Never change how you make these videos. It's so refreshing to watch a channel without intros, fluff, self-promotion, etc. Keep up the great work. Phenomenal content
This man is awesome,I'm blown away by his imagination and ability to do what he has done,he just won't be flawed by a massive standing in his way. I just love what he's done.
@@wouldntyouliketoknow3811 yeah, he’s done more damage to that unique environment than all suburbs due. Suburbs can fairly easily be returned to nature, but that dudes concoction has permanently destroyed the land he’s on.
@@jlehm Totally lame comment. With this environmentalist "thinking' you need to be REALLY upset with volcanos, mudslides, landslides, wave erosion, etc.. These things change earth structures massively. This man made some interior shifting of a few rocks. Why is the original rock arrangement SACRED and the new arrangement BAD?
@@bryanwarm2471 you’re trying to argue the lack of difference between natural processes and man made ones. It’s as if you didn’t even think your own thought before responding.
You are the best when it comes to finding beautiful homes around the world. World class Journalist, film maker, and producing great content for viewers. Your success is just beginning. Your filmmaking will be remembered for generations. Sky is the limit😊👍
Baby medical kidnap by hospital. USA is a video. see now. 2022. Yesterday Idaho Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin appeared on the Stew Peters show and said that she had reached out to Governor Brad Little to intervene in the Baby Cyrus medical kidnapping case, but that he refused. Due to parents not taking the clotshot they took him away from his breastfeeding mother and are trying to give baby to a foster family. Baby healthy and trying to give it away. The hospital in Boise, Idaho doing this. Child trafficking ring. Think for safety of own children.
This Man's imagination is a national treasure. Just imagining an enclosure, where there's yet no floor, no ceiling, completely arbitrary walls that are awaiting seemingly arbitrary manipulation, yet practical, functional, large- scale reshaping takes form--- very few people have the mental capacity for such vision.
One of my fondest memories as a child was visiting Robbers Cave here in Oklahoma. I loved exploring the caves and climbing the rocks so much that I never wanted to leave!! Your kids are so fortunate that they get to live their childhoods being able to explore,climb and live among the rocks!!
Beautiful, you’re so right this is what nature gave us, I often sit in my house and think how absurd it feels living in a brick house and surrounded by the same houses, even after all these years it still feels unnatural although I do appreciate my home. Your words resonate with me like “ it’s what you do, you don’t golf or go to the beach”, but when you said you can work all day and not see progress, now that passion with a whole pile of determination right there. Great work 💚
I see that the dog doesn't get tired of touring with his owner. Yesterday my wife left her car door open and when she went out to close it our dog was in the passenger seat waiting for her to take him for a ride. He is a big dog so he normally doesn't get many opportunities to go for a ride. He loved it.
What a mind this man has, let alone the sheer grunt work of moving massive rocks! Bravo, sir, it's a work of beauty! I love the quirky touches. May you keep chiseling as long as you desire. From the Southern Cascades in Oregon - cheers!✌😄
I love how much you allow people to storytell. I really get a feel for the places and people you document. You place so much focus on the subjects and allow the video space to breathe. Absolute gem. Thank you
I so much relate with this guy. I do almost everything myself also and people always ask how I learned how to do stuff… well, you just do it and figure out as you go… but he’s taking it to another level…
I agree. My kid always ask “how do you know how to do this or that”. It’s because it needed to be done at some point so I did it. And if there was a problem I adjusted and fixed it. Definitely something that is lost with a lot of youth these days.
Exactly bro. . I started with trying to never use instructions when putting stuff together.... trial and error and then you just get better and better as your knowledge geows
A lot of us have lost our ability to just do it and learn as we go. I’ve never been encouraged to get my hands dirty because my immigrant parents didn’t want me going into blue collar careers. But my mind is naturally inclined towards problem solving. I’m that annoying person who always has a solution for a problem. But when it comes to physical spaces or very technical topics, I don’t have the mental capacity to troubleshoot. But at least I haven’t lost all of my marbles.
My cats follow me around like that. My squirrel just rides along lazily on my shoulders or head hehehe. Dogs are easy, in two minutes they would be following me.
Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a project is having big limitations. Not having a license to blow stuff up with dynamite is probably what made him listen to the rocks and chip away only the necessary. The result is so organic, amazing work! One of my favorite projects featured here :)
Putting rules in place that you're forced to work around can make for some very unique outcomes! You're forced to pay closer attention, create solutions to problems that would otherwise be menial, and innovate with more immersive planning. Sometimes it even changes the entire course of the work you're doing, resulting in truly wonderful projects:)
@@kirstendirksen This vid sent me down a rabbit hole looking for an excavated house/project I read about as a kid. No luck, but googling "guy who dug city out of limestone" got me a guy who excavated a 40ft elevator shaft on a hunch he'd find a cave, which he did. He'd built his own house and done a lot of work on the property, too, but they only had pictures of the elevator shaft. It was an Iowa City Press-Citizen article about Don Myers, who was 75 at the time in 2016, so who knows if he's still at it.
"I'm a worker bee... this is what I do" I know exactly how this man feels! I love working in my backyard. Some days with progress some days just messing around but it makes me happy.
Wow!!! This guy is Hella amazing!!! Frikken brilliant. This has got to be one of the best builds I've seen so far. I'm so inspired and in awe of this man in what he has achieved through his determination,persistence and perseverance. ❤💯
Looking at retirement in the next decade or so... I'm so grateful to have found this channel. Every episode is powerful and inspiring. Not to sound hokey but this is visionary stuff. Incredible.
You are living MY fantasy!! Seriously, I love everything rock! I have always thought what you've done, could be done!! Good for you! Doubt that I'll get to own a slice and be able to create as you are, I'm 55 and still renting😒. You're a way cool guy, thanks for sharing this awesome build!!!! Meg Soldner Carson, Wa.
I'm so impressed!! Just Wowee..🙂 I love how you've incorporated your skills into this lovely spot!! I'd absolutely love to live in a magical place such as this. Hearing the river rushing by at all times is so amazing. Having the fresh clean air, ahhh, to be able to wake up every morning to the natural beauty and the smells that the mountainous air brings, just beyond awesome 😎. Thank you with sharing your video with all of us everyday ordinary people out here lol... Maybe as you go along you can continue to keeping us updated 🙂. Many blessings to you and your family, may God keep each of you safe & healthy. 😎😎😎
Unlike other cave houses in one giant slab of a mountain rock, this property here is composed of numerous pieces of big boulders which just got into position from wherever they fell from above and got wedged over time. I can't help but feel a little bit apprehensive given the earthquakes going on in various parts of the world. He himself said something about falling rocks annually. I guess I am also coming from having trauma when my own city suffered from a natural disaster where the river ravaged a lot of communities. While that was flood, it traumatized me about natural disasters in general whatever form they may be. I certainly pray this family will be safe.
I am in love with this place. He is the type of person that would say" hey who cares about the money, lets get it done." Awesome home. Your best dream home is the one you make together with your family. One team.
Gawd, I’ve never seen this channel, amazing. This man must have some kind of knowledge to be able to do this without causing a collapse. What he has done is thrillingly beautiful.
Thank you for sharing an adventure that is so close to my own. I had a dream of building a house against a cliff and finally found the lot and started a year ago. I chose to build with cob using materials from the site or nearby (sand, clay and horse manure) with no modern or artificial materials or power tools. All by my hands. I began with a simple structure, then a larger one atop the cliff and am now finishing a tiny house @ 120 sq. ft. with earth and boulders for 70 % of its walls and straw bales for structure and insulation as needed. I am in the High Desert of SoCal, part of the Mojave Desert. I have the main house excavated with the foundation all around but may just continue building smaller structures that are permitted under our county code as long as you don't call them a house! I am 73 years old. Steve did something closer to what I have done than anyone else I have seen. Thanks!
@@dreamyjeannie3385 I'm just now finishing my second house (or outbuilding, according to county code) and have already started the foundation for the third house. Livin' the dream. Since they are all >120 sq. ft. you have to go to another house for some things. The outdoor kitchen has a wood-fired oven and rocket stove plus counters and lots of seating. Each of the houses has at least space for one to sleep.
The labor put into that is out of this world. I hope his kids will continue to ensure the property stays within the family. Those constructions are literally their dads blood, sweat and tears and his Incredible drive and attitude
Just so amazing engineering and back-breaking labor-wise, with such attention to detail. Quite the feat! That eagle painting is exactly one my friend has hanging above her fireplace. I'll bet those kids' friends are sooo envious!
Steve seems to be the type of person who makes it worthwhile to be here, on this earth. Good man! And the children, whether his or yours, Kirsten, are getting the experience of a lifetime by being involved, directly or indirectly, with this and other projects. Keep up with the good work, Kirsten!
Wow, huge undertaking with a fascinating result. I kept wondering about this man’s background as he seems to have engineering knowledge to match his tenacity to push his project forward. Leavenworth is a gorgeous area.
That was amazing. Sure would've been easier to build a house on that property, but that's just plain lazy. 😁 This is a work of art that will be there forever. It's fun not seeing Kirstens films for several months and watching her kids all of a sudden get older and bigger. 😅😂 Thank you once again Kirsten, for taking us to these surprising private worlds that are otherwise inaccessible to us. 🥰 ❤
I believe he is really happy with his home - he has brilliant solutions. Way to go and thanks for sharing - comments from ontario canada. Very unique and definitely a labour of love. Good thing his family also loves this project.
This is absolutely amazing! I can imagine how many people myself included that wants to go there and see this incredible home first hand! Thank you for sharing this!
We just spent a week at my friends place in Pender Harbour. The house was built up a rock face. By an architect, and his artist wife. There are stairs between each room, even the bedroom closet. Places like these, have such a spirit to them. The only thing that didn't work, is the granite bathtub. It didn't matter how much hot water we put into it. The rocks, absorbed the heat.
Love the way you don't depend on commercial conveniences. This is strengthening. U don't fall when civilization as we know it fails. Living off the land is fulfilling in a way most ppl don't think about until too late. I'm glad my grandparents were farming people and we're intimate with the land and the water 💖🔥
I would say he had an unhealthy obsession with rocks if this wasn't so magically cool! I can't even imagine what it must have been like to stand there at the beginning of this and think, "Okay... let's get started"... amazing!
having a passion about creative building means having laser like focus, if you want to have something to show for it at the end of the day.... (and maybe somewhere to live as well, which is becoming an urgent issue for many in these difficult times)
I have seen this before on TH-cam and it is amazing. I agree with the other comments that your style of presenting unique homes is perfect. They are like mini documentaries, no added music needed.
You always amaze me, the unique people you find to show us. It gives me faith in humanity that there are still creative, productive human beings out there...and you continue to bring them to us. Thank you!
ENVY..... HOW AMAZING & how awesome you must feel everytime you BEAT the rock. I hope your kids, grandkids and future family appreciate what y'all did for their entertainment. I hope they keep this in the family for years to come...... BE SAFE!!!!!
It reminds me of the cabin and area I grew up visiting in the Sierra Nevadas in California, but on steroids. I always loved the combination of the rocks and trees, it was a kids' paradise.
whoa... i immediately thought about the ancient cave dwellings i have visited, and how, in another couple thousand years, after the rise and fall and rise again of humanity, when all of our flimsy modern artifacts have turned to dust, archeologists might discover this example of the everyday life of us.
I love this!! I can only imagine all the hard work you’ve put into it. Even what you’ve told about it probably doesn’t really “cover” how much work you’ve really done.
Absolutely fascinating! I'm wondering what Steve Demarest's background is that gave him the skills -- and the resources -- to create this amazing series of projects. Very commendable. It's a wonderful legacy for the family, to hopefully pass down through the generations.
@@stanvanillo9831 One need not watch the entire video, to know it's good content, especially since I have Kirsten's videos on instant notification since I watch them all! Just letting her know her content is excellent as always - positivity! :)
If only more of us had this man's innate passion for blending into the earth. His innovative genius, love of hard work and appreciation of nature's beauty are a rare combination indeed.
Kirsten, you find the most unusual and interesting people. I was wondering, what is this man's background that he would know how to do this? And is he retired since this seems to take up a lot his time? The amount of time and energy to do what he's done is hard to fathom. Simply herculean.
He was a real estate lawyer so not really related, but he's always loved working with his hands. He also said that these days with the Internet you can learn to do things on your own.
@@kirstendirksen Great insight. Idea you can do something so immense on your own (without dynamite!) doubles down on the creative expression of the project. Thanks for your work highlighting these masters!
Great video and respect for your editing skills. Would be nice to see his "real house" near the river, where he lives with his family. The shown part is really his "man cave", his playground. I think it is great that he has both, the energy to work at his project and the money to do it.
What a magnificent outcome! I will admit the jealousy of his ability to buy such property and build such an amazing thing!!! Most people are never able to have this outcome. Incredibly awesome life he and family have!!
I wish I had a dad to teach me things like this. I spend so much time teaching my kids everything I know and it warms my heart when I see them so things that I thought them. Loved this video
LIke "the rock tells me" Be fun to get a county master gardener & really go wild with natives & turn all that into fern grottos. Neat place thanks for sharing
I live in a very cavernous area in WV.I would love to find a spot like this. Somewhere far removed in the woods. Do same. Would be thrilled at half this polished a cave to dwell in.I would love it! Where there's a will there's a way. Incredible vision and end result you had. I really love this video.❤
Wow what a guy, fantastic creativity and relentlessness. His approach to building his home is truly inspirational for our approach to life!! Never give up!
Geothermal. If im not mistaken Underground temperature stays at around 60 degrees regardless of outside temperature. So it could be a mid summer day of 98 and still be 60 inside there. Same in winter, can be below freezing outside but inside the earth stays at 60.
@@markgrayson7514 I appreciate your response, and maybe you know more than me, as i have forgotten more about both permaculture and geothermal since studying it and helping build/live in a home with geothermal heating, than I remember. But if the whole place stays at 60 degrees by nature, how do the roots suffer the cold. By the yellowing on the leaf it looks to me his irrigation system supplies more water than those plants need or he has incorrect lighting wether it not enough or too much, could be the plant needs indirect lighting or even a dose of micronutrients. Seems less likely to me that most of the veg thrives but the roots would be cold, especially when the ambient air doesn’t drop. But your solution is something to consider as much as soil nutrients, watering, lighting.
I am of a different mind concerning plants. I'll bet the grow lights are most important, even plants considered "shade" plants have to get some sun. Also allot of people don't realize most plants prefer a big drink and then be allowed to dry up a bit. I said most, not all, don't like having wet feet for long!!!! I'll bet you've got this all figured out by now anyway!! Will you build a tree castle? That's another thing I have thought about... Rock on!
A very talanted dreamer who put his dreams in action. His telling of how he constructed this unique abode is almost as good as the finished product. What an amazing man who followed his dream with tenacity and practicality. Wow !!!
An amazing accomplishment for one man (and son) . I'm sure I would be living in fear of a mountain slip, and if one boulder slips, they all come down. Or, like the bus-sized rock that fell on the road, may fall on parts of my house or patio/picnic area ! I hope for their sakes none of that happens ! 👍🇨🇦✌️
Never change how you make these videos. It's so refreshing to watch a channel without intros, fluff, self-promotion, etc. Keep up the great work. Phenomenal content
amen!
Thanks for that comment.
hard agree
Hear! Hear!
Absolutely agree!
The best part of this cabin-cave is all the memories of his kids growing up and playing there.
Real cavemen.
Truly Beautiful.
Yes, what a childhood!😄
@@markdemell3717 The modern day croods just my kinda living in a few years 🙌🏾🙌🏾
It'll always be a magical place for them
Blessed are those with integrity, imagination, and the drive to fulfill their dreams.
He's a millionaire, so by definition not a person of integrity.
This man is awesome,I'm blown away by his imagination and ability to do what he has done,he just won't be flawed by a massive standing in his way. I just love what he's done.
I wonder if the children live like this now or if they ran to civilization?
Somehow he's also really good at evading environmentalist and state county inspectors
@@wouldntyouliketoknow3811 yeah, he’s done more damage to that unique environment than all suburbs due. Suburbs can fairly easily be returned to nature, but that dudes concoction has permanently destroyed the land he’s on.
@@jlehm Totally lame comment. With this environmentalist "thinking' you need to be REALLY upset with volcanos, mudslides, landslides, wave erosion, etc.. These things change earth structures massively. This man made some interior shifting of a few rocks. Why is the original rock arrangement SACRED and the new arrangement BAD?
@@bryanwarm2471 you’re trying to argue the lack of difference between natural processes and man made ones. It’s as if you didn’t even think your own thought before responding.
The patience and perseverance of this man is next level. What an amazing home.
chozen suroundings, try this around many people.
Patience and perseverance are also major traits of erosion!
You are the best when it comes to finding beautiful homes around the world. World class Journalist, film maker, and producing great content for viewers. Your success is just beginning. Your filmmaking will be remembered for generations. Sky is the limit😊👍
so true !
His resources alone are amazing. To have all of that at your fingertips ✨
His knowledge and the fact he shared this with his children is awesome!
Baby medical kidnap by hospital. USA is a video. see now. 2022.
Yesterday Idaho Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin appeared on the Stew Peters show and said that she had reached out to Governor Brad Little to intervene in the Baby Cyrus medical kidnapping case, but that he refused. Due to parents not taking the clotshot they took him away from his breastfeeding mother and are trying to give baby to a foster family. Baby healthy and trying to give it away. The hospital in Boise, Idaho doing this. Child trafficking ring. Think for safety of own children.
This Man's imagination is a national treasure.
Just imagining an enclosure, where there's yet no floor, no ceiling, completely arbitrary walls that are awaiting seemingly arbitrary manipulation, yet practical, functional, large- scale reshaping takes form--- very few people have the mental capacity for such vision.
i guess you’ve never played minecraft
This guy is between a rock and a hard place. Wow this is rightious!.
One of my fondest memories as a child was visiting Robbers Cave here in Oklahoma. I loved exploring the caves and climbing the rocks so much that I never wanted to leave!! Your kids are so fortunate that they get to live their childhoods being able to explore,climb and live among the rocks!!
Hi there, I'm your Arkie neighbor. Used to take my horses to Robbers Cave for competitive trail rides. Beautiful area.
Robbers Cave is a very cool place!
Brilliant, absolutely Brilliant. Cheers from Michael. Australia.
Beautiful, you’re so right this is what nature gave us, I often sit in my house and think how absurd it feels living in a brick house and surrounded by the same houses, even after all these years it still feels unnatural although I do appreciate my home. Your words resonate with me like “ it’s what you do, you don’t golf or go to the beach”, but when you said you can work all day and not see progress, now that passion with a whole pile of determination right there. Great work 💚
I see that the dog doesn't get tired of touring with his owner. Yesterday my wife left her car door open and when she went out to close it our dog was in the passenger seat waiting for her to take him for a ride. He is a big dog so he normally doesn't get many opportunities to go for a ride. He loved it.
"Nature makes it perfect, I just like to personalize it" That's really cool. You've done a great job.
I was impressed by that also.
I loved that phrase too.
Perfect
Wo
That is a great idea. Thanks for expanding mine.
Unbelievable. Truly this man is a genius and an artist of the highest level.
Can't compliment him or the presentation enough.
Nicely done!
What a mind this man has, let alone the sheer grunt work of moving massive rocks! Bravo, sir, it's a work of beauty! I love the quirky touches. May you keep chiseling as long as you desire. From the Southern Cascades in Oregon - cheers!✌😄
This property tour really rocked
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Dewayne Johnson 😆
Oh stop🤭
Fred Flintstone would of think the same thing🤣
😂😂😂
I love how much you allow people to storytell. I really get a feel for the places and people you document. You place so much focus on the subjects and allow the video space to breathe. Absolute gem. Thank you
Absolutely incredible, what an amazing life you've made for your family. Definitely one for the books. 🤯
What an amazing mind this man has. The kids are so blessed to be raised in this environment.
I so much relate with this guy. I do almost everything myself also and people always ask how I learned how to do stuff… well, you just do it and figure out as you go… but he’s taking it to another level…
I agree. My kid always ask “how do you know how to do this or that”. It’s because it needed to be done at some point so I did it. And if there was a problem I adjusted and fixed it. Definitely something that is lost with a lot of youth these days.
"how did you learn how to do stuff?" by doing stuff
Exactly bro. . I started with trying to never use instructions when putting stuff together.... trial and error and then you just get better and better as your knowledge geows
A lot of us have lost our ability to just do it and learn as we go. I’ve never been encouraged to get my hands dirty because my immigrant parents didn’t want me going into blue collar careers. But my mind is naturally inclined towards problem solving. I’m that annoying person who always has a solution for a problem. But when it comes to physical spaces or very technical topics, I don’t have the mental capacity to troubleshoot. But at least I haven’t lost all of my marbles.
One day this place will be an amazing, post-apocalyptic village, love it
That May come sooner than later.
@@MizRuthie or not
@@dinok7630 she didnt say today
Under a fresh fall of boulders, ya.
Named "Fred Flintstone roadside attraction" 😂
Love how the doggies follow him around 🙂
I was thinking the same thing! Sweet puppy dogs!
Cheers!
My cats follow me around like that. My squirrel just rides along lazily on my shoulders or head hehehe. Dogs are easy, in two minutes they would be following me.
I think the dogs are Wiemaraners. When I was a child in the 70s we had 2 of them.
I thought the same! They are at his heels every moment. So sweet. 🐶
Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a project is having big limitations. Not having a license to blow stuff up with dynamite is probably what made him listen to the rocks and chip away only the necessary. The result is so organic, amazing work! One of my favorite projects featured here :)
Putting rules in place that you're forced to work around can make for some very unique outcomes! You're forced to pay closer attention, create solutions to problems that would otherwise be menial, and innovate with more immersive planning. Sometimes it even changes the entire course of the work you're doing, resulting in truly wonderful projects:)
Fcuk govt limitations but your point of view spot on!
listen to the rocks
I can't even begin to imagine living in such a beautiful place. What an amazing guy!
This is amazing , the kids must have loved growing up in such a beautiful place .
It's just amazing how unique each video, each story. Great work. Kudos to Kirsten, her team, and of course to the main characters of the videos!
Thank you. Feel lucky to find such great protagonists for the videos.
@@kirstendirksen This vid sent me down a rabbit hole looking for an excavated house/project I read about as a kid. No luck, but googling "guy who dug city out of limestone" got me a guy who excavated a 40ft elevator shaft on a hunch he'd find a cave, which he did. He'd built his own house and done a lot of work on the property, too, but they only had pictures of the elevator shaft. It was an Iowa City Press-Citizen article about Don Myers, who was 75 at the time in 2016, so who knows if he's still at it.
"I'm a worker bee... this is what I do"
I know exactly how this man feels! I love working in my backyard. Some days with progress some days just messing around but it makes me happy.
Wow!!! This guy is Hella amazing!!! Frikken brilliant. This has got to be one of the best builds I've seen so far. I'm so inspired and in awe of this man in what he has achieved through his determination,persistence and perseverance. ❤💯
Looking at retirement in the next decade or so... I'm so grateful to have found this channel. Every episode is powerful and inspiring. Not to sound hokey but this is visionary stuff. Incredible.
This man is a master Craftsman..I would be so proud to be able to accomplish a feat like this
You are living MY fantasy!! Seriously, I love everything rock! I have always thought what you've done, could be done!! Good for you! Doubt that I'll get to own a slice and be able to create as you are, I'm 55 and still renting😒. You're a way cool guy, thanks for sharing this awesome build!!!! Meg Soldner
Carson, Wa.
Look him up and ask to rent for a month. Or offer free labour. Make it your vacay. I believe it might work as you both love rocks. Try 🙂
He probably could of gave you some land but decided government doesn't have enough already smh
Mary Soldner: Wife is lucky to have a husband like him. Would have loved to have assisted in his building. Fantastic Dad for the kids!
You're not 'a worker bee', you're an artistic ninja. Living life with vigour! Really inspiring.
Unlike golfing all day, there is creative-action happening here.
Wow innovation at its prime, go buddy go!
The way he explain how he made this cave turns into a wonderful place is really creative and innovative changes.
I'm so impressed!! Just Wowee..🙂 I love how you've incorporated your skills into this lovely spot!! I'd absolutely love to live in a magical place such as this. Hearing the river rushing by at all times is so amazing. Having the fresh clean air, ahhh, to be able to wake up every morning to the natural beauty and the smells that the mountainous air brings, just beyond awesome 😎. Thank you with sharing your video with all of us everyday ordinary people out here lol... Maybe as you go along you can continue to keeping us updated 🙂. Many blessings to you and your family, may God keep each of you safe & healthy. 😎😎😎
Thanks for all you do Kirsten. Another amazing home showcase.
Unlike other cave houses in one giant slab of a mountain rock, this property here is composed of numerous pieces of big boulders which just got into position from wherever they fell from above and got wedged over time. I can't help but feel a little bit apprehensive given the earthquakes going on in various parts of the world. He himself said something about falling rocks annually.
I guess I am also coming from having trauma when my own city suffered from a natural disaster where the river ravaged a lot of communities. While that was flood, it traumatized me about natural disasters in general whatever form they may be.
I certainly pray this family will be safe.
I am in love with this place. He is the type of person that would say" hey who cares about the money, lets get it done." Awesome home. Your best dream home is the one you make together with your family. One team.
Gawd, I’ve never seen this channel, amazing. This man must have some kind of knowledge to be able to do this without causing a collapse. What he has done is thrillingly beautiful.
Thank you for sharing an adventure that is so close to my own. I had a dream of building a house against a cliff and finally found the lot and started a year ago. I chose to build with cob using materials from the site or nearby (sand, clay and horse manure) with no modern or artificial materials or power tools. All by my hands. I began with a simple structure, then a larger one atop the cliff and am now finishing a tiny house @ 120 sq. ft. with earth and boulders for 70 % of its walls and straw bales for structure and insulation as needed. I am in the High Desert of SoCal, part of the Mojave Desert. I have the main house excavated with the foundation all around but may just continue building smaller structures that are permitted under our county code as long as you don't call them a house! I am 73 years old. Steve did something closer to what I have done than anyone else I have seen. Thanks!
Rock on, Bruce! That’s awesome to be independent of society and off grid!
@@dreamyjeannie3385 I'm just now finishing my second house (or outbuilding, according to county code) and have already started the foundation for the third house. Livin' the dream. Since they are all >120 sq. ft. you have to go to another house for some things. The outdoor kitchen has a wood-fired oven and rocket stove plus counters and lots of seating. Each of the houses has at least space for one to sleep.
@@brucejones3308, like camping, but in style, sounds peaceful and quiet, ahhh! Horses too, sounds divine!
The labor put into that is out of this world. I hope his kids will continue to ensure the property stays within the family. Those constructions are literally their dads blood, sweat and tears and his Incredible drive and attitude
Just so amazing engineering and back-breaking labor-wise, with such attention to detail. Quite the feat! That eagle painting is exactly one my friend has hanging above her fireplace. I'll bet those kids' friends are sooo envious!
This is a very special family!Thank you all for sharing!
Steve seems to be the type of person who makes it worthwhile to be here, on this earth. Good man!
And the children, whether his or yours, Kirsten, are getting the experience of a lifetime by being involved, directly or indirectly, with this and other projects.
Keep up with the good work, Kirsten!
Wow, huge undertaking with a fascinating result. I kept wondering about this man’s background as he seems to have engineering knowledge to match his tenacity to push his project forward. Leavenworth is a gorgeous area.
This looks amazing, can’t imagine how much work was spent on this... really awesome
Machu Picchu feel.
That was amazing. Sure would've been easier to build a house on that property, but that's just plain lazy. 😁
This is a work of art that will be there forever.
It's fun not seeing Kirstens films for several months and watching her kids all of a sudden get older and bigger. 😅😂
Thank you once again Kirsten, for taking us to these surprising private worlds that are otherwise inaccessible to us. 🥰 ❤
I believe he is really happy with his home - he has brilliant solutions. Way to go and thanks for sharing - comments from ontario canada. Very unique and definitely a labour of love. Good thing his family also loves this project.
This is the most amazing thing I ever seen. Wish I had a dad like that. Lucky kids for sure
This is absolutely amazing! I can imagine how many people myself included that wants to go there and see this incredible home first hand! Thank you for sharing this!
Am speechless! Freddie Flintstone, eat your heart out...WOW!
We just spent a week at my friends place in Pender Harbour. The house was built up a rock face. By an architect, and his artist wife. There are stairs between each room, even the bedroom closet. Places like these, have such a spirit to them. The only thing that didn't work, is the granite bathtub. It didn't matter how much hot water we put into it. The rocks, absorbed the heat.
Love the way you don't depend on commercial conveniences. This is strengthening. U don't fall when civilization as we know it fails. Living off the land is fulfilling in a way most ppl don't think about until too late. I'm glad my grandparents were farming people and we're intimate with the land and the water 💖🔥
What a unique claim to fame! A lot can happen by "listening" to organic material! Love it! Lucky family :)
I would say he had an unhealthy obsession with rocks if this wasn't so magically cool! I can't even imagine what it must have been like to stand there at the beginning of this and think, "Okay... let's get started"... amazing!
having a passion about creative building means having laser like focus, if you want to have something to show for it at the end of the day.... (and maybe somewhere to live as well, which is becoming an urgent issue for many in these difficult times)
I have seen this before on TH-cam and it is amazing. I agree with the other comments that your style of presenting unique homes is perfect. They are like mini documentaries, no added music needed.
You always amaze me, the unique people you find to show us. It gives me faith in humanity that there are still creative, productive human beings out there...and you continue to bring them to us. Thank you!
@ham radio jim always were, always will be...that's the great thing!
ENVY..... HOW AMAZING & how awesome you must feel everytime you BEAT the rock. I hope your kids, grandkids and future family appreciate what y'all did for their entertainment. I hope they keep this in the family for years to come......
BE SAFE!!!!!
Thank you for not having any horrible music on your channel.
Just talking.
So refreshing.
It reminds me of the cabin and area I grew up visiting in the Sierra Nevadas in California, but on steroids. I always loved the combination of the rocks and trees, it was a kids' paradise.
It’s incredible how you find these amazing people.
whoa... i immediately thought about the ancient cave dwellings i have visited, and how, in another couple thousand years, after the rise and fall and rise again of humanity, when all of our flimsy modern artifacts have turned to dust, archeologists might discover this example of the everyday life of us.
Oh wow! Loved the way he approaches the every day. Such a wonderful life’s legacy for himself and his family.
I love this!! I can only imagine all the hard work you’ve put into it. Even what you’ve told about it probably doesn’t really “cover” how much work you’ve really done.
Absolutely fascinating! I'm wondering what Steve Demarest's background is that gave him the skills -- and the resources -- to create this amazing series of projects. Very commendable. It's a wonderful legacy for the family, to hopefully pass down through the generations.
This is hands down the best dad and father in the world!!! Hey I don't have any parents ....would you mind adopting me....please.
Lol no really
I love unique builds like this....working with nature instead of dominating makes for cool designs.
That is sooo cool. Love to see imaginative homes like this! What a great bug out location.
Love that he listened to the rocks and boulders. Ingenuity at it's best. The best tool is the brain. Continue my friend. Really proud of you! ☮️🙏☯️
Kirsten, it amazes me how you find all these places...
incredibly inspiring video, both aesthetically and in spirit
Fantastic content as always, thank you Kirsten Dirksen!
I'll assume my first minute was just that great :) Thanks.
@@stanvanillo9831 One need not watch the entire video, to know it's good content, especially since I have Kirsten's videos on instant notification since I watch them all! Just letting her know her content is excellent as always - positivity! :)
@@kirstendirksen It is! Especially with the drone footage of the area in the Cascades! :)
The drone footage is Nico's (my husband's). Thanks for the comments.
If only more of us had this man's innate passion for blending into the earth. His innovative genius, love of hard work and appreciation of nature's beauty are a rare combination indeed.
I like your level-headed approach to things. Thanks for being real.
Kirsten, you find the most unusual and interesting people. I was wondering, what is this man's background that he would know how to do this? And is he retired since this seems to take up a lot his time? The amount of time and energy to do what he's done is hard to fathom. Simply herculean.
He was a real estate lawyer so not really related, but he's always loved working with his hands. He also said that these days with the Internet you can learn to do things on your own.
@@kirstendirksen Great insight. Idea you can do something so immense on your own (without dynamite!) doubles down on the creative expression of the project. Thanks for your work highlighting these masters!
Love this idea
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Great video and respect for your editing skills.
Would be nice to see his "real house" near the river, where he lives with his family.
The shown part is really his "man cave", his playground.
I think it is great that he has both, the energy to work at his project and the money to do it.
Yes, all that and the time
VERY INTERESTING!!!!
Absolutely amazing and beautiful. This should be featured in the Architectural Digest. Much better than mansions and palaces.
Leavenworth WA is one of my very favorite places. It is so so so beautiful
What a magnificent outcome! I will admit the jealousy of his ability to buy such property and build such an amazing thing!!! Most people are never able to have this outcome. Incredibly awesome life he and family have!!
This is absolutely amazing - I'd LOVE a home like this!!!
Great job building this home, Bless your home bless your family and continue the great work
I wish I had a dad to teach me things like this. I spend so much time teaching my kids everything I know and it warms my heart when I see them so things that I thought them. Loved this video
This is really incredible, I would worry about rocks falling from above but it's pretty amazing.
LIke "the rock tells me" Be fun to get a county master gardener & really go wild with natives & turn all that into fern grottos.
Neat place thanks for sharing
Absolutely amazing, looks like what I would of built 10 yrs ago . I’ve built 2 off grid homes remote .
Thank you for such great documentations of people who are living outside the box.
Wow ! I'm very impressed.
Lots and lots of hard work has gone into all this and your creativity is astounding.
Excellent and Beautiful !
Absolutely amazing what he has achieved, I'd love to visit
This is both beautiful and terrifying! How very interesting way of living!
I live in a very cavernous area in WV.I would love to find a spot like this. Somewhere far removed in the woods. Do same. Would be thrilled at half this polished a cave to dwell in.I would love it!
Where there's a will there's a way.
Incredible vision and end result you had.
I really love this video.❤
Love your use name (and the band...) I think I subscribed to your playlist if I'm not mistaken. 🎼🎵🎶🎼
Absolutly Awesome! This guy's mind & attitude should be designated as National Treasures! Thanks for posting this!
Wow what a guy, fantastic creativity and relentlessness. His approach to building his home is truly inspirational for our approach to life!! Never give up!
I think your planter will flourish if you use insulation or heat to keep the roots above 60 degrees. Nice place.
Geothermal. If im not mistaken Underground temperature stays at around 60 degrees regardless of outside temperature. So it could be a mid summer day of 98 and still be 60 inside there. Same in winter, can be below freezing outside but inside the earth stays at 60.
@@markgrayson7514 I appreciate your response, and maybe you know more than me, as i have forgotten more about both permaculture and geothermal since studying it and helping build/live in a home with geothermal heating, than I remember. But if the whole place stays at 60 degrees by nature, how do the roots suffer the cold. By the yellowing on the leaf it looks to me his irrigation system supplies more water than those plants need or he has incorrect lighting wether it not enough or too much, could be the plant needs indirect lighting or even a dose of micronutrients. Seems less likely to me that most of the veg thrives but the roots would be cold, especially when the ambient air doesn’t drop. But your solution is something to consider as much as soil nutrients, watering, lighting.
I am of a different mind concerning plants. I'll bet the grow lights are most important, even plants considered "shade" plants have to get some sun. Also allot of people don't realize most plants prefer a big drink and then be allowed to dry up a bit. I said most, not all, don't like having wet feet for long!!!! I'll bet you've got this all figured out by now anyway!! Will you build a tree castle? That's another thing I have thought about... Rock on!
This is the best property i've seen on this channel so far. Imagine the time that has gone into building this place. Great content as always!
Same, I would like to visit.
This might be my favorite so far, (but of course I say that every time)!
Hilarious! Yeah, I have to retrace how many times I've said the same too!!! :D
*TRULY STUNNING!*
The rock spoke, he responded with _"YES!"_
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A very talanted dreamer who put his dreams in action. His telling of how he constructed this unique abode is almost as good as the finished product. What an amazing man who followed his dream with tenacity and practicality. Wow !!!
An amazing accomplishment for one man (and son) . I'm sure I would be living in fear of a mountain slip, and if one boulder slips, they all come down. Or, like the bus-sized rock that fell on the road, may fall on parts of my house or patio/picnic area ! I hope for their sakes none of that happens !
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