Hi all! I know this past week has been absolutely heart-breaking regarding the situation in Ukraine, and I wasn't sure if I should even be posting my usual content when so many are being affected. It's something I think doesn't really have a RIGHT answer, but I figured if posting could provide a bit of an escape and entertainment to even a few people who need it, it would be worth it. I'll also be donating this video's adsense earnings to Ukrainian charities. I didn't want to wait for those numbers to roll in, so I've already donated $500 to UNICEF to help Ukrainian children (will donate more accordingly). I sincerely hope my posting "funny" content isn't taken as not caring for the situation, but to hopefully provide some wholesome escapism in an otherwise terrible time. Thank you & I love you all!

this video has such "Why would I buy it for $5 at target when I can make it myself for $75 in craft supplies" energy

Rachel: “Good delivery service 5 stars ⭐️ ” Nick: 😘 Rachel: “Ooo 6 stars ⭐️ “

Its nice to see someone sanding down an ugly paint job to bare wood and staining it. I've seen too many "upcycling" vids where someone takes some gorgeous antique furniture, then absolutely ruins it with a tacky paint job or slapping wallpaper or a collage on it. Sure, its great for cheap modern furniture, but I've seen to many once stunning antiques destroyed.

Hi Rachel, I am almost 70, and my aesthetic is “basic old hippy.” Despite that, and my no-makeup, no-maintenance lifestyle, I find you delightful, inspiring, and wonderful. Please don’t ever stop, you bring me so much joy!

Rachel: *films every single outfit reveal in a giant field* Rachel to Nick: "How do you not recognize this giant field!"

Can this be a series? Because HOLY HELL this was so inspiring from now on I'm just going to thrift for 'shitty' items.

"If you can't find it, you make it yourself." This is why I'm sewing my own wedding dress. 😅

Rachel: ooh delivery. Five stars Rachel: *gets a little kiss* Rachel: six stars Adorable 🥺

I quite like the barn as a filming location. I'm getting major school house vibes from this set up!

"Sometimes, we make decisions. And regardless of the outcome, we have to pretend it's on purpose." Never related to a quote more as I work through DIYing upgrades to a bathroom 🤣

As someone who has a really hard time just relaxing without guilt, "Time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted" may be my new motivational (or demotivational?) motto. Definitely stitching/painting that and hanging it somewhere by my desk 💕

I need more of this content. Many of the DIYers that I’ve followed from their beginnings, and cherished for their imperfect charm and realism, have kinda gone “commercial.” And while I still enjoy their content, I miss that “just a normal person trying to make things” charm. This video gave me a nice serotonin hit from the nostalgia. 🥰

Rachel with her goth shirt, grey paint streak, and respirator, armed with a dremel = peak mad inventor vibes 👌🏻

You should use the cabinet as a moss terrarium! The door is perfect for misting it and other than that it’s basically maintenance free. Creating a vertical composition will be interesting, but you could use/do all sorts to things (eg just surround the outside perimeter, have ledges that jut out to drape stuff on, make a tiny swing, float fairies or some small decorations with fishing line) Alternatively, fake ant farm.

The barn has a Victorian schoolroom feel. Perfect for craft demonstration.

I love the term "maker". When people find out I'm artistic they're always asking "Oh do you draw?" Well yeeeah... but I paint, I sew, write, I make costumes, set decorations, makeup effects, jewelry, and this, and that, and the other thing. "Crafty" makes it sound like I'm making wreaths or knitting or something. "Maker" encompasses the true essence of a human tornado. People who are good at a ton of things but maybe not an expert at any ONE thing. Well, except maybe expert at hiding the hot glue and the messy stitches lol.

10:50 “sometimes we make decisions, and regardless of the outcome, we have to pretend that it was on purpose” 😂😂😂 me everyday lmao

Rachel: “How many big fields have we been to?” *Me not knowing the answer but remembering just how many dramatic field photo shoots Rachel has done…..*

The fact that she didn't tape or cover the frame at all before painting the new picture in there is STRESSING ME OUT 😆

The barn is giving Over the Garden Wall teacher vibes 😌

It's so rare that we get to see you guys being cute together and Nick asking for a kiss after bringing you food absolutely made me 🥰🥰🥰🥰

The "Oooh six stars" warmed my heart more than I was expecting that was so sweet

Hey, I know it's been tough making fun videos when the world is in such a terrible state (also experiencing this struggle), but I'm glad you're still at it. All the stuff you made is fabulous, and you never fail to make me laugh.

Moriah Elizabeth: Thriftstore makeovers! Rachel: Let's take this shitty thing and make it less shitty

“we are going to cHrisTEN this BARN with a ✨crAFt✨” made me laugh so hard LOL i love you rachel thank you for all the top notch content 💖

Why is no one talking about her painting???? IT'S SO GOOD

I am now forever on the lookout for little cabinets like that. Putting a window in them opens up a worlds of possibilities from storage, to potion cabinet, to book nookesque dioramas!

Rachel looks like the fun teacher ready to give all her students snacks and put on a cool historically accurate movie.

"time you enjoy wasting is not... time??? is not... forget it" -Rachel 2022

You've just united two "Inside Out" 's islands of mine: Rachel's humor + Upcycling. This could definitely be a series!

You’ve inspired me! My sister’s husband is allergic to everything green, so a little enclosed terrarium would be a lovely idea! Thanks, Rachel! Love watching your content, and I so appreciate seeing your trial and error - makes me believe I can do anything, too!

This video was peak Rachel Energy (TM): toeing the line between delightfully chaotic and slightly unhinged, perfectly expressing the constant stress of making it up as you go, all mixed with your great humor XD Loooooved this video!!

Rachel: Sponsored by Hello Fresh! Nick: I'm getting taco's. 😅

“The time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted time” John Lennon . (*Me searching the quote after she tried to say it) I love those crafts, thank you Rachel! Every time I watch those kind of videos you make, it gives me the inspiration and energy to do crafts I always wanted to do when I feel too lazy to do it!

I would love to see a video about the clothes you've made before, whether you wear them anymore or not, how they've held up, and your thoughts on them now that you and your skills have grown.

These all turned out amazing! Also, I don’t know why but I loved the taco delivery bit 🤣 something about your little “six stars” added on made me smile.

This is the official Nick stan comment for being the master of tools and tacos. We must protect this man at all costs.

This set up is a perfect filming location! I know barns can get hot in the summer and cold in winter but with the chalkboard and decor I felt like it was a school house teacher! Also all the items look great!! Like they work all together in one space or separately!

Beginning : Ms Stacey vibes Ending: Anne with uneven sleeves 😂❤️ Love you, Rachel! AMAZING craft makeovers! I really did enjoy all of them!

From Crafty Rachel to making messes to the Frodo cameo to Nick and Rachel being couple goals, this was just the little slice of wholesome sweetness my heavy heart needed ❤ Thank you, Rachel!

Clothes? Impeccable. Transformations? Sensational. Rachel? Maksy.

The best thing about getting a new bigger house is that there's so much room for random little decorations! The more you add the cozier it feels!

Rachel: has paint stripper Also Rachel: uses a sanding block

Question about Nick, if that's okay - is he a woodworker-type person, or a handyman? You bring him in as the big-time backup for a bunch of larger projects, and I'm curious where he learned it all!

Hi Rachel, I have to be honest - the minute I saw the finished painting in my mind the scene was this: *Rachel sitting with a couple of grandkids* "Grandma Rachel where did you get this?" "I painted it." "What did you paint it from?" "That's the field your Grandpa and I walked through to get to the restaurant on our honeymoon." In other words, you just painted an heirloom. Is it fabulously expensive? No. But it is a piece of your family history that deserves to be cherished and shared with the kids, grandkids, and great grandkids.

painting a happy memory while it rains sounds like the perfect kind of peaceful day 🥺😭💕

Rachel staining the cabinet AFTER she put in the acrylic and also not taping it off, is peak chaotic Maksy energy and I am here for it.

The little cabinet turned out really cute. Great idea Rachel! And you did a really nice job of painting from your photo. It was fun to see what you come up with. Thanks for the smiles along the way too ;)

The Terrarium turned out really well. Do you have anything left of your Bridal bouquet, as that would display really well in the cabinet. Or over the next year collect leaves from all four seasons and gradually add them to the terrarium. Or as you seem to love Autumnal colours, next autumn collect from the plants around you and display them all year long. It was great to have a few minutes watching 'normal' things, rather than the situation that is unravelling in Ukraine.

As someone who just moved, the Rachel energy was a welcome break :) Also, that cupboard is something my mom would adore.

Starting of strong with a Harry Potter reference in the beginning *chefs kiss* love the video! You pulled me over to the earth-toned clothes club 🍂🍁 and the decor is soo cute!! Love all your videos as they help me through my rough patches sooo much, just with that little extra serotonin ✨

Just remember, Rachel: there are no mistakes. Only happy little accidents.

Can we all just agree that Rachel's outfit is absolutely stellar? I want that skirt with the side buttons. Also, the see-through fern cabinet thingy is my favorite.

The barn seems like a really great filming space, and the DIY projects were super fun to see.

Timothee Chalamet’s bottom 😂 I see those little boot things all the time and thought they were weird but you have inspired me to pick one up! Love that these thrift flips are things that we could actually find at the thrift store. It’s frustrating watching these videos when the original item is something impossible to find.

You look very 'Anne of Avonlea teaching' in the barn setup. I love it.

Thank you for this video, Rachel! I think it's important to keep a certain feeling of normalcy when the world goes to shit. It doesn't mean we are insensitive. 💙💛

When I saw that photo of your honeymoon I thought: *That scenery looks like Somerset* When I searched and found out it was in my county and you enjoyed it so much it made me unequivocally happy😊

"ooo six stars!" 🤣 Your creativity blew me away as always! The terrarium turned out SO cool.

I’m most impressed with the cabinet thingy. I didn’t really see it turning into that anthropology greenhouse and then wow! 😲 Also appreciate your heart for Ukraine and for not leaving it unmentioned! ❤️

Giving Anne as a school teacher vibes in this video. 🖤

Rachel and Nick's relationship looks so sweet. I thought it was super cute the way he helped with her project, and when she said "Ooh 6 stars!" when they kissed.

Absolutely adore the Little House on the Prairie school teacher with Dunkies vibe. The vibes are just -chef kiss- immaculate

Definitely wholesome escapism amidst all that’s going on. You give me hope I can do these crafts. I can’t. I would have given up the moment I got home from the thrift store😆. I’m living vicariously through you. Keep ‘em coming☺️

With paint stripper, if you put tinfoil over it and leave it overnight, then that would soften the paint nicer in you've got multiple layers. The tinfoil prevents the paint stripper from drying out/evaporating meaning it can sit on the paint longer

As a teenager, I stripped all the paint from the woodwork in my bedroom. I was going for a natural wood look. I finished it all after sanding and staining with polyurethane. Unfortunately, the wood turned out to be a poor-quality wood, designed to be painted, so it didn't look great. Bless my mom for her support of my doing this project. After I left home for college, she redecorated my room painting all that woodwork again. I love your updated thrifted items!

Can I just say, the commitment to your first Tim Burton-esk outfit is emasculated. I was watching you work with those sleeves and thinking how I would have had to change 2 minutes in. I applaud you.

I love Rachel's planned-year-in-advance content, it feels like your favorite art teacher excitedly going through the lesson plan.

Me: *not understanding how she was explaining the box and thought only the door was going to be see through. Rachel: *front and back are see through and looking fancy Me, as Owen Wilson as I possibly can: wow Edit: the painting is absolutely beautiful

The greenhouse cabinet would be such a cute way to display wedding flowers or a prom corsage/other sentimental flowers!

Rachel is giving STRONG ✨Ms. Langtree energy✨this week

thank you for donating to ukraine! the situation is awful and i don't have much i can do to help, so i really appreciate being able to help even just a tiny bit this way

I'm betting that if the 'ominous sheep' had been portrayed in that painting, Nick would have guessed it right off. Thanks for the fun and smiles. Take care.

For the cabinet - some vintage postcards or greeting cards to display inside with fresh plants from the yard would be cute. Maybe something seasonal would be cute. You could put one of those battery packs of lights in there or just a battery pack candle in it. I really love it!

"So many start with not my usual content, it's normal for Rachel to be random and multifaceted, which I would think would attract more people not less!" I find them all interesting. I try to share but not a social person to help her towards 1 mil subscribers

The painting feels so darling and special, Rachel, and the frame restoration turned out lovely. I think you accidentally just made a family heirloom!

I soooo love how you look like an oldtimey schoolteacher in the barn, especially with the chalkboard! This content just makes me happy

"ooh 6 stars" I don't think you realize how cute that was

Just so y’all know make sure to test old things for lead paint before sanding it.

honestly this cheered me up a lot. i would love to see more content like this. i would totally buy a little cabinet like that, its so cute.. thanks for the fun content. there are scary times here in europe. but i needed to distract myself and this made me feel a bit better.

Rachel, here's a thought on the terrarium. A small butterfly or a couple of ladybugs, etc. to really set the scen e. With the foliage you already have in there, anyt insect variety would work and give it that natural uality you may be looking for. good luck. Enjoyed your process. And you're right--time spent in creation is never time wasted. :D

I wish we had big "thrift stores" in the UK; closest we have are charity shops which are often very small, ie shop floor the size of one room, and overpriced. That cabinet is a DREAM.

That landscape is stunning. I love the color blocking and the white sky. Beautiful

Hello, vintage schoolmarm!Rachel. Loving the look. And then you get +5 teacher points for mentioning diction. Thank you for posting. Any break from the horrors of reality is greatly appreciated. Always exciting to watch people getting crafty. I have ideas and get things and then suffer crippling anxiety about what to do or my lack of skill to pull it off if I *can* make a decision, and so do nothing but clutter my house. Still nice to watch other people pull it off though. Lovely hit of Frodo; much needed. So cute. Curious: did you guys pick a name for the property yet?

I love the idea of painting a landscape from a special memory! Yours turned out so beautifully, and you’ve definitely inspired me. I will absolutely be doing this.

I would put battery operated lights in that clear cabinet to make it like a little lamp. You could change out with flowers or a picture that makes you feel happy. Its all so cute!

I’m in the ER right now and this video is keeping me sane. It’s all so cute and you make it look fun and easy. Even the hard part.

Yes, Rachel will address the streak of paint in her hair at 5:30 Now please let's move along everyone, and mind your step. We still have a lot of interesting content to see in today's video.

Only Rachel could make a video with an entire section only with sanding actually funny and entertaining!! Loving the endeavor so far!

The plastidip idea is BRILLIANT. I may have to do that when I paint my skulls. Been trying to get a chrome finish on one but it's wayyy too porous.

It means so much that a creator I enjoy mentioned the conflict in Ukraine!! I have some relatives there right now, and I haven't seen any other creators I like saying anything about this!! Thank you so much!

That thrift up terrarium idea is boss! My friend’s birthday is next month and she does love plants. I think I’ll try to make a version of that ✨but make it hippie hillbilly✨ so it fits her aesthetic. Thanks Rachel you’re coming through with birthday ideas! Stay epic Troll floor Queen!

Your painting is so good! I was not expecting much because the pic you chose was a lot of monotone green which is so hard to paint, but your painting was very pretty! Definitely the spirit of the image with more visual interest. Wish I had a drop of that talent lol

your blackboard and little map are awesome backdrops!! The dressing table too.

This whole video was great, but 'Y'all ready to paint?' was a completely unexpected highlight. I busted out laughing.

The cabinet looks lovely! And Bob Ross definitely sent Rachel some inspiration - she ended up painting a lot of tree friends XD

DUUUUDE!!!! I'm just getting into the upcycling process of decorating my new home! I LOOOVE paint stripper - I literally wanted to remove the paint from EVERYTHING IN MY SIGHT after the first time I used it

I absolutely love how the little cabinet came out. It gives me a victorian vibe.

With the cabinet you could screw in some hooks at the top and hang jewellery in it!