 Today, we're starting my favorite project. It's going to transform into our kitchen. This transformation is going to change so much about living here. When we moved to the cabin, the kitchen area had nothing to it. It was dark, dungy, and was in need of lots of love. We even used it as a workbench. Living in a tiny cabin, we have thought of every inch of this space, and I've been waiting for the stay since we moved here. Let's begin. Covered up in a bedroom hiding from just you. We've actually been hiding them from ourselves. We didn't want to look at it until it was install day, so we are so excited to be uncovering these beautiful cabinets that are going to make up our kitchen. And there's a little story behind it. From begging our favorite woodworker, Andy, who vowed that he would never build a kitchen again until we explained our dream for this kitchen because it is very unique and like no other kitchen. We cannot wait to show you all. Further, we need to move our water lines. We have probably changed our mind where we want our sink about a good deal in times. And the sink is no longer going at the window. This stove is. Okay, so I would wrote these on the 90 behind the wall. Then you just hang out over here. Do you want a drink from the water fountain? You're funny. Now time to get it square. Not the U-Drop. I want all of the front of the faces lined up perfectly. I think start on that side. We just need to learn a couple things about kicker. Crystal. Yeah. What are these called? Kicker. Months of designing and planning and pin trusting. And here we go. Before we install the cabinets, we need to make sense of how the pieces fit together. After a quick call with Andy for instructions, we place the kicker spacers and side pieces. Now for the fun part. Leveling the cabinetry. Only you would say that. They look like they're almost seamless. Blue arrow. That means it's a top. Oh, it's like when this is the, this is the law as long as the kicker. I get it. Wow. Oh my gosh. It's so pretty. I'm hungry. This kitchen filled making me hungry. With rumbling bellies and a hangry Jasmine. And just before we install the stove, we whip up a savory lunch and we prepare ourselves for the next step. I just keep standing here and admiring the single cabinet we have in place. And I could just pee my pants. It looks so good. I'm so excited. I like her speechless in this video. I'm like actually giddy. It's amazing. I'm like, this is going to be a place to hang, to host, to cook, to work in. It's going to be so beautiful. I'm so excited. I'm just pleased to sit and eat, right? That's not just outside. True. We got an indoor living space now. Yeah. Like we've been kind of, well, I actually take to the floor when I'm eating my meal, but not a more. Well, soon it won't be no more. And we are soon going to have a place to do dishes. We're no longer going to be having to carry the dish bucket out to the van, do the dishes in our shower, or just not dishes. I'm ready for that. I am super good. Quick intermission from the kitchen build. We have an important message as we are starting a podcast called The Pack Chat Podcast. Every Wednesday at 9.30 EST. On YouTube, you can watch it as well as all of your streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcast, et cetera. We're really opening up and it's so exciting. We can't wait for you to listen. We're going to link the podcast channel in the description and the pinned comment of this video as well as right here or here. I don't know how the screen works, but subscribe to that channel. Turn on your notifications. Share it with your friends. So you don't miss an episode. And let us know in the comments of this video what you want us to talk about, who you want to be on the podcast. We have some very exciting guests coming up and some spicy topics. Wow, it's so pretty. The vision is coming to life. Okay, well I need help. My breath. I have on the one with my back. We're Crystal's back throat and my wrist doesn't work. We know what's going to be so funny is that if we continue doing this, you're going to watch us deteriorate. Get old and hurt and real quick. If we continue, I mean like if we get old like... I mean yeah, it's just funny. Like you're half broken, I'm half broken. It's actually wild. Like don't take any body part for granted. Wow, this is so nice. It's so pretty. We're almost at one of the most exciting parts of the kitchen build and I cannot wait to show you all. Well, Bella and Izzy can't wait to show you all. It's going to blow your mind. That's the thing around here. You're grateful for you though. My kitchen would be on an angle. What do you think? Does it look good? It doesn't look good. It's the nicest kitchen I've ever seen in my life. Okay, so these cabinets have a side panel. Are you holding the camera sideways? No, for a side panel? Yeah. You got it? I got it. Okay. What are we doing? All right everyone, turn the camera. Geez, sorry that made you dizzy. These are side panels that we are going to be putting on either side of this full three cabinet piece and then on this one. It just really pulls it together and from the front makes it look like these cabinets are existing within this border. And so what we're trying to do is make sure that these, the fronts of them are flush with the fronts of the cabinet. We are putting it on the wall, but we are going to shim it because there is a little bit of an uneven space behind it. You want to be able to lean on the counter and it not move. So that's what we're at right now. It's level. Oh my God. Look who's making us do it now. Put that on there right now and show them all what we've been trying to do. Just do it. I can't do it anymore. She's embarrassed now. She's trying to get this more level. How do you get that more level? Talk to Stanley himself. Let's find out. As we install these cabinets, the excitement builds as our kitchen is finally coming together. We are not only thrilled with the aesthetic but the quality of the craftsmanship. These cabinets were custom made from Andrew using Baltic Birch, one of the strongest plywoods and was meticulously cut on a CNC machine. It is looking phenomenal. Do you know what time it is? Look what I found in here. Pour me up one. First AG1 in our new kitchen. Thank you to AG1 for sponsoring us for the last three years and thank you to all of you for supporting our sponsor and supporting us. In this bottle there are 75 vitamins, nutrients and whole food source ingredients that your body needs and loves on a daily basis. Let's just get into the good part. AG1 will be giving you five free travel packs and a year's worth of a vitamin D dropper with your first purchase. All you have to do is click the link in the description below. Everyone always asks, what does it taste like? Well, it's delicious, subtly sweet and it's really quite light. I've always tried to figure out how to describe it and Crystal just nailed it. Today, like most days, it's a busy one and drinking our AG1 only takes a few minutes and we feel so good about it. We truly love and stand behind AG1. Drink AG1, cheers with us, pack. Click the link in the description. You won't regret it. Before we go any further, I have to do this. I need to see what it looks like. Everything's gonna have a home because everything's gonna have a shelf, a cupboard, a drawer, a surface to sit on and live on. A makeshift counter for the time being. And there will be no tools in this area anymore. This is a big step. The clutter will no longer be cluttery and everything will, it's just gonna be, wow, it's gonna feel like a house, like a home and just that to me is... Oh, we've been working towards a biggie. Oh, I'm so excited. I'm just like having a moment too when you think back to our bathroom originally was just a closet and a storage area for our tools. The spare bedroom is currently that but we get closer and closer and closer to regaining this space and making it home. For me, a kitchen just makes a home. Like it's absolutely my favorite spot and seeing this look so real is wild. It is so wild. It's gonna be so nice. I'm not crying, girl. Yay, you're so happy. Happy. Next up, we're going to the Caribbean. We're gonna go to an island. That was a bad joke. But this island is like no other island. You ready to bring it to life, girl? Have to remember this moment. First coffee and a sausage coming right up. So, where's the coffee? Love it. This is wild. There's so much space. So much space. From here into... Okay, we have something really special to show you all. You're gonna love it. But there's a kicker. You have to guess first what you think it's going to be. Okay, coming down. What is this? It's also on the other side for a hint. Pause the video and write in the comments what you think this is. 30 and a half. I love when two people can go through your kitchen. So perfect. This is quite spacious. This is quite spacious. It's perfect. Are we ready? Yeah. Leave it. It's just a little treat, okay? Kiss. Good girl. Come on, is he over here? Turn. Thinking of them. We made sure that the bowls were on opposite ends of the island because we all know Big Bella would eat his Easter dinner. They're literally perfect. I can't believe it. They have a... We're gonna put some dog food right here. Or maybe it's gonna go right here because guess what everyone? Has so much storage. You need a passport to live here. Still measuring. Still lovely. It's phenomenal. The boxes are proudly in place. I'm so happy with our choice in everything here. Like it is a very small one room open concept cabin and having an island... Like I'm picturing the countertop that we're gonna have on here. It's going to be... It's going to overhang. It was just the best decision for this space. Yeah. I mean, island of this size. Like the storage. The counter space. Having the sink here everyone. Like and the color. Like it's just bouncing up the walls. It's just the best. We made some good decisions here. I'm proud. Also, this is like our dining room table. Yeah. And what's going to be cool is that like, I hope anyway, that like people can gather all around. They are. We're doing stuff too. You think you can pull some chairs from there. You can do whatever you want in life, remember? Right. Yeah, Rainie. Do whatever you want in life. Quotes by Jazz. Do whatever you want in life. Man. Look at that. Look at that. Exy shell. Gorgeous. Wow. They're not in town. And then all of a sudden drawer opens. And their shoes are inside. Like that's big. That's a big sh** in. Yeah. That's a big sh** in. That's a big sh** in. I think it's the coolest thing ever. My favorite feature for sure. How about all of you? Can we measure correctly? Welcome to the kitchen. There is so much more to do. Like decorating. Plumbing. And you better believe I'd be plumbing if I could, but I have to go outside for that. Hey everyone. Hope you like it. This is our very first morning. Waking up to the bright and beautiful kitchen. It's a very, very nice feeling to be walking into this space. This morning. It is just a lovely morning overall. Because the sun is shining. I've got some nice spring breeze coming through. Girls have been outside all morning and... Getting squirrels. Yeah. The squirrels are back. Squirrels are back. Oh dang coffee. I'd be lying if I didn't say I was up until the wee hours. I couldn't sleep last night. I was so excited to have this space and everything just looks so organized and beautiful already. And I'm not done, but I'll give you a little sneak peek of what I've done. This adorable milk jug Jasmine got from her granny. How cute. And we brought it when we first moved to the cabin. Yeah. Grandma Joy, if you see this, thank you. The pantry. A few appliances. Plates. A little bit of everything. Snacks. Clearly look at these noses. Cutlery. Working on that drawer still. Weed utensils. How amazing is that? Pots and pans. Dark food and a lot more room. More food storage. This whole island is 360 storage. Love it. All right. And we still have lots of space to fill. I'd like to get all our spices organized. I mean like this store is half empty too. So it's coming together. Wonderful. Yeah, it is. My time now? Your time to shine. We're putting a sink in this island today everyone. We have a joist here and we are going to Avoid. And avoid it. Good plan? Good plan. This sink has been sitting in this garage for six months. Maybe even longer. Been waiting for the day to take this off the shelf. It's quite a bit larger than I remember and I'm very happy about that. Welcome home. Knock knock. Yo, it's big. Thank you. Is it fit? I don't know. It looks way too big. But we can crack down the strips a bit. Definitely more complex than I thought when I woke up this morning. I think I was more scared to cut that than I was scared to cut a billion holes in our van. It's just the masterpiece that I'm like, it's not my masterpiece. The back is too broken for this, can you do it? My wrist is too broken for this. Can you all do it? Like a peel goes around a banana. I cut two more strips. That way they can go on the side and support this as well. So it's not just the front and back and that way the sink's weight is evenly distributed because it's not light. Faucet or drain? With the sink snug in place, it's time to move on to the faucet. A quick drilling with the hole saw. We mount and secure the hardware and we're one step closer to our first kitchen sink. Okay, I know we're just installing it and it's merely just sitting on a piece of plywood. But that is a damn good looking faucet. I'm so happy about this. Now for the best time. Water off, off, empty. Joyce is here. We think? Andrey, water and take. I've got a hole in my kitchen. Whoa, you scared me. Through the camera it just came out of my base and it scared me. I probably looked so scared, I'd love to see that. You really should go into the island, you're holding the level. Buy a Joyce! Crystal's working on bringing us a four inch hole all the way to the outside of the cabin. That way we can fit our drain. She got it! The reason why that's so tough is not only it's inches of insulation underneath our cabin. Our cabin could literally float in the ocean, the insulator side. We need to re-route the water lines from inside to under the cabin. So we cut and drain the lines and extend the pecs with couplings to run the water lines directly into the island. And because the lines are outside and we live in Canada, we wrap the lines with heat trace and insulation and heat trace. This is what we have on all of our water lines. This is a 30 foot heat trace. This is the sensor actually. So this seems to go onto the pipe and then you coil this all the way around and then you put insulation on it. So essentially with this plugged into the wall the wire will heat up and then keep everything super warm. Putting the sink in the island was obviously a no brainer for the space. But obviously it's a little bit more work but we actually were like, seems like a fun challenge. So here we are. Well we're taking the skills we learned in the summer and applying them now, which is pretty cool. That's true. Right? So it's like we got taught something and now we can do it ourselves. Just the two of us. All right so we've successfully put elbows on the pecs that we got through the cabin floor. Now we are running pecs away from those elbows towards the kitchen sink and Jasmine is heat tracing the lines, insulating the lines and having a great time. It is an absolutely stunning day to be working outside. It's warm enough. Blue skies. And we don't have any black flies yet. That is a win. Two seconds later. Black fly! Oh my gosh, I haven't seen a black fly in forever. Just got to say, Jasmine is an absolute trooper. Player of insulation, heat trace and now I need pumper strapping, decking screws and a driver with a fill-up please. Good job, babe. I had a lot of sitting there and reflecting as I was just doing the same task over and over again. And I was thinking about the first time that we were plumbing our van and we made 11 trips to Lowe's in one day and I just couldn't help but think about how far we've come, eh? That was a seamless plumbing job but it doesn't always happen. I can't even get over that. One of my proudest plumbing moments, I have to say, just happened. And I guess what I'm trying to say is if if you've done a project and you're not that good at it, right away, keep going. You'll get pretty good. Now I'm running, running through a dream and it's turning to me. Gosh, everyone is so excited. It's going to be water time. We have five more pieces to glue and then connect the hot and the cold and then we can finally turn the water on and then have a sink with running water and our cabin for the first time ever. This is going to be so exciting. It's just a full circle moment. We haven't had running water to do dishes or just to drink from in so long. Having clean waters from our filters that happened really recently, a hot water tank, also the biggest thing, setting up our entire electrical system a couple weeks ago. It's just a full circle moment that all these projects have made this project work. You know, shelter, heat, water and electricity. We're finally checking all the boxes. Yeah. That feels amazing. I am so happy. This is the best day ever. Look at them in the sink. I'm so happy. They don't have to live in the bucket on the floor anymore. And in fact, they will never live in here because you'll be seeing me doing the dishes all the time. Can't wait. Can't wait. Can't wait. I'm so happy. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. That was probably so bad.