Dream Big || Our Year Long Home Remodel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- The time has come to finally show the world what we have been working so hard on over the past year. With the help of many many friends, we have taken a 30 year old, derelict, unloved mobile home and turned it into a beautiful, completely renovated new home fit for our growing family’s homestead dream.
Many, many thanks to:
Art & Bri: / @brifromscratch
The Bealles: / @thebealles
Betten The Farm: / @bettenthefarm
Bill & Dawn
Brian & Tina
Butcher, Baker & The Queso Maker: / @butcherbakerquesomaker
Farm Life Outfitters: / @sheltermountainfarm
Fit Farmer & Family: / @mikethefitfarmer
Honey Tree Farm: / @honeytreefarmnc
Murray McMurray Hatchery: / mcmurrayhatchery
The Rhodes: / @thejustinrhodesshow
Roots & Refuge: / @rootsandrefugefarm
Sow The Land: / @sowtheland
Mimi
Our amazing kids
And all of our beautiful viewers, for their emotional, spiritual, and financial support. We have the best crew on TH-cam.
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“Did you have to pick a cast iron sink?”
“Yes. Yes I did.” 🤣
I chuckled on that one as well 😂
That would have been my reply too. 😂🤣🤣
Love that sink bravo Meg this is quality!
I was laughing too! Love it
I got cast iron for our remodel too but I put it in myself because we both knew my husband would never hear the end of it if there was a mistake.. so I would be the only one to blame.. Lol - JoAnn
God Bless this Home and all who live and visit here!
in 78, when I was 28, I built a house from the ground up in 6 months, all while working a full time job. Needless to say I had help from family. By the time I was through, I was burned out and was looking forward to taking the next year to refine things, landscape etc. But My dad had so much fun building that he decided to build a new house the following year. So we did it again.. Five years later we built a house for my sisters family. 3 years after that I took on another build, a bigger 2 story home with a pool. Life changes happened and I was alone and starting over. I bought a small tract home. A new partner entered my life and we literally rebuilt that house. We did to it almost everything you did to your mobile home. By the time we were done the only thing on the outside that was original besides the foundation was the concrete stoop at the side door. We lived in that house for 17 years and moved west to build the house we are now semi retired in. Again after building, I was burned out and there are things that should still be done. This week I'm finally organizing our 900 SF garage, hanging tools, building benches etc. It was already drywalled and insulated and painted. The next big project is the family room downstairs (walkout basement).
Wow, wow!
Wow😮
❤❤❤
Amazing
I am so happy to see people live a modest life and make choices that will suit their families without piling on debt. Bravo on your hard work and commitment!
That good old spirit of living like the pioneers
Oh, the mysterious ways, His wonders to perform!!!
Our God is an awesome God!!!
Oh I forgot one thing....Jeremiah, the ship lap wall looks gorgeous.
Yes, kudoes to Miah!
I had forgotten just how bad it was!
I've heard Dave Ramsey say trailers don't gain value, but man I think he's wrong here! Congrats
Ours is going to be tripling in equity when we are done!
Trailers are like buying a car, you lose a lot of money pulling them off the lot but you can save a lot of money by purchasing used! We purchased 5 acres with a double-wide and are busy remodeling. Not everyone agrees with our decision, but then again, not everyone is on track to retire at 50 like my husband and I are.
lol
Don’t over-do. Trailers are called many things. One is, they do lose value the second they end up on your property. Sad but true.
My husband has been working on ours for years. If we decided to sell, we would be lucky to get a fraction of the money we have invested into this trailer.
I call this place our home. But a House, naw, never be a house.
A trailer is a trailer. We love our home. It’s a good thing we have zero plans to ever move. Oh and we are Homesteaders too.
👍😊👍
Dave Ramsey spoke out of ignorance. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It's all about maintenence.
We are THRILLED and thankful for your blessings.
You guys no longer have a mobile home! It is a modular home built room by room! I'm so happy for you. Much love and many blessings on your family and new home.
I agree, it's a beautiful "home"
If the wheels are off the home, it's manufactured. I'm in 1000 as foot 433a manufactured feathered to the ground. No steps. Nice for me because I can't deal with walking up stairs. We were also able to get a VA loan. We lack an outside raised deck, but then again, I don't deal well with struggling to get up stairs.
For months, every comment section on literally EVERY homesteader YT channel had comments regarding the Hollars. It felt like this whole corner of the internet was deeply invested in you guys and the baby countdown to sleeping in your own home. I know I'm not wrong in saying we all feel a HUGE sense of both relief as well as happiness for you all and hope you guys are able to now just have at least a few days or a week or so just to decompress and rest until your exciting new bundle of joy/work shows up. Congrats on your huge accomplishment.
Wow! So nice! Ben, you officially win Father of the year award! Yall enjoy your new, debt-free home and get some rest before baby comes.
As always your friends are always there... Justin Rhodes
Jason and Art.....congrats
Meg and Ben
You don't appreciate simple things like hot running water as much if you've never been without. Remodeling is hard but worth it.
Stunning! And all it took was a couple thousand man hours of blood, sweat and tears! Congratulations, folks, beautiful.
Your boys are great , they helped in any way they could . They were always willing to pitch in instead of playing .
This is the outcome of a family's love and dedication to one another and one man's love towards them in giving them a home that he built with his hands. Love that we are invited into their lives. Such a beautiful loving family. This is how it is supposed to be. Wish the Hollar's all the best.
what great family memories this is not a mobile home it’s a home
It. Is. Beautiful! What at a major accomplishment! God is blessing you folks mightily!
There was all action footage, but Ben SAT STILL for a lot of the vlog! SO nice to not see him as the human blur! Meg, how do you look radiantly beautiful at 9 months pregnant in August?!? Your enthusiasm is just carbonated. This baby is going to be an engineer with all the calculating you have been doing.
Isn't she beautiful? I know I did not look like that when I was pregnant. They are all amazing!
My mouth literally dropped at your kitchen. The whole house is beautiful, but that kitchen. Must be a woman thing...lol Congratulations guys
That's when I burst into happy tears!
It is beautiful
Praying for God to bless your new home. To fill it with love, laughter and joy.
All that hard work, wonderful friends. Forward and backward. It is gorgeous. So talented Ben and Meg your home is BEAUTIFUL. Many years of blessings and happiness for all of you. NOW THE BABY PLEASE💝🇨🇦
Stuff like this makes me cry. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy endure forever !!!!
Indeed!
Don’t stress about the finish work. Remember, winter time is inside project time. Your home is gorgeous!
Have to admit, I wasn't expecting it to look like that. But the kitchen was the biggest surprise, how absolutely gorgeous! So so happy for you guys!
You did AMAZING 🙌🏼 ✨👌🏼
That is some beautiful straight bank of cabinets, no corners to dig for pots and pans. So smart. So sweet to see baby bed in your room.
Your young men are so precious. What a blessing. They`re learning valuable life lessons from loving sweet parents.♥️ God bless you all.
Didn't notice the cradle the first time...watched again and ...loved that the baby has a space ahead of time. Bravo
This is what beautiful people do!
Could we have a walk through from one end all the way to the next? With no cuts, just sweeping the camera?
tara paul - Not just a sweeping camera but a real tour showing details, etc., perhaps 15-20 minutes.
Let em save something for when its really really done.
@@wendyweaver8749 let them breathe, sleep, bathe and enjoy the comfort of their new home. Let them enjoy the peace and quiet they deserve. We all know it won't be long before the baby(s) comes.
They need the rest
My mouth dropped too when I saw your kitchen! Can just see you making bread and canning in the future. Ben you have worked so hard for your family, and Meg it can't be easy for you going through all this and trying to be ready for a new little one. So glad you had A/C during most of the work! I was looking for your pantry, and IF it's a girl ~ a room for her when she gets bigger. May be you just want to show us more things later (WINKS). Thank you to all your friends also for all the work they helped with. I watch them too, and know you picked a great area to live in with friends like that! I can picture your dream when you first got there and were showing your friends your dream of where your gardens would be, your fire place, a place for chickens. It is not a dream any more, we can see your vision. Congratulations to your family. With love from Western N.Y.
I cannot tell a lie... I smiled so hard my face hurt and had to wipe the happy tears the entire video! 🥰🥰 You all have worked so hard, your boys were right in there, working together, your friends were amazing and your home certainly will be a house of love. Have to say seeing the twins washing their floor, building the beds and smiling so sweet the next morning, gets me every time🥰🥰 Congratulations 🎊
That moment she had her hands in the hot water, tears came to my eyes. And all the helpers, I watch all their channels. But I must say, your boys helping hands in building their home! Congratulations...
Its good to enjoy the fruit of your labor. There is ALWAYS a list of things to do on a homestead! When you sit down in the beginning of the year to plan your year, you get to go over ALL the wonderful things you did get accomplished over the year prior and you'll be amazed at all you did.
A living, moving testimonial to what "can be done" if one just gets out and "does it." Despite the odds. Both thumbs up again. A cozy home, an ambitious family, friends who share your work when it's necessary. The best of everything, EARNED.
Amen!!!
Where is baby's room?
@@debmckasson1953
Between mom and dad, of course.
How wonderful to finally be HOME. Now Mama can feather her nest and make ready for baby. This baby will be born into the homesteading life. What a sweet blessing!
It was a who's who of homestead vloggers. Congrats
Besides having friends to help 😀 your boys are such a Great Help!!!! Yes help is a Blessing 🙌 🙏 ✨️
Im so proud of you ben looking back that was sooo much work and you didn't cut corners or give up , what a man....
Will need to add a "baby chick" to your Hollar Homested sign, 😃
I thought the same thing!
Me too!
Yes! Or an egg. An egg would be cute too! ❤️
Your sons will be proud to say “ we helped build our home”🥰Its amazing ! Job well done, okay little baby, your home is ready for you❤️
I have been "with" you guys through the whole building process, and I have to tell you how much I have enjoyed following along!! I have rejoiced with you at every triumph and prayed to lift you all up during those few bumps in the road along the way. Thank you SO very much for allowing me to be a part of such a special journey!!! :-)
What a beautiful home. From such a wreck of a trailer, you have resurrected a beautiful place, created a gorgeous home.
Like many of us, I've been 'following' you for a while now and this is just exciting for all of us. I too, was in a serious car accident in mid-March and I didn't ask friends for help. I kept it 'secret' because I thought I didn't need the help. A good friend who happens to be 79 years young, said to me "Marie, when you don't ask your friends for help, you DENY them the opportunity to help". It hit me right in my feelers. I now know that asking for help, or accepting offered help, is okay and I will pass this message on whenever I can. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
It really says so much about you two that all those people took time out of their busy lives to come and help you. You must be loved!!
It was so smart to finish enough of your home to get in before the baby comes and now Ben can do the rest when he feels like it. I like your friends Art and Bri. They seem sweet so I subscribed to their channel.
Art and Bri plus their children are the best along with The Rhodes. The Bealles are wonderful too.
In the beginning: dark, dirty, dated, in disrepair, not a good flow, filled with other people's junk. Typical mobile home. BUT she had good bones and lots of possibilities.
Now: clean, bright, airy, good flow, better made than many houses, BEAUTIFUL!, tranquil color pallet, 2 bathrooms, and it looks more like a house than a mobile. Good job!
Because you are good friends to have, you have good friends. Many hands make light work...well, at least lighter work. You have been blessed and you are a blessing. I love your family. Can't wait to meet your new member/s. I love your excitement and enthusiasm and your awesome work ethic. I don't think many people could have done what you all accomplished. I'm so happy for you. What a journey!
Just a quick word. I'm in a manufactured home. Not a mobile home. I'm teatherd to concrete no wheels. The best thing to do to go from mobile to manufactured besides no wheels" is get that crappy cheap faux wood walls off and put dry wall up.
@@karenshepherd2412 My parents also live in a manufactured home. All their interior walls are tape and texture and, with all their decks, you'd think it was stick-built. You're right about the faux wood panels and the papered panels are just as bad.
I live in a manufactured home I bought it brand new in 07 all upgrades & completely dry walled with arches and lots of character. All wood cabinets. Tiled trim and back splashes in kitchen & baths. My home is 2200 sq ft. Now, omg I wish it were smal Cabin because there's only my husband & I left living in it but it's a gorgeous home. Looks just like a regular home on our 10 acre homestead. All our children have left the nest. Would like to sell.
Your such a great example to others what persistence and hard work can accomplish. Your kids have such great role models for parents. God Bless
Wow! May the Lord graciously Bless this wonderful family.
over 1000 people waiting? Where are the likes to match that number?.
Utube deletes them unless most of it is watched.
6,500 like...what are you talking bout
@@flickertail3116 your're late
@@purpletulips4648I would rather be late then ignorant
I am nearly I'm tears for you and your sons. I can only imagine the tight quarters you were iniving in an RV for TWO years with 4 sons. Your HOME, because your space is now a REAL home WITH HOT WATER! You've sacrificed a lot to go on an amazing journey and have found your forever space and forever friends. You are blessed. Meh, now you can have your baby. I'm looking forward to the baby's birth, AND watching your lives unfold. Now you can have time to work on the garden, work with your animals, including running down sneaky wise pigs and pigletts!
Hope to see your transformation of the farm house into an office AND Meg, your soap studio!
I love, love, love the kitchen! "Did you really have to have a cast iron sink?" Lol! Why YES, I did!
Happy wife, happy life.
Thank you for taking me on your journey.
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Love your choice of materials and colors in the kitchen..
THE WHOLE INTERNET LOVES YOU, Every Channel was talking about you guy's !! There's no doubting, you are SO loved ,God Bless ya'll :)
That hard work and new experience will give you the pride of hoping to pass it down
Oh my goodness. Your new home is beautiful. Your kitchen is lovely, really like the butcher block counter. I wish we had gas here, I love cooking with gas. Your backsplash is awesome. I see you have the crib up and ready to hold your sweet little one. Thank you for allowing us to share your journey. It has been an amazing trip❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Me: So, Hun.
What do you want to do for our 40th anniversary?
Her: Let's watch the live stream of the Hollar Homestead!
Me: sure! but our anniversary is tomorrow.
Her: Let's start early!
Ken & Wendy Anderson,
Southern York County, PA
Happy anniversary!
Congratulations on 40 years of love!!!
Main Street Compound happy anniversary 💕
Happy Anniversary! My husband and I just celebrated our 40th Anniversary August 2.
Happy 40th Anniversary tomorrow. 🍾🥂💐
Our 40th Anniversary is tomorrow also.
Y'all took a dump heap and turned into a lovely home. It looks so homey and cozy already. I love it. Great job everyone!
I gasped when I saw the kitchen. And shed a little tear. Congrats guys! It’s just simply amazing! Now you can get back to homesteading and enjoy the new baby.
just WOW already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
someone else may have already said this) but when i saw their Hollar Homestead sign at the end i thought - they need to add one more little chick to the sign!! For baby!!
Kristin Francis I just noticed that as well 😁👍
Welcome Home The Hollar Homestead! Welcome Home! When my dad was building our home in April 1985, the only complete room was the living room, all 4 kids, begged my dad to stay there that night... we never went back to the old house, other than moving our stuff in. What a GREAT Feeling to move into your new home! that is for sure!
Absolutely love it! So glad you guys can just enjoy your property now and move forward in other areas without worrying whether you were dedicating enough time to the mobile home!
Back to easy family life, enjoying becoming new parents again, and being able to start doing the hobbies and projects that you love again. Love you guys xxx
Roots and Refuge! My favorite! Congrats wherever the timeline falls
So much hardwork! It turned out beautiful!
Homestead friends are the best kind of friends ❤
When you yes to help you give that person joy of giving a hand...and it builds relationships beyond social connections...it goes much deeper...congratulations and you beat that baby bump arrival
I totally agree. Be open to receiving, that way the person giving gets that wonderful feeling you always get from giving. It's a win win. Funny how that saying is so true, "better to give than receive" God bless.
WOW! What a Journey this has been. I’ve been following since you were traveling. Beautiful Life ya’ll have. Much Happiness to you All and now the Arrival of a New Blessed Life is coming. Yes, y’all are certainly Blessed. Love from Dallas, Texas. Congratulations all Around.
I'm in the desert of Arizona, 115 degrees, and waiting excitedly to see the KITCHEN! And that baby!
Same here cept I'm in the SoCal desert
We needed to venture out yesterday. My car was in the shade but almost took my skin off my hand when I touched it. It was 121° out!!!
@@karenshepherd2412 We've had something like 40+ days over 110 this summer. Many of them have been over 115. Last month was a record month. Hottest ever by 13 degrees.
So excited to finally see it!!!! Beautiful! Welcome home Hollars!
Hard to believe its a mobile home absolutely beautiful!!
It looks beautiful, now get some rest before the little one arrives.
What impress me is how y’all are teaching those boys how to work and they want to and y’all had a great bunch of friends that came together and helped y’all its beautiful I love it tyfs hugs 🤗
WOW, WOW, WOW! That turned out absolutely beautiful! Makes me wanna be a homesteader.. actully we are, but no ppl. help.. Hubby & I are both 64 & in the process of putting 2 mobile homes togather & remodeling one of them. One portion was a half of doublewide. Hubby moved both of them up the highway with an old M, 1958 tractor he has keep alive far beyond its years. I asked him once what the thing on the front was & he replied, where it once cranked to start. He also welded a truck blade to it on the hydraulics to give it more weight, because it's a narrow front end & he ran pallets through some steel forks he had made himself also, to add more weight, the front tires would not stay on the ground. He added 2 100# tractor weights & cement blocks, ratchet strapped them down for weight & up the highway we went to bring our mobilehomes to the 10 acres of the family farm of 40 years, which had been sold & we bought back 10 acres, to come home. That was about 5 years or more ago. And lots has changed & we are just now getting to putting them the way we wanted them to be & where. Moving mobile homes is a struggle in itself, if you have to do it yourself. Now we at least have started rebuilding the one, we already rebuild the half of doublewide before we moved it. It's slow going for just 2 ppl. our age.
You are so lucky to have ppl. who want to help you & did help you.♡ I'm so happy for your family. And that it's so beautiful. And the best is yet to come, that little new baby, will never know how lucky it is, to have such determined, hard working parents & all those ppl. who helped give it a new home, to come home to.. A fan!♡
Thank You God. Always the first to acknowledge. For your guidance and strength to get us through this step in our lives. The door to our future is wide open. Bless our family and friends. Peace and Blesssings now and always.
Mommy! You're glowing!💞💕 So great to see all your helpers there!! Your home is beautiful!!
Welcome home Hollar family. Welcome home. Cherish every moment of this special accomplishment that you achieved with family both blood and beyond. What a beautiful memory to treasure and a grand beginning for all the things to come.
Gorgeous! Great work. Now maybe you can all sleep, relax and recharge until bub shows up 💜😴❤️
The thing I love most and see as a common theme across all you homesteading folks, is that you come together to work, to achieve and to boost each other. You are the reason homesteading is so attractive again, you have community, you have each other and you really help us all to see the better life. This journey of yours has had roller coaster highs and lows, life is a kicker that way, but your community has always been there, supporting each other. I bless you all (thanks Jess) as you have blessed us all. This is what the world forgot, how to work together instead of separately.
You’re so right oxenrat. I’m no homesteader, but I so enjoy watching their journeys. It’s like they are reliving what our ancestors did, they do all their own work ( they can’t afford to have it hired done, which is what has gone so lost with the rest of us and the world) but they HAVE to rely on each other to make it all happen especially when there is a deadline. They know something we don’t! Like an old timer told me “ we had everything but money”. And another old timer told someone close to me, “ we farmed to make a living, you farm to make money”. These homesteaders are carving out their living and they work SO much harder than a lot of big farmers out there. I have so much respect for them ! And the Hollars are a testament to the adage “ good things come to those who wait”. Ben is a good man. And Meg appreciates him and their children can see both. Bless the Hollar Homestead! 🙏
@@letmework6254 Amen to that! 💜💙💚💛
Absolutely beautiful!!!
Great to see all the progress and how you homesteaders work together and help each other. It is a nice community and you make us feel like a part of your family. Glad that you have that done and can relax and enjoy the new baby.
maybe i missed it, the pantry and livingroom? home looks beautiful.
L rm is next to the kitchen. Patio doors, rocker, rug, ..This is a small home.
I hope a rocker and a rug is not the whole living room? Where does the family relax? Nice job for everything else. Did i miss the refrigerator?
Becky Kukoski It is on the wall across and perpendicular to the stove.
Becky Kukoski they have to collect more furniture, they sold all their furniture when they moved from California. Step by step they’re doing it all and staying debt free!
@@beckykukoski8678 Yes. The fridge is a double door stainless one right next to the hallway.
And may i just add one more thing.... YOUR HOME, made by your own hands is absolutely GORGEOUS! Congratulations to all of you.
You guys did an amazing job. Be proud of your home and homestead. It will just keep getting better.
Work always flows better when there is a impossible deadline to meet. Looks good.
A wonderful home for a wonderful family! Thank you for being my family's inspiration to buy our house and be debt free. We are living the dream also! Enjoy your new home and your beautiful family!
you forget that you aren’t just growing a wonderful house and an great homestead, but also 4 amazing young men that have been there helping in every way that they could. parenting 101. win win guys. congrats on it all.
Yes, young men! I was so accustomed to saying this or that about "boys" or "girls."
I am beginning to see how I need to correct this, as there are so many young people... " who naturally rise to the occasion." So many are well mature beyond today's terms of maturity. The future of our nation rides on this!
So happy for you all & sending sincere blessings for birthing a happy, healthy baby! Luv your family, luv your new home...enjoy!🥰
"Hello beautiful family".... WOW and WOW!!!! Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! I LOVE the color scheme. GREY is my very favorite color... I couldn't be happier for you all.... God Bless each of you!!! HUGS
Oh my goodness you had so many friends to help you get your home ready. Looks amazing.
It's beautiful - full of your family's work and that of your friends. May you have a happy, healthy, peaceful home.
You guys are so Cute!!!!! Remodeling a home is a BIG DEAL!!! Theres nothing like hitting the finish line, knowing that you did it....Congratz!!
Ooooooh ! I can't tell you what good this does my heart, I am absolutely delighted for you. God has guided & blessed all along the way & to see you home as it is today it's ..... well, just such a blessing to witness, thank you for allowing us to watch the journey. We'll continue to watch and pray !
Yes, watch and pray... wherever 2 or more are gathered in His name.... there will our Lord be!!
One weird thing is that seeing your kids in the videos they never seem to get bigger but looking back a year THEY GOT BIGGER! lol!
Hi..... Meg and Ben, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐖🌱🎥👍👍👍
Well done to all that helped to restore your beautiful home i wish you and your family all the best in your new home
That was fantastic! Your home is beautiful and this video reveal was SO well done. It was a treat reliving it all and seeing again all the familiar faces that came to lend a hand. Meg, I started crying when you said it was time to show us the finished project. Great job, guys!!
Mazel Tov!! (Congratulations!) Shalom HaBeit! (Peace in the Home)
It made my heart just sing for joy to see you both smile through the whole reveal. Well done and well deserved. Now I can't wait to see the baby, after some private time of course. l know I'm not the only one who can't wait. Lol
So FUN seeing all of those familiar faces😁
Bless you all