Empty Apartment Tour & My Home Decor Inspo

[Music] i figured there's no better place to film this intro than my old empty bedroom i'm super excited finally moved into a new spot i filmed the whole process so there will be several moving vlogs coming soon it was definitely a pain in the butt to get done so i'm excited to bring you guys a little empty apartment tour and then i was inspired by jenny over the channel where i live last summer i saw her do a video kind of talking through some of her like apartment home decor inspiration so that was a cool idea for the video because i feel like i get a lot of questions about where i get inspiration or what photos inspire me when it comes to decorating so i'm gonna be kind of sharing that a little bit later in the video which i'm excited about please keep in mind it has been a journey to get to where i'm at today the first ever apartment i lived in new york city was a two-bedroom with six girls i literally lived in a crawl space where i couldn't even fully sit up my head would hit the ceiling if i tried to sit up just a single mattress in a communal living space and then right here is the space that i am renting yeah welcome to my humble abode mattress and then this over here is all their storage area the only place for me to store my clothes is here so i've been using these and then the rest i just kind of tried to lay out in neat piles and then my shoes are here my toiletries etc and so it's a little awkward because if people are in the kitchen or in the living room the last apartment here in new york was a railroad apartment with this roommate who was not kind and just very messy and to get to my bedroom i have to walk through her bedroom every single time to like go out to like the kitchen or the bathroom it'd be so awkward like i'd have to go through her room thing it was miserable so it has been a journey to get to where i am today if you're out there and you're in a crappy living situation i promise it does not have to be forever eventually there will be some growth and change in your life so just hold on for the ride i feel like this past year was definitely a journey of figuring out like what's important in my life at the moment and so much of that is like my home space because i am home 98 of the time having a place that feels comfortable in my own and a place where i can like work and film and do all these other things that i used to like rent out in other places and since i'm no longer doing that like all that now is basically just my apartment in this new apartment was crazy it's not that much more expensive than where i'm currently at because there was even that effective rate so we got like two months free and it was just like a really really good coconut deal i talked about a little bit my apartment hunting video if you want to check that out so today's sponsor i'm gonna tell you guys real quick before i show you guys the new apartment as well front as i mentioned other financial related videos i think welfare is a credible option 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you guys to the new apartment show you guys around and kind of talk a little bit more about decor inspiration so you stir on the ground floor and walk up a set of steps here to the big room [Music] over here you've got a nice little coat closet the first bathroom is down here and i'm doing this at night so obviously it's a bit dark but she's looking good so the previous owner left some items behind which is pretty incredible that we don't worry about a couch and a dining room table as well as some kitchen appliances i'll definitely get some more shots during the day but i wanted to get a just empty tour before the movers come look at all this space this is insane so now we go up to the second floor [Music] there is access to the roof there's a little sunroof up there okay i still have this on a nice mirror right when you walk in and then here is the second bathroom i'm obsessed with the black [Music] i feel like the black is so chic and there is a washer and dryer in here which is crazy to me so after the bathroom there's another coat closet here which is great storage here is the smaller room which will be natalie's room there's a nice closet right here the bed frame was left behind and then the cutest little balcony which is such a bonus as you can see it's like super snow covered at the moment finally here's my room again a few pieces have been left behind which i'm not mad about this tv this chair and it is so spacious in here it's definitely significantly bigger than my last spot i mean hello look at this closet and i'm only paying just a couple hundred dollars more because the new york city market is absolutely crazy right now so that's how my apartment looks currently at night time the mover is about to come and i'm about to have a bunch of boxes to fill up the space and kind of officially move in tonight's the first night or i'm sleeping in here which is kind of crazy so let's get to moving hello for me slightly in the future give or take by a couple days i'm more moved in than when you saw in that last clip i wanted to sit down with you guys and kind of look through some decor apartment inspo as i start to kind of figure out what i want this apartment to look like i got my laptop here and my phone i'm basically going to just go through some of my own inspiration where i find inspiration how i kind of like start to think about decorating because i know it can be a daunting task to kind of figure out like how to make a space look the way you want it to look or like look cool and fit your style so first and foremost where do i find my inspiration i find it primarily from pinterest i've been a pinterest gal for many a year i love just like collecting thoughts and inspiration there and so that's definitely a big one for me so i have a couple different boards i have one that's just dedicated to like apartments in general i have one that's dedicated to my bedroom one that's dedicated to wall art that i like and then one that me and natalie have together to kind of figure out what decor we collectively like i feel like these days i kind of want to like switch up my overall apartment i think what's helpful for me is actually looking at kind of just like inspiration photos in general because i feel like when i kind of have an idea for like the decor inspiration so like wall art specifically it's easier to kind of figure out the rest of the pieces to go with it so in my board with natalie i pinned quite a few random just art pieces in general that wouldn't necessarily correlate great until like an on-the-wall type of art display but just like the overall like vibe of it if that makes sense and i feel like that's really helpful to kind of figure out like okay what color schemes do i gravitate towards what kind of just like style and like genre do i like because i usually end up tying together with a lot of other pieces like once i kind of figure out art that i enjoy i think it's easier to figure out like the pillows that will go with it or the other little knick-knacks that the room will kind of like have alongside it so here's a little scroll down my wall art page just some stuff my eye has gravitated towards jenny joked about this too but i feel like i always end up pinning things or i'm like i don't live in an italian villa like never will my space look like what i'm pinning but you know sometimes it's just so beautiful they can't resist like i'm never gonna have a space that looks like this but like um i would take all those windows in a heartbeat or like this like are you kidding me i literally live in new york like why why do i think i'm gonna have a floor-length library some of it's just unrealistic but it's fun to look it's fun to dream and then there's other times i pin things because there's very specific things i like for example this gal i fall on instagram too she has the cutest style and while again my room's not gonna look like this and i love this bookshelf in the back and so i pinned it to keep in mind that i want to get a floating bookshelf like that and maybe put a plant on top there's another photo of it as well and i feel like a lot of the photos that i end up saving i save just because i like the overall like vibe aesthetic for a lack of better terms what was fun to do with natalie is we both kind of added in our different styles it's helpful if you have a roommate who also enjoys decor to make sure you guys are kind of on the same wavelength i also find it helpful to kind of pin different like setups on desks or shelves or color schemes because sometimes you can have like your bedside table or you buy a new bookshelf and it's kind of like okay how the heck do i actually decorate it to make it look cool and i a lot of times find inspiration from like seeing how somebody put like a candle next to a lamp next to a set of books and looks cuter than i might have figured out fully on my own i also like looking at people's gallery walls on pinterest um to kind of get inspiration of like how they paired together different color schemes how they set up the art on the actual wall to like look a certain way for some reason i pinned so many damn dinner party photos i think i'm just really excited to finally have a dining table and so even just seeing the way people set up you know their candles and their food and like set a whole little mood for the evening i love to look at again like i gravitate towards certain things like okay i pinned these chairs a million times like maybe that means something i'm quite a fan or even just like the carpet here with this couch color i think is super cute or like this little east village poster i think is really cute for potential decor so here are also a whole bunch of different layouts that i really like and design i like for a little install for you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] doesn't get too long i hope you guys enjoyed this has been really fun for me to kind of document this apartment 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Channel: Elena Taber

Views: 198,695

Keywords: nyc apartment tour, apartment tour, empty apartment tour, nyc apartment, elena taber, nyc home, nyc decor, home decor, home decor inspo, new apartment

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Length: 12min 0sec (720 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 08 2021