Welcome to the third episode of The Room Makeover Series
presented by Square One.
In this series, we style and renovate a room in just 48 hours.
The painters are not done yet, and the furniture's all arrived.
What's going on here? Do you know?
It's not what we thought we ordered. I can't believe that happened.
The makeover and an entire year of home insurance
is completely paid for by Square One.
I'm Lisa from Grapevine Designs, and today we're in beautiful Surrey, BC.
Let's go inside and meet our nominee, Gabrielle.
Hi, I'm Gabrielle. I'm from Surrey, BC
and I'm a project manager for a software development company.
This is my first independent, completely independent place.
There's so much to love about the space, I think.
It's pretty empty right now, so I really don't know how I'm going to...
I guess I really don't know how to use this space.
I have lived in some of, like, the shackiest shacks
and so I'm just grateful that there's a roof over my head.
I think in total I've moved probably 20 times just off the top of my head.
My mom genuinely never paid rent.
I think she paid the first month and the damage deposit
and then she was like, see you later.
So we were evicted probably every five months in my childhood.
I think it's also been the scare that I'll have to pick up and leave again.
And my mom had some troubles with alcohol and narcotics abuse,
so my childhood was mainly focused on helping her through
that whole journey in her life.
She really struggled and so she really started disappearing a lot more,
going out, leaving for weeks at a time.
And so I would say that's when I was really doing
most of the legwork, the housework,
making sure my brothers were fed, and taken care of, went to school.
I've kind of just been left with very scarce amount of things.
I've had one thing since I was two, which is a dresser right behind there,
which is a little bit embarrassing.
Up until probably this past year, I just catered to everybody.
I gave 110% of myself to everybody and zero to myself.
So it's nice to see that it's been recognized
and I've been nominated for something like this.
It's really special.
I wouldn't say she's just starting out, but I feel like she's starting sort of fresh.
And so to give her kind of a jumpstart and to be able to have pride in your home,
and be able to share that with people that are important to you is really important.
She's like, oh, what do you like?
I was like, I mean, like, there's not a whole lot you can base my style off of.
I have a dog. Love it. But she does cause a lot of mess.
Can you see her? Is that better?
Right now, you can see her head.
And so something that's, like, functional is really important to me.
And she was like, okay, great!
We started out with the artwork.
They're vertical pieces, two side by side,
which typically I might have put a big piece sort of horizontally over the sofa,
but I think this is just going to accentuate the tall ceilings.
But I'm also excited about the overall palette.
It's classy, but it has a touch of Bohemian or West Coast sort of casual.
I've given a very vague idea of what I like
because I don't truly even know what I like.
I think Lisa also picked up on that.
She was like, I'm just going to do this and it's going to be great.
And I'm so thankful for that.
I'm a super, flowy type of individual. I love a lot of greenery.
We do have some green accents, a small amount.
But, you know, as she's changing and different people are coming into her life,
she's likely going to adjust kind of what she likes.
And so we've really kept the main pieces really neutral
and just added in different accent pieces that she can change out over time
if she chooses to.
I can have people over? That's amazing.
I literally have had zero people in my house
because I'm like, I have nothing.
It's made me super self-conscious.
Oh my God, I'm going to jump on my couch.
Well, that is yet to be seen.
Riding up the elevator this morning, I was having a look at the size of the elevator
and very concerned that it's actually going to fit in that elevator.
I've lost some sleep over that.
So all the trauma that I've been through in life has finally paid off.
This is going to be great.
Hi, I'm Dave. I'm here from VanWest, and I'm here to hang a TV today,
and help the painters and generally coordinate this project.
If I do anything wrong, I'm going to swear a lot,
and then you'll have to edit it out.
I am mic'd up. Are you?
Yes. Good.
I should get extra for that.
The TV mount? Where would you like that? Obviously above the fireplace, but...
Yeah, just cover the plugs.
Cover the plugs.
I've got to get rid of this stuff.
My friend was a painter, you know. So I wanted to help him.
All of a sudden, I became a painter just like that.
Probably 30 years, that's what I did from the time I came here.
Painting. Nothing else.
Like this height?
It'll have to be lower.
Mm hmm.
Maybe it would have to be.
Up, like, there.
Oh, okay. Right there.
So heavy.
It'll hook on, but it's just not balanced.
Maybe he can do some high wire.
Okay.
There's a big ball. LED.
Okay. Thank you. Carry on.
Okay. No problem.
I think it's really heavy. I think it's got 14 light bulbs inside it.
It's, look, it's heavy. Really heavy.
If I dropped it with all this glass, that would be a disaster.
I am just going to help take this light down.
It's very dusty.
Think about having to take all that out and wash it.
Yeah. It's a lot lighter now. I hold it now?
Yes. Thank you. Lovely.
This is not typically my job, but never mind.
Okay, I'm almost there.
Okay, I got it. Thank you very much.
No problem, I'm so glad I didn't get electrocuted.
Or a bit lower?
See if it works?
Stand back.
This one certainly has a lot less crystal.
Yeah.
Okay, so the movers have the sofa in two pieces.
They have the credenza box and we need to assemble it.
The kitchen table is boxed, and we need to assemble that,
kitchen chairs, the coffee table, accent chair and the artwork.
And then we've got five tops cushions, two throws for the blanket ladder,
three table books, one mirror, two plant vessels, two candles, the light fixture.
And,
a little piece of artwork
and then the olive tree.
So I'm a little concerned about if the furniture will fit in the elevator.
It'll be fine. It'll be fine. Everything's fine.
Is this the long one or the short one?
I think the long one.
Amazing!
Ahh, sofa fit.
What? This was blond.
We ordered this in a light blond wood.
It's written right there, and we just got a darker finish.
So I think it will still work. There's just some variety in the grain.
But it's just not what we thought we ordered.
The painters are not done yet and the furniture's all arrived.
Because they had to get more paint.
I guess it didn't cover as well as they had hoped.
So, we're a little behind.
When you say to the owners "you have to do four coats, maybe five"
they think you're going to cheat or steal their money. And they say, "no, no, no, no."
This is, they call it the White Dove or Dove White? One of the two.
Every year they have a different white. Every one, two years, you know,
the decorators. They give us a different one. All of them are white. But, you know.
Cloud white.
Decorators white. Simply white.
I love Chantilly white.
It's a little gray.
Can you see over there?
No, nothing on the bottom. That's it.
Okay. Well, it's definitely not level.
Finally.
We're all done for the day.
As you can see, we've got a completely different colour on the wall.
I think it's a lot fresher.
We have furniture delivered here, and the designers are here tomorrow
to make this place look beautiful.
127. That's what he's given me.
Right. So if I put end caps on it and just go wall to wall
Oh, my gosh.
So, what's going on here? Do you know?
She wasn't using them before, so...
Oh, this is
yeah, this isn't going to work on this side.
I'm out of practice, and
one of the doors is in backwards.
So there are two hinges for one door, and there's one hinge for two doors.
Oh, shoot. I wonder if this will even fit through the door now.
Do you want to help me and see if it'll get through this door?
Okay. You go first.
Okay. Now go that way.
Oh, no, you can't.
No.
Oh, brother.
Next time somebody else builds the furniture.
Let's see if we can get this through.
Not that way.
Okay. I'm going to give myself a bit of a break.
So this is light blond. Not this.
But it's fine. Everything's fine.
I genuinely don't hate doing stuff like this.
I just haven't. I think I haven't done it in so long.
Oh, wow. The height of the art is the same,
but where you hang the thing is different.
Well, we've finished everything.
We're just waiting for Gabrielle to return.
All right. Oh, goodness. I'm shaking.
Hi.
How are you?
Good. How are you?
Good.
Oh, good, Lord.
Oh, my gosh. Oh, my goodness.
It looks so fresh in here. Oh my! Oh, my God. So beautiful.
Now I'm going to cry.
Oh, my gosh. You guys did more than I could even imagine you doing.
Oh, it's so clean. Oh, the couch is so awesome.
Oh, my God. Can I sit on it?
This is amazing.
I saw Lisa and Alyssa's work, but I definitely didn't think it could translate into this.
This is everything I could have asked for and more.
The quality of the items that they put in here is phenomenal.
It's all super functional. The colours really go well together.
Given any amount of money I would have been like this is all just hodgepodge.
I love that she included stone and wood,
and like different kinds of greens.
She wasn't hesitant to mix different types of woods and tones.
This couch is amazing. I'm so happy.
There's nothing that screams in this room.
It's all really quiet and calming and relaxing,
but I think it has an element of class, too.
And, she can be proud of bringing her friends here and entertaining here.
Honestly, having people actually here would be amazing.
I've had to give a lot up.
I've had to leave things behind and I've had things taken which was out of my control.
And my households have been so broken that I've never had a space
that was like completely done up and like, you don't have to touch it.
Also, it's mine, which is shocking.
I might need some time to actually realize that. This is mine?
Well, we hope you enjoyed the third episode of The Room Makeover Series.
If you want to nominate someone for the next episode, go to squareone.ca/makeover.
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Thanks for watching. See you next time.