last year I took all of you along with
me on one of the biggest adventures of
my entire life oh my
God
the search and creation of a home and
it's been a doozy honestly my whole life
has revolved around this over the last
year and a half in the last four
episodes in this series I've taken you
along the ride on how I found this
apartment and was able to convince a
bank to you know give me a loan and make
this all happen
I did an apartment tour of the empty
space showing kind of the before this is
the cheapest IKEA mattress I could find
on top of an air mattress I explained
how I financed this project and the
mistakes and learnings that came with
that and then I also shared the
extremely chaotic Renovations and work
that was done in the space and now
it is time to bring that whole chapter
to a close and show you the final result
it's now been nine months since I've
gotten the keys to this place and there
have been countless hours poured into
creating this space it would appear this
is going to be a very long and slow
process we're doing great we are yeah
yeah the wall still has nothing on it
planning action how many days have we
been working on this it's an artist
well I know where I got this from
genetically from the very beginning this
apartment has been very symbolic for me
it's been about so much more than just
having a place to live it's been about
this project of creating a sense of
community that I've been working on for
years now to connect with a lot of other
creative people to share ideas to do the
21st century version of the salons that
were done in this city in centuries past
honestly I realized that there is a real
joy in not just having that but
capturing that and sharing that and so
this video marks the end of a chapter it
marks the end of the journey that I've
been on to get here to create the space
in the beginning of a new chapter a new
project which is the launch of a podcast
paintings are kind of a dialogue between
either me and the the painting or me and
the subject or or more often the
painting and the viewer can you expand
on that idea a little bit I've never
heard that I'm going to talk more about
that in the weeks to come I'm really
excited about it but you're here for a
tour of the apartment so a tour is what
I will give
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this is my living room space
every design choice that was made in
this apartment came with thinking that
like I want to make
a physical representation of my values
and so at the top of this list is beauty
I'm so happy with how this has come out
oh you're in the mirror right now not in
that one in that one oh yeah this is
gonna be tricky with this mirror you can
see the entirety of the apartment
actually I don't know if you're able to
maybe if you raise the camera up a
little bit yeah there you go I like how
it distorts everything is my face
stretched a little bit Yeah so I really
wanted this living room space to be cozy
as [ __ ] especially in winter time I
think it's really valuable to have a
warm space for example I mean I don't
have them on right now because we're
shooting with the daylight but there's a
couple of Lights here that add a little
bit of
we've got the candles burning because
you know what we're on a romantic date
right now it's nice to have a bunch of
lights and lamps everywhere also because
the days are really short in Paris in
winter time the view from this living
room is all the way down to the kitchen
here it's all one connected space so you
know what you want to go sit on the
couch over there just to show what the
view is all the way over
you're rolling still okay cool you can
just like talk to the person all the way
over on the couch while you're cooking
eggs or whatever you know and it's kind
of cool to have this space that is well
adapted to like little soirees six to
eight people right in the middle here we
have this table it's very versatile you
know what I mean like there's kind of a
lot of detail and depth and that's
it's kind of cool to have and then over
here I've got my desk set up I don't
have a chair for it I just mainly use
this one honestly I've got enough chairs
I don't really feel like buying any more
and it's actually a standing desk so let
me let me show you how this looks this
door is going to be all over the place
and that's okay that's kind of how it
goes one of the advantages of having the
whole Space be connected is you can kind
of jump from the kitchen to the living
room to the office with like six steps
at a time so there you go standing set
up
you know it's only about 10 centimeters
taller standing versus sitting okay
stupid short joke all right I mean after
years basically of traveling around and
having to adapt to the most ridiculous
little Corners to do my editing it's
really nice to have a little bit of
space and I'm just realizing that this
is the same desktop background as the
photo right there so I'm gonna have to
change that I just recently put that up
I've taken more than one good photo
yeah make sure you put felt to protect
underneath otherwise after about a week
there would be a million scratches on
the ground well adapted for evening work
sessions as well although be mindful of
work-life balance okay all right so
stupid before I go any further with the
tour of this apartment I want to briefly
talk about the sponsor of this video
whose support of this channel has helped
fund the transformation of this space
and that is nordvpn I actually have a
funny little story to tell about Nord
some of you may know that my family
comes from Argentina some of you may
also know that Argentina are world
champions after having won the World Cup
and that's something that I didn't think
I was going to see ever in my life that
is until about a month ago
and I had the incredible Good Fortune to
actually watch the final with my parents
and that was such a beautiful experience
something I'm going to remember for the
rest of my life now peacock the
streaming service had coverage of all
the matches and was a great way to
follow along throughout that crazy month
however it's only available in the
United States so being in Paris
ordinarily I wouldn't have access that
is without a VPN enter nordvpn who not
only made that possible but really easy
and seamless thanks to Nord I was able
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leave a link in the description thank
you to Nord for sponsoring this video
and honestly thank you to all of you for
tuning in and for all the support
without you guys I definitely wouldn't
be here and having said all that let's
keep going with the tour honestly this
is helping me just light this apartment
right now on these winter afternoons
however I've got a wonderful little
console table here it's just useful to
have a couple of drawers to store random
objects so that they're not visually
cluttering you know what I like about
this tour what it's showing how having a
permanent space with drawers for example
is like a a discovery for you yeah dude
it's indicative of the kind of Life
you've been living for I don't know how
many years now yeah this coffee machine
is just so cool to have you know you
don't really think about it but coffee
costs a lot of money when you are going
out and buying it every day and to be
able to basically have a store of oat
milk and you know all the materials I
need and then you know you buy a chunk
of ground up coffee there's like a
hundred coffees in this bag you know and
I probably got it for like two three
Euros there's a joy in that there's a
joy in these Tupperware it's honestly
like I can put leftovers after a meal in
this
put it in the fridge boom shakalaka you
know
but it's so cool it's really cool I love
my cacti look at my cacti right there
this brings me joy I just I wake up each
day and I stare at them for
longer than I should because I haven't
killed them yet by accident because
cacti are hard to kill this a lot of
this is thanks to my mama who has an
incredibly developed eye for this sort
of thing she really helped me create
this sort of rustic feel it was scary
because this kitchen already looked
pretty decent when I got it you know but
it didn't feel like mine so taking down
all the cupboards that were here before
you know there was a microwave I know
for a lot of people it's like you got
rid of a microwave but I don't know I
don't really use microwaves I think
they're kind of ugly so to replace that
with these shelves and these beautiful
brackets and this new uh tile set up
here and and just to have everything on
display I'm so pleased it feels feels
good
I do want to thank Ono Mayo for sending
me some of these beautiful cups
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sorry one thing one important thing I
want to talk briefly about this Frame
which is empty it's an intentional
artistic decision here because I want to
encourage viewers to fill in the space
with their imagination it's an exercise
that I'm just kidding I haven't figured
out what I want to put inside it but
it's such a magnificent frame that like
there's pressure you know you can't just
put whatever in the middle of that I
mean the frame itself is a piece of art
mahogany you know the thickness is
ridiculous I've never seen a frame this
thick I mean look at that it's a thick
boy
this is the entrance area that connects
the whole apartment so there's new
wainscotting around the entirety of the
apartment but I have to say I think it
stands out the most in the entrance area
because it's the first thing you see
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here finally after having about a
bajillion shoes just like you you walk
in let me demonstrate actually okay
demonstration you'd walk in here and
like trip
foreign
really good demonstration I definitely
had a career as an actor waiting for me
if this didn't work out so this is
really cool to have everything just nice
and orderly and on top of it this is a
custom built cupboard to hide
non-aesthetically pleasing stuff
electrical [ __ ] going on here but you
don't want to see that as the first
thing that you see when you step in the
apartment it's also so nice to have this
the vacuum cleaner whoop where'd it go I
don't know you tell me main bedroom
what can I say about this place so this
is the main bedroom and it's not a giant
room but two things really made the
space feel more expansive the first is
originally there were cupboards all
along here that we took down the other
was that this room was painted
painted which is a dark color and I
think really made the space feel smaller
having it be the kind of off-white
eggshell color that's that unifies the
entirety of the apartment really made
this place feel peaceful and expansive
on the sixth floor you never have
details like the wainscoting or the
crown molding or even like these nice
baseboards and I just wanted to bring
some of the charm that's more typical
like the second or third or the fourth
floor
to the sixth floor check out this
cupboard
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the toilet not a ton to say because it
is a toilet its roll is clear we all
know what it's here for what am I saying
right now you're one of the things that
Nathan by himself attached to the wool
is it holding for any well bro that does
not look good look it's not straight
anymore oh God you know what I'm not
here to be criticized okay
the bathroom here was already
magnificent I love these tiles so much
all that really needed to be done was to
add
space to hang towels change the color of
this it was like a peach color before
and now I feel like this off-white
really helps bring these tiles to life
so having everything organized exactly
where I wanted to be has been such a
blessing I know where my toilet paper is
I know where my cleaning supplies are
and on to the room that might have had
the most transformation of them all this
is the second room the guest room the
art room I want this to be a space for
creativity and self-expression and to
receive people I care about it took some
creativity because really this space is
really not big it's really not but again
knocking down some of the storage space
here was huge to open it up a little bit
and then I found a couch that opens up
and is just barely big enough to fit in
here and even a couple could come and
stay here it's like the smallest bed I
think you could let a couple sleep in I
also added this desk here all right
let's do a little demonstration really
quick
foreign
it's really cool to have a separate
space if someone needs to be away from
the work that's being done in the living
room take a call or whatever I mean like
look I had to really be creative the
layout of this room makes absolutely no
sense like why is there an indent here
also what was this originally for like
look at this I've got to give credit to
my friend and very skilled Carpenter
Jean for all of his gorgeous woodwork
all throughout the apartment as well as
these fabulous cupboards that he custom
made to maximize the space that I have I
now use them to store my gear so that it
doesn't create visual clutter without
him this apartment wouldn't be what it
is if you're ever interested in working
with the guy I'll leave a link to his
info in the description it was a
pleasure to work with finally if you've
made it this far into the tour I want to
share with you a little more insight
into the artwork all throughout the
apartment do you feel good to go I'm
ready in the home that I grew up in it
was always encouraged to make things and
display them to give color to your
environment one of the greatest joys
setting up this space was putting on
display art that I have captured or
created over the years all right
so here are some of the most meaningful
pieces starting with one that I didn't
even make created by my very very
talented mother she painted a mountain
goat because I've always found them to
be such incredibly beautiful creatures
it's really cool to be able to put
something up that was made by somebody I
care about so much this was a still I
captured on film in Iceland during a
road trip in the summer of 2021 with my
dad where after difficult experiences
had pushed us apart a few years prior we
reconnected
this is from the end of the 19th century
it's from the period of Napoleon
Napoleon III this is a film photo that I
captured during the pandemic of my last
apartment where I spent the lockdowns
alone this is what I looked at during
those long months this still really
captures the difficult first couple of
years that I spent living in Paris full
of Doubt honestly it is a bit of a
painful memory but it's not something I
want to forget because it's really good
contrast for the life that I have now I
guess while it was getting developed
some light leaked in and a large chunk
of the of the still like the details are
lost something about how this was
captured really represented for me the
passing of time and the fading of
memories some of you might already
recognize this one it's a still that I
captured after the sun had set of a man
at an ice cream shop in Rome in the
summer of 2018 a time I thought a lot
about the preciousness of Life hence the
reason it became the cover art for the
single Memento Mori released a couple of
years ago Memento Mori being composed by
Tom Fox for this channel it's been so
incredible to see the reaction it has
actually passed 1 million streams on
Spotify which is unbelievable it's so
cool that people are enjoying that
outside of these videos so this painting
is one that I made while living in
Mexico this is a Mexican boy that I
photographed standing at the back of a
truck that was right in front of me and
he just appeared briefly for some reason
that visual
Enchanted me and I was just like wow
what is his life where is he going and
the thought that we are likely never to
cross paths again and this sort of brief
intersection was taking place and then I
captured it with my camera
it really stuck with me so I ended up
painting that's still adding this Frame
and putting it up on the wall of this
room I can't explain to you the joy that
that has brought me
I think that's a good place to end
things thank you so much for your
support and for following Along on this
adventure
I'll see you soon
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