She took the idea of “remote work” literally.
A New England woman left her 9-to-5 job to live off the grid in a cabin in the woods.
Ally Marie Brown, 25, posts videos to her YouTube channel of her move from corporate America to a life in nature that has her bathing in icy water and drinking sap.
She recently shared a video showing her completion of a two-and-a-half-year renovation of her cabin with the help of her boyfriend, Kyle Dempsey, 31.
Brown told her 46,000 subscribers that when the project began, she didn’t know how to operate a power tool — now she’s become a pro at drilling, hammering, sawing and more.
She says furniture pieces in their home were built from scratch, such as the kitchen cabinets, their bed frame and the ladder leading to a lofted bed.
To cook, they installed a gas stove, and they use the river as a source of water.
Brown even posted a video in the winter where she can be seen walking down to the river in the nude to bathe. She cut a hole in the ice.
She also took to gardening to feed herself and began tapping birch trees for “thirst-quenching, nutrient-infused” sap.
When their remote home was under construction, Brown and Dempsey split their time between the cabin and an apartment in town. Now they’re fully immersed in the off-grid lifestyle.
The couple finished the final touches of their cabin with a red tin roof and shingle sidings.
Despite some difficulties, Brown described the renovations as a “fun journey.”
“It’s just been such a rush and a learning experience, and though it has come with its ups and downs, overall, there’s just nothing like it,” Brown said in one video. “I feel so, so grateful to be able to do this, and it’s such a beautiful place.”
The Post reached out to Brown for comment.
Even though she quit her corporate job, Brown isn’t done working for good.
She learned how to make natural beauty products and now runs a business out of her cabin using ingredients she finds in the great outdoors.
On her Etsy page LucidLavenderCo, she sells organic anxiety oil for $28, organic hair and scalp oil for $44, and more.
Meanwhile, Dempsey spends his time working as a photographer and videographer — and he also has a coffee business called Trout and Coffee.
Living in the woods isn’t exactly a walk in the park.
“It’s been a rough season. The drought is intense and ruthless, and to water the plants, Kyle and I have to take multiple, exhaustive trips back and forth to the river with buckets,” Brown wrote in an Instagram caption last year.
“It’s in times like these that I remember the saying about having the serenity to accept what you can’t change, the courage to change what you can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Essentially, don’t stress what’s out of your control.”
In another Instagram post last year, Brown admitted she used to “find the winter season dreary, relentless and bitter” — now she embraces it.
“I’ve learned to cherish it. The crisp air wakes you up inside and out, the trails become skiable, the frozen water allows you to skate, and I love watching the snow shift colors with the sky. Though there is plenty to do this time of year, it’s also a time to be okay taking it easy,” she wrote.
Brown told the Daily Mail that the hardest part of living in a cabin in the woods is “probably living without a toilet.”
“To be honest not having a bathroom is not that bad, but I never had to deal with it for extended periods of time in the past,” she said. “When it’s cold or rainy, it’s especially tricky.”
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