Jenna Phipps

We cleaned the pool *spoiler*

This week’s video is all about cleaning the pool! Thought you might want to see what it looks like before it goes live on Wednesday 😊

ep.7 we have no idea how to clean a pool

Guess who's just become a regular customer of our local bin company? This week, we ordered another green bin and made plans to clear the swamp in our pool to see what we're working with. We also to...

60ft long steel beams coming in to save the day

If you've ever looked at a house, you'll know that the exterior walls typically sit directly on the foundation (a concrete thing). Well, ours don't. Instead, they are cantilevered about 24 inches o...

ep.6 that was harder than the drywall

After spending the last 7 days battling overgrown tree roots, branches, and prickly bushes, Nick and Jenna reflect on their career as landscapers. They contemplate the ups, downs, and the additiona...

I found a problem with one of our posts

Hey again! It's Nick! Jenna has been encouraging me to post more, so I have made this mini "reel" or "short" about a structural post that we have an issue with. The plan is to make the swap once th...

ep.5 we opened a blackberry farm

Two truths and a lie: Nick parties hard in Vegas, we uncover a 12-foot retaining wall, and the engineer gives us a thumbs up. This week, as we wait for permits to go through, we begin work on the e...

The electrical panel that almost burned our house down

Hi everyone, it's Nick.

Following up with some additional technical details on a fun story from one of our previous podcasts. To set the stage, Jenna and I were just ab...

ep.4 the old owner's thoughts

After what felt like 142 bins later, we finally reached our first significant milestone. Listen to us as we work through removing the remainder of the paneling, drywall, and the process of deep cle...

Mid Week Updates from Nick!

Hey everyone - it’s Nick! I’m going to share some fun / technical behind the scenes content every now and then. Let me know if that’s something you are interested in, and I can do it more fre...

Images from the past couple weeks!

Here are some images from the last two weeks! If you have any things you want to see, comment below and I’ll take some more photos this week and add them up on the Patreon.

There are pictu...

ep.3 our abandoned home has no walls

A renovation project involves a lot of moving parts... and many close calls. Tune in to this episode to hear about the remainder of our drywall removal experience, some stressful last-minute coordi...

We have been slightly busy loading bins..

So the podcast that is suppose to go out tmrw morning will now go out Tuesday morning. So so so sorry for the delay! With moving this past week we got a little behind with the podcast ❤️

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ep.2 the friends in our walls and the mistakes made

This week, we messed with the drywall removal and learned some lessons along the way. Oh, and did we drop the news yet? We moved! Dive in with us as we try to figure out how to order a new roof off...

Some new updates

Hopefully provides some context to the last podcast ✨ also some random photos form the week

Updates!

A big big BIG thank you to everyone supporting us on Patreon! Whether you are a free member or a curious/nosey neighbour, we appreciate you so much! It's so incredible to read all your messages an...

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ep.1 we nearly burned our house down

In this episode, we dive into the latest behind-the-scenes updates on our demolition journey, sharing entertaining stories from the process. We recount how we narrowly avoided an electrical fire, s...

Next week’s video!

We finally started on the kitchen yesterday.

We have to take the whole house down to the studs in order for a new roof. Our goal for a new roof is this summer 🤞

ep.0 the story of our abandoned home

This episode delves into the backstory of why our home was abandoned; how we found it, the purchasing process, our initial impressions, our plans for it, and ultimately addresses two of the most co...

Announcement time!

Hey friends!

I have something really exciting to share with you all! 

You might have seen my new series about renovating my abandoned home. If not, it's been quite popular. Hon...

See my latest project?

Not sure if you watched my video about my latest project, but I bought an abandoned home! Would love to share more behinds the scenes content here and ask questions about what I should do as I am r...

New pattern??

Not sure if you watched my last video but thinking about turning this into a pattern, what do you think??

patterns ideas??

hi friends! Just brainstorming some pattern ideas for you all for 2024. What type of patterns have you been wanting to make lately? Anything in particular you want to make in 2024? ❤️

FREE PATTERN** The Flower Bookmark

This pattern is geared towards confident beginners.

The suggested yarn is fine or light yarn, sport or DK.

Amount of yarn:

Scap yarn works great for this project

Crochet hoo...

Knit/Crochet with me meet up!

I wanted to mention it first here that it's official we are having a meet up!

Join us for a cozy afternoon of knitting with ME and other local knit and crochet friends! This in-person event w...

GIVEAWAY for fellow vancouver friends

hi all! i have a giveaway going on my instagram account right now. it's for the make it show (makeitshow.com) happening next week and ...

Pattern** The Rag Sweater

Hey besties, I have another pattern for you!

Here's the details: The rag sweater is a pattern I created during a two part series on my Youtube channel where I created my first raglan sweate...

Pattern** The Strawberry Top Pattern

Hey besties, I have another pattern for you!

Here's the details: This pattern takes the commonly known “strawberry pattern” and turns into a the crochet top of your dreams. This pattern...