Things Get HOT & HEAVY on Our Tiny Stone Cabin Renovation 🏡

[@Gretchen-vh9xt]

I am 76. When you are my age you will look back on your lives with much satisfaction at what you have accomplished. Well done. Love watching you.

[@LifebyLiving]

Thank you Gretchen! Looking forward to the days when we can step back & fully appreciate it all 😊

[@tinahorta6711]

I love to see all your videos and all improvements on the farm, but it was lovely to see your baking. I think the professional bakers add 1 tablet of vitamin C when they are baking wholemeal bread so it doesn't get so dense. The house is getting beautiful. Happy birthday, Poppy.

[@mexine]

I really appreciate seeing most of the expat women involved in carpentry, painting etc good on you - I am following about six I think.😊😊😊

[@laurelkelley4907]

Happy birthday Poppy!!!!!!

[@lauraquigley6403]

The sills look beautiful! I Loved watching Victoria bake gluten free bread! The garden look’s like it is producing beautifully! Happy B-day Poppy🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

[@carlabiacchessi2544]

I cannot say how much I love you both.. Poppy chose you Ricky on that night that you heard her on your way back from the tiny house. When in the morning you found her on the verandah that is when she knew that you both would have taken care of her. She felt your energy and care for her. You are all blessed to have her in your lives. You both are so beautiful and you complement each other. Love Victoria's cheekiness.. it adds to the natural day to day life.. is it not Life by Living. Blessings to all of you and that tiny house is getting better by the minute. I am almost caught up, cannot stop talking about your channel to anyone I meet. ❤

[@SuzanneStutzle]

Poppy is three, wow, I can remember when she came into your lives, sad, bedraggled, alone. Now she is beautiful, happy and a great companion for Ted and yourselves. The tiny house is looking fantastic. What a productive three years it has been.

[@ZeeCeeCreations]

The mark of a great dog owner is the care and TRAINING of the dogs. Good training not only makes a dog healthier and happier but can literally save their lives! Your dogs are healthy, happy and blessed to have a mum and dad like you two!🐕🐶😊

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Marsha ❤ They both definitely have their moments where they like to test us 😂 but on the whole they’re good as gold 😊

[@suepowell2118]

Iam 79 in July and this my guilty pleasure, I did retire in Spain in 2003 but came back 2008. Then my husband died in 2011 and this what we would have done had we been younger. Just really love your life story. ❤️ you have made my day watching you now.❤❤❤❤ take care both live the dream.

[@millywood6801]

Poppy has turned out to be a lovely dog, she is so lucky to have found a home with you guys. Those sills look pretty good, well done.

[@jenh9361]

Oh, absolutely 💯... I was thinking the exact same thing!!! Poppy is such a lucky girl, as are they too!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ And the window sills are perfection.... Well done 🎉🎉🎉

[@LifebyLiving]

She’s a keeper!😊

[@liammackenzie7771]

Poppy is so awesome. It’s hard to believe that she literally just came to you guys 😊

[@anetzband1383]

The sills look beautiful and I actually like the marks on the one. As soon as you put the bread outside to proof, Victoria, I wanted to grab it and take it back inside. Nothing ventured, though, nothing gained, and you guys have gained so much with this whole adventure. We're the ones who get to sit in our houses and enjoy it. THANK you.

[@elsestelema6273]

You have such a lovely calming energy about you both

[@vanessajamieson7420]

Victoria, if your bread comes out too ‘heavy’ try cutting slices extremely thinly - usually turns out really well with something ‘wet’ like cottage/cream cheese, tomato & other salad type things. Love your channel. Hugs from Johannesburg SA

[@cheryllytle4955]

Wow, see the before picture of the cottage and the after speaks volumes!!! You did such a GREAT jobs!! Love watching your channel, so funny!

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Cheryl! We hadn’t realised quite how different it’s starting to look now until we pulled up the old footage!

[@Bjmc4uk]

I absolutely love your little abode, which is all I would need! Simple living, happy life. What a beautiful job you have done. I love your dogs and I love how Poppy is so happy with her beautiful family .

[@sandywilli8145]

Can't believe that videos get viewed over 100,000 times but can't understand why they don't subscribe 😕 you're my guilty pleasure to watch. Love your videos,very impressed with how well you work together 😅my husband and I worked together when we met and I'm always amazed we got married 😊our styles are so different but guess it's true opposites attract❤

[@denisemooneyham7032]

I just started watching your videos and I have to say that I’ve binge watched for a week now and I’m caught up. I follow many channels like yours where people from the UK have moved to Portugal and are renovating old stone homes. The Newbys channel is great and now your channel is at the top of my list. Your editing, music, explaining the process has been a pleasure to watch. Your skill set with the build and working the land are amazing too. Victoria adds so much charm and beauty along with being up for trying anything to help out. I admire you both. My husband was born in Pico. His family came to the US when he was 9 yrs old. He’s 62 and would love to go back to live in Pico. After following many channels like yours, I’m tempted, but should’ve made that decision when we were younger. So nice to see you and Victoria living your best life.

[@jhart3983]

I would be just fine with that bread Victoria. I would toast it and lightly butter it, then slice some tomatoes, salt and pepper, maybe some avocado, then some cheese, and put it in toaster oven to melt the cheese. YUMMY!! Or peanut butter and banana. Peanut butter and honey. Or some yummy jam! Yep, I would enjoy it very much.

[@esmekaffen4961]

The before and after says it all! From derelict to snug, cozy little home. Sills look great and match the rendering nicely. How nice to have fresh and totally organic produce! And, of course,happy birthday to Poppy and love to all of you❤. Have a great week and take care of yourselves in that heat!

[@LifebyLiving]

We hadn’t seen a picture of the original building for a long time & both kind of forgot how sad it was! It’s good to look back from time to time & appreciate the progress. Have a great week Esme ❤

[@catherinebennett9378]

I’m a celiac too and when I made gluten free bread I was told to use a bread machine that cooks the loaf upwards not side ways but if you can find a recipe that cooks in the oven that would be great I have a book called The Gluten Free Kitchen by Roben Ryberg for basic cooking keeping it simple its a great book. You two make my day with your videos my husband and I work great together like you guys

[@treegal57Deb]

Victoria has the loveliest healthiest looking nails of any DYIer or gardener I’ve ever seen! It’s great to see you both taking good care of your hands.

[@poodlegirl55]

I have been celiac since 1996. The main things with our bread is the dough needs to be quite wet and of course their is no kneading. I find that small pans work best because in a large one you have to have the exterior get too dry trying to get the middle done. To make a piece of toast in the morning I just mix up one heaping tablespoon of almond flour, one scant tablespoon of ground flax meal, 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 small egg and a some olive oil. I pour it in a little skillet and brown it on both sides. I also make a delicious bread out of cooked beans that uses no flour.

[@taranscott155]

Fabulous result on the tiny house - you should be very proud of your progress. Easiest no-kneed GF bread recipe that I use is: 3 cups GF flour (if yours doesn't contain xantham gum, add half to 1 teaspoon). I sometimes do 2 cups GF flour to 1 cup oats that I run through a blender to make a coarse, and dense, and very rustic bread. 1 or 2 teaspoons salt 3/4 teaspoon active quick rise yeast 1-1/2 cups of room temperature water Mix all the dry ingredients, then add the water and mix well (don't overmix or you will damage the yeast). Leave to prove for at east 4 hours - I mix in the evening and leave to prove overnight. Preheat a Dutch oven to 450F, transfer dough into parchment paper, then into the Dutch oven for 30 minutes with the lid on, and 15 - 20 minutes with the lid off. Lift bread in parchment paper out of the Dutch oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.

[@raymondkeen196]

Just binged through all 67 videos in three days, what a great experience ( for me) throughly enjoyed them all. Your work ethics and attention to detail are beyond reproach.

[@rolandtb3]

Sills look good. Leave the seam mark. Adds a bit of imperfect character. Glad the garden is coming along.

[@donnabrennan-i8g]

happy birthday poppy. love how you two have a laugh when your working. job gets done just the same. your place is beautiful.

[@debmazalan3386]

I have a husband with celiac's. I've made bread with a bread machine and in a bread pan in the oven. Either way works. The hardest part is getting a bread that holds together without being gummy. I finally found gluten free on a shoestring. Bread, buns, pizza crust recipes that turn out. Even I eat them!

[@andreadams4574]

Your chemistry is just amazing! I just can't start my Mondays in a better way than watching your videos. So proud you chose my country to rebuild your live and dreams! Parabéns!

[@Tocqueville2023]

dogs know when they are loved..as they very much are

[@PaulRansonArt]

My mate used to install super heavy stonework. He used to prepare a level pad of cement and use a bag of ice in the middle. He would wriggle the stone in plane and let the ice melt! Genius idea or what!

[@thijsdeheer5967]

I'm in a similar situation renovating an old farmhouse in Italy restoring a pigsty to live in before we tackle the main house. Watching you two on a Sunday always helps me stay motivated. Hope you keep on making/posting episodes, you're great at it!

[@LifebyLiving]

Oooo good luck with your renovation! We hear you though - it can be hard to get motivated sometimes!

[@deirdrecerasa3932]

The sills look terrific and the cottage is prettier every day! Love the puppies, they seem quite content. ❤

[@Pauline-m9m]

The window sills are a thing of beauty. Pauline, Australia

[@speaksthis]

Amazing Before/After of the building. What a lot of work. Good on them.

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Pauline! 😊 We’re chuffed with how they turned out

[@hrep14]

Sills look great and the dogs look very happy. 👍👍👍

[@lindabrooks8242]

Who knew what window sills could do for a cottage!? It just keeps getting better and better! Happy Birthday Poppy 🥳

[@BillHunstone]

Ahh!!! Thanks for my Sunday fix guys. Looking better every week now, so looking forward to next weekend now. Happy Birthday Poppy.

[@petermak750]

Imperfection makes an old house perfect. No worries!

[@avivat3010]

The house is really starting to shine! It is important to reflect on how far you've come. Great job and looking forward to see many more. I love to see women being "trusted" with tools! Only one way to learn. and it's the same way for all of us. Perfection is an illusion.

[@speaksthis]

Seems like a year ago that Poppy came along. What a great day that was. Thanks for sharing this week with us.

[@LifebyLiving]

I know! Time is flying by!

[@scottphillips6847]

The difference in the before/after picture is dramatic. Well done! Congratulations on hitting 90K subscribers! And Happy Birthday, Poppy!!

[@geraldineross5168]

My goodness you both worked so hard on this little cottage and transformed it into a doll house, I love both of you and your precious puppies. ❤❤❤❤

[@ginacrusco234]

Good work, good cheer, good relationship, good doggies. That must be what they mean by "it's all good."

[@jamesdunican1750]

Your house is looking amazing on the outside what a transformation Fantastic

[@melaniebeaver2845]

11:24 Have you seen those pergolas with roof louvers you can adjust? It would be a great solution for that space. Also, the tiny house looks SO different now. You must be so proud!

[@cathybrewer8958]

The sills match the render under the roof. It is a pop of brightness it needed. So clean compared to the before picture. Hard to believe Poppy has been with you 3 yrs. Enjoy all your videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@LifebyLiving]

It’s hard to capture the true colour of the render on film as it’s either in shade or really bright sun, but it’s actually grey where as the sills are a very pale beige. I know time has flown with Poppy! She’s been with us 2 years already!(vet guessed she was around 1 when we found her) ❤

[@AdamofCA.]

@@LifebyLiving ...regards to color: the lighting at the beginning of this video makes Ricky 10-years younger. And Victoria is always beautiful with her joyous face. U both are a youthful couple, as well as a joy to enjoy.

[@mrstlu4838]

@@LifebyLiving I’d say she found you!!

[@ps6860]

I'm pissing myself here laughing at Ricky movement pushing the sills, the laughs makes the job goes smooth and be enjoyable to do.What a team you two make...Happy days.

[@barryroberts6470]

"i know you love those sills but....geez" 🤣🤣🤣 best line of the day, nice job guys well done to you both and a Happy Birthday to Poppy 🐕🐶 Take Care. Barry (UK)

[@lourdeslabarconevangelista2705]

That bread looked as tough as your window sills😅...but you two & your dogs are adorable❤

[@Lovingbeinglost]

Well done! The sills look amazing! We have watched you both since the beginning and love your videos. Your interaction with each other is so warming to see, you obviously have such a lovely relationship, full of love, laughter, hard work and shenanigans. We love your dogs too. Thank you for sharing your world with us. Rose & Michael

[@jeffreyskinner6281]

So much work on the cabin and it looks fantastic. Great line Ricky, it starting to look loved....that says it all. You two are so fun to watch.

[@theodorehowe2262]

Wonderful work on the window sills…❤

[@LifebyLiving]

Thank you!😊

[@lilianbates6555]

Thank you so much for my much anticipated Sunday evening treat. I am watching your subscription numbers marching up to 100 thousand. I encourage everyone to subscribe and get you there quickly. Love what you do. Lilian Australia

[@LifebyLiving]

Thank you Lilian ❤

[@alanmcinnes1111]

Congratulations, Ricky and Victoria on finishing another amazing project. I’m so impressed with your ingenuity, tenacity, and commitment to creating a wonderful home for yourselves. Thank you for sharing your many adventures with us. ❤

[@gaynor3976]

Yappy 3rd Pawsday Poppy. I'm coeliac too Victoria and I make bread in my bread maker and that's always hit and miss lol. Well done on your veggies and flowers growing. The sills look great Ricky, you've both done a marvellous job. Exciting seeing it all come together xx

[@LifebyLiving]

Trying to bake anything gluten free is always such a gamble!😂

[@dovacdn9671]

capuuto gluten free flour is my new go to flour for breads.

[@magpie5710]

Cabin really does look fantastic. Great that you brought in the old picture for comparison, so dramatic of a difference. You've done wonders with it.

[@LifebyLiving]

We surprised ourselves when we compared the then & now! You forget when you’re living the changes day by day

[@shar71on]

You guys are hilarious 😂 sills look awesome 👍 happy birthday Poppy 🎉

[@michaeljohnson4636]

You can get automatic green house vent openers so as soon it gets hot they will open then shut when it cools down

[@katherinekurash6683]

Thanks for sharing your journey with us! The before and after comparison - what a difference your hard work and TLC has made! Your garden is lovely, Poppy such a lucky fur baby and that field of yellow flowers! Just beauty everywhere! Have a blessed week, and keep trying with that bread, Victoria!

[@jaytopham8514]

Hello you two. Happy Birthday to Poppy. I love how patient they when you opened the gate, door and gave them their cake - lovely animals The sills look very good. It's funny, they were sat there, lumps of concrete, then they sprang into life once in place. Take care in the heat. I look forward to the next video 🍞

[@petgranny194]

Your stone house looks lovely. What a great restoration.

[@kennethcrace6181]

That was fun victoria and rickey. It's looking beautiful. Looking forward to next.

[@lindapeters9026]

Sorry about the bread but the little cottage is so sweet.. Y'all did a great job!

[@maseeharassack7525]

Those sills and the install made me very happy. They are gorgeous. And the banter never dissapoints. Well doen on the garden. ❤❤❤

[@garyhollywell2112]

brilliant achievement with the sills, when the mortar joint are completed the building will look stunning externally....very well done a labour of love!!!

[@AdamofCA.]

and i'm sure Victoria is very pleased that Ricky thinks things thru.

[@larrygould8246]

Very good job with the horses to manipulate the sills!

[@AdamofCA.]

Good thinking by Ricky. So, he is as smart as Victoria.

[@lewisferrera7964]

it's nice to see a really happy couple. very rare nowadays. ❤ love following you guy's....

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Lewis 😊 I think we’re very blessed in that most of our family & friend couples are happy too ❤

[@juliequinlan6564]

The sills are looking great! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💕💙

[@lynhardie6291]

You guys just crack me up ! The cottage is really alive again. And you did it 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@Liv-Luna]

You guys are doing an awesome job. My partner & I are doing a similar project - in the Mondego Valley (Guarda region). had a bit of a mental and physical meltdown from this heat and living off grid without much shade - so we took our cats and rented an AL close by for the weekend to rest and rethink what we can do to get through this summer while still making progress on the stone house. Thanks for inspiring us with your videos and giving us the feeling we are not alone!

[@LifebyLiving]

We feel for you both Melissa. The sun/heat here is brutal when you’re not used it…& we’re definitely not used to it!😂

[@wolffhenry5751]

Love how you edit your videos; great transitions and music! 🥰

[@esmekaffen4961]

Agree 💯%. They just get better and better❤

[@LifebyLiving]

Awww thank you both 🙏🏼

[@IainCampbell-wv5pr]

Hi Guys love what you are doing! Oh to be young and healthy. Very impressed with all the hard work you both have done. My Niece is a paramedic, I gave her a hand with their back garden, she has learnt to build retaining walls, laying slabing, rendering, steps etc etc.... keep up the good work. Iain x ( retired builder ) Scotland.

[@LifebyLiving]

Thanks Iain. Appreciate being called young too! Definitely don’t feel it nowadays!😂

[@mariadange06]

Not too shabby indeed...👏 HB Poppy can't believe it's been 3 yrs.

[@LifebyLiving]

Don’t worry Maria you haven’t lost a year of your life 😁…she’s only been with us 2 years (the vet guessed she was around 1 year old when we found her)

[@AdamofCA.]

@@LifebyLiving ... "u haven't lost a year of your life." L O L .

[@judithkopchak2291]

Doing a great job with your stone home. It's beautiful! Big smile over your brick bread. I baked biscuits once and forgot the baking powder. The children came in and asked if they could use my hard biscuits as baseballs. Of course I laughed and agreed it was a great solution. They were delighted and had some fun at my expense. 😂

[@LifebyLiving]

😂

[@bobpenner4260]

I found myself smiling throughout your video. Thank you.

[@AdamofCA.]

yes. i'm astonished by the splendid results thus far by the charming DIY couple.

[@jackier2870]

The gluten free bread, I bought a bread machine. No faffing about , just dump the ingredients in, and come back when it beeps 😊 And it tastes soooo much better than the shop bought gluten free bread

[@moniquevelasco20]

I can't believe Poppy is three already. The house looks amazing. What a transformation. Well done guys. Love and be safe!😘🤗🌼ve

[@jokevasconcellos6930]

Perfect fit.....🎉 well done.

[@alexalves4865]

Tips to keep the greenhouse from scorching: net cover the roof for partial shade + door and windows open both day and night. You may still be able to use it for germination of seeds. Lovely to see your progress in the kitchen garden! ❤

[@RaisingVoyagers]

I can’t handle working in the heat, I’ll take the nonstop rain over the 35c days 😬 window sills look epic!

[@dennismatthews6660]

Thank you for sharing. You bring sunshine to Sunday.

[@genevaharner780]

You guys are a joy to watch. Love the cabin. Appreciate all the hard work that goes into it.

[@petro3441]

This looks great. Very clever way of getting it in position❤❤well done diy team of 2024🎉🎉🎉

[@leeboss373]

6:27 just use a flat stone and water, like a grinding mill. The aggregate dust that you’re creating will sand it down.

[@sjblack9135]

That cottage is looking so beautiful! Night and day from how it used to look. Also, consider biscotti for the GF bread! That way you get your sweet treat ❤

[@wynonamayo3723]

Be sure to open the vent in the greenhouse to regulate the temp, especially in the summer heat. Everything is looking lovely. The roof and windows are great.

[@anneliesjoss]

We have a shade sail like yours on our patio in New Mexico, but my hubby secured it to two 4 by 4(inch) posts, and he but a wooden beam on our house for the other 2 corners, and we can tighten so much that it’s not sagging at all. We love ours. Shade in the dessert makes such a difference. Victoria saying “I know you like the sills, but jeez…….” Had me 🤣 Happy birthday Poppy🎉!!!

[@valeriebostick1913]

The sills look amazing 🇬🇧😊

[@jimcarlisle2309]

Hard working and great attention to detail!

[@carold.m.3001]

Another great work! And the little cotage been transformed! What a Journey!

[@tammyspurdle9208]

Lovely video, thank you ❤

[@lizregan1949]

The sills are beautiful, the whole cottage is wonderful.

[@fixityourself7258]

The render and the roof compliment each other so well!

[@AdamofCA.]

yes, the accent is now on the roof, rather than on the red stone collar under the roof.

[@justsomeguy3090]

to save some work when mixing the soil and manure you can get 2 buckets and mix them from bucket to bucket back and forth. still some work but easier than mixing with your hands.

[@johnchandler6474]

Well done you two

[@izkafe2137]

3:28 If it's so hot, try ordering a cooling mat for dogs online - very useful in hot weather 🐺🐶

[@LifebyLiving]

We already have two 😊

[@Tocqueville2023]

the window sills are beautiful. I'm 75 and have never tried to do what you are attempting...Great success!

[@debreid3366]

In Arizona they work 6-10am the go back evenings at 5-9 pm since the light is still there. That is concrete workers. It can get to 120F there. 😮 brutal hot.

[@carolwoodward6141]

Thank you for caring for Teddy and Poppy in the heat. One of my lovely black labs died of heat in Oklahoma 45 years ago,. I have never forgiven myself.

[@donaldauguston9740]

This was a wonderful episode (again). The dry bread can be used in French onion soup, toasted cheese sandwiches, turkey stuffing, any number of recipes. I am proud of your effort on that bread, but those sills are outstanding!!!! Congrats. DA (Vancouver, WA - USA)

[@pammcfarland1727]

Great work. That building is so happy with her new restoration ❤

[@leeboss373]

Give yourselves a cake, it’s around a year anniversary since starting the little house.

[@travisgarrison9017]

You two are totally delightful and cheeky. I watched every video so far.

[@waltertenboske8147]

The before and after images of the stone house are stunning. What a huge improvement. Great improvements and again a very amusing episode. 😂

[@vickigeer9203]

What an awesome job with the video. Love your work and appreciate your kindness and love for Poppy.

[@lindahill9215]

You two to reach up and pat each other on your backs. Job well done. Beautiful 😊

[@NatMCI]

With gluten-free bread, try adding a 125ml plain greek yoghurt to the mixture. The mixture gets a bit more soft, but it becomes fluffy when you bake it. I cannot eat any gluten also, and have to always bake my own. There are options you can buy, but I am also allergic to most yeast. The only yeast that does not affect me is brewers yeast. So that combination works perfect for bread, buns, etc. Give it a try.,