EXTREME 253 Sq Ft Studio Apartment Makeover | Mid-Century Modern Style

hey guys welcome back to my channel I'm

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a makeover to do so wow that looks

stunning oh my god let's get started

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today I am making over gokan's studio

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let's hop on a call and chat with Goan

about what he envisions for this space

nice to meet you you're a real person oh

my God okay so are

you I am so excited about your space I

feel like you have so many great pieces

oh thank you took a lot of time on

Marketplace okay so the point of this

call really is just for me to get to

know your space and like what you're

looking for tell me all about your space

I took some notes okay love that I'm

also taking notes so what I do like is

that it's like a huge just open space so

I can kind of do whatever with it

there's a lot of space that I can like

host cuz I have friends over all the

time because it's a studio and I have my

bedroom my living space and also a

little bit of my Works Space in the same

room I've tried to configure it with

furniture without blocking anything

because I don't get a lot of light I

have one window it's a big window but I

have one window yeah that's pretty much

it in terms of what's working I feel

like also you missed an important thing

on that list which is your furniture is

working for you like have beautiful

pieces yes I like a lot of eclectic

stuff like my coffee table is very

postmodern whereas my TV credenza is

very midcentury I like the D position of

that it just makes it interesting right

you have such a great base for us to

work with you just need that kind of

extra push pulling it all together I

need the dots connected I have the map I

have dots I just need to connect them

okay so walk me through what's not

working for you or like things that you

are hopeful for in this makeover I guess

firstly because you kind of just enter

into theace face I would like something

that feels slightly separated in terms

of like where you take off your shoes I

want like a little bit of feeling of

like stop here for a second do the

things and then go into the space yeah

in terms of the living space the reason

I only have just a couch is because I'm

so picky about the armchairs that I've

been trying to find I want something

that's kind of low because I don't want

to block out the windows sofas that are

modular something that's easily movable

but also when I have people over I

wanted to be conversational and we're

facing each other even though I do have

a TV I don't NE there like the idea of

like just everyone's facing towards a TV

when you host is everyone kind of

gathering in that living space are they

in your bedroom area like what's what's

the vibe oh my God yes that's the thing

I would like them to stay in the lounge

area yes okay yeah people end up like

sitting on the bed as well and it's so

funny when you go into a studio you're

like I guess I'm gonna sit on your bed

like it's just what people do yes I'm

like those are your outside clothes

please okay cool because I'm on the

entry level and I'm Facing East there is

like good morning light like right now

it's pretty bright but there's a lot of

traffic so it's like how do you get

light but also have privacy have you

ever thought about like a window film

situation or do you really want to be

able to see like what's happening

outside I think that could be something

that I just never considered it because

I have such a huge window and I didn't

know like how would that would look but

I mean if it works it works I for me

it's really the light but keeping

privacy at the same time I think there's

definitely a way of solving that for

sure and and then um because I use my

space Also do uh to do like self tapes I

act so I audition a lot I've been trying

to like maneuver a backdrop without

having to have something that I put away

and then I have to like steam every time

but also like make it look like you know

this is not just a photo studio the

whole time right so right now I have

this like Ikea window shade this was my

solution but when I put it up I'm like I

don't know what to do this face right

now there's a little like table I never

use it and I always have to move the

table when I'm actually using it for my

audition cuz this this is literally

where I stand so sorry just so I

understand it's just not functioning for

you in the sense that like it's kind of

a hassle like you have to move your

table the backrop itself now is perfect

to use in terms of ease but once I don't

use it and I put it back up it's just a

blank wall got it that makes a lot of

sense yeah okay let's go through your

inspo like I said I feel like you have

so many great pieces we can work with

but walk me through why you picked those

images what's the overall Vibe what

colors do you like what are you drawn to

so it's really for me the feeling that

it evokes of course I care about the

visual Aesthetics but I definitely like

put more weight on how I feel in a space

warm cozy but also bright I love things

that feel like clean and modern but also

it has personality totally like warm

Woods I love like a smokey glass in

terms of like seating I love like softer

Curry shapes anything that's kind of

comfortable but not too

comfortable yes and I love like the

color blue I love Olive greens I love

neutrals like a nice beige any colors

you do not like I guess pink I'm not too

much of a pink person for myself me with

my but the thing is I love it in yours I

watch your videos I'm like come on I'm

just kidding I'm just kidding pink paint

every time I love it though but just

like I'm like my space I feel like I

don't have the confidence to ro it's

also not the vibe for your space I think

you're so clear about like a cozy but

bright space and I think that's always

the goal in a studio it's like how do

you make it feel warm and intimate but

also like big and bright at the same

time any pieces you are willing to part

with essentially the bed and maybe the

lamp and the TV stand are like my like

three things that I love love which I

love too this dining situation over it

absolutely over it okay awesome anything

else you want to add this was very

helpful let me check my notes yep

everything

that I love that you wrote notes you're

so prepared so great um I'm really

excited I will meet you on reveal day

and yeah congrats for winning a makeover

with us it's so exciting thank you I

appreciate it okay have a great day you

as well bye so right off the top we are

working with some incredible pieces that

Goan has thrifted but there's a lack of

cohesion and the way they're all working

together within the space even though

gokan's inspo is very neutral he has

these pops of color which I'm really

excited to play with because they're

going to keep the design feeling

interesting his inspo to me feels very

like cool apartment Vibes you know like

I want him to walk into the space and

feel like I'm a cool person who lives in

the studio apartment I'm not like a

regular Mom I'm a cool mom so here's

what I'm thinking to start I want to

bring in a really large rug to kind of

ground the living room and help create

that divide between the living room and

the rest of the spaces I want to bring

in a cool funky wavy mirror to bounce

off lots of natural light in the space

gokan's apartment faces out to a main

road it's kind of right there in your

face so I want to add some privacy by

adding a peel and stick read window film

that's not going to block out any

natural light but it is going to give

him that privacy that he wants and then

just like a lot of studio apartments

gokan really struggles with division so

we are going to create this really cool

DIY to help create an actual entryway

for Goan and also divide the rest of the

space from from his bedroom area I also

need to find a solution for gokan's

filming area he uses a backdrop to film

auditions he's an actor and right now

this space is not functioning for him he

has to move a bunch of furniture to get

to it and it just doesn't look the

greatest so I want to turn this wall

into a really stylish vignette I'm

thinking a really big art print in a

bold blue hue but also still keep his

backdrop and just make it way more

functional and easier for him to do his

auditions so Elena and I are off to home

sense we're going to try and find some

accessories and styling bits and pieces

to pull goon space

together I'm at home sense shopping for

accessories for goons it's a very rainy

day and I'm very excited to just Meander

around home sense I'm with Natasha and

Elena and we're going to see what we can

find well that's a nice mirror so atena

has taken me to a new home s location

and it is incredible it's huge there's

so many good finds here I want

everything I've been like shopping for

myself but I need to

focus I love these benches that home

sense often carries and they have

storage I'm getting so distracted

because there's so many things to look

at in this home sense but like look at

this rug 250 like we love that okay also

not what we're looking for but like how

stylish is this chair

so cute if you're looking for table

lamps Home zense always has such an

amazing selection and they always have

really large ones really tiny ones for

like desks or tiny nightstands and then

they also have like statement ones like

these but I noticed that they often sell

them in pairs so if you're looking for

like a pair of lamps for like your

nightstands home sense always has such a

variation of lamps like really really

really stylish lamps and they often come

in pairs we love the music in here is so

loud you guys I'm so

sorry okay looking for a side table for

Goan we want to do something with

clothes storage I know he said that was

important to him there are a couple

options including this

one love that top or there's these now I

know these aren't closed storage but I'm

thinking we could put maybe a basket

they really match the style of gokan's

other Furniture I think we might grab

these

and we'll take you to the basket section

next the basket section is one of my

go-to at home sents because there are

always so many sizes to choose from a

lot of them also come in sets which is

nice if you need like more than one but

let's look for one for gokan's

nightstand or maybe black mhm

I think we just need to grab candles and

then we're

done love

these what is it it's a candle what kind

though lime chili tart should we use

this as an opportunity to put another

pop of

blue oh that smells so good okay let's

go in on the

cart okay this is our

haul four CS back to the

brim Dave is painting gokan studio in

Cloud white by Benjamin Moore I wanted

to give gokan space Fresh coat of white

you guys know I always say this tip but

it really does make a space feel brand

new Cloud White's a really creamy white

it has yellow undertones so it's going

to make his face feel really warm and

inviting which is what we're going

for hey guys welcome welcome to prep day

I'm feeling really excited about this

space sun shining outside it's warm here

in Toronto so today is basically just an

install day we're going to be installing

a room divider I think it's going to

take us like the full the full eight

hours Grand freaking said no how many

hours you should we all prices write it

um I like that I'm going to say 215

that's how long it's going to take I

like the time the time stamp is a good

so you're saying 115 then yeah I'm going

to go with 215 including lunch I'm going

to say 430 I'm going

232 I should go actually 26 I think

that's the price 216 2 no you're

blocking me in 245 2:45 and I said 4:30

yeah I also need everyone to take a look

at the overalls that are happening on

set so these are mine do you know who

created these Geneva that DIY that we

always send on Instagram back and forth

Graham's wearing his Smash and test

onesie and Dave is wearing these are

actually from Graham it's got a

carabiner on one side with a little uh

paint opener and this one was just like

Twisted in place yeah okay so we're

going to get installing a room divider

before we do let's take it back to

Graham cam let's head into the workshop

and see how he did it to start Graham

picked up 27 Boards of 8T long 2x sixes

of construction Lumber he's ripping each

board into two pieces using a table saw

and removing a sliver of material from

each side to clean each board up using a

miter saw he's cutting half the pieces

to 74 in long and the others to 96 in

long to make up the pieces for the

ceiling panel and the wall panel which

are going to be different dimensions

he's sanding each piece on all four

sides using 60 grit belt sander and 80

to 120 grit on the orbital sander you'll

notice he's using a pencil to Mark each

side of the wood before he Sands so that

he knows where he sanded and what still

needs to be

sanded now it's time for dowels he's

drilling three equally spaced holes in

the lumber using a drill press and a

forcer drill bit to assemble the panels

Graham is sliding the boards onto the

dowels using scrap wood to space each

board

apart he's securing the board to the

dowels using a brad nail

gun for the coat hooks Graham Cuts some

scrap dowel at a 50° angle using his

sawt he's now pre-drilling a hole in one

end using his drill

press he's fastening them to the wall

panel using counter sunk screws and wood

glue he's covering up the holes in the

back of the panel by flush cutting some

smaller dowels in the screw

holes for the Shelf Graham is laminating

two pieces of wood together to make a

wider panel and sanding everything down

using a belt sander and 80 to 2 220 grit

sandpaper he's rounding the corners of

the Shelf using a jigsaw and rounding

the edges using a

router for the shelf brackets Graham is

using the rest of the dowel we had left

over and is cutting four pieces at 45°

angle using his miter saw because Pine

Lumber doesn't take the stain very well

and we wanted this DIY to look Luxe like

Walnut perhaps Graham is using a

staining method called glazing he's

preal the wood with the shellac and then

applying the stain over top of the dried

shellac this is going to prevent the

stain from absorbing into the wood and

will instead give us a nice rich

semi-transparent color tinting effect

he's using the color early American

Graham is doing one coat of shellac one

coat of stain and after the stain dried

for 48 hours he's going back in and

sealing it with another layer of

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shellac so I'm really excited because

gokan's a flight attendant and he left

us the best snack basket ever filled

with foods that you can't find in Canada

like from M&S all my British girlies

hello M&S teacakes Peppa Pig candies I'm

pea I'm Peppa Pig M&S millionaires mini

bites like you can't get these unless

you cross the ocean okay let's get this

up so we are going to start by putting

the first piece of this DIY on the

ceiling let's get up we're using the

beams to wedge it to the ceiling and

support the

weight this is so

cool we're screwing this side into the

wall and we're going straight into the

studs for maximum support time check

12:06 p.m. the time is

ticking now we're securing the wall

piece into the ceiling piece

yes it's 13 we still need to put the

shelves up and I think Graham and I want

to reinforce it with a couple more

screws but this is really solid my mind

is blown so I know your mind is also

blown it's 113 56 57 58 59 it's 114 so I

was off by a single minute well all the

shelves and screw other things in those

are finishing touches though

so I'm going to hang the Shelf that's

going to go on these brackets we have

baskets which you'll see later on in the

makeover and this is going to be for

gokan's entryway Necessities also can we

just talk about how we fully created

gokan an entryway feel like this is

wider than my entry way and now the

first thing you don't see is the bed

your focus is on what will be the living

room

how solid does it feel it looks so

good okay the diy's been installed

Amanda what time is it 134 134 which

means Dave's the winner right I mean

only by prices R rules gr was closer but

honestly we didn't start installing this

until 10: 10:30 we banked all day like

we budgeted 8 hours and it's already

installed it looks so good like this is

incredible look at this that's a fun

experience walk into

so it's time for me to revamp this

window I'm going to be adding some

decorative film to it Goan asked me to

create some privacy he is on the ground

floor apartment there's a lot of people

walking by so we're going to add some

decorative film and then change these

blinds to a beautiful Roman shade I'm

using decorative films so I saw some of

my favorite home creators using this

pattern of window film and when I took

on gokan space I was like oh yeah this

needs to be in here it's like fluted

glass the first step to this process is

cleaning the windows they were pretty

dirty so we're just making them clean we

are like a full service team here

cleaning diying making over no problem

okay first step we want to cover the

window with water we're also using a bit

of dish soap as well

Okay window film was on and I'm really

excited about this solution because it

is semi-private but it doesn't block out

any of the light which is exactly what

gokan asked for so now it doesn't feel

like people are staring directly into

his apartment it's like semi-private

which is really nice so to complete this

window I am going to hang some Roman

Shades from two pages I use them all the

time I love them they have so many sizes

to choose from let's get them up on the

window we are so delirious and tired so

we're going to go home blinds look great

this wall divider is incredible and

um can you I think we can go from the

top okay another go yeah

okay we are all so delirious and so hot

it's like so hot in this apartment we're

going to wrap it up everything looks so

good I'll see you guys

tomorrow it's day two and we are pulling

this whole Space together feels very

daunting cuz there's stuff everywhere

but let's just take a moment to

appreciate this DIY we fully created an

entryway for gokan and the really cool

thing is now there's this more defined

bedroom Nook so before Goan was saying

like you walked into a space and you

just saw his bed which is a problem in

most Studios but I am going to turn this

little corner into his bedroom and it's

going to be so cozy let's do it okay

this is the bed Goan had it's such a

great piece so we're reusing it and I'm

just going to push it right into the

corner like I love the separation we've

created and how this space feels just so

open and like the potential is endless

I'm making the bed with article sheets

fun fact article now has bedding which

is so fun These Are linen I'm going to

give these a good steam shortly but this

bedding is really nice okay let's add

the duvet shove it in there we're doing

this the gram method but actually he

would get into the duvet

yeah that's one way

yeah if you live in a studio consider

under bed storage it's great to Maxim

storage in a small space put like any

offseason items things you don't use all

the time under your bed these are from

Ikea really large fins really

inexpensive remember the side table I

found at home sense let's place it

beside the

bed and then I have this beautiful light

from Mitsy you guys have probably

noticed in studios I love to put wall

sconces beside a bed obviously for

bedside light but then it also Cascades

into this area because in a studio you

need all the light you can

get let plug it

in we're bringing in gokan's existing

media unit it is so heavy we don't know

if he has like a full weighted workout

set in here or like rocks or something

but we're sliding it gently across the

floor this stunning piece Goan already

had he really had such a great base to

work with and I could not get rid of

this piece obviously let's bring in the

rug Sor I'm out of breath cuz this piece

is very heavy they're actually Rock in

there ambr

no wo so if you guys remember Goan had a

gray rug in here and I felt like it was

really dark for the space especially

because all the pieces he loves that

he's collected are this like darker

toned wood so I wanted to lighten it up

a bit with this jute rug with some white

in it I love this rug because it's

simple but still has these interest

shapes and patterns on top of it Goan

also had like Z rugs in basically all

his inspo photos so I knew I had to

bring in

something okay you guys ready to see the

sofa whoa this is such a cool sofa to

match all gokan's cool furniture this

beautiful sofa is from article and I

love how they have more compact options

this is a three-seater but the sofa also

comes in a smaller size so if you are

decorating a really small space basic

Studio they have so many options which

is why we use them in just about every

makeover their leather is known for

aging really beautifully and well so

it's just going to like look more worn

in over time but like in a good

way this is so cool like what a cool

coffee table I love it this has been

such a cool space to design because Goan

has these vintage pieces that just

totally add to the whole the whole vibe

okay next I'm going to bring in two

lounge chairs and we're going to have

their backs facing the bed so that it

creates more of a divide between the

living room and the bedroom these

stunning chairs are from mobilia Goan

said he wanted lots of room to H oh

these are comfy lots of room to host I

went for these chairs because I wanted

to pick something that was in a similar

style to the thrifted pieces he already

has and I think they fit in so well here

this looks so good so much seating and

now the focus like isn't on the bedroom

area when you walk in it's on this

beautiful living room with all this cool

furniture this lamp is so stunning what

a statement I always say this but in

small spaces go big with your lighting

Goan also thrifted this light so I will

be asking him for his thrifting tips

because the pieces he has in here are

just too

good okay I'm going to unwrap this

mirror from Mirror home Decor art on

Etsy if you are looking for a large

statement mirror floor mirror wall

mirror mirror home decor art is the

place to be we want to bounce off all

the natural light coming in here to make

it

brighter wow this looks great goon has

the frame TV which I feel like we've

used in a couple recent makeovers I love

this TV because it looks like an art

print he already has this beautiful

frame that works so well with the rest

of the space looking for some art to put

on the

TV okay this one's

perfect yes it's just like cool don't

you think I love

it okay so Goan said that he didn't need

his dining set here anymore he was like

it's really annoying I have to move it

whenever I'm doing my auditions so I

wanted to make this wall as functional

but stylish as possible which is why I

brought in this bench this bench is from

article he can move Mo it into the

living room to host he wants lots of

seating but also this beautiful massive

art print is from minted wow okay

stunning when Goan isn't doing his

auditions he can have just like this

beautiful little wall he doesn't have to

move a table to film anything this