Welcome to my channel. If you're new here, my name is Kelly Tang, and this is my room tour.
If you didn’t already know, I have moved. I live in Chicago now.
This is my first time living in the city, no more suburbs life for me.
And it has been quite an adjustment, I will say,
and also why it’s taken me so long to get this video out to you,
but I am so excited to finally be bringing you my room tour.
We’re going to be going over all of my favorite products,
some of my tips and tricks for setting up your bedroom,
my demon slayer themed bed setup (what?!), my filming setup, all of it.
All the products I mention will be linked below in the description box.
None of this video is sponsored by the way, but some of them are affiliate links,
so if you want to add some of these items to your room and support me, check the description box.
It took me like a solid two months of concentrated effort to get my
room to where it is today, and I think I’m finally happy with it after a few months.
But the reason that I made this my top priority is because my safe space is everything to me.
I literally cannot function properly without it, so my top priority when I moved here
was to make my room as pink and as soundproof as possible.
Because I need my space to look beautiful and I need my space to be soundproof.
I don’t know what it is with me but I get very self conscious about
people hearing me, and I do have a roommate. Not that I’m doing anything weird in here but
even just like this, like filming a video. I think I would be kind of embarrassed if
I heard like someone, you know what I mean.
Like I mentioned I had trouble adjusting to this, as I usually do.
I still remember how difficult it was for me adjust to college when I first moved into my
dorm and everything and I was like, I don’t wanna be here.
I don’t belong in this school. And then after a few months, everything is fine.
I think I’m finally reaching a point where I kinda know my way around, I got my routine down.
I can drive around to some place without using Apple maps anymore,
and that truly I think is a sign of you finally settling into a new place.
I’m very proud of this space that I’ve curated for myself.
It makes me really happy just day to day when I’m walking around my room and my bathroom
and just noticing the little details that I left for myself that just give me
a little serotonin boost every day. In case you’re curious,
my apartment is in West Loop in Chicago. I pay around like — I don’t know the exact
number because we got a special deal on it where rent is free for one month so
when it evens out, it’s around $1700.
But that’s for my portion and I pay considerably more for the master bedroom.
I knew that at the level at which I value my privacy and how much
makeup looks or cosplay stuff that I do that makes me travel in between my room
and my bathroom and stuff, I need it all to be in one enclosed space.
So to me, it was worth the extra sacrifice to have my space enclosed.
But without further ado, let’s get into the room tour.
So this is what my room looks like during the daytime.
I start my morning by opening up my blinds and saying hello
to all my favorite little demon slayers. My favorite part about this apartment is
the amount of natural light I get. I love the giant west-facing windows.
I like to start my day by doing some stretches on my yoga mat.
I wanted to invest in a nice mat for my room since I started doing aerial yoga
and I wanted somewhere to stretch at home, and this mat is amazing.
I am obsessed with this Cordaroy bean bag, it is so fluffy and big, I love it so much.
It also converts into a full-size mattress. I decorated it with these flower
pillows from Aliexpress, and this is where I’ll sit and read
or doodle on my iPad in my free time. Moving over to my desk area,
If you want more info on my desk accessories, I’ll link them down below.
I also have on display my favorite nude gel polish for doing my nails at home,
my favorite nude lip balm of all time — I hope they never discontinue them,
and my reusable crystal nail file. On the side here, I got this
three-tier cart from Target. I usually do my makeup in the
bathroom, but for doing creative makeup looks, I need to both sit down and use natural light.
To organize my creative makeup products, I use these stackable acrylic clear bins from Target.
This is my collection of water-activated liners from Gavissi Beauty, which are my favs.
And yes, I use a toilet paper roll to hold my detail brushes — don’t judge, it works.
The other two bins are where I store my makeup mirror, camera, and microphones
because this is always where I film content. This is my setup to film videos from my phone
or take photos of my makeup looks. This is a gooseneck phone holder
that clips right here to your desk, and I also have this mini heart-shaped ring light
cuz I often need a fill light when filming videos. Even when there is natural light coming from the
window, if often doesn’t come in at the right angle that I’m shooting at,
and it also doubles as reading light. The best place to get affordable
room decor is definitely going to be Ross. That’s where I got this large canvas painting,
which would be over $70 from Target and not nearly as cute in my opinion.
But this was $29. I also got this sparkly thing for $10.
I feel like some people make find this tacky but I don’t know,
I saw it, I saw sparkles, I was enticed. I am a simple lady.
Moving over to my bed which is my favorite part of my room because of the demon slayer theme.
I custom-ordered this Nezuko-patterned fabric from Joann’s to create this simple canopy
(which conveniently also replaces the need for a headboard).
But this neon light is the star of the show. It says “kawaii” in Japanese, and I got it
for 60 bucks on Aliexpress. I am so proud of this steal
because every other neon light that I’ve ever seen online is either
like $200+ or $5 and breaks within a week. I hung up these wisteria flowers, which in Demon
Slayer is the kryptonite to demons, so you know you won’t be
finding any monsters under my bed. I love stuffies but I don’t have a ton of
them because I just find them hard to manage, and my bed is already crowded
with me working remotely from it, so I like to have a few that I really love.
This one is my custom weighted stuffie that I got from Etsy,
which is recommended for people who have trouble sleeping.
And here is my Pikachu. We caught eyes in Target one
day and my life has never been the same. Now the two of them hang out together on
the side of my bed. They are in love <3
This is my collage wall that I designed, printed, and cut myself because I wanted to sprinkle in
some anime references, Studio Ghibli, Avatar, you know the vibes.
The key to a cozy bed is to keep it enclosed. My dream bed situation is one of those little
nooks that the bed fits perfectly into the wall, if you’ve ever seen those before.
But until I have that, I like to close off my bed from all four sides.
That’s why I decided to place my bed in the corner, I hung up a canopy,
and I placed this pink bookshelf here. It’s perfect for placing my laptops
and iPad so I can watch shows here, and my charger that stays here and never moves.
It’s like my secondary work station when I’m sick of sitting at my desk.
I like to keep all my cords hidden as much as possible,
so I weaved them underneath my bed frame. Here is my mini book collection.
For books I own, I always try to buy the hardcover
because not only do they last longer, it just looks way better on display.
This is also where I keep my Hello Kitty measuring tape,
and my disposable camera so I don’t forget to grab it on my way out the door.
This extra reading lamp is from Target, and I used a vintage light bulb for that extra warm glow.
This corner is where I place things that I need for going out the door,
so my keys, wallet, AirPods, water bottle, scrunchie.
These are my favorite posters ever, they’re insanely high quality.
They’re from a merch drop collab that Mythical did with Cloak,
and they look amazing when I have all my colored mood lighting on.
Here is my My Melody light switch buddy. She is my everything.
She is the moment. I bought this art print
from a pop-up taro festival in San Francisco, and I got it because she looks like Katara.
I also hang up my most-used bag by the door, which right now is this
sunflower tote bag that I did crochet myself, thank you very much.
Walking into my room, I placed this pink area rug from Target for a couple reasons.
The first step into my room is the first impression,
and I want it to feel welcoming, warm, and soft on my feet.
And two, simply for soundproofing purposes. Moving over to my walk-in closet here,
I use storage bins for everything, and because of them, I always know where my stuff is now.
If you know me from TikTok, here is that disco ball that I made
that I have not actually hung up because honestly, I don’t know how.
Even with stepladders, I cannot reach the ceiling in my room,
and also, the walls are so pristine that I don’t think
I’m able to drill into it and easily cover it up when I move out,
so I just don’t know what to do. I might save it for my next place, or I don’t know
if you guys have any ideas. I love this pink velvety stool
that I got from Ross, it was such a steal, and I mostly use it as a step stool to
reach the top shelves. Now for my bathroom:
My favorite part is this nightlight so that when I first wake up,
it wishes me Good Mythical Morning before I get ready to start my day.
Also this Totoro hand towel gives me so much serotonin.
I actually found this on Amazon, but last time I checked,
there’s only a few left, so if you want one, you better go snatch her up.
I display all my favorite jewelry on this hanging organizer
which also includes my horrifying collection of used falsies.
Here I use more clear storage bins from Target. They help organize my most used products in
skincare, makeup, hair care, lip products, without making my counter space appear cluttered.
These bathroom mats are supposed to look like cassette tapes,
and they are from Aliexpress. This is the best shower of all time.
I love the glass door and the tiles, and it is unreasonably spacious.
Literally like, ten people could stand in here. I have the same three-tier cart from
Target that I also have by my desk. Here I keep my Kuromi sleep mask that I use
to keep my hair back when I’m getting ready, more headbands, extras of my
favorite makeup remover towels. This is where I hang the current one I’m using.
Down here is where I hide my exorbitant falsie collection,
all my spare Baby Lips because they are so hard to find in Chicago,
I literally drove to rural department stores and bought them out and keep them here.
Clear pill organizers are also great for organizing your falsies and jewelry.
By the way, there is the toilet. It’s not much to look at.
It’s off in a separate room and I didn’t really decorate it.
And this is what my room looks like at night. I’m obsessed with mood lighting,
so I have my neon light, my fairy lights that line the whole room,
these two lamps with smart bulbs so I can control and change the color from my phone,
these lanterns, and my sunset lamp.
And that is it for my room tour. I do want to hang up more art on
the walls eventually, you may have noticed
that my walls are mostly pretty bare. But I’m going to take my time with those.
I do want to gradually collect more art prints from local artists at events
or fairs or stuff like that. I don’t know if you can tell
but my walls are not exactly white, they’re more of like this grayish
color that when the light comes in, when it’s golden hour especially,
it actually creates a greenish cast, so then when I was filming videos or just
taking photos of anything, it looked so gross.
So that’s why I actually hung up these pink curtains, my pink canopy,
putting pink rugs on the floor, to try and like diffuse some of that light.
So now that almost every surface and light source is pink,
when I walk into my room, especially during golden hour,
everything just glows. Like it almost looks radioactive.
I don’t think you can see it that well on camera, but honestly,
when I walk into my room at that moment, I’m like damn, I’m really that bitch.
Sometimes I would ask myself, is this enough pink? But in that moment, I’m like,
My tips for you if you are trying to add more kawaii items to your room,
personally, I love Aliexpress because obviously, Asia is going to have the cutest stuff,
and I often find that some of the same items that I see on Aliexpress
I can find on Amazon except for like twice as much.
So if you don’t mind waiting like a month or two for it to arrive to you,
then I think it’s worth it. Also, the months leading up to me moving in here,
I was looking up on Pinterest how I want to decorate my room,
you know, brainstorming color schemes,
and it ended up being so complicated and so jumbled and all over the place,
that I ended up just doing like a monochromatic theme.
Basically pink with light neutrals, because that for sure is going to match.
I think I eventually want my room to be more like pastels,
like not just pink, a lot of more rainbow, almost. I hope you enjoyed this room tour. If you did,
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If you made it all the way to the end, thank you, I appreciate you,
and leave a pink heart emoji in the comments so I know you’re a real one.
Thank you guys, I love you so much, and I will see you in my next video. Bye!