A Home Tour!! (finally lol)
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- Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2021
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Nothing like finally having your home ready to show the internet... the week before you move out. AH WELL. (ain't that just the way) After 5 or so years of people asking for a home tour, here SHE IS! This house means so much to me and we are so sad to leave it behind, but also so excited for our next chapter??? It's a LOT of different emotions, I'm tellin' ya. Anywho, I hope you enjoy!! Here's to the NEXT JOURNEY!!
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Oh and also it's worth noting, my house is usually NEVER this clean don't be fooled 😂We had to have an appraiser come by so we went into FULL cLEANING MODE and figured it was a good time to do a house tour lolol
Thank you Rachel for this video! It touched my heart and I know exactly how you feel. All the emotions✨♥️✨what color did you and Nick use for your kitchen cabinets?
And your bathroom?
You have made your grandmother very, very proud. 🥲 So much love to you😘✨♥️
We know the feeling you two are you going through. We just moved into a new home and its got the hubby bummed out.
Making the most of the super-clean is a great idea
Hey, why not take advantage of a crazy clean home? Looking forward to seeing you create new projects in the new house! Hopefully you find a nice cozy corner to once again become “floor troll”...that...sounded odd...
Please get a p.o. box for your new place. I have seeds to share!
When we sold my grandma's house, which had absolutely been a hub for our family for my entire life, I had to stop by and drop off a key that I found a week after closing. The last couple of years, the house had been so empty and quiet, which just felt wrong because there were ALWAYS people there. When I stopped in to drop off the key, there were a dozen people laughing in the kitchen, making dinner and playing games. It made me feel sooooo much better about losing touch with that house, because now I know that the house is full of joy and love again.
This is so beautiful and i hope Rachel knows her house will be a beautiful place for a new family to make new memories.
That's so sweet
I had a very similar experience after selling my grandmothers home that had been where my aunts/uncles/mom grew up and congregated. When it was sold, my grandfather was in his 80's and needed someplace smaller and closer to family. A newlywed couple bought it. I was very pleased a year or so after it sold to drive by and see that there was a little swing set outside and a grill and that the garden was taken care of and the house looked lovely. It made me so happy to know it was housing another growing family. Once you get over seeing the house empty of your things, it's healing to see the house full of new life and being cared for.
Oh wow 😢
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We’re very complex, as humans. We can feel sad or even guilty about renovating and selling a home that has been in the family for decades while simultaneously being excited and happy for new beginnings. I’m sure this move is very emotional, and wish you the best of luck! Cant wait to see the new property & how you make it your own! 💫
What Liza said ~ stay strong!
yeah honestly!! for most of my childhood we lived in the same house that my grandparents bought in the 70's, 3 generation have lived in there and we moved out in 2010, still to this day thats the house that i still refer to as "The House" and my grandma for the past few weeks has been getting ready to sell it and im honestly kinda sad about it but I'm young and about to graduate college, its not like i have the money to give her that she needs
This! The "heart stuff" was so relatable for life in general and not just moving, and this comment nailed it! "That's life."
I cried a good bit as an imagined montage played thought my head of all the family thanksgivings, christmases and birthdays we spent there.... so many fond memories.
Then the video ended and I remembered I'm not part of your family and I've never been there.
The feelings were real though.😩😭😅
So happy for you about the new place, and praying for peace and comfort as you leave behind such a dear chapter in your family's story 💕
omg a crossover!! Been in love with yours and Rachel's channel, and I had always wondered if you two are friends since your likes and hobbies allign really well! So glad to see you here 😳
i had the same feeling, literally felt like i was part of this journey for a bit 😭 i love your content i love to see my favorite youtubers talk to each other 🥰
I love the contrast between Rachel's old, vintage, soft decor and her husbands modern, smart-house, RGB vibes.
Whats rbg?
@@dirtnbloodnotherkids red green blue- all the LEDs lighting in rgb lol
“Would sell my soul for a huge decorative mirror”
The Demons at Anthropology:
“Write that down, write that down!”
Rachel has ambitions to become the Snow Queen 😂❄️
maybe she can make a snow queen dress... but make it vintage
Crying laughing over this one!🤣
‘Nick won’t let me get any farm animals’
I guarantee Rachel will have chicken and lambs by the end of next year.
🤣🤣
But seriously! chickens are the best! regular eggs and compost machines.
Absolutely yes! Just like "the good life"
Rachel would probably love being a Chicken Mom. Micarah can give advice!
I have chickens and I can attest that they are the cutest little gremlins
13:04 Rachel: “This is where...the napping happens”
Me: *whispering* “the nappening”
It nappens
Me: Echoes a whispered “the nappening”
I thought she said, "This is where the nappies happen". Nappies are English for diapers.
Glad I'm not the only person who refers to it as "napping" 🤣
Omg 💀
Nick's personality really shines through in this video. ^_^ Also I can't help but cry when you cry--I can only imagine how conflicting the feelings must be. Your home is so beautiful and I hope you're even happier in the new one!
Lovely seeing you in the wild! I love your music so much, I put it on blast on a Medieval themed birthday the other day, and everyone loved it very much and had fun with it. 🥰
Whenever I pass my childhood home, I wave at it and say "Hello House"! It was built in 1962. I know the new family has made improvements and are loving it as much as my family did. It's hard, I know. Just wave and say "hello house" when you pass it by, and smile at your memories!
I do something similar with my great aunt's house, it sold just before I was looking for a house so it's out of the family now, but have a lot of good memories there, and it's close enough I occasionally pass it in my travels
I do this whenever I get the chance to pass by my grandparents' old farm; the place where my dad grew up and so many memories!! Little bittersweet, but ultimately satisfying whenever I get to do it.
I do this when I pass by places I used to live. I also say hi and wave to my great grandparents when I pass by their graves. It feels really good to acknowledge those memories and feelings
That is actually a really good idea...
"Would sell my soul for a nice, huge decorative mirror" - Dorian Gray approves
LOL!
Dorian Grey had a painting in the attic….
@@therealhellkitty5388 I talk about the sentiment, my friend
When my parents moved from my second childhood home, part of the sale agreement was that my parents got to take my Dad’s office door with them. That’s where they had our heights marked. My Dad than installed it in the new home so they could keep marking the heights of their grandkids.
You’re completely right. Document those special heart happy moments.
When my family moved out of my childhood home, I remember sitting in the corner of my empty bedroom and crying my eyes out. That room had been my safe space for so long, and it was incredibly hard to let it go. What makes me feel better though, is that the house was bought by another family with a little girl. I hope she enjoys my bedroom just as much as I did. I think about her sometimes, and I hope she is doing well.
So are we just going to ignore that Rachel's virtual farm is called Farmer Maggot's?
*hehehehehehhe*
She's a hobbit. It tracks.
Lol Saw that. My virtual farm is called tarnation farm. 👌
I felt you getting choked up at the beginning and knew I would tear up with you by the end of the video. Give yourself permission to be thrilled about the next step in your journey, but also allow yourself to grieve and let go. You will always have fond memories of that home for so many special reasons and the extra love and care you gave it will make it special for the people who live there next. ❤️ Can't wait to see a tour of the new house!
Hope she keeps an eye on her cabbages. I hear wild Brandybucks and Tooks are very partial to them. 😆😉
It was the Victorian tree house episode that brought me into this adorable community!
Aww yay!! 🥰🥰
Same here. Hopefully I make a calm garden spot at my new house (granted I have neighbors but they have fences)
Me too!
Me too!
I will most definitely miss that wonderful sunroom. People build those here in Florida and I hate them here cause they're only nice in January or February and too hot otherwise but Rachel's always looked so inviting and inspiring 🌿❤️🪴
I’d so hoped to purchase my grandma’s home when she moved in the 80’s, but the timing wasn’t right. When my family went back to visit Lincoln, NE for the last time we drove past the house and the new owners were kind enough to let us see the remodeling they’d done. One of the most wonderful days of my life because I was with my mother (who’s now been gone for fifteen years) and the owners had done such a beautiful job of updating but keeping the character - just like you did, Rachel ! Hold tight to the memories, they’re even more special when you reach my age.
I'm from Lincoln! My family has been living in the same house there for over 50 years
I totally understand what you’re saying about that bittersweet feeling. The best way I can explain how it feels to me is that I’m a hobbit and I’m leaving my hole in the ground to experience all that I can. It’s hard to leave a place that comforts you and holds good memories, and eventually say goodbye. But you’re leaving for a new comfort. It’s a new start and another journey. Just don’t forget to take your silverware with you :)
I realize we've actually seen most of the house just by being regular viewers of your channel, but I really enjoyed the tour. Your grandma would be proud of how you've cared for it.
I love how we can see Nick in the mirror, patiently filming his beloved Rachel
Isn't it even the first time we get to see him?
@@quadergum145 Nick's been in other videos (the camping trip thrift haul and I think her Jack Skellington video) but we don't usually see him behind the camera
When we sold our first house, we went back to do a final clean and I'm standing in front as my husband locks the door, mop in hand, ugly crying. I loved our next house and it ended up being my favourite house of any I have lived in. So when you are standing outside ugly crying, I'll be there in spirit!
The great thing about this home tour is that you can always revisit it in a moment of nostalgia and reminisce all the wonderful times your family had there.
I recently purchased my grandparents' house and I've never had such a complicated relationship with the place I lived in. It's mine and yet it's still their's. Even after 3 years, I can still smell my grandma here, my grandpa's handy work is still everywhere. Living in a family home is a privilege I'm endlessly grateful for, but I don't know if it's ever truly feel like my own. I hope you're new house feels like home quickly and that it brings your family joy for many years to come!
I'm not crying, I just have some old carpet dust in my eyes ;__; You really did a wonderful job with maintaining and upgrading the house, and I'm glad it's going to a new couple that you can trust in. The good thing about having used certain rooms as work areas for your videos is that now you have extensive visual documentation of those spaces, and revisiting them is a way to relive memories more vividly than if you hadn't recorded as much. Best of luck with the move, whenever that happens!!!
Appreciating the Nick cameos in this - I love how you guys truly worked together to make the house updated and beautiful.
The thought of having the responsibility to be the ones to let go of a family home is so huge. I'm glad you and Nick are able to let go for yourselves and your family, and I can't wait to see the new place! I'm vicariously living through you while my husband and I also try to buy a place, the market is rough
Finally I can fit all the puzzle pieces together after being so curious about your home. Thank you for satisfying all of your shamelessly nosy subscribers :D
Rachel: plays mobile games to escape reality and forget the outside world exists.
Me: puts on Rachel's videos to escape reality and forget the outside world exists.
Indeed...😁🍁🍂🍁
Here! Here!
I’ve been scouting Zillow, wanting to move, mostly just feeling restless. When you said “There will come a day when we leave, and we won’t have any reason to come back here” that just hit me between the eyes. I don’t think I want that yet, not after hearing you say that 😭
You summed it up perfectly! I hate that we sold our home of 48 years!
You’ll know in your gut when it’s time. Doesn’t make it easy, but at least easy-er. ❤️
okay but have nick tells us about the books he can "tell us everything about" LMAOOOO
I love how she shows a floor plan. Every house tour needs to do this too !!!
I have moved house 12 times throughout my life so far, and I’m only 25. No matter what the situation was, the house was never “finished” until it was being photographed for someone else. Some things, man, they never change.
Military family. Mother used to be afraid of "finishing" the unpacking because Dad would come home with orders for a PCS (permanent change of station) within a month of that last box being unpacked and the last picture or curtain being hung.
I'm on home #16 with 30 years of life (and I'm not even in a military family). But I think this one will be a keeper for awhile. 🏡 💕
Frodo is so cute in the backyard like "momm frow the vrisbee." Rachel falls into the leaves Frodo drops frisbee "rude"
"We have a decent sized backyard..."
Literally 20 times the size of my back garden. 😭
I tried puzzling the rooms into a logical house for so long and now... I get a Floorplan... Ok
hahahaha mystery SOLVED
I know I’m so grateful she put in a floor plan, I love seeing floor plans and figuring out where everything is
@@sinabaur9150 me toooo
The way I started crying as soon as I saw Rachel tearing up
Having moved a lot I can tell you with absolute confidence that crying is definitely part of the process. Leaving a place where you were happy hurts, even when everything is going right and you love & are excited about the new place. If you find yourself occasionally agreeing with the cat that the proper response is to hide in a closet and hiss at people it's not because there's something wrong with you.
My grandma's farmhouse is over a hundred years old and she has lived in it since she was 19 (she's now 84). I have told my family members that help her run the house/land that before they sell it I want a chance to buy it. I of course hope my grandma is comfy there for at least a few more years, but I cannot think of ever parting with that house. It has seen four generations of our family and I have a dream of renovating it so that I can hand it down to my kids or someone else in my family to treasure. It's where I got married and all my family members have built their houses on the surrounding farmland. It's literally the center point of our whole family.
Ugh, we sold my grandfather's house in the summer after he passed away at the beginning of the year, so I totally understand that way of emotions of realizing that you have to let go but you don't really want to.
I hope that we get to see you do a decorating video in your new home, whether that just be accessorizing an area or maybe doing another wall painting video.
It's hard to leave behind a family home. It helps to remember that it wasn't the place, but the people that mattered and those memories of spending time together will be with you long after any house or object is demolished.
I wish you (and the new residents) well and hope you all have fun settling into your new homes!
As a Finnish person I love how Rachael pronounced sauna the correct way 😂
Was gonna about to say that. 🇫🇮🇫🇮
Wait, not everybody pronounces sauna like that?
@@minuiy9746 No. Foreigners always say Ikea and sauna wrong.
This is coming from a native speaker that knows only one foreign couple (Rachael and Jun) who have actually corrected themselves because apparenlty Japanese people know how to pronounce things.
@@marialindell9874 That's interesting cause I'm not Finnish. I'm a Polish person and I always pronounced sauna like that. I checked it and apparently I also pronounce Ikea correct. I'm glad that in my country we don't mess the pronunciation that much 😂
Yooper for the US and we all pronounce it correct. No surprise though, because we are the second largest group of Finnish people in the world.
[Day of moving]
New people: *pull into the driveway*
Rachel and Nick: "Here are the keys."
New people: *pull off high-end latex masks to reveal they are, in fact, Rachel's cousins*
Oh Rachel, I'm so relieved to hear you share your complex feelings on moving. My mother sold my childhood home 4 years ago (which my grandparents had built and my dad grew up in) and I thought I would never be upset (she has hoarding problems and the house was a huge issue of resentment and chaos), but I cried like a baby when I realised I would never step foot inside it again. I get the excitement about the new house, but I'm glad you're taking the time to process those mixed emotions. Incidentally, on my most recent visit to my family, we drove past our old house and seeing someone outside, we stopped by. They let us come in and showed us around and they seemed really happy there, so it helped me lay some of my unresolved feelings to rest. Thanks for the house tour, you've done such a great job on the house and I'm sure you'll make your new home even more spectacular.
Had to pause the video and make a cup of tea, but I totally understand why you haven’t made a home tour video until now. As a RUclipsr and influencer you already have so much of yourself and your life in the open for anybody to see or possibly judge. And I’m sure you’d want something as intimate as your home for
yourself and not for the whole world to view.
But I’m super excited to finish watching the video and probably get some decor inspirations. Congratulations on the new house!!! I hope it brings nothing but happiness ❤️
Update : your house is freakin adorable!!!!!!!!! I love it!
Hahaha yeah idk it just never felt ~ready??? Thank you bb you're the sweetest 🥰🥰
i thought the same thing, like hey, now that she's moving, it's like... safer? to show her house. cause it won't be hers for too much longer anyway.
@@rachelmaksy I hear that. My house is never "ready"
I had same thoughts. I remember that one live Q & A video a while ago when sooooo many people on live chat requested house tour and I remember feeling really bad for Rachel to feel this awkward obligation to do this, and I am so relieved that she is only doing this now when they are soon moving. Personally I think it is really awkward to ask a youtuber for house tour, I feel like it's pushing boundaries of privacy way too far. After all we are strangers to Rachel, you don't come up to a stranger on the street asking them to show you their house. Also, she is just a person, I don't think some of viewers really understands it that even when someone is having 1kk subscribers in they daily life they feel like a regular person, not a celebrity, so viewers should not ask for more that they are given.
Man, I wouldn't do a house tour on social media if I were an influencer. I've heard some horror stories of people being able to find out addresses just from glimpses out of windows. People are insane. I hope Rachel doesn't put too much of her new place online, actually.
Coming from someone who's moved about eight times before the age of twenty, I understand the strange mixture of gut-wrenching heartbreak from the prospect of leaving a home you've loved for so long, and the excitment and anticipation that comes from entering a new chapter with a new one. Topped with the fact that you and your family have a lot of sentimental attachments to the place, I can't even begin to imagine the sadness you're feeling. This video is really an amazing display of your bravery even in times of adversity and your big heart! I hope both you and Nick really enjoy your last days there and the days to come in your beautiful new home! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I had the really crummy thing of having my Grandpa's funeral this week.
He spent his entire life in the same place (until last year where he was too sick and got moved into a bungalow in town).
We had the lovely thing of being able to reminisce of the farmhouse where we all grew up on and the memories we all cherish. I find it hard being near there anymore as the new owners have demolished the garden to put a road in etc.
Change can be a good thing but also hard to confront. 💛
I feel you. When we left my mothers house after her death, the new homeowners sent us pictures of her prided garden being torn up. I never want to drive past there again...
I raise a cup in solidarity with you, Rachel. I am currently cleaning out my grandmother’s home - who recently moved to an elderly facility - and while it’s exciting to see how much better the house looks cleaned up and knowing a new family gets to live there, it’s all a sad nostalgic feeling. Knowing I will never see the house of my grandma anymore, the house that was part of my childhood and the home of my grandma for 40 years.
We sold my grandmother's house several years ago, but we stopped by with her recently to look back on old times. Damn, do I miss going there, even though it was for family gatherings I never particularly wanted to be social at. There was a stone staircase leading up from the basement to the back garden, which I thought was a shadowy, scary but also intriguing sort of magic.
Honestly, this house was its own character appearing in your videos week after week. The evolution it went through reflects how much you cherished it so the emotions you’re going through makes sense. Cue us all doing our best Rachel Green impersonation: “It’s the end of an ERA!!!”
👏🏻😭
As a born and raised Floridian- the idea of a basement just blows my mind still. Like. We have attics but most aren’t really…. Useable or practical. Like, you CAN shove a few boxes up into one if you’re willing to go through the effort but it’s mostly just a hot, humid, crawl space with insulation and wooden beams with rusty nails sticking out. But a BASEMENT? You have a WHOLE OTHER FLOOR of space that you can walk around and utilize. And then some (all? No clue) have that cool but creepy looking outdoor entrance???
Just, totally mind boggling. XD
My grandmother's home has been the heart of the family for as long as I can remember. We all gather for holidays, birthdays, an other celebrations at her house. Hearing you talk about VHS, the den room, and even the sunroom where the kids get to eat all brought back good memories. I'm in my early 20s, and I'm thankful it's still a place we can all gather and have fun.
Oh that bit at the end about "never having a reason to come back"... the FEELS. Sending many virtual hugs!
We felt the same way when we had to sell our grandmother's house. I kept reminding myself that the house deserves another happy family to come to it with their hopes and dreams. I guess it's silly to think of a house deserving something, but it just felt right. Your new house gets to be there to hold your new memories, but it doesn't mean that the old memories are gone! They are just in your heart and mind.
so Nick is the Sanderfan AND has a full set of Wheel of Time hardbacks, I heartily approve =D Really interesting seeing all the updates you did to the house (and very encouraging to someone who may be looking for her own house in six months or so and will only be affording older houses xD) and very excited to see more of your next place!
Ok, but watching this was super weird because I live in an eerily similar house. The layout is almost the same, it was built around 1960, it belonged to my partner’s grandmother, and it was a 70s nightmare of paneling and questionable carpet before we started redecorating. We’re even somewhat nearby down in RI. Same architect mayhaps???
I love how when Rachel is discussing how terrifying the back of the basement is there is a CASUAL SKELETON chilling to the right popping his skull out
'This is my pride and joy'
Nick in the reflection: 'Aww shucks'
I definitely feel this. My grandparents lived in their house my entire life. A couple years ago I moved abroad and my grandpa died, so my family ended up selling the house last year. We moved quite a bit when I was a kid so my grandparents' house is what always felt like home. Since I was living abroad I didn't get the chance to take pictures or videos before everything got emptied out and sold off (and my grandparents' house was a treasure trove--it was featured in magazines a few times, it was very Norman Rockwell holiday vibes). I definitely get the value of capturing/collecting 'moments', you'll be so glad you have them in a few years. Best of luck with the rest of your move! I bet your grandma would be so thrilled to see you move into a place that really suits you.
Rachel pointing to her neighbors homes describing them as very “close” made me laugh because that would be a dream yard out here in Los Angeles, you have to pay upwards of $1 million to afford a yard space like that out here 😭. Anyway, the home is very beautiful, can’t wait to see how you make the new home your own ♥️
I hope the new homeowners can stay there for multiple generations. Then the house will become "grandma's house" for that family's children
Oh, that is such a sweet thought 👏👏👏
This was such a beautiful goodbye letter to your house. I’m so happy to see you grow and change. Many many positive vibes and love for you in your new home.
Well said.
I understand about leaving the family home. Make your "new" historic farmhouse your new generational home!❤ You are precious and a joy to watch!
Moving is so hard, all the time. I've moved enough times in my life at this point to know that I require a mourning period in the immediate aftermath. I get so sad in the first night or two in the new place, and it's much easier knowing to expect that and just let yourself feel it. And then inevitably things get better and the sadness dissipates and you can remember the old place fondly. It will be so exciting to see your new place and all your new decorating - I'd love to see your tips on how to put a room together, you do it so well!
Nick bookending his life in that house with Rachel was made that much more illuminating with the implementation of that mystery book activated light switch.
My husband and I rented my grandparents' home for a few years before we bought our house. It felt like a gift, a way to feel a connection with them still. I was so emotional at the end of this video because it brought back so many memories. It's no longer in our family, so I absolutely understand your feelings! Some nights when I can't sleep I still "walk through" the house because I never want to forget it, and I'm so lucky that I lived there and know it so well. So excited to see your new home. ❤️
As a Finnish person I really appreciate the pronunciation of the word 'sauna'. 10+/10, deserves chef's kisses.
My mother cried when we had to get a tree chopped down last year. It'd been there when they bought the house 30 years ago, and we had to get it removed because it had died in one of our many droughts. She had so many memories of us playing under it and climbing it as kids. It's hard to say goodbye to something that was so meaningful to you for so long, even when it's time to let it go.
Excuse. Me. Y'all got secret book light switches and NOT making a tutorial about it?
My grandparents have also lived in the same house since the 60s. Out of everyone in my life, they are the only ones who continue to live there.
We lost my grandpa last week and I realized that the house will never feel the same again because he wont be there to greet me with a cheerful "howdy doody".
It's interesting to see how places can hold so many memories and emotions for us.
There are no words of comfort. May time heal you and bring you peace, dear.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I miss my grandpa everyday.
Lovely lovely house, the vibes are 😗👌 immaculate.
Side note: ivy is actually not harmful to trees, and even better: it's a great hideout for many species and thus is excellent for wildlife and biodiversity in your backyard ! 100% would recommend to anyone to plant some in your yards 🌱
I honestly love your hobbit house. The decorating is top tier, and everyone has different needs so it's plenty of space for someone like me.
I so totally agree that the bedroom wall mural and the corner with the table and mirror is the best in the house. Your painting is wonderful and I hope that you can create the same beautiful space in your new house!
I moved around so much as a kid (and adult, thanks to apartment living in an expensive city) that permanency was a rare concept- but having to assist in selling my grandmother's house, which she'd lived in since the late 40s, was so so hard. Knowing it would be the last time I got to see it was rough, and I still get emotional about it. You're gonna love your new place!!
i'm also feeling the 'i don't know' blahs. i bought land in 2016 because i couldn't afford an actual house lol. it was my escape from the city, i turned the place into an absolute garden of eden (pond was already there, but i added streams, bridges, an orchard, gardens galore, a picket fence with a bee garden). last week we learned that we cannot build our dream cottage (the cost of building right now is more than what the actual house will be worth in the end, so it doesn't make financial sense unless we were like millionaires or we were told we could wait 5ish years for the volatile market to stabilize). but we can afford to buy a house, and there's some lovely farmhouses for sale that i'm excited for, and a log house for sale i'm actually going to see tomorrow, but I also feel like i'm betraying my lovely garden land. i don't know.
thank you for reading whatever non-sense, heart-pouring that was above.
this "we finished all the house upgrades for the new owners, not for ourselves to enjoy, no, never" thing is the most relatable thing ever. Done this twice, with the last two houses I've lived in. hope the new owners love it!
"Same turtle, different shell." ❤
That's something a dear friend once said to me when my heart broken after my grandparents moved out of the house I considered to be a childhood home of mine.... It helped me so much, because even though I know the shell can mean so much, the things and memories within those walls are things we can carry with us to the next shell ❤
I just wanted to say, Rachel's sentiments at the end of the video really touched my heart. For me it was so hard to say goodbye to my family's 100 year old farm house. It was a place that felt safe & warm, and was wrapped in so many fond memories of get-togethers, holidays, and more. After the loss of my grandfather in 2010, I think the idea of leaving a place he and other members of the family, built from the ground up really stung. Though our circumstances weren't exactly the same, I think the feelings still apply. With that being said, I think watching Rachel talk about the feelings her and Nick were experiencing really hit home for me. Thank you for being so open and vulnerable. Sending so much love and kindness your way as you move. Oh, and one last thing, I think that your grandmother would be so happy for you both as you take such a big leap into your future! Love from the Midwest! ❤️
My grandparents moved out of the house my mom and her sisters grew up in not long before the youngest got married. I’m the oldest grandchild, so I still remember so many details about how it was laid out. My mom and aunts got SUPER emotional when they moved out.
Their “new” house is huge in comparison, but Grandpa died in 2007, and Grandma is nearly 95-still living there on her own! Whenever we have to give up that house, I think all of us are going to be a mess, even if none of us grandkids are in a position to take it over. We’re all between 27 and 43 now, most of us paired off, and almost at the point where the great-grandkids outnumber my generation.
So…I feel you. ❤️
I think it's awesome that you did this home tour because you can look back on it. Every time my parents left a place they lived they would either take a bunch of pictures or a video of the place. Now they show us pics of places like their first apartment and I show my little siblings videos of the houses I lived in when I was little before they were born! It's fun because when my parents tell stories of when they lived in a place I can imagine it. And looking back at old pics brings back memories for them to tell! It's fun that you also have a lot of footage of you crafting and sewing and doing what you do in your house from your videos :)
I can relate to how you feel saying goodbye to the house. My grandparents just passed within 5 weeks of each other. They built their home in the mountains with their own two hands. My family and I have so many good memories there - I wish I could buy it and keep it in the family. Thanks for sharing your ~feelings~ as it has helped me in this difficult process of letting go!
Both sets of my grandparents passed within a few years, and both had hand built their homes. It was sad to let go of this childhood memories
As a Finnish person, the way Rachel pronounces sauna makes me happy haha
I’m half Finn and thought the same exact thing
Me too! In-laws are of Finnish ancestry and I learned this after meeting them.
I literally just wrote the same comment and dangit, you were first :D
I was just about to comment the same!😄 SAUNA as it should be👌
ahahh same I came down to see if anyone commented about it!
Missing your grandma just means you loved her and her company. Here’s to new chapters and new beginnings! Can’t wait to see the new place.
Ngl, I still sob over my granny’s old house sometimes. Very rarely, but sometimes that feeling of missing home but not being able to go there hits you hard. I totally understand your feelings of excitement for a new chapter, while also grieving the ones before.
Somehow I always thought the bedroom was upstairs, I'm mindblown haha. I love how you managed to bring out the most of every little corner and I'm sure the new owners will love this house just as much as you do! Thank you so much for the tour
(Kind of off topic but we sold our house this year and my dad was super sad because he loved the apple trees so much. The new owners promised to send a basket of apples every year which was like the cutest thing ever)
That’s so lovely! 🍎🍏
I've followed you for so long, i feel like I'm watching a friend embarking on a new adventure :') I understand that it must make you sad to leave this house behind, but the memories will stay. And a new beginning, someplace you'll fill up with new memories, clothes and dog toys will do you all so much good
I felt the same way about cleaning out my mom's apartment when she passed. I hope you find joy in the new house, and I know we all can't wait to see it.
As someone who moved around a lot as a child, I never got incredibly attached to one house. But the thing that always helped me when moving, is that the new house presents an opportunity; you get to keep your memories of your old house, but you also get a whole new house, with new comfy spots to create and inhabit, and you have so much opportunity to make it your own, for your own desires and needs. It's ok to be upset and grieve a loss, even if it's just the loss of a building, but you were right, this house no longer suits your needs, and it's time to continue onwards.
Your lovely little chat at the end, about leaving your house, your grandmother's house is really so moving and lovely and intimate, and I'm so glad you shared this. We're in the exact same situation. We're just about to move out of my grandmother's old house and I feel like you've summed up exactly how it feels to leave behind a piece of your personal history but also to be so excited for your new beginning. And I *might* have shed a little tear or two. This was honestly one of my fave vids that I think you've ever done.
It's more than OK to feel strangely wistful when moving -- good luck for everything upcoming! 🍀
I share the sensibility of moving houses. 2020 I move from my all my life house. we spent 23 years on that house and now we are on an apartment. weird feeling it was. very gloomy and sad. but you get used to the new place, changes are good they say.
on a not so happy note, today we had to put down our dog Sol, she was 15 years old. im really sad and can't stop crying.
life Is weird man, enjoy the little things, hug you love ones.
thanks Rachel for bringing me joy as always with your videos,
can't even think in English and translate my feelings.
greetings from Uruguay.
carolina.
A video in my recommended list, simply titled, A home tour (finally). I am so glad (or am I?) that I clicked to watch. I can so relate to what you are feeling right now on a couple of fronts! First, though I wasn’t living in it at the time, we had to sell my parents home, which if you can believe, was even smaller than your darling home (love, love that sunroom). My parents solved the one bathroom issue by turning one of the bedrooms into another bathroom, turning their tiny garage into their master and then building a detached 2-car garage (they had a large yard as well). Second and most of all, as I saw the emotion you were struggling with, I relate to leaving a home you love so much. I am the grandma in my case...we moved from our home we lived in since 1970 that I complained about most of that time. Little did I know that I didn’t know what I didn’t know!! I didn’t know how I would hate the layout of the new home we built, hate the over-sized “garden tub” that I finally gave up on using all together, hate the clay soil (we built raised beds and bought top soil from the area we moved from just to be able to have a place to grow stuff!), hate the way the 12 foot ceilings makes it hard to hear each other in the next room, I even hate the placement of the light switches! Nothing makes sense the way they built this house! The move just about did me in and 3 years later, I am still in mourning! I just re-read this, what a downer!! But you guys are smart to have found a farmhouse you know you’re going to love and fill with your own children and create new memories! We just waited way too long and I found I had fallen head over heels in love with our little starter home (we had 2 BR and 1 bath upstairs and the same downstairs, so we had room for our 4 kids and later our daughter’s 4 kids that were also raised there). Anyway, I shed a few tears with you...you are a darling girl and I look forward to seeing your videos going forward, hopefully? Needless to say, I am subscribed!
When my grandma died, my grandpa moved in with his sister because living in that home and town was too painful for him. I used to drive by it and just let the memories soak in and relive them. So much of my childhood happened in that home and it's hard to move on, but those memories never really leave you!
I was almost shocked how perfectly you said sauna for a natively english speaking person (I'm from finland, hi, we have tons of saunas and regard them as our invention) 😂 loved this home tour and good luck with the moving! 😊
Meanwhile, as another native English speaker I was like "wow she pronounces that funny." Good to know the correct pronunciation!
As a fellow Finn, I was just about to say the same thing, I was watching this while drinking tea and sort of just listening when the perfect pronunciation of "sauna" plopped into an otherwise very typical American sounding sentence, and I almost made a spit-take. Impressive 👌
I am glad I scrolled down the comments before writing my own congrats on the "sauna" (another Finn here!). This makes me curious, maybe Rachel has Finnish roots and the correct pronunciation runs in the family?
It was interesting, like a word of Finnish dropped into an English sentence. :D I like it.
I think it should be also mentioned that sauna is originally a Finnish word, not just a funny way how Finnish say sauna. I was weirdly shocked how perfectly pronounced sauna just dropped there out of nowhere 😅
It definitely wasn't disappointing or underwhelming. I actually teared up a bit when you said you think your grandma would appreciate what you've done with the house, because I think she would too! Of course I didn't know her.. But I don't think that the renovations were for nothing. You created something beautiful as you always do and will continue to do always. :,) so yeah and I'm glad you feel like it's easier and you're not going through it alone by having your youtube audience because I also just appreciate being able to come along and see how you're doing in life. I totally understand the feelings you're going through. It's definitely grief, definitely hard. But yeah. The documenting little journal snippets of enjoying being there is a nice idea. You two really did a wonderful job on the house so I feel like it wasn't for nothing. You'll have the memories of the wonderful times spent there, the memories of turning it into the beautiful place you created. And knowing your grandma would have been proud of you, and would be proud of you wherever you go. Proud of all your creations. So that's enough from me now lol :) grief really is just hard. But I think your grandma will be around still somehow, that's how family is. Whatever you believe in.. letting go is the hard part.
And yes like other commenters i also feel like you sharing your feelings helped me process my own stuff so thank you ^v^
I’m going to vent a bit. Ignore me if need be!
My family was selling my granny’s house, who had past away 6 months prior, around the time we were searching for and buying our first house, and it literally KILLED me to not buy it. Sooo many memories. My grandparents bought it in the 40s, so my dad and his siblings were born and grew up there. I spent my whole life going there all the time. So many days and nights and holidays spent! I said goodbye to my Papa there many years ago. It’s such a cool house and I would have loved to fix it up and live there! …It’s just two hours away in my home town. Our lives and jobs are here now :( it couldn’t have worked. It seriously hurt so bad! It was within our budget too. I watched the listing like a hawk! BUT.. I am thankful every day for the house we ended up in. It’s perfect for us.
So I am EXCITED to see your new place 😁😁 I know it’s gotta be great to leave all that behind ☺️❣️
Three things.
1. My daughter wants to say, “You got this. We moved last year and it was hard but remember you’re awesome. If you need advice you can call me.”
2. She requests to watch the Epic Adventures of Rachel Maksy. No shame she straight up renamed your channel.
3. I now get a look of deep disappointment if I watch new episodes with out her. Seriously.
You ever watch You’ve Got Mail, when Meg Ryan’s character is leaving her and her mom’s life-long business behind. Kicks me in the feels so hard. Your home is so adorable. I’m awful at decorating the home. Would love some videos on this subject in your new home ❤️
My grandpa built my grandparents house himself. Well, both sets of grandparents did! But my mom's dad did an amazing job, my grandma had a wonderful vegetable garden in the back, and it was so hard for the family to sell their home. The family that purchased the home was really nice and promised to not tear up Papa's hand laid hardwood floors or do any major changes to what he built. My parents and I live across the country but the rest of the family are fairly close by. My aunt used to drive by and look at the house occasionally. Besides putting up an ugly chain link fence in the back for their dog they did keep with the feel of the house from the outside, so that was reassuring.
It can be hard to move on, but you're sharing your love of that place with another family who will care for it in your place.
About a year ago our extended family sold the farm that had been in our family for so many years. They auctioned it off to a young couple and our grandparents still live next to it so we see it often but it was definitely a surreal moment. Since it was such a tight nit community a ton of people came to the auction; to see so many cars and buggies there was very strange. I’ll never forget that farm and honestly I’m just so grateful for the happy childhood memories that thrived there. It’s sad, but it’s exciting to think of that couple growing old there and in fifty years maybe there will be another child roaming around the fields and getting that so familiar feeling of wonder that nature brings. I understand that feeling and I’m excited to see the new house and explore it with Rachel
Rachel, you need to help us! My partner and I have become totally obsessed with that cabinet you're showing off at 8:00! We've been bickering over it's construction for the last half hour. We don't think it's a humidor or an ice chest but we're pretty determined to find out. Could you post some pictures of the piece, especially the back?
I live in a part of Texas where the ground shifts so much that nobody has a basement. I am simultaneously jealous of everyone else having this entire free room in their house and terrified of the dark horrors they contain
It is hard... way back when my kids were little munchkins, we moved into the house that my husband and his siblings grew up in. We raised those little munchkins into adults and when they went off to be adults, realized that we had too much house, too much land, too far away from anything, in a place with harsh weather we no longer wanted to deal with. So we decided to jump on a dream that started off with 'wouldn't it be cool if...' Even looking forward to a move that gave us so many things, leaving the house behind was bittersweet, occasionally more bitter than sweet.