see you create a dream garden but I totally understand why, gardens need maintenance. However, if you want to you could plant a couple of different rhubarb cultivars as they mostly fend for themselves like trees do. There's even one which is called 'Canada red'. Full sun, a square meter or so of space and lots of manure and water now and again as newly planted.
Ariel I just discovered your channel and love your wholesome content💗 I’m a 33 married mother of 2 young boys. Our worlds are different but the Q&A about happiness deeply resonated with me. We’re a military family and the way you described being happy because you feel settled and a sense of stability touched my soul. Moving around so much makes the heart long for stability. My husband has a few more years in the military before retirement and it’s a dream of ours to buy a home and settle down. Until then I can dream and live vicariously through you and you’ve inspired me to read again! Thank you! Congratulations on the engagement, your home and mini truck!
Holy crap! I usually watch you on my tv, but had to get on my phone so I could leave a comment. I did a little laugh/cry when you started talking about your EDS and being in pain all the time. You sound just like me! But I'm 50. 😆 I'm the same way, pushing myself to get things done, then being in agony for a while after. Ibuprofen works best with acetaminophen, lol. Hell, even sleeping the wrong way can lead to days of pain. Just please listen to your body. Try to engage your muscles to hold yourself together when lifting. It only gets worse as you get older. I'm sure you know all this, already. Anyway.. I love your channel and your videos! Congratulations on all you've accomplished with your home! And congrats on your engagement, too. 😊
Since you're growing fruit trees, I HIGHLY recommend "Grow a Little Fruit Tree" by Ann Ralph. There's invaluable information in there for things you should do to the trees NOW while they're small, then every early summer and late winter
Thank you so much for answering the question about EDS! I would always watch your videos and think, "how is she not in pain??". Now i know. You are, just like the rest of us with this. You just embrace it and keep smiling. It just makes me feel better to know I'm not just a baby with my pain. You've inspired me. Thanks!
there been times i have kinda question the colors, because how bright they are. but then you some how made those bright colors less loud and so cozy and ever room vibe is blending together and doesn't seem so chaotic then i though when you said you want ever room diff colors. i like to say color is better then just all white and hospital vibe
I’ve been thinking about this but it was kinda too late to tell you… Maybe you can use this idea for the spooky room though. I was thinking that if you make more wall bookshelves and put them on all of the outer walls you will have a really good insulation. I know that can be a problem with older houses. I absolutely love your home renovations. It’s very inspiring and existing. I am really invested in it 😂
Yes! Floor to ceiling book cases are the way! You do need to have some insulation behind them though, mostly to keep the books from getting any kind of damp.
I'm so happy to hear you're getting married! Sounds like you're going to have a ton of fun. I loved planning my wedding, and having all my friends help me pick out everything. I'm also happy to hear you WON'T be documenting your wedding for YT. There's such an air of expectation for "influencers" and personalities to share every single aspect of their life, to be always available, to bare every corner of their soul for consumption. Your wedding is such a beautiful, personal moment, and while I'm sure documenting it wouldn't be terribly taxing, it would ultimately detract from experiencing the moment fully. To quote Bluey, "just go about it." I hope your moment is as enduring and heartwrenchingly beautiful as the gorgeous shots you line up for your videos.
Your house is your journey making it yours is amazing, your bookmobile adventures and journey are a glorious way to feed and nurture your soul, and with books!!! I am so there for it! I’ll be watching from here in Minnesota. For years I’ve wanted to open a little bookstore and coffee shop, your Bookmobile is a vicarious way for me to experience the book part of it. You are going to bless so many with books!!! I can see it, book Fundraisers in the form of donated books, and the books get donated to communities, schools, places and people who really need the nurture that comes through a book. Can’t wait to see it all unfold🥰📚🏡
You are such a breath of fresh air on this app! This might be sappy, but you recenter me and my brain with this freshness you offer, and your reno videos are so fun and realistic to watch. Thanks for putting out content! I’m so excited for what the future brings to you… and then the audience!
This is the first time I'm hearing that you have EDS! I've been watching you for a few years and as a fellow h-EDS person it's so refreshing to hear someone else talk about this syndrome that is so rarely spoken about. And I completely resonate with how you speak about it, not letting it stop you from your life but also it's a chronic condition... there is no ignoring it. We have to live and work with it and all the many MANY symptoms that come with it but it's also our life and we need to live it. Thank you for speaking to this.
Hi Ariel, congratulations on your engagement. My son Patrick bought a house and moved to Nova Scotia, near Truro with his partner 2 years ago this May. Patrick was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. Patrick runs a craft brewery in Truro, the Truro Brewing Co. and I just thought if you are ever in the area, you might want to pop in and say hello. I’ve told him all about you. I think you guys would definitely hit it off. Good luck with all your plans. Keep up the great work with your videos. Take care.
Check with your garden center on the best times to plant trees and strawberries etc. In 8 zone fall, plant when trees are dormant. In Spring when they bloom, the roots should be stable and deep enough so you don’t have to run around watering them. Also, buy your plants in 1 gallon size and you’ll save money and be able to buy more plants. They grow fast and will be 5 gallon size before you know it. Love you and your channel. 😊 Fran
As someone with a pre-1860s home, I could not believe how HUGE of a difference new windows made---I kept mine for a good 15 years and my heating was sooo expensive. Not anymore! And it's warm haha
First of all, congratulations on your engagement!! Regarding the house flipping thing, I totally understand your mindset. I think if you were to make a career out of it, it'd be advising people (including friends!) who are looking to achieve a similar look in their homes, rather than flip houses only to sell them. Second thing, what you said about happiness at the end really resonates with me. I'm turning 29 next month and only just started working as a teacher last September, but the system in my country is stupid and I'm being sent to teach 6 hours away from my home region, where I have everyone I love less than 30 minutes away by car. Most people go with it even if it means being unable to move back home for over a decade because of the job attribution system, but I'm seriously contemplating quitting. The financial stability is a relief, but I don't think it's worth isolating myself and my partner for an undetermined amount of time. For some people stability also means proximity with family and friends, and I'm finally aware that I am one of those people. And I'm done with planning ahead a year at a time, too. Your appreciation of your own stability gives me great comfort advocating for my own.
I honestly love the style you’ve chosen for your home! It’s your house and you can decide what it is that you want to see every day and what makes you happy. Plus if you get sick of it, you can just change it without having to ask someone else for permission.
Congratulations on your engagement! So happy for you! I recently found your channel and have binge watched all your house renovations over the past few weeks. I’m a huge bookworm (I have libraries in 2 rooms!), Anne (with an e) was one of my best friends growing up and Monet is probably my favorite artist, so we definitely have some common interests, even if I’m old enough to be your second mom. 🤣😉. Keep laughing and being happy. You’ve brought me joy, so thank you!
The laugh after the "I am kind of in constant pain." That is so chronic illness. It is humors in a sense. It's all you've ever known and its good to have a positive mid set about it. If you can't smile, laugh, and talk about it then you aren't doing it right. Just take life head on and stay happy. It's all you can do.
Oh my gosh. The ring is beautiful and I have my mother’s wedding band which would match that so well. It is yellow gold with orange blossoms and open work cutouts. Congrats and wish you many more years of happiness together.
25:25: I'm also renovating a remote home (basically a big cabin in the woods) but not making videos about it, and I have to say your videos give me so much happiness. We've been working to fix our well water and storage system for the 5 years we've lived here, and I feel like so many people would think it's ridiculous but you get what it means to invest in building up a home. We keep the pieces of pipe we've battled as little trophies lol
Speaking of style you like regardless of other people’s opinions: My first big renovation was turning a spare room into a full library, but my vision for it was a little gothic, a little somber, a little haunted. Lots of burgundy and dark wood, weird trinkets, old globes that turn on their own when the house settles, etc. I bought a triceratops skeleton the size of a big dog from a Halloween store and it ties the room together perfectly. It’s bizarre and creepy and I get unsure comments when I show people, but I LOVE it. And then my bathroom is pirate themed. The walls have wood panel on the lower half that looks like a ship, one wall is painted like an old treasure map (including sea monsters, whirlpools, and of course a big X), I have a skull and crossbones on my cabinets. I even store things like q-tips and spare soap in little treasure chests. Other adults have given weird looks, but a neighbourhood kid got locked out of their house and really needed to pee so they asked to use my bathroom, and now other local kids know my house as “the one with the cool bathroom”. 😂
Even though your style isn't mine, I love watching you expressing yourself. I love watching DIY and I'm sick to death of watching people paint there places white with gray lvp and black brick. Please always be you.
EDS here as well, along with Hashimoto's disease. As an older person I will say as much soreness as it costs staying active is key. It's much harder to bounce back the older you get.
Ariel! If you don’t already, I cannot recommend enough to watch Laura Kampf’s channel on RUclips. She is a German maker and two years ago she bought a 120 year old house (if I remember correctly), thinking it was in about the same shape as yours, but have had to make extensive renovations on the house… all her videos are really entertaining and she just seems beyond lovely just like you ❤ and she would probably give you good advice on switching windows and other house things in a heartbeat!
I love your story about your fiancé! Weirdly enough I had a similar experience meeting my husband. We met at the gym (I just got out of a breakup) and I didn’t want to meet anyone new. He came up to me and I just wrote him off. After we finished up, he came up to me to tell me he was leaving and without even hesitating, I instantly asked what he was doing later that night. It didn’t even feel like it was me who was speaking, like my mouth made the decision for me. And here we are, happily married 😅 I just think we are meant to find our soulmate when we are least expecting it and your story brought me so much happiness!! ❤
I am SO unbelievably happy for you! 🥹 Still remember meeting you two at Buffer Festival…Thomas and I thought you guys were just too adorable, so in love, omg I can’t 😭❤️ So beautiful when someone is like ‘let’s do life together! Always! Because you’re awesome!’ Ahhhhh xxx
Wow Congratulations Ariel! On the Victorian house thing, I'm from the UK and I still find it strange when people from North America consider Victorian houses old and special, they're everywhere here! Even my crappy cheap student house at university was from 1865. There are lots of 400 year old pubs just down the street from me. But after watching your videos you've made me really stand back and admire the old buildings we have here - I went to a wedding in an 800 year old hall the other week! Just wanted to say thanks for making me appreciate my surroundings!
oh I love that! I do think Europeans often forget how lucky you all are to live so deeply with history. Our oldest remaining structures are a maximum of 200 years old here! There's like 10 buildings from 400 years ago and that's it haha
not to be emo but I’ve been following you for like 7 years now and it’s genuinely just so nice to see you happy and engaged with a cool fucking house and a mini book truck on the way! congrats!
🙈 thanks pal
@@ArielBissettJust started listening to your podcast and tell Conner there are origami kayaks that fold up into something like 2’x2’ so you don’t need a pickup or rack to transport it.
No literally SAME and I was emo seeing the title 😭 Congrats Ariel!
ummm but emo is the answer
I’m the same way with deleting everyone I’ve ever known 🤣
"I got engaged ... and I got a miniature truck!" Man, you're really living your best life and I love it!
You talking about your EDS and saying it's naightmare, you're in constant pain, and then cackling is so relatable for me. I have lupus sle, and I react the same way about my pain. Like, what else can you do lol
give us a circle window in spooky room
or some cool large arch window!
Ooh or a balcony !
'Weasels in my cellar' merch totally needs to be a thing!
I'd buy one!
🤣PLEASE YES!! id buy one too!
it sounds like a possible emo band 😂
Yes!
It so does
I love the ring, it’s so you.
As a professional gardener and garden designer I have some tips for very low maintenence things you can do for your garden/yard:
Number 1 is find out your hardiness Zone and what kind of soil you have. That will save you from a lot of heartaches.
Bulbs and tubours: spring bulbs that come back every year is a great investment, because it's a one time investment and you don't really need to do anything to maintain them.
Examples: Daffodils/Narcissus
Crocus, Snowdrops/Galanthus, Scilla and Alliums.
(Modern tulips are pretty, but rarely flower well after the first year, and have a lot of fungus problems because of mass production)
Look for species tulips if you like the idea of tulips.
Since you live in a wooded area, look around you and see if there are any native plants you enjoy looking at. A more curated version of the woodland around you could be very nice to bring in to a garden. Go and "steal" some from nature.
Im obsessed with you’re ‘we both just cosmically thought about each other on the same night!’ Goals
I cannot imagine your vibe not making everyone happy. You are so relatable! I’m a 63 year old grandma and I get absolutely giddy when I see a new video of yours pop up. We too completely renovated our 150 year old home and we don’t plan to ever leave. It is our taste precisely. I fell in love when we moved here 21 years ago, and still in love. Although it looks (and smells) completely different. We made an apartment in our non refinished basement and live down there 7 out of 10 years of the renovation. My husband did everything himself, and he rebuilt it with everything my heart desired. All for my convenience and enjoyment. We’re very happy!
would love to see your home !
The "are you happy" answer hit me right in the soul. I felt not unhappy but also not actually happy for like 10 years and in the last year I too got a house, have a long term beautiful relationship with my bf, a fantastic daughter, and a job I like and feel proud of. It just feels like my life came together and I finally feel actual happiness. So, congrats! I know how nice that peace brings.
flipping houses actually harms the housing economy which is not good especially in the middle of a housing affordability crisis so good on you
I too got engaged since your last video!!!!!! Congrats for us!!!!!! We’re eloping in early April :)
Omg yay go us 🥲😍 I hope your elopement is really nice ♥️
Congratulations!!!!🎉
Retired librarian here. Added bonus to your engagement, for me at least, you're sitting there long enough so I can figure what books are behind you! Except that stack of books on the side table. You need to turn that stack around so the titles can be seen! Lol!
Congratulations. Your ring is just lovely!
the top book is definitely The Fox Wife, looks like a stack of Book of the Month lol
I love that you want to stay in this house forever. As much as I get that home design and decoration can be someone’s main passion and hobby, I still feel like constantly moving and flipping and customising house after house after house is like.. massively wasteful. I wish more people had the ability to move into a home and be content there instead of always moving on to the “next thing”
"Listen to this...there are weasels in my cellar." Made me laugh so much! Yeah, that's the joys of homeownership. Congratulations on your engagement!
Yea, feel your pain. My critters, however are honey bees in a crawlspace with instead of where's the honeycomb, the name of the game is where is the hive?
EDS team ! I think the "give it all and then nap for a few days" is the best for mental health when you have chronic pain, we need satisfaction still and doing nothing or just a bit doesn't make the pain go away (heck sometimes it makes no difference), but that's just my own experience.
Oh man, i felt this one....
I used to be on the give it all team until I permanently injured myself as I got older. 😢 I lost most of my mobility by doing too much. My body is full of rips and tears that can't be fixed. Doing the bare minimum now is preserving what mobility I have left.
I also live with chronic pain. I finally got the right medicine for me, after 14 years of no one believing it was real. But theres still break through days.
I always find it uplifting when i come across other people with chronic pain because it IS like that. You have to live anyway. And its hard. But its harder to be alive and not be living. ☺️
I have chronic Lyme disease and I, too, live the do what I want and then crash for 3 days life plan. It works for me. At one point, I was really careful not to overdo and that didn't really get me any more functionality. Now, I have a great time overdoing and the memories are great during the recovery days.
My heart welled up a little bit 🥺 I LOVE YOU ARIEL and you inspire me so much as well!! ❤
Our time for a meeting is coming up soon, I can feel it in my bones!!
@@ArielBissett How cool would that be!
I think you achieve the Dignity and Wholesomeness that the vlogbrothers have! You are each two of my favorite RUclipsrs
Fellow EDSr here. Appreciate hearing you talk about how it’s just ok to be in pain! It is what it is and we just have to make friends with our pain right? 😂❤
I didn't like a lot of your colors at first, But now I do, they have really grown on me. I see the bigger picture.
As somebody with EDS and a lot of related issues it is really nice to hear other people's stories. I'm glad other people are hurting but I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my discomfort.
I'm glad negative comments don't bother you. I've loved the things you do in your house. Stepping outside the norm and expressing yourself is admirable.
This is a weird comment, but I think you will understand. I KNEW you had chronic pain even though I didn’t know you had EDS, because of your amazing sunshine-y personality. There is often an intense lightness that comes from struggle that is recognizable to others who “get it.” Please never forget how much your JOY and realness gives a huge gift to others. You are an absolute treasure.
My only comment about the "hot water taps" are that they have a limited use .... we've replaced 3 before we learned they are not made to work for more than a few years ... yes, they only cost about $300, but in the meantime if they "go bad" and you don't know it ... they can cause a lot of costly damage to your kitchen before you know it. We settled on buying a really good electric kettle (a staple of, as I'm sure you know, every home in the UK) and it only takes a couple minutes to warm up water to tea/coffee temp.
I know you said you don't really wanna do any wedding content, but if you end up making anything yourself I'd love to at least see some clips on that. Been loving chloe rose art making stuff for her wedding, it's so much fun seeing handy/crafty people make stuff
Just to get a little serious for a second. And as a response to your “do I regret making Reno videos?” My husband and I bought a fixer upper at the end of 2023. Unfortunately we had to fix some serious issues right out the gate and it completely depleted what we had saved and even put us in some debt. Which has made my husband seriously depressed and a little hopeless on fixing up the house. The only things I’ve been able to do is patch some holes and paint some rooms. But! When I show my husband your videos and the timeline that you’ve been working on your home, it gives both of us a lot of hope, that we will eventually get there too. It’s not a race and we have time. Thank you for making these videos, we love them! ❤
This video just exudes contentedness and I love it 😭 'leaning in' to whatever brings you joy is just so beautiful
I have hypermobility too (possibly EDS). I’m always starting a project then getting burnt out, your positivity inspires me to keep going 🙂
As a sixty plus woman, assuming you haven't finished your bathroom, I strongly suggest a soaking tub ( if I recall you have 2 bathrooms, I haven't seen any bathroom videos in a while).
As for the wall of windows, sounds lovely.
I also have a old house ( 1914 four square) with lots of large windows & I suggest you take a lot of time watching what the sun does all year long because a wall of windows can really heat up your house, covering a lot of windows on 1 wall is difficult at best & than there's the cleaning & maintenance of them.
Depending on your air conditioning situation or potentially lack of central air, learn about and consider double hung windows & adding transom windows above doors ( what they did to increase cross ventilation before air conditioning came every day house item.
Some times our for fathers has better ideas on living in our environment.
Love your eclectic decorating style.
Carry on your doing great.
I find it cute how you have not yet processed the engagement thing because you are still calling Connor your boyfriend when he is now your fiancée lol. Really liked hearing more about your mom and Honduras. ♥
Does anyone really call them 'my fiancé' all the time?
@@janetpendlebury6808 that is what I assumed/seen English speakers do. I am not a native speaker myself, so I could be wrong though
@@padocsdollsome do some dont it seems
All people I know do.@@janetpendlebury6808
I was watching Rosie and you asked her if you could visit. Now she asks if she can visit you. I WANT A COLLABORATION!!!! I did not get engaged but I got married while still in my teens and this year we are having our 50th wedding anniversary and we have remodeled eight homes. Wishing you many, many, years of happiness.
Do happy for you!:) sound so nice:)
I also love Rosie! I love her take on the world. I love how things seem to get stuck in her head. Cute. 🥰
Awww, I'll never forget celebrating my grandparents 50th anniversary 😊 cheers to love!
Perennial herbs that can become little shrubs, and herbs are great for a wild garden, learn what medicinal herbs do well wilding. and plant lots of bulbs, like hyacinth and daffodil and jonquils and crocus and etc. these will make great border plants and they are really low maintenance
Creeping thyme! It wanders, it has pretty tiny little flowers, and it smells delicious even when it's not flowering.
A possible cheaper alternative for instant boiling water is a countertop water boiler + warmer! I have a zojirushi one and would highly recommend it to anyone. I fill it once per day and always have hot water ready to go! It's very worth it if you drink a bunch of tea (it saves energy too).
aaah! ariel! i have been watching for many years and im really proud of you and what you've accomplished!! and congratulations on your engagement. i literally could not be happier for you :)
🙈🥲🙈🥲
I have a small apartment in the heart of a city that I absolutely love but I’d love a country house too, with the idea that I split time between them and keep both as my forever homes ❤ congrats on your engagement and in the tiny truck! appreciate this channel not becoming a wedding channel 🎉
You were inspiration for buying a house. I have EDS as well, and it has been painful working on my house too. You're giving me even more inspiration to just keep hanging in there.
I always caution people to be careful how much you do because there is a point where you will rip or tear your body to the point where it cannot be repaired and that's what I'm facing right now. I am older and as I got into my 30s and 40s that is what happened to me and now I am mostly bedridden because my body is ripped apart.
Not you making tears come to my eyes talking about how you and Connor reconnected after all those years!
Whenever you talk about family and friends, your love oozes from the screen, its so joyful ☺️❤️ so happy for you and thank you for sharing with us!
I'm a Wild Rosie fan too, and a more recent fan of yours, and I enjoy you and your journey very much indeed. Congratulations on your engagement, and it most definitely was meant to be, written in the stars, with such a connection. I'm a retired librarian who reached 79 yesterday, and my avocation has been arts and crafts, so I love books and colour, as you do.😊 I'm a recent widow though, so thank you for sharing with your channel. It means a lot, for many reasons. Your joy in life is heartwarming. 💖
Maybe planting some bulbs? And liliacs! In California, where we live, it doesn't get cold enough for bulbs or liliacs but they seem like wonderful gifts that would regive year after year.
i second the lilacs! they are so lovely to have around
I’m watching your channel while I’m sick with covid and I’m realizing that I think this is my favorite channel on RUclips. I’ve been watching your channel since you bought your house, and I’m still watching. It is so wholesome and real and lovely. Thank you for recording your stories, projects and life with us.
Honestly it’s so special to follow someone for so long and basically grow up together. I have followed you for so long…. I even remember being sad when you were sad after breaking up with your ex, being happy for you when you met Connor, got the house and now got engaged 🥺 thank you for sharing your life with us 🥰
Thank you for sticking with me ♥️
My husband and I lived in NY near the border at the time. We drove to Toronto and he took me to several locations around the area and had dinner at Casa Loma. At the end of the night after everything was closing he pays someone while I used the restroom to give us a private tour of the library again and I was very confused. As I was looking around the man talking faded away. I looked toward the guy and he left. I turned around and my man was on his knee barely able to get the words out! I couldn't ask for anything better for someone obsessed with Beauty and the Beast and libraries all my life ❤
Your laugh never ceases to make me smile. Thank you.
Watching your videos gives me energy. Your enthusiasm is contagious. I’ll be 77 soon and doing projects, like you, keeps me going. Hats off you you, Ariel! Keep going with your dreams!
feeling a lot of kinship with you in this moment! we're the same age, and I also spent my life up until age 23 moving so frequently - over 40 times in total. AND i also have EDS! i noticed the hyperextension in your knees in another video and was wondering if you might also have EDS. i have that w/ a host of other issues and truly applaud you for the physical labor you're putting in -- it's no joke when you have chronic pain! anyway, i love your channel
Congratulations on your engagement. You might like Hannah Duggan's channel. She has been renovating two different properties that she has purchased over the last 5-6 years. The first one has two cottages and a bit of land in a rural area. She has done most of the work herself with occasional help from family and friends. On the rare occasion that there is something totally out of her wheelhouse she has hired someone who knows what to do and she usually helps them and learns how to do whatever it is so in the future she can fix or do whatever it was. Last year she purchased a small homestead with a bit more land and a custom built wood home that she has been slowly renovating and doing upgrades on the different systems for heating and plumbing while reconfiguring the different spaces to suit her long term needs. Both places are rustic in some aspects with the newer one being more modern on the amenities like having a heating system other than a wood stove. She has both types in the newer property which also has an amazing cast iron cook stove which has come in handy when the power went out. She recently started her own business that includes some beautiful jewelry that she designed as well as journals, totes, and some other merchandise that helps support her channel and projects. It's called Lupine Lane after the flowers that was growing everywhere surrounding her first property with the two cottages. I think they had been hunting cabins in the past and were very rough. I will try to share a link because I probably misspelled her last name.
Congratulations in your engagement!! What a sweet story - I love that you thought of each other simultaneously after so long and that it was finally the right time for you to make sense together.
Re: comments on your design style - I get that taste is subjective and your style isn't for everyone, but I think it's so beautiful and unique and joyful! Every room so far has been 10/10, such a vibe, just delightful. I could totally see you doing interior design work for clients after you're done with your own home. You have such a singular and exciting aesthetic.
As someone currently working in the interior design space and a lover of more traditional style homes, I fully agree with the superfluous trim 😄 Putting in big beautiful trim, in a new or old home, really adds and defines the character of the space. It can be expensive if done well and right, but it is always beautiful!
One of the few luxury items I harassed my poor husband for was a hot water tap in the kitchen. We have a very basic stove and refrigerator...but that insta-hot tap has been glorious to have. It's lovely to make tea or cocoa without having to wait for the water to heat. HIGHLY recommend, you won't regret it.
Omg- yes! Roaming Rosie is so brave and disciplined. Congrats on your engagement!! You'll be a beautiful bride. I can't wait!
You’re a wonderful human
I could cry. You have been a part of my watchlist for last many many years, way before you moved here and I am so glad to hear that you're engaged and happy. Of course I knew of the engagement from the pod (and that little surprise on Leena's video). I am so so happy for you 🤗
your happiness for instant tea is just one of the reasons why I enjoy your channel so much. Your personality always shines through, love it!
Congratulations on the engagement ❣
a warning about that hot water tab: once you have it you will NEVER be able to live without one lmaoo. i moved into a place which already had one installed but it broke after a few years. there was no way i could go back to the old fashioned way, so i saved up and replaced it, it was sooo expensive 🥲 but so worth it! just think about making pasta - no wait time until that huge pot of water of water is boiling! plus the mind blown faces of your friends when you offer them tea and you just go straight for the tab water, priceless.
also as another chronically ill person, i totally get how you sometimes just have to power through and risk the downtime. as long as you know your hard limits so you don’t overdo it to the point of permanently worsening the condition if that’s possible with EDS? i know it is for me and it’s one of the few things that really scares me about this whole chronic illness thing!
i love your channel so much! i always look forward to every new video and i love your personality, ariel. congrats on your engagement!!
Ariel you genuinely fill me with joy, oh my goodness. I've been having a lot of stresses recently (some are very good stresses- my best friend got married and I got to go on vacation, but others have been very bad stresses) and I've been very emotional recently and hearing how excited you get about things just really... it's exactly what I needed. I feel like since I started watching your videos I've gotten a lot better about finding little ways to make things in my life better, and I've been thinking about what I really want out of life recently. I'm so so excited and happy for you and your engagement and your future plans and everything!
Geez we're all getting sentimental in the comments 😭 I'm one that's been here probably 7 or 8 years now and it's so beautiful seeing how far you've come. Came for the books, and stayed to live out my dream of a nice house in a small town. Congratulations to you on all you've done for yourself, and I wish you both many happy decades in the home you made 💜
I have hEDS too!! It makes me feel more hopeful for my future knowing that one of the people I really look up to has dealt with the same issue and lives happily and successfully :)
On the hot water tap topic, you can also get a hot water dispenser. It's not an urn (one of those giant cylinder things that sit there guzzling energy, constantly hot and a steam burn risk). It's a much smaller thing. The water in it stays room temperature. But when you press a button, it instantly dispenses hot water. It takes much less energy because it isn't keeping it hot the whole time. You can set the temperature, and the volume, each time. I also have EDS and multiple other autoimmune connective tissue diseass and a muscle disease, and lifting a hot water kettle is really hard for my hands, wrists, shoulders and upper arms. The hot water dispenser is my new best friend. I put the tea bag in a mug, place it under the dispenser, press a button and walk away and come back in a few minutes when it's steeped. It's also useful for when I just need to add a bit of hot water to cooking.
as someone who thinks weddings/engagements are lame... im so happy for you ariel!!!! That ring is BEAUTIFUL and i love that it was private.
Stability is grossly underrated.
Ariel, you just make me so happy!! I was missing you today and thought it had been a while since you uploaded, so checked to see if there was anything new on your channel. To my disappointed, I found no new video. Just a few minutes later, as if you were listening, out popped your new video! I loved the Q&A and also love watching Roaming Wild Rosie! Congrats on the engagement, Connor is one lucky lucky man.
I loved your response to the question about becoming a house flipper. The way you acknowledged the distinction between learning new skills for your own joy vs. for a career was so emotionally honest. I'm about to graduate from college, and I am pushing myself to think more along these lines, as I try to figure out what truly makes me happy and what I feel pressured to pursue for money.
Congratulations on your engagement! I must admit that as a horticulturalist I'm a little bit disappointed in not getting to see you create a dream garden but I totally understand why, gardens need maintenance. However, if you want to you could plant a couple of different rhubarb cultivars as they mostly fend for themselves like trees do. There's even one which is called 'Canada red'. Full sun, a square meter or so of space and lots of manure and water now and again as newly planted.
Ariel I just discovered your channel and love your wholesome content💗 I’m a 33 married mother of 2 young boys. Our worlds are different but the Q&A about happiness deeply resonated with me. We’re a military family and the way you described being happy because you feel settled and a sense of stability touched my soul. Moving around so much makes the heart long for stability. My husband has a few more years in the military before retirement and it’s a dream of ours to buy a home and settle down. Until then I can dream and live vicariously through you and you’ve inspired me to read again! Thank you! Congratulations on the engagement, your home and mini truck!
so happy to see you! and the choices you made with the clothes from thredup were IMMACULATE 💘 that dress could only ever be yours 🤩
🙈🙈🙈 I had so much fun shopping on there hahaha
Ariel, please get the hot water tap. It’s not as expensive as your other dream items and you deserve it!
Holy crap! I usually watch you on my tv, but had to get on my phone so I could leave a comment. I did a little laugh/cry when you started talking about your EDS and being in pain all the time. You sound just like me! But I'm 50. 😆
I'm the same way, pushing myself to get things done, then being in agony for a while after. Ibuprofen works best with acetaminophen, lol. Hell, even sleeping the wrong way can lead to days of pain. Just please listen to your body. Try to engage your muscles to hold yourself together when lifting. It only gets worse as you get older. I'm sure you know all this, already.
Anyway.. I love your channel and your videos! Congratulations on all you've accomplished with your home! And congrats on your engagement, too. 😊
Since you're growing fruit trees, I HIGHLY recommend "Grow a Little Fruit Tree" by Ann Ralph. There's invaluable information in there for things you should do to the trees NOW while they're small, then every early summer and late winter
Thank you so much for answering the question about EDS! I would always watch your videos and think, "how is she not in pain??".
Now i know. You are, just like the rest of us with this. You just embrace it and keep smiling. It just makes me feel better to know I'm not just a baby with my pain. You've inspired me. Thanks!
there been times i have kinda question the colors, because how bright they are. but then you some how made those bright colors less loud and so cozy and ever room vibe is blending together and doesn't seem so chaotic then i though when you said you want ever room diff colors. i like to say color is better then just all white and hospital vibe
really enjoyed this chatty video
I’ve been thinking about this but it was kinda too late to tell you… Maybe you can use this idea for the spooky room though. I was thinking that if you make more wall bookshelves and put them on all of the outer walls you will have a really good insulation. I know that can be a problem with older houses. I absolutely love your home renovations. It’s very inspiring and existing. I am really invested in it 😂
Yes! Floor to ceiling book cases are the way! You do need to have some insulation behind them though, mostly to keep the books from getting any kind of damp.
She has something, almost no one her age will ever have...a house. And I think that's so wonderful. Lets change this for others.
Congratulations on your engagement and on your happiness! Your positivity and creativity are a welcome balm in my world. ☺
I'm so happy to hear you're getting married! Sounds like you're going to have a ton of fun. I loved planning my wedding, and having all my friends help me pick out everything. I'm also happy to hear you WON'T be documenting your wedding for YT. There's such an air of expectation for "influencers" and personalities to share every single aspect of their life, to be always available, to bare every corner of their soul for consumption. Your wedding is such a beautiful, personal moment, and while I'm sure documenting it wouldn't be terribly taxing, it would ultimately detract from experiencing the moment fully. To quote Bluey, "just go about it." I hope your moment is as enduring and heartwrenchingly beautiful as the gorgeous shots you line up for your videos.
Your house is your journey making it yours is amazing, your bookmobile adventures and journey are a glorious way to feed and nurture your soul, and with books!!! I am so there for it! I’ll be watching from here in Minnesota. For years I’ve wanted to open a little bookstore and coffee shop, your Bookmobile is a vicarious way for me to experience the book part of it. You are going to bless so many with books!!! I can see it, book Fundraisers in the form of donated books, and the books get donated to communities, schools, places and people who really need the nurture that comes through a book. Can’t wait to see it all unfold🥰📚🏡
You are such a breath of fresh air on this app! This might be sappy, but you recenter me and my brain with this freshness you offer, and your reno videos are so fun and realistic to watch. Thanks for putting out content! I’m so excited for what the future brings to you… and then the audience!
This is the first time I'm hearing that you have EDS! I've been watching you for a few years and as a fellow h-EDS person it's so refreshing to hear someone else talk about this syndrome that is so rarely spoken about. And I completely resonate with how you speak about it, not letting it stop you from your life but also it's a chronic condition... there is no ignoring it. We have to live and work with it and all the many MANY symptoms that come with it but it's also our life and we need to live it. Thank you for speaking to this.
Hi Ariel, congratulations on your engagement. My son Patrick bought a house and moved to Nova Scotia, near Truro with his partner 2 years ago this May. Patrick was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario.
Patrick runs a craft brewery in Truro, the Truro Brewing Co. and I just thought if you are ever in the area, you might want to pop in and say hello. I’ve told him all about you. I think you guys would definitely hit it off. Good luck with all your plans. Keep up the great work with your videos. Take care.
Awww the story of you and your now fiancé re-connecting after 9 years 🫶🥹 that is sooo sweet!
Maybe you could persuade a local window company to sponsor your window wall project ? Congratulations on your happy news ❤
Check with your garden center on the best times to plant trees and strawberries etc. In 8 zone fall, plant when trees are dormant. In Spring when they bloom, the roots should be stable and deep enough so you don’t have to run around watering them. Also, buy your plants in 1 gallon size and you’ll save money and be able to buy more plants. They grow fast and will be 5 gallon size before you know it. Love you and your channel. 😊 Fran
As someone with a pre-1860s home, I could not believe how HUGE of a difference new windows made---I kept mine for a good 15 years and my heating was sooo expensive. Not anymore! And it's warm haha
First of all, congratulations on your engagement!! Regarding the house flipping thing, I totally understand your mindset. I think if you were to make a career out of it, it'd be advising people (including friends!) who are looking to achieve a similar look in their homes, rather than flip houses only to sell them. Second thing, what you said about happiness at the end really resonates with me. I'm turning 29 next month and only just started working as a teacher last September, but the system in my country is stupid and I'm being sent to teach 6 hours away from my home region, where I have everyone I love less than 30 minutes away by car. Most people go with it even if it means being unable to move back home for over a decade because of the job attribution system, but I'm seriously contemplating quitting. The financial stability is a relief, but I don't think it's worth isolating myself and my partner for an undetermined amount of time. For some people stability also means proximity with family and friends, and I'm finally aware that I am one of those people. And I'm done with planning ahead a year at a time, too. Your appreciation of your own stability gives me great comfort advocating for my own.
Thats such a sweet story of you and Connor reconnecting!
I honestly love the style you’ve chosen for your home! It’s your house and you can decide what it is that you want to see every day and what makes you happy. Plus if you get sick of it, you can just change it without having to ask someone else for permission.
Congratulations on your engagement! So happy for you! I recently found your channel and have binge watched all your house renovations over the past few weeks. I’m a huge bookworm (I have libraries in 2 rooms!), Anne (with an e) was one of my best friends growing up and Monet is probably my favorite artist, so we definitely have some common interests, even if I’m old enough to be your second mom. 🤣😉. Keep laughing and being happy. You’ve brought me joy, so thank you!
The laugh after the "I am kind of in constant pain." That is so chronic illness. It is humors in a sense. It's all you've ever known and its good to have a positive mid set about it. If you can't smile, laugh, and talk about it then you aren't doing it right. Just take life head on and stay happy. It's all you can do.
Oh my gosh. The ring is beautiful and I have my mother’s wedding band which would match that so well. It is yellow gold with orange blossoms and open work cutouts. Congrats and wish you many more years of happiness together.
25:25: I'm also renovating a remote home (basically a big cabin in the woods) but not making videos about it, and I have to say your videos give me so much happiness. We've been working to fix our well water and storage system for the 5 years we've lived here, and I feel like so many people would think it's ridiculous but you get what it means to invest in building up a home. We keep the pieces of pipe we've battled as little trophies lol
Speaking of style you like regardless of other people’s opinions:
My first big renovation was turning a spare room into a full library, but my vision for it was a little gothic, a little somber, a little haunted. Lots of burgundy and dark wood, weird trinkets, old globes that turn on their own when the house settles, etc. I bought a triceratops skeleton the size of a big dog from a Halloween store and it ties the room together perfectly. It’s bizarre and creepy and I get unsure comments when I show people, but I LOVE it.
And then my bathroom is pirate themed. The walls have wood panel on the lower half that looks like a ship, one wall is painted like an old treasure map (including sea monsters, whirlpools, and of course a big X), I have a skull and crossbones on my cabinets. I even store things like q-tips and spare soap in little treasure chests. Other adults have given weird looks, but a neighbourhood kid got locked out of their house and really needed to pee so they asked to use my bathroom, and now other local kids know my house as “the one with the cool bathroom”. 😂
Even though your style isn't mine, I love watching you expressing yourself. I love watching DIY and I'm sick to death of watching people paint there places white with gray lvp and black brick. Please always be you.
Your patience and positivity and endurance when doing this long home renovation is so admirable! So impressed and proud
EDS here as well, along with Hashimoto's disease. As an older person I will say as much soreness as it costs staying active is key. It's much harder to bounce back the older you get.
Ariel! If you don’t already, I cannot recommend enough to watch Laura Kampf’s channel on RUclips. She is a German maker and two years ago she bought a 120 year old house (if I remember correctly), thinking it was in about the same shape as yours, but have had to make extensive renovations on the house… all her videos are really entertaining and she just seems beyond lovely just like you ❤ and she would probably give you good advice on switching windows and other house things in a heartbeat!
I love your story about your fiancé! Weirdly enough I had a similar experience meeting my husband. We met at the gym (I just got out of a breakup) and I didn’t want to meet anyone new. He came up to me and I just wrote him off. After we finished up, he came up to me to tell me he was leaving and without even hesitating, I instantly asked what he was doing later that night. It didn’t even feel like it was me who was speaking, like my mouth made the decision for me. And here we are, happily married 😅 I just think we are meant to find our soulmate when we are least expecting it and your story brought me so much happiness!! ❤
I am SO unbelievably happy for you! 🥹 Still remember meeting you two at Buffer Festival…Thomas and I thought you guys were just too adorable, so in love, omg I can’t 😭❤️ So beautiful when someone is like ‘let’s do life together! Always! Because you’re awesome!’ Ahhhhh xxx
Wow Congratulations Ariel! On the Victorian house thing, I'm from the UK and I still find it strange when people from North America consider Victorian houses old and special, they're everywhere here! Even my crappy cheap student house at university was from 1865. There are lots of 400 year old pubs just down the street from me. But after watching your videos you've made me really stand back and admire the old buildings we have here - I went to a wedding in an 800 year old hall the other week! Just wanted to say thanks for making me appreciate my surroundings!
oh I love that! I do think Europeans often forget how lucky you all are to live so deeply with history. Our oldest remaining structures are a maximum of 200 years old here! There's like 10 buildings from 400 years ago and that's it haha