Many of their projects have a "build-as-you-go" feel, he said, and he often finds himself trying to bring his partner down to earth. ![]() The two clash in the first episode when DiMeo and the client want to raise the frame of the camp the old fashioned way using "gin poles," but Bakaitis thinks using his excavator would be faster and safer. One client suggested they get marriage counseling. Viewers should enjoy watching Bakaitis and DiMeo work together, said Verschoor, as the two both love what they do and are experts, but approach things from different angles. In the future, they do hope to take on builds across the country." "The area they're currently building in is in the Southern Vermont/Upstate New York area, an area with a very heavy cabin culture. "We're documenting the startup of this cabin building business, and the Cabin Kings are headquartered in Hoosick Falls, New York," Verschoor told the Reformer. He pitched the idea to National Geographic, which liked the outdoors angle. The two have formed a business, Cabin Kings, and the show, "Building Wild," is about them making a go of it, said Verschoor. "We got a lot of good ideas and decided to build them for other people," Bakaitis said. Bakaitis had built five and showed them off to DiMeo. He said he knew DiMeo through "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," and introduced him to Bakaitis one day.Īs it turns out, Bakaitis and DiMeo share a love of building, especially cabins. "We rode the school bus together," said Verschoor, who owns a home in Hoosick Falls. Verschoor and Bakaitis have known each other since they were children. "He just doesn't know what it takes to pull a job off." He's a hoot to follow around," said Bakaitis of his business partner. Verschoor produced the first four years of the MTV series "The Real World."ĭiMeo, said Verschoor, is more of a dreamer whose ideas often rankle his partner in terms of their feasibility. "You can see it in the first episode, Tuffy is a practical guy," the show's producer, George Verschoor, told the Bennington Banner. Together, they create wilderness getaways, transforming discarded materials into fabulous contraptions and overcoming outrageous building challenges along the way. ![]() DiMeo is a city boy at heart and Bakaitis is a gruff, logical woodsman.
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