Hi my name is Mychel, welcome to my Sweet Digs.
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I live in East Harlem,
very close to Spanish Harlem,
and I pay about 1895 in rent.
But I do know that I could be living in Ohio for a third
of the price for triple the space,
but I would also be in Ohio.
This apartment is about 500ish square feet,
so just enough space for one person.
My name is spelled M Y C H E L,
so growing up I had kind of a complex
about never being able to find my name spelled anywhere.
So now as an adult, naturally, I get everything monogrammed.
Keep an eye out for all the M’s
throughout my apartment, like this one.
And let me know how many you can spot in the comments below.
Over here my bathroom,
which is a pretty great size for New York.
I was really excited about having my own apartment,
having my own space,
I really wanted to do something cute in the bathroom.
One thing I love in my apartment is this Mean Girls print.
It has my favorite quote,
“You’re like really pretty.”
I thought it would just be something fun to have in the bathroom.
I’m about a year and 9 months into my natural hair journey.
I’ve been in a trial and error phase
of trying to find hair products.
I have everything under the sun.
Kinky Curly, Curly Pudding, Hydration Elation.
Woo! That was a good catch.
I am a product junky,
but I’m still in the process of finding my exact routine,
hence the braids.
One of the worst things about this apartment is that
I don’t have any closets.
I do however have this beautiful water heater closet,
that fits absolutely nothing else except for this water heater.
And then this is my bedroom area.
Because this apartment didn’t have any closets
I had to make one.
I decided just to get a $25 shelf from Amazon.
It's a little bit high for my height,
but it works because I can keep hoodies and towels and
things below, underneath.
Unfortunately what usually happens is all the clothes I’ve
worn throughout the week end up on the floor.
And then I have a vicious cycle of
picking it up, putting it on the bed,
and then when I come home to get in the bed the clothes are still there.
So then I just move them back to the floor.
One day I’ll get it together.
And this is my like living area.
It has my favorite picture of my grandmother which is
a self portrait.
She made it in the 80s after she retired and was taking art classes.
It's my favorite thing in my entire apartment,
and something I’ll always put it up wherever I live.
My decorating style mostly comes from using a lot of color,
with these pillows, or the couch.
I got it at world market when I lived in LA
for around $600, and it was on sale.
So I lived in LA for almost a year.
Moving back to New York for me just was
the best thing for me.
I have close friends here that I’ve had for a long time.
I love the pace of the city,
it’s something that I’ve gotten really used to,
and New York really feels like home.
I'm originally from Dayton, Ohio and
it's a really great place to grow up.
It's very normal, everyone's really nice
and really midwestern.
How it compares to New York, it doesn't really.
This is my kitchen area.
One thing that I always have in my fridge are half drunk…
Drank? Dranken?
Half empty bottles of seltzer.
I actually tried to ween myself off of regular pop.
I found this clock actually at like a dollar store in Ohio when
I was on my way to visit a friend.
It ticks very loudly so I actually don’t use it for
its time keeping function.
It’s purely decorative because it’s so cute.
This is my dining area.
I got this table at a thrift store in Los Angeles,
and the cool thing about it is
it’s actually originally from West Elm.
I got it for $45, and I think it retails for like $350
or something like that
so something else I got a really good deal on.
I eat here, I work from here.
It’s just a really good spot, especially right by the windows that
have the trains going by and when it’s nice like today
it’s a great spot to sit and work.
One thing about this apartment is that it’s literally across the street from the
Metro North.
But for me it’s just white noise.
I found this apartment on Craigslist.
I decided to come check it out
and within 5 minutes, I walked in and it was a bright sunny day,
there’s lots of light in this apartment,
I wanted it right away.
Before I moved to LA I lived in Chelsea for 3 years
so i lived a little more downtown.
It's definitely a different vibe than living Uptown.
My downtown friends still like to go out a lot,
and drink and have fun and be out late.
Uptown it’s more about having a nice dinner,
or going out to a lounge.
If my apartment was a pop culture character,
it’d probably be Issa from Insecure
but next season when she’s maybe got it together a little more.
I think I can relate to being a bit transitional
but I’m finally a little more stable in my life
and in this apartment and it feels good.
I feel really lucky to have found a
place that I really like,
and don’t plan on moving until maybe I get married,
and even then he better be really cute
because I do not want to go through this
New York apartment search ever again.
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