We Turned Grass Into Wall Art

Hi guys! We're Evan and Katelyn and, as you know, we can't keep a plant alive. We cannot keep a plant alive. We are very lucky keeping plants alive. EVAN: How are you? Do those plants do it? They are not doing well. Except you, little one. It will be OK. But we still wanted to add some greenery to our patio, so today we're going to fake it with a faux plant

wall

. I don't know why I hugged the

wall

. (Both laugh) Okay, we have to do that. Thank you Lowe's, thank you Lowe's for sponsoring this video. (Both laugh) KATELYN: This all started when we were walking through Lowe's one day and noticed the artificial

grass

that you can order online and decided we wanted to hang it on the wall.

Remember those geometric wooden works of art that everyone made for a while? Well, now people make it with wood and moss which looks super cool, but we wanted to use this artificial

grass

because it is designed to be outdoors and the most important thing is that it cannot die. (creepy sound) So we mocked up a design in Photoshop, played with the backgrounds of how much wood versus how much grass and once we got it where we liked it, it was time to start cutting our wood pieces. Wait a second, let's get this ready. Oh hello. I didn't see you there. (Laughs) We admired our new lawn workbench.

You know, I wouldn't be against this. It makes me happy for some reason. It would be covered in resin, but yeah, it's very cheerful. It's so joyful. Well, anyway, we have everything we need and we're ready to go. So to make this a little easier to follow, I think we should outline the basic elements of this build. While you do that, I'm going to cut. Well, there are actually five parts to this. First we are going to have the vertical planks, which we will use as a fastening point to the house. Then we're going to have the frame, which will outline the edges and make it look pretty.

Then we have the slats that we use as support to keep the grass off and I think the grass is an element. And lastly, there are the wooden chevron designs that we put on top. All good, do you want to see if they fit? Oh yeah. I also cut two of them the wrong size, yes. So these are going to wait. KATELYN: They don't fit? No, no, they fit perfectly. KATELYN: Yes. They are welcoming. But we're going to go ahead and attach it to this wooden board here, which to me is a lot less intimidating than screwing in the actual stone.

So I think this is a success. KATELYN: Okay, legs ready! Well, we've checked the length of two of the pieces, so I'm sure the other eight are fine and I'm going to start gluing them together. Let's just do it. Oh, let me get him out of the car. I have already. Oh! You're so good, look at you baby! EVAN: Hello darling! KATELYN: Okay, go ahead. (Evan makes noises) I'm sorry to stop that. (laughs) So our goal for today is to make sure all the glue is ready. We usually glue in several places, you know, because it's a little safer.

There are simply fewer variables that can go wrong. Today we don't do that, we add all the variables. Okay, now help me pinpoint the position. It's right here. Well, we can do it. No do not do that. That looks good. EVAN: Okay, I'm going to nail it down. Am I going to be the clamp? EVAN: You are the clamp. (Laughs) Are you ready? EVAN: No! (air nail gun) One less. Well. Now much more. (nail gun sound speeds up) (nail gun falls) Oh my God. (slow motion effect) Oh my god. Well, slowly, I don't think that was captured.

Slowly, carefully, slowly, carefully. (piano music) Well, this might be what I'm most excited about. The slats. I hope we can leave this. (victory bell) Yes! (Claps) Oh, yes. Just drop this one and nail it. We designed this to be the perfect height for a fence post. (Evan laughs) Because. Because we don't do that like cutting or doing jobs that we don't have to do. "Lazy" is not the right word. Efficient. Efficient. I think that's all! (Applause) Our glue is ready! EVAN: I really want to spread the grass on top of this, but we should probably go ahead and finish it first.

That's a good idea, team. I don't know why I said it like that. (Both laugh) I'm getting hungry. Oh, are you okay? Yeah. (Laughs) So we had pizza and we're ready to start again. (Both laugh) Initially we weren't going to finish this because technically you don't need to finish cedar to stay outside, but many of you in our last video, the patio makeover, suggested painting or finishing the fence so it wouldn't fade. and we're going to do the same thing here so it doesn't fade and then we'll do the fence. I rubbed my eyebrows. Oh. Do they look good?

They look fantastic. (Both laugh) You have the pizza laughing. (Both laugh) Pizza makes you happy. (Katelyn laughs) KATELYN: Oh, it's thick. Okay, so we're basically going to cover the parts of this that the sun will see, since our main reason for doing this is to prevent it from fading in UV light. We should probably spend time on this, most people know how to use a brush. But do they do it? While we finished the frame, we also decided to go ahead and make the boards that will make up our chevron pieces later. Well, this is almost the penultimate step.

Add the herb. Hurrah! So we've already made some test cuts. It cuts quite easily. The main thing we're going to do while we're putting this up is try to get it in the right place because if you look at how the grass is laid out, there are these rows of grass, so when you open it up you can actually staple the back of the fabric directly to timber. Because I did, when I was trying this for the first time, I did like this. And you can see that I just enjoyed the weed. KATELYN: So this might be a little annoying.

Spread it out, don't fix it properly, but overall it should be pretty simple. So this advantage here can go... Oh! (laughs) Oh, I'm sorry! (slow motion effect) Did I hit you in the face? No no no, I'm fine. Well ok. Is this satisfactory? A nice street to cut. Please don't let this get too short. It is perfect! Nice! (sad piano music) Don't let this be too short. It is perfect! No, that is not! Oh! (Sad piano continues) They took him out. Oh no! Oh no. Well well. We didn't cut it all the way, we didn't cut it all the way.

Just... Can we just staple that seam? Yes. It's okay, everything is okay. Nobody panics. Oh darling. Let's try again. Okay, let's try this again while I hold it in place. Sorry, you guys can't see the satisfactory cut. (rock & roll music) Okay. Oh, that failure is so sad! Oh no. EVAN: Okay, okay. We'll put it like it never happened. It looks great here. He's nodding here. Okay, Katelyn, now that you're one with the weed. The next step is to staple my people to their wooden prison. Get on. (Evan laughs) I make a lot of noise. EVAN: Right there.

Fire the nail gun. KATELYN: Let's staple that together. EVAN: There you are. This can be done while I figure that out. We do one for the camera and then we have a snack and then time is up. (rock & roll music) Well, it's the final part of this project. We're going to add wooden chevron designs and since it's a mirror image of itself, we'll just make a quadrant and then use those pieces to figure out the rest. Thank you. (Buzz saw a buzz) (Rock music) EVAN: Let's stop here and check these clamps because I see some of them like, like, Spinning and stuff.

It changes a little. Do you mean everyone next to me? (laughs) EVAN: We'll ruin some like this. It seems pretty stable. (Rock music) Ta-dah! It seems like we just thought about it! It's literally the Photoshop model in real life. It's amazing! Nice! This was what was wrong here. KATELYN: Yes. EVAN: A blank wall and now it's a work of art. KATELYN: I was really worried it would be too big in real life, but it's perfect! I love it. Yes. Now we can caress our grass wall whenever we want. Like normal people. (both laugh) I just like to do an Instagram, like- This is safe, yeah, this is an Instagram- (both laugh) It's an Instagram-friendly location.

Instagram friendly wallpaper for us. Yes, but it was a lot of fun with common materials in a very unusual way, so it may inspire some of our next projects. (upbeat music) I hope you enjoyed today's video and we hope to see you in the next one. BOTH: Goodbye! Subscribe, watch our gaming channel. The usual. BOTH: Goodbye! Boop! Test the sound. Hi guys, we're Evan. (Both laugh) And Katelyn! We are Katelyn, we are all Katelyns on this glorious day. Hey man (Laughs) Oh, sorry. (Laughs) I took out my knife. (Laughs) It's not that kind of video. What kind of video is that?

Don't know. Bad boy. I'm a bad boy. (laughs) KATELYN: What was that? Nothing. And this slime ball, we finally have more slime balls so we can do Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Where did you get the slime balls? I was in the cave, exploring, and I found some slime. When have you explored caves? I wasn't exploring caves without you, I was just killing zombies. Running to the ravine to do this with you. (Evan is choked by a creepy noise) I feel betrayed. EVAN: I'm sorry.