A Basement MAKEOVER || Making a Costume Workshop!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- FINALLY. This basement has been the bane of my existence for TOO LONG Y'ALL. And after being put on waitlists for studio spaces without any hope of actually scoring one, I decided... it was time. My goal? Make a cosplay workshop out of my dark, dingy, 70's-paneled basement. I only partly realized the wasted potential of this room and BOY was it a busy couple weeks, but it's DONE!
I hope you all enjoy watching and love home renovation projects as much as I do, hahaha. I'm RUNNING OUT OF THEM.
I love you all!!!!
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i shouldn't have laughed when betty's hand fell down the stairs
glad to know I wasn't the only one!
oh, I cackled XD
I almost snorted water out my nose.
I laughed right out loud!
Betty just does that for the attention.
Put some supports under and between those shelves. Otherwise you will come downstairs to find a collapsed crapload on the floor. They should be supported with a span no longer than 30 inches between supports. 2 X 4's are ample, but be sure to line them up so each is directly above the one below it. Your grandmother had a reason that she had them there. You WILL be sorry if you don't do this simple thing now. Gravity ALWAYS wins! Great job on the rest of it.
Brackets or corbels could be used instead, and they allow for *_aesthetics._*
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I really hope she sees this. She worked so hard to fix it up. It would be a shame for it to collapse.
Yup! This!
"Wearing a lil aesthetic outfit was just such a cute idea, but NO"
...*returns in an equally cute lil aesthetic outfit*
That's what I was thinking, the outfit she changed to was so pretty as well.
I saw this as I saw that part-
I was going with, ah, we're embodying an orphaned redhead princess from Russia today are we?
Lol 😂😂😂
I was thinking to coment this but then i saw yours 😂
Girl, when you get tired of being a full time TH-camr, you have a future as an interior designer. Your taste is impeccable.
Hopefully she never does though
Honestly, I'm in school to become an interior designer and I agree. The space looks nice
If this ever happens, please keep making videos of your work!!!
RIGHT
I thought so to .I get to say I'm digging the basement craft room. 😊
“Weird, whimsical, jumanji,” is truly a great design philosophy
the BEST aesthetic...
@@Butterflier00 agreed, the BEST aesthetic
Agreed
If I may make a suggestion to save you stress in the future: add an L- bracket to the center of the shelves you made so they don't start warping and sagging in the middle.
That, or multiple L-brackets along the way. The shelves looked very long and even with the original post in the middle the boards sagged... Those new boards look very thin, very prone to sagging
Yeah. My dad had to do the same thing to my shelves and it works pretty good.😁
I was worried about the sagging too!! Luckily that's an easy fix.
In the long run, you're going to love not "going to the studio." You always want something that you left at home when you are at the studio and when you finally get home, you find that you left something crucial at the studio. You will find yourself buying two of everything so that you will "have one at the studio." You will always want something to eat or drink that is at the other place. You will have to shlep your animals to the studio and back with you so you won't get animalonely at the studio. Your new space is grand!
You are exactly right. Plus space rental usually doesn’t include utilities or insurance. I have a studio at my local art league and one at my home. Plus a locker in the classroom I use at the art league to teach. It’s like having a split personality. I have to dress and act like a professional artist and teacher ? (For my art league, means NO MUSIC, no sweats or unconventional clothing (?), no smelly, dirty, noisy mediums, no kilns or framework.) I also ended up having two of everything because something was always where I wasn’t. I never had time to stop for coffee because parking is so tight downtown. If I’m not their between 6 and 6:15 AM. I can’t park anywhere near the building. Nearest open parking 2 blocks away. And in Texas in the late summer, 2 blocks in 100+ degrees is a No. Trust me you’ll use it more and be more creative when it’s convenient to access.
"animalonely" is the best term I've ever hear, especially as someone who's been seperated from their cat for 9 hours!
Also I second having a home work space, I love my Spare Oom/Craft Lair. 10/10 good decision, and I have bunnies in there 👌👌
Plus, what's great about having a studio at home, you can use it whenever you want.
Sooooo true
At the same time, as someone who worked from home before it was fashionable, it's GREAT to have a separate work environment from your home environment. For Rachel I hope her basement can do that for her
DIGITIZE THOSE PHOTO ALBUMS IF POSSIBLE !!! Disasters happen and having a back up of, to quote John Mulaney “the one thing you can’t replace” is something you need
Yes! And even if there's no disaster - I'm currently getting ready to do this because some of my really old pictures are fading. I don't know if they weren't developed properly, if the paper is bad quality, if they got too much sunlight, but either way it broke my heart to see it!
@@liv97497 A lot old albums are also made of acidic paper, which is not great for the photos. I’m trying to find the time to digitize mine. 😅
And then create many backup copies because electronics do fail as well... Learned that the hard way.
i bought a veho digitizer on amazon for all my negatives they are now safe on disk, did not want to loose all the memories
@@maggiekedves Ugh, same. I helped my mother digitize all her parents old slides (they had a lot of them... like, a couple thousand, I'd say), and at some point the usb we put them on got corrupted, and we lost roughly half. Which wouldn't be that bad if we still had the original slides... but we had thrown them away, secure in the fact we had digitized them. Won't be making that mistake again.
And if Rachel is anything like me this is the cleanest it will ever be again.
you are my soulmate!!!! : )
me me me too
I love your "victorian treehouse"/"jumanji"/ “Tarzan” aesthetic and I want it to be more mainstream because it's great and I aspire to attain it.
I think Victorian treehouse/Jumanji would translate to Tarzan 😆
@@angelicabianca631 Tarzan is literally the aesthetic I channel when I interior design 😍 how cool would it be to live in that tree house tho
@@angelicabianca631 also Swiss Family Robinson. That movie is way before my time but I always had to watch it in my elementary school’s after school program (they apparently only had like five movies for us that were all old), and it is totally the same aesthetic... except technically a little earlier time setting than true Victorian
@@cloerosesmith I love Swiss Family Robinson! My grandparents had it on VHS and I’d always watch it when I went over, fond memories :)
@@angelicabianca631 yep! Surprised I didn’t include that in my list... lol imma add it
when i saw this on insta i thought, oh dang she finally rented a studio space! so it looks great! the only thing i would recommend is getting some of that interlocking foam flooring to go under a big low pile rug so u can still have floor gremlin times but with more padding
That's excellent advice. padding, and insulation.
Well...I'm thinkin' that for laying out material and patterns you might want something that you can roll up out of the way so you don't accidentally cut it. And it would be better for painting stuff to move it out of harm's way.
I had to learn both these things the hard way. HEAVY SIGH!@#
It also helps with sound!
So true!
Ah-ha! Maximalist I didn’t realize there was a term for the way my house looks. lol To paraphrase one of my favorite quotes. “...Clutter will breed to fill the space...”
I have been using the term maximalist to describe myself for about a year now and it upsets my minimalist friends. 😆
"I'm not stalling... you're stalling."
I'm specifically watching this *because* I'm stalling lol
🙌
Literally have a paper to write that's due in 2 days 😩 lol
...guilty as charged. I’ve got so many technical drawings due in two days it’s not even funny. 😭
I just wanted to add my 😰 to the pile
This entire comment chain is so relatable, taking me back to when I was in uni *shudder*. Even now though, I have dishes to wash, a floor to hoover and, I'm sure, a million other things to do.
But I'm having my coffee and enjoying a youtube video first, because procrastination :P
“All my weapons” *teacup holster*
😂😂😂
Lol...it must be... her deadliest weapon! 😂👏🤣
“What is this... a frat house?” Best thing I heard all day!
I love how the teacup holster is with the weapons. I'm glad we've acknowledged that tea is dangerous
This tea kinda tastes like arsenic.
Well ya know, Dolores Umbridge knew that.
With great tea comes great responsibility.
Rachel: *says aesthetic outfit wouldn't do*
Also Rachel: *changes into another, equally aesthetic outfit*
Whisky grandpa aesthetic 😌
I think Rachel only has aesthetic LOL.
Right? And the apron is still cute too, she's definitely crafty enough to pick up a box of RIT dye and dye it brown if stain remover won't work.
Her sweater is very New England-y. I want it.
You could get or make an insulated curtain for the doorway. With all the lights, and just working down there, it could get pretty comfortable when it's cold.
I love that your teacup holster is casually on your weapon rack. Quali-tea
Nice!
This comment yessssss 🖤
Yes. So yes.
My five year old little boy, who watched the whole thing- “this girl’s funny!”
My 6 year old loves her. He'll come to me and be like, "Can we watch a Rachel video?"
Hahaa my 8- and 5yo had a peep at what I was watching and couldn't leave! 8yo: "Mommy this lady's weird... but kinda funny" 😄 And of course as boys who watch proper superhero stuff (lol), they were quite intrigued by the weaponry!
Literally had those cubby's in my amazon cart to organize in my kids closets...*removes from cart*
I use them as my wardrobe lol cos I'm cheap. They're fine so long as you don't move them... Though maybe not with kids, if they like climbing things.
You can alternatively get a bunch of zip ties and tie it all together in the back, so you can still move the unit and it won't collapse just by someone touching it. It works well enough.
I have similar wire mesh ones, but I wouldnt dare move them before emptying them and preparing to reassemble them!
Target/Ikea cube storage is the best thing I’ve found, as long as you don’t ever plan to take it apart and reassemble it XD
they were in my cart too LOL not anymore!
Rachel: "This is Betty"
Me: "Hi Betty"
Rachel: *Rips off hand
Me: BETTY!
Rachel "BETTY!"
Right?? Why did she make me like "her"?
Rachel! You should look into those interlocking foam floor pads for shops! They are cheap, insulating, and you just replace the tiles if they get chewed up, stained, melted, etc! Also absorbs sound, though you have a good sound setup... you could always throw a rug over them, but it works for laying out/cutting fabric
Me, starting the video, lying in bed...
My boyfriend: *looks at me suspiciously* "Frodo's mom?"
Me: "yes"
(I only show him the cute frodo content, as he has a completely different set of interests, but we share our love for dogs!)
This is also what my bf calls this channel
My husband and I are the same way 😂
I have no one to watch with 😂
@@kecym.4808 same 😂💔
That papa will fix it mug while dressed like a whisky grandpa is such an aesthetic
I have to admit, after all the lovely rejuvenation and redecoration she did in her grandmother's house, I miss it terribly. But, I love what she's doing in the new farmhouse and I'm glad she and Nick are happy.
My dear Rachel if one day you think "My videos dont help anyone" Let me tell you're wrong, today my dear uncle past away and in this sad moment this video brings me joy and fun so thank you for this 🖤
So sorry for your loss Eileen.
I look forward to my Friday evening Rachel viewings every week. I regularly re watch old vids to help me wind down at bedtime
My heartfelt condolences go out to you and your family Eileen
It's sad when someone you love passes. Everyone grieves in their own way. Someone I know painted one finger nail blue and when asked she said it was so the sad could leak out quietly.
My uncle passed away this week too, on the other side of the world when there's no chance I can go see my family. It's really tough but we can mourn, and cry, and get through
Two things:
You have space for a sewing table in the middle of the room. No more floor troll!
For the "rustic ceiling", my stepmother did this to her basement: get some landscaping cloth and staple it to the beams. Cheap/easy to tear into and replace if wiring or pipes need to be accessed, and still allows the space to breathe.
This is a great idea!
I thought the same thing. I have the perfect one for her in my garage, but she lives in MA and I live in Chicago. DAMMIT!
And it'll catch the dust that inevitably falls from walking on the floor above. Saves you from getting dusted on (and sneezing your face off) and from getting everything covered in dust (as quickly).
Genius!
I died when that "NO Questions Asked" popped up behind "want me to come chop stuff for ya". DIED.
Anyone else feel a strange relief knowing Rachel’s “rustic” basement looked as wild and panel consumed as theirs?
We remodeled ours three years ago and I’m getting flashbacks
that's my whole house. I have tried many things to make it less... tacky and old. unfortunately it also takes money, so sometimes its just slapping paint on and pretending its not fake paneling.
Add on room at the back of my house, I just kind of pretend the house ends at the kitchen...
Our house is full of wallpaper and I cry a little bit every time I remove some because it's such a pain in the ass!
@@Ishasgirl that's my parents house. Dark wood paneling can have the paint slapped over it. The shag rug literally from the 70s that looks like puke and shit mixed together in a glorious camo patter throughout the main rooms of the house? Well one day my very broke mother was so sick of it that she went into the hallway and started peeling it up in Hope's there was a magically more tolerable floor beneath it. There wasnt. It was something textured that felt like walking on a loose stone driveway, it was a legos curse. We bought two rugs to cover that hallway and never spoke of ripping that nasty 50 yr old demon rug out again.
@@butterflymuse2707 I own a painting company, we use watered down liquid fabric softener to remove wallpaper. Have you tried that? 10/10 would recommend
this is inspiring me to clean. I mean, I'm still not going to, but it's inspiring me.
Right there with you. All revved up but no place I wanna go.
I feel this in my soul
Yeppppppp
I just about spat out my hot chocolate when Betty’s hand fell down the stairs 😂
"So let's get cleaning.
Here I go...
Am I doing it??"
-- Me, every day
This feels like the pilot episode for a new show on Shire TV, Hobbits & Hoarders. It's all about hobbits decluttering and redecorating. PS: Rachel, it looks fab! You even have room for a cutting table if you want to ditch the floor troll routine
ITS NOT A PHASE
@@0meAcat1 why are you yelling at me?
@@loraleitourtillottwiehr2473 sorry sorry very passionate about floor trolls you know how it is
My week has been an utter nightmare between my husband being sick, being WAY behind on schoolwork, and my stress and anxiety being through the roof. The only thing that has kept me calm is watching you redo your basement. I don't know why, but it soothes me. I've watched this video like, 5 times. So thank you for just doing your thing and letting us share your life with you. It really means more than you know.
Rachel should recreate Wanda's 50s, 60s, and 70s outfits from WandaVision or why not Scarlet Witch costume but make it vintage?
OK IM A PROPHET
You are one of the most charming and entertaining personalities on TH-cam and I have to give major props to "Editing Rachel", because I am so consistently amused and charmed by the humor and aesthetics of your videos. You are truly a breath of fresh air.
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
Editing Rachel: "the fire nation attacked"
Me, who finished watching ATLA for the first time yesterday: *AGGRESSIVELY POINTS AND SQUEALS*
Have you started Korra yet?
@@audreym3908 nope!
@@audreym3908 I have but something just doesn't feel right
@@kit6meew712 the first season's kinda boring and the plot takes some episodes to develope, ngl BUT...it you make it to season 2,3 & 4 I swear you won't regret it...as well as ATLA, A FUCKING MASTERPIECE! *chef's kisses*
@@umisuzu92 Yeah I realized that once I saw spoilers and now I'm trying to make time so I can watch the whole thing 😂
AND YAS ATLA IS A MASTERPIECE!
I actually was thinking “hey those cubbies are cool” and was considering ordering them...
There is a type of guinea pig cage called "C & C" that stands for "cube shelf and coroplast" where the cube shelf units are used as a frame to support a coroplast base pan. When you make one of those, you use zip ties to reinforce all the joints (search on C & C cages, there is a video or photos of this somewhere). When you use zip ties to stabilize it is SUPER annoying to set up, but it ends up really stable and you won't have a repeat of what happened here.
I have a set of shelves like this, but without the doors. It seems I need some zip ties.... thanks for the tip!
@@valstarkgraf Okay but I'm actually moving and needed craft storage help. You really just came in clutch friend.
@@valstarkgraf Was totally coming here to say the guinea pig community are experts when it comes to cubes. :) Hundreds if not thousands of zip ties, I have zipped.
@@rmdewberry2482 so annoying, but oh so effective.
Idk why but I cackled when that hand conked down the stairs lol
Oh man, me too. 😂😂
Lol, I yelled, “Betty!”
I store my sewing patterns in a filing cabinet in filing folders. I have a master list so I can quickly find patterns when I need them. It's super convenient and allows for more hoarding of patterns.
Wearing a lil aesthetic outfit was such a cute idea, but no...
*changes into an even more aesthetic outfit and becomes Milo Thatch*
I just wanted to tell you; you’re one of the only youtubers left that I watch every upload from no matter the content and I always watch all the way through (I like the blooperz). And I just wanted you to know. I really truly cherish your content and I’m so happy you’re making it right now
#same!
she's real. that's what i love. she just is her. no spackling the rough edges just her.
@@mordeys exactly. And I really like the real her she’s so great
Rachel is the only youtuber i watch that still does the bloopers and I'm very thankful for her
I love that you decided to use the space you already have 🤗. Also - tidying is always a good idea in my book, because you usually find some forgoten treasures 🤩😅 'my precious..."😆
Can we all just take a minute to appreciate how much work Rachel does behind the scenes??? Good grief I would have been so overwhelmed
I know! I have a small room I have to clean out and it’s taken me months to find the motivation to start 😂
Luckily, the idle in her gear box doesn't work. LOL It was just a matter of getting her GPS fixed.;)
when the cubicles fell I was like "OOOO Noooo", Then you showed the footage of the building falling and I was like OMG my stomach hurts from laughing
I laughed at reading the subtitles - like we needed convincing it was "actual" footage, lol.
That dissolving cube storage needs zip ties to reinforce every joint. I have a similar one and it makes it work! Great job with your project
i was shocked when you showed pictures of your parents, i was under the impression you were an immortal time being fathered by the universe
Sasha . . 😭
My 4yr old just came up and said, "mommy, who's that hobbit?" Just thought you'd like to know 😉
This made me smile 😊
This is awesome. Rachel NEEDS to see this. Children are starting to see her for the vibes she's going for.
@@justyouraverageweirdo My daughter loves watching her videos, she is also in love with Frodo too :)
How would a 4yr old know what a hobbit is? Lol
My mom read it to my little brother, skipping the "scary" parts.
How do such copious amounts of positively fabulous geekiness contain themselves in one person?
God, I work at a t-shirt shop and we had those cubbies mounted on a wall to display shirts. One day I told my husband, "It would suck if those shirts fell" and that's exactly what happened that day. Chaos, utter chaos. I felt your Cubbie Disaster deep within my soul.
That moment when you clean your basement and find the *"One Ring to Rule Them All." *
Ok, I watched this video the day it came out and I have to tell you, it inspired me to FINALLY clean out that dank back bedroom that looked like a cross between grandma's junk drawer and a hoarder's wet dream, to build my Edwardian era/ Steampunk dressing/sewing room.
I'm not anywhere near finished, it doesn't have baseboards or window trim so I'll be doing those this week, (I already have the wood).
Taking tips from the "Victorian wall mural" video and the "Sunroom" video, I'm putting them all together to make my life (and projects) a little easier.
Your husband is adorable. If he's comfortable with it, you should make something for him to wear, or maybe do a couple cosplay / costume.
There's something so cathartic about changing a space and making it your own. It really gets you ready to create, once it's truly *yours* 💚 Can't wait to see what you make in your revamped space!
Edit: ALSO! You could absolutely out a big sewing/drafting table in the middle! Like sewstine has. I dream of having space to cut fabric without ruining my neck 😂
"Fog machine... a little bit of trash... raccoon paradise" 😂😌😘🤌🏻
Serial killer references
“Welcome to my basement- you never want to hear that under any circumstances”
Dummy looking like a body (technically the old man said it)
“I’ll chop stuff... no questions asked”
“It may look like a basement where someone leads you to kill you... “
You’re a very cute serial killer and it looks amazing!
LOL
You forgot... “secret stuff no one ever needs to see” 😂😂😂
Lol!
😂😂😂😂😂
😂
@@alisom8210 🤣
The whole wanting to have an studio outside the house to feel like you’re going to a job but realizing that you’d need a lot more motivation is very relatable
Five minutes in and I’ve never been more invested in a room makeover until now 😂😂😂
Rachel: *makes a super cute basement
Me with my 105 year old basement whose walls are literally solid concrete: I shOuLd Do tHAt-
I would not go down into a basement 105 years old...specially not if dark and give weird vibes😅
My moms house is 97 years old and her basement has concrete floors, walls, and ceilings. Everyone feels creeper out down there.
Yeah! Make it a fun project!
So apparently thick wall like that in older houses kind of mess with the ambient frequency, you don't notice it out right but thats why we get those creepy vibes
Yep, my old house is 120 years old and the basement is all stone and low ceilings and terrifying. Took me a year of living there before I could make myself go down there.
Ngl Rachel, would love a vid of you showing all of your wigs.
in the style of Moira Rose lol
Wig tour
Oh, this has GOT to happen!
This would rock!
I genuinely love how chaotic and how average her basement "studio" is in the beginning, because my future studio will be exactly the same until I move out and can get a bigger space, so it's really freeing to see that it doesn't have to be "perfect" looking to produce amazing outfits
I love everything you, beginning with the quality of the videos, they're so cosy to watch with a warm mug of coffee
Yes!
Congrats! I need to do the same thing in my studio. I have a suggestion that I did for my fabric stash. I wrapped each piece of fabric around a piece of cardboard 12"x5", (like they do at the fabric store). On the cardboard leave an inch on the outside to write on the end what the fabric is. Now I do not have to go thru a pile of fabric to see what I have. good luck!
Rachel painting over the globe trotters sticker and later hanging up the “I Have The Power ‘traysure’” card she found are 2 whole ass moods
I legit gasped in horror lol. My parents took us to Globetrotters games as small children in the early 00s and it made me sad, like painting over my MEMORIESSSS.
As a costumer, I have a suggestion for your workroom, get a drop leaf table. They take up only a little room while making great cutting tables and sewing platform for long skirts and gowns.
Easier on the knees for patterns too! I miss having a dining room table, but I really don't sew that often anyway.
Or even two saw horses with a 4x8 piece of MDF. You can attach handles to the underside to help manhandle it around.
I have a "flat surface problem" where if there is a flat surface, I just drop stuff on it. Drop leaf tables help me keep my place so much more tidy!
Yesssss I finally have a large table surface to work on and it makes such a big difference
@@Beckysuesplace I have often said my house would be so much tidier if there were no flat surfaces. I have a LARGE kitchen island (4x7), but when it comes to laying out fabric, I use the drop leaf table in my little used front room. It’s much easier to clean off. It’s not part of the ‘path’ through running through my house.
Ooh go girl, you’ve been talking about doing this for a while.
I've watched this before but I'm watching it again as inspiration to clean my room 😂
Your husband has the same vibes as the guys in the “when you’re nice to the weird girl and she is now .... “ tiktoks
The *what* ????
The one with Zoe Deschanel?
Yes 😂
Omg yes 😂
"Store-bought daylight"
Thats a good name for a song
Or a band :XD
"Rachel.exe has stopped unexpectedly" got my neibours out of bed, because I laughed louder than ever before!
I'm a linguistics nerd and I just spent fifteen minutes googling how the heck the ei-sound in potato (which in the International Phonetic Alphabet would be written pə'teɪtəʊ, note the double-vowels in the diphthongs, notably the ei I was expecting) could be written with just the a with the macron on top. Did YOU know there is a COMPLETELY SEPARATE PHONETIC NOTATION SYSTEM (called the AHD) which is pretty much only used in America, but is VERY WIDELY USED in America? I did not know that. I am gobsmacked by that fact. I thought phonetic notation was the only thing I had left that could be counted on and TURNS OUT. IT CAN'T BE.
Fellow linguistics nerd here, WHAT? Now I gotta spend two hours down that rabbit hole
Can both of you elaborate? I would love to know more!!
is your grandmother a published photographer??? she has an incredible eye.
eta: i am endlessly impressed by your skills and talents. i mean, you're far too humble when it comes to the things you do. this is beyond amazing and you did it by yourself (with some hubby assistance, but still). kudos, sis.
Definitely don't feel bad about how much you spent for this. You are utilizing a whole other room in your house, that is the best value you could get as an adult!! Making use out of all of your space in a way that doesn't cause you stress is invaluable.
I'm literally moving into my new apartment today and instead of unpacking I'm sitting on my floor watching Rachel. So I'm procrastinating making my apartment look nice by watching Rachel procrastinate and then make her basement look nice. :P
Decor inspo?
@@janisi9262 100%. I literally took notes and then waved my partner over and went "YOU NEED TO SEE THIS IT'S SO OUR AESTHETIC" :)
Save the filing cabinet for your patterns! Put dividers in for era or type.
She did. But yeah, dividers.
Rachels vids are like a comfort series for me. She always makes me laugh with her amazing editing and her style just hits me right in the aesthetic™. Thank you for the much needed crumbs of serotonin ♥️
Your reaction to using the circular saw for the first time is literally me when my dad let me use his dad's circular saw for the first time. We were working on a wood project for me (a makeup organizer) and he was like "this is your project, you got this!" SO much fun!
A real marriage is when you come to kiss your spouse and they react like "??? tf, are you procrastinating something?" 😂😂😂
Kinda sad actually? 😂
Or the "You're being suspiciously nice, what do you want?"
Nah. I am affectionate with my husband and he knows when I am being affectionate to procrastinate instead of normal affection 😅😂
Ah-men
I mean this in the kindest way possible, but r/arethestraightsokay
‘Weird, whimsical, jumanji’ is how I want to decorate my whole house.... 😍
Your basement looks so good! One piece of advice though, you might want to put in some sort of support in the middle of your shelves or they might start buckling with time, especially if you plan adding more stuff on them. I’d recommend something shaped like a right angle triangle. Enjoy your new craft space!
Awesome! You did a great job and decorated it so nicely... and functionally. No more noisy, nosey neighbors!
"wow she has a lot of energy in this video" -- me, not realizing that the video setting is still on 1.5x speed 😂
....I was a bit worried about her, because she seemed kind of slow, and just "off" (maybe even a little depressed) in this video.
Your comment made me realize that I had watched the video at the normal speed. I usually watch videos on 2x speed.
Thank you for alleviating my concerns 😅
@@yesthatisababytoucan.youre6983 2x speed? 🤔😱
*gets blanket, tea, biscuits, and my dog*
Ok. I’m ready.
WAIT
*floofs hair and skirt*
Ok, let’s go.
I love your profile pic
Haha me too - you really need to tuck in for her videos. Except for me, it's coffee, chocolate and my dog. Especially her room redo videos. I almost died when she did the mural. Rachael! I want to see you do every room in your house, eventually. No rush. Love your style!
@@avam5091 I have very low blood sugar. 😁
Ngl; I was watching a long-@$$ stream from someone else, with tea and biscuits, and fully had the intentions to do a bit of housework after.
Stream 1 finished, and I saw that Rachel had posted 2 hours ago. More tea and bickies for me! Apparently I'm not getting anything done today.
@@francespowell6923 The best days!
I was throwing things out in a compactor at a mall. Opened the door to find it was full mannequins. Looked like one of the endings in the Detroit game.
Hey, you should paint another landscape on one of the walls, seeing as how you’ve got no windows. Also, My sister and I were huge fans of Bill Paxton. Still upset he died so young. 😭
if it was my space I would paint stars on the ceiling with glow in the dark paint and hang some little stars and vintage planes. I’d have a sound machine always playing storm sounds and have some landscape paintings on the walls. 💜
I am thinking a "faux" window, I am seeing an arch top, with those tiny l.e.d.s that you can change the color of ?! (They normally have a remote, or some you can change them with your cell phone....)
I am sure there's got to be a TH-cam video on it ?!
And, congrats on your using power tools !
@@m.maclellan7147 I think that those lights you can change with your phone would be very cool!
Someone really should have given you a hand getting Betty down the stairs.
Betty tried... but wasn't so successful! 🙈
LOL and owww
*badum tsss* 😂
Hey girl! I am a 58 year old grandmother that has watched your videos for the first time today. I watch with my daughter. We love your videos!! Your free spirit and creativity. Your personality is awesome! Keep doing what you do and don't let others discourage you!!
When you were presenting the “secret mess” I totally expected you to say “keep it secret, keep it safe!” 😂
Hey Rachel, congrats on the studio place it looks amazing! heads up on donating the patterns, they might get thrown away in the process like a lot of other donations. you could put them up on facebook market etc to see if anyone can give them a new home.
Definitely! There are a LOT of vintage lovers looking for those. Want them gone fast? Just have them pay shipping. Easy peasy. OR A buck to buy for a good cause.
Selling excess patterns on Etsy literally recouped the entire cost of my workroom makeover. It's a few hours' time investment to photograph and list them (made faster by copypasta description template with brand, number, year, size, condition), but after that their built-in postage tools make it SUPER easy. I listed pretty much everything, even the older vintage patterns, in the $4 to $6 range so the vast majority of them sold out super fast. I have space, patterns have homes, everyone wins!
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What a fantastic room transformation! I'm so happy for you Rachel. Just last month I was inspired by 50s - 40s era decor that I cleared everything out of my apartment. Sold some of my furniture and with that money, I bought the furniture that I needed. Then I noticed the space "Hey! I have redwood cedar stained wood floors! Lots of space!" Lol! I found so much inspiration on Pinterest. Again, great job on the room project! 💕
I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH: YOUR MARRIAGE IS G O A L S
I was going to suggest a nice, thick, warm carpet that is easy to clean so that your toesies stay warm, and so that Frodo has a comfy place to be near mama when you're on the ground. I am glad you mentioned more carpet at the end of the video :).
Ruggables machine washable area rugs. Roll 'em up when you're painting. Variable sizes.
So you’re telling me that Lowe’s has these nifty brick things and my drama teacher had us slave over making them out of foam sheets and individually paint the bricks??? It’s cool. I’m fine. I’m fine.
Child labour is cheaper.
Breathe.... just breathe... I’m sure he or she was tryna teach you guys some sort of valuable life lesson.... or something like that....
If it makes you feel better: Art contest winners at our school got the prize of..... repainting their artwork on an enlarged scale, on the school perimeter wall.... in the Caribbean sun..... during it’s hottest hours.....
I guarantee you that the brick wall panels are not a good solution for a school play - they're expensive and heavier than they look (which means they'll be difficult to move around and store). Ones like these are specifically for using as a permanent wall in a room, not as a temporary stage wall. Plus, I promise you your drama program does not have the budget for those walls to begin with - funding for the arts is incredibly poor, and often times a shoestring budget is all y'all have.
Is Lowe's like Bunnings in Australia? Because for us Lowe's is a plus size men's clothing store... 😆
That's because your drama teacher had no budget
To be honest, Rachel's basement always gave me a LITTLE bit of second hand anxiety and this is so freaking awesome now! Also that potato sign is iconic
Loving that potato sign!
AbsoLUTEly gettin me that potato sign!
Rachel with the cutest face: "why shouldn't I keep it?"
me: laughs so hard I have to pause the video
I am so impressed at how you managed to record and document a huge declutter and renovation project like this! I was really overwhelmed with the task awaiting you but you pulled it off so fantastically!! I love that little spot that looks like you are in a Jungle explorer’s tent corner with ottoman and string lights and plants. Now you don’t have to worry about the neighbors watching you. Lol.
To keep your plants alive in the basement, grab a cheap UV lamp off Amazon - the kind with a bendy neck so that you can point the bulb and turn it on at night for the plants after you go to bed. 🌱
I was about to clean but Rachel posted so
I guess I’m not cleaning 🤷🏼♀️
You're procrastinating cleaning to watch a video about cleaning. Mood.
@@pigeon2229 Precisely
Same.
For your sewing patterns, I highly recommend the Helmer shelf from IKEA. They’re pretty affordable and cute.
I absolutely LOVE that your teacup holster is on the weapons rack. weapon of mass destruction right there