THE REVEAL! ✨400 SQ FT SMALL LOFT APARTMENT MAKEOVER (From Start to Finish) Part 2

Today's video is kindly sponsored by SimpliSafe. Hi everybody, welcome back to part two of Kelsey's extreme, small, 440 square foot, tiny, loft, industrial makeover. If you guys happen to miss part one, definitely use the link or card up here, and then I'll also link it in the description box below because it is definitely like the preface to part two, of course. In part one, we went ahead and kind of removed everything. I gave you guys an empty loft tour. I shared with you some of the new furniture that's going in. We painted a really cool art toy that's going behind the bed. And in today's video is all of the finishing touches. So we're doing some gallery walls, some decor, some DIY, and of course, the reveal, which is my most favorite part of any makeover. If you watched part one, you would have seen just 24 hours before leaving Los Angeles to fly there, we found out that the space was 10 less feet than what it was actually supposed to be. Wait, I, I, I really- Fifteen? Fifteen. Twenty-five! And of course, that threw a humongous wrench in my floor plans because a lot of you guys probably saw the bed was originally gonna go on the brick wall and then the couch was just gonna go on the white wall. And a lot of people were commenting about that in part one. I do want to mention that because so many people were like, why would you ever want the bed next to the kitchen? And, you know, you're waking up and you're looking at your kitchen. I kind of had to reconfigure it a bit. Kelsey truly just doesn't really mind her bed being close to the kitchen anyways because she doesn't use the kitchen very often, so it's not super accessible to her. And she actually mentioned to me that it's really nice having that counter area right there when she gets out of bed in the morning to be able to transfer herself into the scooter. So I just wanted to give you guys kind of the direction. I just felt like the orientation I opted for was the best one for Kelsey's personal lifestyle and gave her more space to live in and Duke more space to live in as well. But no more blabbering, you guys. We are jumping into part two of this makeover because there is a lot to go over still and I am so excited for you to see the reveal, so let's dive on in. Good morning, you guys! Day three over at Kelsey's apartment. And I thought I'd start off today by hanging up this lovely TV here. I'm not the biggest fan of mounting TVs, so I thought I'd do it off camera for you guys. And it'll be hung in three, two, one. And there she is on the wall! It took me like four hours. I was really struggling, you guys, but it is up and it's beautiful. It is more on the right side of the console and that's because I want to put some artwork around here to add some interest to the wall. So I thought I would put the actual TV more on the bottom right side so it's closer to the couch area and the bed. It's on a swivel mount as well, so kind of hard to do with one hand and trying to film, but I could swivel it, as you could see, over to the couch area so you can watch it from the couch and then it's just directly across from the TV. So it's viewable from really everywhere in the studio. But I do want to go ahead and jump into making the bed and get a visual, like, look at all the coloring and the space with the arched wall that we did and all that sort of stuff. So the TV is up. It looks really, really great. But let's get to making the bed. The bed has been styled and I love it. The lighting sucks right now, but I'll give you guys an actual, like, representation of what this looks like maybe tomorrow morning. But I really love all of the colors here. Some brown tones back here. This lumbar has a lot of really fun, kind of, like, muted colors in it. It has some purple and some tan and there's some green in there too. I did three kind of larger throw pillows back there, then two, and then a lumbar, and then added a throw blanket. We also noticed that Kelsey had these little, you know, storage bins over in her desk area and we're gonna grab a couple more of them because we thought it would be really cute in order to kind of hide some of the stuff under the bed was to do four storage bins at the end and then the dog bed will go right, kind of, at the end of those as well to act, first of all, as extra storage. But it also looks really pretty, um, in, like, combination with the bed area. At the moment, we are taking all of our frames. As you guys can see, there's a ton of frames here. Kelsey already had some and we bought a couple more at Target because I want to create a gallery wall in this area. So incorporating the TV and then just some artwork to add some interest. So let's get to gallery walling. These are literally just the cardboard pieces on the back. I didn't want to go through and make these paper templates to start just because this was just quicker and easier but I did go back through and make paper templates of all the frames and I also added the nail hole as well so I could plop these up in place of their current spot. Add a nail and then we can add all the frames. Now, in the center here, I actually opted to do a record because we didn't have any frames that were square and I just needed a little bit of a different shape in there so I added a record. I love it. And I'm gonna do the artwork actually tomorrow just because I'm gonna order it and get it printed tonight and we can pop it in tomorrow but let's add up all the frames. I just found out that Kelsey has a ukulele and how cute, you guys, would this be styled on the gallery wall? Are you kidding? I think it adds a nice bit of organic shape too and I think this would look so cute on here so I want to figure out how to mount it. Not too sure though. Upon arriving to Kelsey's this morning, we noticed a super exciting delivery came and it was her SimpliSafe home security system which if you guys do not have a home security system listen up because SimpliSafe is the one for you. SimpliSafe actually allows you to design a system that is best for your space and it ships directly to your doorstep. So they have a ton of different sensors to cover every single window, room, and door plus a ton of great extras like water sensors, smoke detectors, HD cameras, and doorbell cameras. So your home is basically professionally monitored 24-7 and if anything happens, SimpliSafe's team will make sure to call the authorities immediately. And one of the first questions Kelsey asked me when I told her I was gonna install this is how much is the monthly fee? 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This is actually the second to last day. We are leaving tomorrow at 4 o'clock so everything has to be wrapped up tomorrow by 4. Reveal everything. So I started this morning already adding the rug under the couch, this little coffee table which I believe is actually a side table. Picked this up for $50 at the at-home store. Some pillows on here and then also added this really cute orb light from Article which I love. But the first thing I really want to start on this morning is actually working on the nook space. Now this area is not going to have much done to it just because it's pretty cramped. We need Kelsey to be able to get in and out of there but she does work at the desk all the time doing her school work. So we're just going to make it a little bit cuter over here. I got a new desk lamp, a couple of hanging plants and that is because there's a large I guess focal piece in the nook and I'll share with you guys what it is. It's actually Kelsey's bearded dragon named Agronon which is in the corner of the nook in this humongous cage which sits on top of her bookshelf which is perfect. I'm just going to leave all of this just as is. But she does have a bearded dragon over here which is kind of cool. I'm a little bit terrified myself but he looks nice to be quite honest. Oh my gosh Marie, what are you doing? It's my new accessory. He's staying here. I believe all this area actually is going to probably stay as is. Maybe going to clean this up. I actually picked up from HomeGoods last night a new desk chair for Kelsey and then also a plant here. This is a faux rubber plant just to kind of block the side of this cage here to almost make it appear a bit cuter when you're looking into the nook area. And then we're going to do a little bit of styling over here, hang an artwork piece and maybe like a hanging plant up there and call this a day so let's get started. I want to go ahead and add some artwork to the little nook area but Kelsey actually had this already. I'm going to go through and just spray paint the frame black just to pull in some more of the black from here. It's kind of like this whitewashed effect which I think kind of gives off a farmhouse vibe so I'm going to spray paint this black, pop it in the nook area and then just finish off adding a couple pieces of styling. While I had the spray paint already out, I decided to spray paint a couple of older candle holders that Kelsey already had in her collection so just to update them for the design style I'm going for for this face. Just finished up the little nook area and I'm going to head over to our little gallery wall. I actually had all of the prints printed this morning. I picked up literally a pack of like 10 European vintage style art prints on Etsy for $10 and I literally just selected four of them and had them printed at a local print shop down the street. I'm going to pop them in the frames over there so that we can get these up and then style the top of the console as well. We're actually going to be styling the entire console with decor she already had. Every little piece of decor you see on top of this console was actually something Kelsey already owned prior and I did pop in a wood candle from my online store. The carved wood candles are the best. I just went ahead and styled the media console area and I lowered the shelf in here because we're actually going to put Kelsey's Instapot in here because there is not storage on the kitchen countertop. She had this literally out on the counter and there's really not much counter space so I figured why not store it in the media unit. Here is her new home. Goodbye! When it came to the kitchen and Kelsey's space, she doesn't use it too often so I just wanted to make sure that there was clear counter space, the necessities that you kind of need in your kitchen area, and also to add a couple of decor elements just to make it overall look really cute. Little progress update. Almost everything has been added to the space. I added a couple of hanging plants up there. As you can see, the sun's kind of going down so it's a little darker in here. I also added a hanging plant right here by the window as well and then one in the nook. So we have a ton of hanging plants but I personally love that. We're just gonna go around, give the floor a quick vacuum everywhere, then head into the bathroom area. And in the bathroom area, I'm just going to be doing a kind of feature wall in there. So I actually wasn't planning on doing the bathroom just because we were just gonna be doing the whole outside space and the bathroom wasn't a huge concern for Kelsey at all. But I wanted to surprise her and we got some peel-and-stick wallpaper at Target so I'm gonna do one peel-and-stick wallpaper wall, pop in a few cute accessories just so it has a little bit of a transformation to match the other vibes in the space. Yeah, and really all that's left is doing our feature wall in the bathroom, decorating it, and we are good. To give you guys an idea of what her bathroom looks like, it's actually very, very spacious. And this is the wall that I want to do the feature wall on. Just gonna do one so that it's nice, you know, when she's looking in the mirror. There's a fun pattern behind here which I think will be quite nice. Now the wallpaper I opted for is this one from Opal House. It's like these tannish, kind of textured polka dot pattern. And I think it's just gonna look really cute. I got three rolls of this and we're gonna start hanging this up. I've done peel-and-stick wallpaper so many times, you guys, so I feel like it's pretty self-explanatory. So we're just gonna go on, speed through the process, uh, and we could get this bathroom done. I always suggest having an X-Acto knife on hand when you're doing peel-and-stick wallpaper. And then also just simply remove any towel racks or hooks prior to doing your wallpaper. It will create such a seamless finish. I popped down this really cute terracotta rug and a couple towels to match. Good morning, guys! It is reveal day at Kelsey's apartment. I cannot believe it has come time to reveal this space to her. I am so, so excited. It is currently around 10.30. She's gonna be over here at like 11, 11.15-ish. But I texted my mom the other day and I was like, can you please send me some stuff from my online shop? Because there were some really cute things to incorporate into Kelsey's place. And I got a box this morning. I thought I'd share them with you guys. So these are the items I picked up from my store. I got her the Inez bone frame, which is so pretty. It has a bone inlay. And I just love the design around here. It's a 5x7. And then I got her the Mini Charmer face planter, which these are literally one of the most popular items on the site. They are so cute. And she has some plants that I wanted to go ahead and re-kind of migrate into this pot. And then this one, you guys, Kelsey has big boobs. And we always talk about that. Like, it's just like an inside joke in our whole, like, front group. And so essentially, I got her the boob planter from my online store. This also comes in a butt version, which is so cute. I had these custom-made actually. And it's my first ever custom item on the website. And it's just so cute. So if you want a boob or a butt planter, those are also available. And last but not least, I got her the You Rock candle, which I actually am just going to put on the coffee table right about there. I thought that'd be a cute little accent. Gonna place those really quickly. And then I have one piece of DIY artwork that I want to add as well. We added a little Lone Fox hat right here for Kelsey, because she wanted a Lone Fox hat. So I made sure my mom sent one of those over as well. And the finishing touch is just this little minimal spackle art piece I created last night, literally at midnight, with the help from Kelsey's dog, Duke. Are you helping me make a project for Kelsey? Oh, he's the cutest. We're making it literally in the living room, but it's going to be covering up this electrical box here, just because it's really not that cute. And I just used what I had on hand for a quick last-minute project. So I'm gonna hang that up right there. And then it is time to reveal the space to Kelsey. You guys, my heart is beating so fast right now. Kelsey is outside of the apartment, and she is about to see the reveal of what we have been working on for the past four days. Now, I am so excited to share it with her. We have the TikTok frame set up here. We have YouTube frame by Marie in the back. And I guess I'm just gonna go ahead and grab her. This is the moment. We have been planning this for Kelsey for so long, while we've been wanting to do it. We always talk to her about it. So this is so exciting. I don't really know what else to say, other than I'm so excited for you to see it, and I hope that you love it. And you can open your eyes in three, two, one. Oh my god! So I'll give you a tour. Oh my gosh, look! Duke's already in his bed! Do you like it? We didn't move your kitchen, so it's still here, located in this area. Added a little bit of new styling here, but kept it pretty much how you left it. Just cause you had it pretty good already. And then, over in this section here, this is what we painted. So Kelsey knew we were painting something, but she didn't exactly know what we were painting, and she was kind of skeptical about it. So we did this, like, archway just to add a little, like, feminine element. So we did all the bedding, which is really cute, and we put these little baskets under the end, just for more storage. I know that you wanted to keep your chair. So we kept that, and then did your little key in this. Or a light, which is so cute. And then, here's your new seating area, Kelsey. I love it! We did, like, this little side coffee table station, just so it wasn't, like, really big. And you can kind of, like, move it around as you need to, and it's not super heavy or anything. I love this. I love this. Isn't this so pretty? I just love this whole area. I feel like it looks very, like, art deco, but, like, modern, and, I don't know, it's just kind of fun. Um, and then we did all these, like, European-style artworks in here, because we noticed you had a lot of European-style artwork. So, you can swivel it to the couch if you want to watch it from the couch. Okay, nice. Kind of stayed the same, got you, like, just, like, cleaned it up a little bit. Yeah, yeah. Oh my god, it's bright! There's, like, so many hanging plants, but they're literally all faux, so you probably have to water it. So then, Kelsey, we weren't gonna do, like, the bathroom area, just because we thought this space was gonna take so long, but I had a little bit of extra time yesterday, and I got some stuff for the bathroom, so I thought I'd just share with you. It's just, like, a little miniature update so that it kind of matches everything else. But, if you come in, we just did this really cute wall. Oh my god, what? Oh my gosh! Yay! Thank you! Thank you guys so much! I want to, Kelsey! This is so nice! And Duke loves it! You deserve it, Kelsey. That finishes off the final part of Kelsey's apartment makeover, and I hope that you guys enjoyed this video. It was such a fun one for me to create for you guys, and it was a little bit of a different space, just because I did have the challenge of making sure everything was accessible for her, and I also, of course, had the challenge of a very, very, very small space. The size changed just the day before leaving, which was such a crazy thing to think about, because literally the day before I left, you guys, I was in my head, like, what is gonna happen? What is fitting in here? I have no idea, and I figured I was just gonna figure it out when I got there, and I feel like that is exactly what I did. So I hope that you guys enjoyed this video, and it gave you some insight or some design inspiration for your personal space, and please give it a thumbs up if you did enjoy! And if you are not already, make sure to subscribe to my channel. I post brand new home decor and DIY content every single week, and make sure to click that bell icon next to the subscribe button, even if you haven't already. 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