hello and welcome to my ten ten thousand
dollar studio come on first of all my
apartment is a nighttime apartment it's
true and look at this cozy huge I know
every time I come here I say I'm trying
to nap right there Wow
I live alone in my studio I am a very
homey person so I like to you know write
myself a little welcome-home note I have
a little shoe rack I don't like dirt in
the house like Damon sorry
so here you have my little backpack or
bag hook my little like things that I
grab and go on the way out like always
put my keys here this is a my like do I
have any boogers check before I leave
the house mirror because you know you
gotta check that so here's my bed this
bed is from Ikea the mattress is like
not good I always wake up with a sore
neck this mirror I got from Craigslist
and there was no way of mounted on the
walls you know I bought hardware to
drill on the back of me hurt don't you
feel though
even us to do this size is already like
too much space for me no and this is
where I like to sit and just catch up on
my journaling this is where I'm like an
old grandma and I'll sit here and I'm
like what's in there Joanna's Journal
2006 life in my Wow you were what like
24 back then we're like four and every
time I come over this is where I'm I
find myself I really wanted a comfy
couch and you get to be small so I typed
into Craigslist comfy loveseat new what
comes up this comfy loveseat and
honestly like find me here here's my
workstation always got the glass of wine
or coffee in the morning you're probably
wondering if this works it actually does
I will actually write letters to people
and seal them with wax because I am a
very old soul I use this whiteboard all
the time right now it's just telling you
to go click Subscribe so if you didn't
know we write a blog and it's kind of
difficult coming up with like creative
poppin full-time right
I'll just open it and I genuinely do
what it says it's right about a parent
trying to explain it back to black and
then a little I'll be like oh here's
what I learned as a kid and I'm boom you
got a blog you should write that one
that's a good one here we are in my
musical corner this is a five for one
records CDs am/fm and auxilary and
cassette and this is my record
collection we have records a lot of jazz
things Marvin Gaye we got some
Commodores she wants you back the bed
view I have even some Bruce Springsteen
it's Carol eclectic the ukulele you know
I used to play this thing all the time
how my life is see Joe's always been
more of a musical type I mean I like my
music but you like the instruments you
were gonna invest in there if I don't
listen to music all day long I'm like
not as happy I have some inspirational
things black girls are magic this
letters from dear Damon and Jo I just
want to thank you so much for meeting
such incredible video you're both so
positive you need to so nice have you
played people with up to this is what I
want to look at what I'm like I can't
concentrate I don't know how to blink
right this blog I did this video I come
over this much like Damon I'm a plant
lover so this is my tree it's doing
pretty well I swear the key to
decorating any apartment just throw
plants in there clearly this plant is
thriving and Nestle's not doing so good
it's hard when you travel people it
really is I actually plant plans
this is cilantro ready anybody ready for
some Mexican food one tiny you just have
to wait three months okay just turn the
lights on so you could better see what
we're working with here's this corner
you might be thinking that these little
dolls are super creepy have you ever
noticed these in my apartment what these
are actually the only things that I have
from Brazil life everybody's like oh
those are so creepy I'm like insulting
my hair these are all my books a lot of
like interesting things you got
everything from novels in Portuguese to
tell you these little guys they're doing
okay this bite this is the heavy spike
you'll ever freaking ride you carry this
thing up the stairs no this is an SUV
but I really like it I got it off
Craigslist for $100 everything
has been either bought on the internet
or on discount this table I got from a
flea market $40 this I got from Morocco
like bartered my way to that I try to
read something in a different language
at least once a week so that's French my
astrology poster this is from Egypt you
know what I need to do I need to do what
I do at nighttime because people can
like see right in my apartment Ani that
did one of these so cozy and welcome to
my boudoir I put these curtains up
specifically to feel like I don't live
in a studio that can do delivery you got
your french inspiration watch what it
used to be hanging up here then one day
I came home it was like on the trail
also it's just hiding like that okay
this is the bathroom not as nice as
Damon's in terms of the natural light or
air flow this is a towel that was
embroidered from my childhood
candles cotton balls a Febreze for those
moments you don't want to know like if
you don't have a lot of storage look for
it over the toilet storage unit that you
can build I see what you did here with
this little curtain essentials for a
small apartment tower fan Daymond has
one of these too but like how hot does
it get into yo so hot they don't allow
air conditioners now come in here I want
to show you
I put an air conditioner and can you
know what I got the next day eviction
notice room three days sooner or be out
in three days in like Oh ever since then
I lost so much weight
the kitchen and what do you want to know
I want to know about the espresso
machine that's an investment that that
thing cost some money
it was $200 but I swear you I made my
money back with saving on coffees in the
first month I love these floors by the
way these tours are awesome
yes I bought at a flea market so doesn't
have a microwave in her apartment but
she does have a toaster oven you like
don't well even the microwaves get your
oven so I could do right and I think
these are the kinds of things that turn
your like regular schlopp the apartment
into a paper towel holder oh I'm a
homeowner it's true now you're a mother
of four my fridge is mini size but I
kind of like it that way is my kitchen
super small as you can see it's stuff
Daniel 8 holiday season baby we're age
which is why I have this jumbo size wine
bottle it's not just for me you never
for a party nobody wanted to drink
together hey everybody its Joe you guys
drew this in Europe so on you move each
continent dodgy hello sue not on
American safety tree as you move
regardless somebody's so sweet this use
of your window you see that they took
this freedom window out when there was a
huge earthquake and they patched it up
so there is no window there's no light
and so much I won't make my own dog will
make my own view I bought these string
lights to give me some light I painted
it yellow to make it brighter cuz it's
super dark please leave a comment below
would you pay a thousand dollars for an
apartment like this if you watch demons
apartment or you could tell that it's a
lot more well-lit but I'm not turning on
my night person so this apartments
perfect for me this is the perfect
apartment be cozy and chillin that was
not move down one thanks for the tour
Joe can I come back in
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so cozy tell me a bedtime story Damon
and I wanted to live in Los Angeles and
we wanted to live in two separate
apartments that were reasonably priced
reasonably sized and in the same
building like these are criteria that is
very difficult to find we looked all
over the internet for these apartments
that couldn't find anything on the way
like to another viewing we walked by a
street and I'm like wait Damon let's go
down this street I've always felt like I
would live in this street and he's like
what are you talking about Joel I'm like
justjust go with me we stopped in front
of a building it's beautiful and I'm
like I'm gonna call this time I said Joe
don't even waste your time this building
looks so nice like from the apartments
we've seen I'm a crappy building mom she
was on the phone already and I'm like
hey weird question do you have not one
but two Studios available like in this
price range and she's like oh that's so
weird
I just vacated two Studios three days
later we were both signing leases it was
old-school walking around the
neighborhood Craigslist what's that like
who needs Craigslist or the internet
when you have a phone beep and goods