Off-grid in Italy: Clearing the bushes and installing windows | Episode 1
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Welcome to episode 1 of our home renovation :) finding this place has been a super long, joyful, hard and unique journey. Now that we found it a new journey begins.
We'll bring you along, and hopefully we all learn something and enjoy this process :)
00:00 Intro
00:50 removing thorny bushes to dig a well
07:01 installing windows
13:26 bloopers :) - Навчання та стиль
I love watching you two on this journey! I came here because of the knitting but have stayed because of your beautiful souls. Cheers to hard work!
Following your journey as you renovate your new homestead and embrace the DIY off-grid life is very much of interest to the majority of us who would love the challenge. I look forward to sharing the path you have chosen to mix with your knitting and other hobbies content. Be encouraged!
From across the world, from one human being to another, I am so proud of both of you. What a lovely house. It would be nice to see a go thru. Keep up the good work.
🤣🤣😂🤣 So much pleasure! Thanks to you both !
Little by little the beauty of the property will be revealed ! Goats could help 😃 House is amazing !!
The dogs are in bliss on that property!
Wow! Just wow! It looks so beautiful! Do as much as you can yourselves.....it will be hard work but the reward will be so much bigger when you sit back and think, we did that!! Can't wait for the next installment! 😊
I find tears gently well up and start flowing as I watch you two beautiful souls take on the creation of your dreams. It is for all of us. The imagery of unpacking the overgrown and thornridden house and land .... creating pure space, clean sheet, for the new visions to birth itself. With love and joy it is possible. Almost like a rite of passage. Thank you.
Thank you for your tears! Let's cry together and create a river that purifies the land and brings new invigorating life to us all! Yours in tears, Micke
@@mikaelnorlen7734 Let's create that river. Thank you for your heartfelt presence and leadership. In joy 🧡
I have loved your knitting content, Martina, but this is my favorite episode of anything you have filmed yet. Please keep showing us the amazing things you are doing to bring your new home to life! My husband and I are renovating an old (for the US...built in in the 1850s, not old by European standards) house, and doing a lot of the work ourselves (right now I'm repairing crumbling lathe-and-plaster walls), but it's not as big of a task as you two face. It's encouraging to me to see what you are doing! Please take care of your backs...I have a medical massage therapist who I see regularly to keep my body in working order during our reconstruction process and it's been a lifesaver.
Oh thank you so much for your lovely comment🤍🙏🏼 I so need to take care of my back, it got quite bad a few days ago 🙈
Thank you for supporting us, I truly wish you and your husband great success and easiness in renovating your home 🤎🛠
What an absolutely beautiful couple! It makes me smile!
Congratulations on buying your dream home! And thank you for sharing your journey with us!
I am so in love with you guys- this is like Under the Tuscan Sun but better because it's real, not a Hollywood movie. I can't wait to see the next one! What an amazing adventure and what a lovely piece of property. Sending love and encouragement!!❤❤❤
Wow, thank you! Feeling so lucky to have people like you cheering us up🤎💐
@wegrowild you're welcome! I so admire your strength and determination and I know you will be successful!!❤️❤️❤️
Martina and Mika awesome love love love your future off grid home its lovely the potential is amazingly bright and beautiful for you two to build a wonderful family together and enjoy a fulfilled life. Its always better when we do things for ourselves. Enjoy the fruits of your labor. 😅😊 15:04
What a beautiful home and such gorgeous views of the land!! Doing the work yourself is definitely hard but so rewarding. Congrats to both of you and I am definitely excited to watch this journey.
Thank you for taking us on this journey with you! Your home will be so special and beautiful!
Two strong, determined humans and their lovely dogs! What a beautiful stone house and breathtaking lands. You can be so proud of all you’ve done in just a few days! Amazing 😮🎉! Congratulations on literally breaking ground on your new home. You even have a porch swing ❤. I can’t wait to see what you tackle next. Keep your spirits up and take it one step at a time 😘
Oh yes, thank you my dear Rebecca, we so need to celebrate this but we've so much to do 🙈we truly need the reminder of taking one step at the time because sometimes it truly feels overwhelming 🙈
What a beginning! Brings back so many memories of when we started renovating our house, all the hard work will be so worth it 😍
WoW what a beautiful journey beginning, and to me this will look like a castle….
It would be a great place for a bed and breakfast and why not some knitting sessions 😊
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The home is so beautiful and I can see why you would rather renovate yourself. You two are incredible and I wish you luck!!
Thank you so much, you're very kind🥰
Wow, what a beautiful home and place to live. I loooove it. Love Di UK. Xxx can't wait to watch your hard work turn it into something wonderful
Martina & Miche, so very excited for you guys! Oh my gosh, the windows & the doors, so gorgeous! How exciting, I remember when you shared a few pictures looking out through big thick walled windows and I hoped you would be getting that beautiful home & I think it's the same one...yes? Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations! I'm dancing around my kitchen with joy for you guys & your precious dogs...enjoy! Is this still in Umbria? Man...those brambles looked scary, but you guys did it! So proud of you both...you wild & crazy kids...so proud!
Thank you for your support wild lady! :D I'm not sure what what pictures you saw before, but it certainly seems possible as we've known about the house for about a year by now. We are indeed in Umbria! Sorry if we didn't specify too much the location but there was a concern for privacy. But then we might also want to invite people here so we'll see how it goes with that later xD All the best /Micke
I loved this. It's a wonderful extra to the knitting podcast. Your house is wonderful ❤. I will keep watching the progress.
So beautiful and smart to do this while you are young!!!
House is beautiful,I wish you a lot of happy moments there. I am excited for a new episodes.😊
Wow wow wow!!!! This is amazing!!!!! I love knitting but I love this too❤❤❤
Ha ha! I love you two so much. You couldn't get rid of me if you wanted to. Your home is going to be beautiful!! Janet
This is so exciting!! It is so beautiful! Can not wait to see what you guys do! Love watching others do things by hand! LOVE IT!!
Wowza!!!! I admire your hard work and determination!! The home and land will be more beautiful than it already is!!! Congratulations!! I am so expecting great things in your new adventure and the journey!!
Wow! How exciting. So looking forward to following you new adventure xxxx ❤
Omg a big house lost in woods, no neighbours 😍 so jealous ... good job, have fun 🎉
Bravo pour tout ce travail accompli !
Wow!!! Amazingly beautiful place - congratulations and stay strong! 💗
So excited to watch this journey with you both!! Congratulations on your new home. Looking forward to more of these videos and still following the knitting adventures.
Congrats on your new and beautiful adventure!!!!
How exciting! Those doors and windows are beautiful. Can’t wait to see more.
Love your new home!!! Your hard work will pay off! ❤
Just wow!!! Merci de partager 💗🐏
Definitely enjoyed this. I can't wait to see more. Your home and your view are both very amazing.
Congratulations to both of you! So excited to see the next episodes. Thanks for sharing..❤️
Hilarious and inspiring. Can't wait for more
Wow, well done👏🏼 What a lovely looking house. I’m sure it will be worth all of your hard work. All the best for your project, Mari, West🇦🇺
Congratulations! You both are truly amazing ! It is sheer hard work and yet still maintain such a cheerful spirits. Micke, as always, is so sweet and lovely towards you.
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Soooooo excited to see you two begin your journey …..❤❤❤❤
Wow, epic journey!! Congrats on being so brave and tenacious ❤❤
It's going to be beautiful! I have faith in you both 💕
This is amazing! I’m so happy to watch your journey. Thank you for sharing it!
Bravo! Fantastic!!!❤🎉❤
The satisfaction you get from doing things yourselves is worth all the blood, sweat and tears! You are off to an amazing start. It looks so wonderful.
Thank you so much 🌱🤎
Congratulations on finding your home! It looks like a dream to me. Thank you for taking us on your journey. I am sure there will lots of ups and downs but you have a lot of people sending you love and cheering you on! ✨🏡💕
This is going to be fantastic! Best of luck with the renovations and stay safe & well (with all the heavy lifting and such)! 🤩
I loveeee your dynamic together and all of this looks amazing
Wonderful video better than any movie! Stay strong and waiting to see how you fix this forlorn house .
Thanks!
Goats are good at keeping brush eaten down. Maybe you could borrow a couple from someone and let them help you with that brush?
Soooo exciting, it looks beautiful. Wishing you all the best, stamina and love to turn it into your home. Looking forward to watching your progress.
Thank you so much💐🌱🙏🏼🤎
Greetings from Thailand. Great start. Love the Italian music you used when picking up the windows. Very fitting for an Italian villa. Looking forward to seeing the progress.
Cheers !
congrats to you both. Love watching you guys and those
Precious dogs. Love your new home and I know you both are very hard workers so it will no doubt will look better in know time. Take care
Congratulations!!!!!
Congratulations you two. I can’t wait to see how beautiful this homestead will be under your care!!
Wow!!! What a gorgeous place😮…and what amazing work!!
Thank you so much🤎
Loved the outtakes 😂😂
But seriously you two are so hard working and inspiring, wishing you the best of luck ❤
Really lucky that the previous owners preserved the windows!
Seeing you use the scythe reminds me how my grandma used it to tame the grass behind the garden. She grew up on a farm in 1930s and 1940s. Unfortunately, I didn't properly learn to do it myself.
What a beautiful house and piece of land! Buying and fixing up a new home can be so hard, but it looks amazing already. Congrats!
Congrats on finally finding the house that soon will be a home. You two are a pleasure to watch, living vicariously through you. Looking forward to see your progress.
What a beautiful home! Congratulations!
Congratulations Martina and Michke. You are both extraordinary people. The pride in your faces after accomplishing each task is a joy to see. Looking forward to following your journey.
Thank you so much for taking the time to cheer us up🤎💐
State facendo un lavoro incredibile! È e sarà faticosissimo ma la soddisfazione sarà ancora più grande dopo! Forza ragazzi ❤️
Grazieee 🤎💐
Yes I am SO here for these videos!!! 😍 what an amazing job you guys did. That’s unbelievable how much work you guys were able to do
Thank you my love, I hope we'll have something ready when you come to visit🤎
Hi, love your new content and your new house. Looking forward to follow this journey. But don’t forget to knit and to share your knitting also. Greetings from the Netherlands
Thank you! Will do!
What a dream!! You two are amazing 🩷❤️🌷
Thank you so much💐
This was so refreshingly different!! I loved it. It's such a pretty place. I'm frogging out a cotton sweater as I'm watching😅
Glad you liked it!💐 hopefully you'll make something nice out of that yarn 😊
what a beautiful place! It looks like the house is in fairy tale land - and the house is made out of proper material not that Yton (don`t know the english word) stuff Lots of Love and power to you gys
That Is Absolutely Beautiful. I Would Put In The Work Also!
I Have Done Similar Work Just To Plant My Garden This Year In The New Home. Well Done 💚💜
You're Both So Beautiful! What A Sweet Future To Have!
You are the best! Wonderful house and wonderful you!❤
You can do it! Congratulations!
Congratulations for this beautiful space you acquired. Hard work ahead of you but final project will be wonderful!!!
Wow! Congratulations! Sooo happy for you two…..it is a beautiful home in a beautiful spot, too. I think it’s great that you want to and are willing to do the hard work of renovating it yourselves. Looking forward to seeing all the progress
Wow way to go you got so much accomplished. The house is awesome. It will be a really lovely place to spend your days. Can't wait to see more
This is amazing very happy for the two of you and want to see more of this amazing house as it comes alive!
Mika is so beautiful! (And so are you!)
I feel your pain. Over the last 50 years, I’ve been involved on several renovations and I don’t want to ever do it again, it’s for young people like yourselves. Please tell us all about the house, how you came across it, and what your plans are. 😊
Yes, we made a video about this for the next episode! Indeed it feels like something you do once, mb twice, and then never again :D I hope you have found a tidy place where everything is working!
BRAVIII!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌I am rooting for you guys as always and will be cheering along all the way! Love and Light!🌼🌼🌼🌼
Look forward to follow your journey!
Holy moly this is awesome congratulations to both of you!! as another off-the-grid fiber artist I hope you enjoy the great journey that house will bring you living off the grid is hard work but it frees your soul
Thanks so much!! 🤎
What a beautiful stone house with gorgeous views. You are both so talented ! My husband renovated our home and built our cottage with my help. It was fun and tiring but so rewarding. Your house will be so beautiful with your finishing touches on it. 👏👏
Hello and congratulations! I hope you two are very happy in your’s new homestead. I Will follow you 2. ❤
Very exciting to follow you on this off-grid journey from the very beginning. I wish you can provide you with the overview of what you bought, the current situation and plan - this could be very helpful for your viewers to understand individual videos, but also for a follow-ups then/now. Good luck, can't wait to see more videos
Great suggestion! We'll film a video and talk about our starting point and our future plans🤎
Oh my gosh I cannot believe it, you finally found your place. I am so so excited and happy for the 4 of you 🎉❤. I can't wait to visit you there one day. So much love to you and Micke 🌀💖🎶
Grateful for your everlasting support Maggie🤎 hopefully we'll meet soon🤍
You are so cute together ❤Congratulation for both of you🎉
Thank you so much for inviting us to your new home, it is absolutely beautiful, can't wait to continue the journey with you, x
Congratulations!!! What a beautiful home with spectacular views. I hope you will make many wonderful memories there.
❤good luck! Certo che vi seguiamo! Ma attenti che le brambles ricrescono veloci, purtroppo si devono rimuovere tutte le radici … una battaglia che conosco bene a casa mia😂😅
Eh si, sono tenaci i rovi! Speriamo di riuscire a rimuoverli presto!🤎
congratulations on buying your new home, it looks amazing what are you achieving there on your own, look forward to following your journey!
I’m so ready for all of this. You two can do it! Work your asses off !! You two are the cutest ❤ 🏰
What an exciting adventure you have taken on. Lovely windows and doors really add tot he place. Can't wait to see your progress.
Good luck with your new adventure ! 🍀 The house looks awesome and the views omg amazing . Thanks for bringing us along . Wish you a smooth and productive week 🌻
CONGRATULATIONS, Martina and Miche!! Soo proud of your efforts--what an awesome job and I cannot wait to see your progress!! I have a question from here in Virginia-so far away-but I have been to Assisi about 14 times and love Umbria! How far from Assisi is your house? I keep thinking you aren’t too far from Assisi. Sending massive hugs to you both!! 🥰❤️
Thank you so much!🤎the house is actually very close to Assisi👐🌱about 40 minutes by car🤎
Best Wishes to you both and I know you can do it!
Perseverance and Hard Work will pay off ! It will be so rewarding , with the beautiful end result ❤ so proud of you both !!
Congratulations! I'm curious to see more of your new house and land. And all the work you will do there.