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"THIS LIFE WE LIVE" YouTube Channel (formerly WTFARM GIRL) where we have TWO YEARS to build our DREAM HOME, OR ELSE the City will TEAR IT OUT!

Can we MAKE our deadline AND create a stunning dream home? Follow and find out! WTFarm Girl, Youtube personality. This is my page for all of you who have been asking. I'm not awesome OR Badass -- I'm just a city girl kicking it in the country!

22/02/2025

WHOA! It's time for an update!

WE ARE DONE WITH DRYWALL!! It will take a few weeks yet to show in videos and even THEN I will still be dumping at least HALF of everything filmed, but honestly I'd LIKE to get caught up a bit MORE with videos instead of being over a month behind.

We have a drywall finishing crew "Mudbenders" out making our work look amazing and THEN we have a painter coming to PRIME THE WALLS.

Ahem . . . we also bought FLOORING. Yep.

Erik had planned originally to go the route of unfinished hickory planks and setting and finishing it ourself. BUT . . . after looking back over 3 months worth of DRYWALLING, and talking to a few pros, he decided PREFINISHED would be a more time efficient route for us! (See photo rendition of the floor with our wall feature).

EARLIER this week, I had the pleasure of meeting with the Slate-Lite team .northamerica .realstone , and even Company Owner "Jan" who had flown over for Germany to present his unusual take on SLATE TILE.

I've heard a lot of disdain for slate tiles, and it's understandable. But when I say THIS IS DIFFERENT, it IS. It was one of the COOLEST IDEAS I had seen at our local home show. I'm excited to be on board with working with them and we will be featuring their tile in our GUEST BATHROOM and later on more places throughout the house.

As easy as this stuff is to put up AND maintain, we might just get a bit crazy with it, find unique uses for it, so stay-tuned! (PLUS I have a sample pack I'll be showing THIS coming week)

And today, we went for our FIRST PAINT PICK session. Where, we ACTUALLY AGREED (more or less) on colors! The hickory floors will be a bit tricky to pair with (especially since we do NOT have them yet) but I THINK we can make it happen!

The furnace has been running now for roughly 3 weeks, and SO FAR the house seems to do amazingly well holding temp! And it might be a bit TOO TIGHT as all the doors blew open the other day when we entered from the garage . . .

SO we have to do:
Paint prime
Paint color ceiling
paint color walls
HANG LIGHTS -- INCLUDING OUR Brand Lights
FLOORING
KITCHEN SET . . and more!

18/02/2025

Sometimes in life there are GOOD ideas . . . and then there are GREAT ideas!

Elco lighting, making a "good" idea GREAT!

Things are rolling along at a good clip right now with the house, but I'll put that in a DIFFERENT POST!

Tonight I'm releasing a quick HOW TO video on how to wire up LED tape lights. I take a complex project and dumb it down (ok maybe TOO DUMB, but hey, nothing blew up).

And just for reference, I asked my electrician about wiring them up, and it definitely had his wheels turning! SO I'm glad I was able to get some light GLOWING and put some AMAZING LED tape lights from Elco Lighting to the test!

PLUUUUUUUUUS ------- a COOL SNEAK PEAK at our accent wall (just a photo mock up, but STILL cool!)

I'm sorry you are stuck watching drywalling . . . maybe I'll streamline it a bit and bring everything a bit more UP TO DATE!

PS - let me know your thoughts on the accent wall!

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20/01/2025

It was Christmas Eve . . . and while everyone else was happily chatting, watching Christmas movies and sipping hot cocoa, WE were burning the midnight oil TRYING to get a FULL GABLE WALL fully drywalled BEFORE Christmas morning.

Were we able to get it DONE in time? New video up NOW on youtube under

Plus a lil bit of FUN at the Grand Rapids Home Show!

07/01/2025

What's this purple stuff for anyway?

DONE - well, ok JUST the ceiling . . . it was a mess, but we finally got the ceilings DONE in the sloped roof barndo!

We definitely had to get a bit creative, but we GOT IT ALL UP (up is an understatement!)

Check out the progress ON YOUTUBE under

And let me know what you think of the latest editing techniques! next week we are MOVING ON to the BIG WALL (it just keeps getting better doesn't it?!)

15/12/2024

Drywalling . . . love it or HATE IT?

Doing it our self is a HUGE cost-savings . . . but IS IT WORTH IT?

TAAAAALLLL ceilings . . . TIGHT spaces . . . maybe this was a DUMB idea.

In the video coming out MONDAY (not today), we have our SECOND experience with TIGHT, TALL spaces and it's a doozey!

Honestly though, there is NOTHING straight forward and EASY about finishing the insides of this house - between the sloped ceilings, the extreme height and awkward areas, it's SLOW GOING!

Be sure to head over to YouTube tomorrow to check out the progress PLUS get a quick update on our 750 planted baby Christmas Trees!

08/12/2024

BIG REVEAL along with FULL cost breakdown of the modern barndominium house is still being worked on, and the video will be out TOMORROW!

It took me all week to get enough voice to talk without coughing 🙃 so everything is LATE!

I apologize, but it will be WORTH IT!

If you are considering building in the next 2 years you definitely need to watch!

Tune in to YouTube and follow along with the progress 😄

03/12/2024

DONE! FINALLY! BIG SLOPEY is completed!

Ok, so just the SHELL is done, but hey, we ALSO got the MAIN LIVING SPACE ceiling done TOO! And that was a TASK!

Everyone was busting it out trying to get it done!

Watch the video at 7:30pm December 3 Eastern Standard time on YouTube

Everyone was sick all weekend so it's a bit late!

NEXT WEEK will be the BIG REVEAL . . . .
and . . . . .

a FULL BREAKDOWN on costs SO FAR! So if you've been foaming at the mouth trying to decide what everything COULD cost you, hopefully this will help!

Now is the time to plop your guesses below for the FULL SHELL plus labor (not including insulation or drywall)

18/11/2024

How BADLY Do NEW HOUSES Lose HEAT? They don't right?

Weeellllll, you might want to re-consider that idea! In my newest YouTube video we install more drywall and FINALLY solve the height battle with our 20ft tall ceilings, but we also begin installing insulation . . .

But IS it getting the JOB DONE?

We take a quick look at the heat loss in the house with our new F2W Thermal cam and the results are SHOCKING!

Plus our builders finish the siding on the BACK of the house, let me know how it looks!

Checkout the newest video on YouTube and follow along!

28/10/2024

What is ONE THING that MOST new home designs miss out on?

Driving around the other night, I only noticed ONE HOUSE that had this, and it was just a garage addition. Why do most new homes not do this?

Just a few little changes in your home's exterior can SET THE SCENE for something amazing!

NEW VIDEO OUT on YouTube - or www.youtube.com/

Where we take a look at TWO upgrades made to the exterior of our house that take it from a "barndo" to a "barn-OH"!

And leave a comment to let me know if we made the right decision!

24/10/2024

Shhh.... you didn't see this sneak peak at the siding + soffit 🤫

22/10/2024

YouTube video is LIVE! www.youtube.com/
Did we pass our rough in inspection?
How will we LIFT 70lb drywall 22ft in the air when the lift only goes 20ft?
Will Erik overcome is death fear of heights?

What do we DO if we DO NOT PASS inspections??!

Watch now!

21/10/2024

INSPECTION TIME! Did we PASS?? (Our builder was not feeling confident on it). This week's video we find out the VERDICT on whether or not parts of the house will need re-doing!

YouTube video postponed until TOMORROW while my editor finishes up (it was a LOOOONG week and I couldn't get the files out until Saturday).

So, STAY-TUNED for TOMORROW'S video, where we ALSO grapple with the 22ft tall ceiling and LIFTING 70lb sheets of drywall that high!
on YouTube
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20/10/2024

The lights are on, but NOBODY is home . . . (Why do I feel like I've heard that before??)

New YouTube video coming out today (likely around 9pm EST I'm thinking)

Yes, I DID finally catch the Northern lights (with a friendly heads up from my neighbor) and got some decent shots on camera. See if you can SPOT the Big Dipper, let me know if you see it!

Also can I just say our electrician is AMAZING??! He rigged power to the soffit lights to test them out, and it's a good thing because

"One of these things is NOT like the other . . . ."

Which one is it???

This week's video we find out if we PASSED inspections or FAILED . . . fingers crossed on this crazy build!

14/10/2024

YouTube video is UP! Video #24 of the Modern Barndominium Build series on YouTube features a GUEST YOUTUBER, Liz Bianco My Design Sherpa!

Check it out on YouTube

Liz helps us bring our house plan to LIFE with several tips, hints and tongue lashings on what TO DO and what NOT to do.

Plus we build a few mini walls including a RANDOM tiny wall for the shower, and I tackle a growing INFESTATION inside the house!

I get the Smartwings smart curtains installed and test it out. Wow, my mind is fully blown at how COOL these things are! For tall windows, or pets or kids, THIS is the way to go!

Check them out here: https://bit.ly/4eA3nb2
https://bit.ly/4gWTaa8

AND . . . . a sneak peak at TWO exterior lights we are considering . . . does this look like a farmhouse?

07/10/2024

NO VIDEO TONIGHT - Releasing it MONDAY EVENING instead!

Check back on YouTube for Electrical, goose chasing, stairs AND MORE!

What part of the build series are you MOST excited to see??

01/10/2024

WHAAAT? What do you MEAN the new porch needs to COME DOWN?!

Things are starting to take shape on the new modern barndominium house build, with HVAC and plumbing whipping into shape inside and finally the ROOF on the porch!

It's a FRENZY of activity as everyone races to complete their jobs - check it out now on YouTube (a day late) and let me know what you think!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTimJUZ1cT0
or check it out on YouTube

Now, it's a race against time waiting for the builders to come back and finish the exterior of the house before AWFUL FALL WEATHER moves in and makes hanging 20ft metal panels a NIGHTMARE

30/09/2024

YOUTUBE VIDEO for this week will be DELAYED until Monday! Please check back 9pm EST on YouTube to watch it!

With the basics of the shell completed along with interior framing, it's time to get working on Utilities and putting together the front porch!

PLUS - a SNEAK PEAK video of ONE of our exterior lighting choices coming up!

Do you think the porch is too small for the house?? let me know yours thoughts, then watch the video and comment if you still think so!

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Follow "This Life We Live" on YouTube as we build an amazing modern, off-grid Barndominium! Today we add the LOONG roof trusses - hopefully everyone stays safe because they suckers are BIG! #barndominium #modernhouse #moderndesign #offgridhouse

How Many Cars Do You Think This Can Hold?

It wouldn't be a barndominium without the GARAGE! Since the garage will have the same trusses as our house, everything is framed in at the same height, effectively doubleing our house size! What do you think? Is it too much? Barndominiums usually DO have massive pole buildings or garages, so this one is no different.

It wouldn't be a barndominium without the GARAGE! This is one CRAZY barndominium you don't want to miss! Check it out on YouTube at "This Life We Live", this single sloped barndominium with ultra chic modern design and . . . OFF GRID?!

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#7 Perfecting the Concrete Flatwork on our Modern Barndominium (the floor)

The basement walls have been poured so now comes the concrete flatwork for our home. Most barndominiums have concrete floors, however ours will be built on a basement so the basement floor will be concrete only.

#6 Basement Walls are Poured on our Modern Barndominium House But the Plumbing -

Unlike MOST barndominiums, ours will be on a concrete BASEMENT. Since we have so many tornadoes rolling through, it makes better sense. Plus a basement will help to keep our house warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. But what about the PLUMBING?!

It BEGINS! Excavation for our Dream Barndominium Build BUT Erik Ends Up In The Hospital

Excavation begins on our DREAM house, a modern style barndominium hybrid! Follow along on YouTube under "This Life We Live"

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