either this wall is going to look amazing and totally elevate the apartment
or it's going to be totally ridiculous welcome back to the channel welcome to another vlog it
is just about eight o'clock in the morning i've been up since five i've worked out showered theo
tried to jump in the shower too made a nice hot pot of coffee sat down and got some emails done
and now i'm waiting for the contractors to arrive because in this episode i'm constructing a wall in
my loft now before you watch this video i highly recommend going back and watching my previous vlog
where i give an empty tour of this new soho loft that i'm living in and i go through the reasons
exactly why i'm looking to build this wall so i'll cut to that clip right now this is where i'm
actually going to be building a wall so from this point here directly across the whole apartment
to right about here i'm going to make a wall so this wall is going to be half glass
with black factory windows and then right here there's gonna be a sliding
glass barn door like i was saying the loft up there i don't wanna wake up and smack my head
so i'm gonna have a proper bedroom so with those glass factory windows you'll still be able to see
into the bedroom and i plan on putting a curtain rod or something just so you know
when i need privacy i can have it but i really want this light to continue just filling up the
space so the factory windows are really the way to do that i really don't know what to expect
in my mind it looks good but i've had my fair share of ideas in my life where i'm like yeah
in my mind that that's awesome and then when it comes to the execution it's not so awesome
but hopefully this works out i'm pumped they say it's gonna take one to two days so this might be
a two-day vlog depending on how long it is so if you're new here and you want to see new york city
content make sure to subscribe and with that the contractors should be here in the next few minutes
i don't know how much of this i can document but i'll film as much as possible there's a lot going
on today but first let's say good morning to the one and only and what would a vlog be without the
cutest golden retriever in all of new york city good morning theo he's not into it this morning
with his little french fry you go back to sleep we're gonna go build this wall
the contractors just arrived at the apartment and they have the 10-foot ladder here for the job
because the ceilings in this apartment are 15 feet high and the guys told me this is their biggest
job yet as far as wall construction in a new york city apartments it's going to be a steel framed
wall with wooden 2x4 studs and again this is just a pressure wall this wall will be taken down
when i do move out of this apartment in one to two years theo has officially taken on the role
of project manager for this wall build and he is so excited to say the least look at this dog
a few more guys just showed up to work on the job but i have to say the precision of this job is 10
out of 10 while planning all this out i sent over some rough measurements before for that
rendering that they made but they are doing all the cutting on site here in the apartment
quick little update the black factory windows have just been installed and it looks freaking amazing
i am so relieved that it looks good in the space it looks almost like a foreman's office that you'd
find in a warehouse with the windows so you can see in but it is totally transforming the space
in a good way i think i mean it's not done yet but and of course theo is still supervising every step
of this job he was so excited i actually had to take him outside to play a little go fetch
just to let out some of that energy that's why he's panting like he just ran a marathon he had
a bit too much energy and i wanted the guys to have their space to work so i took him out
i mentioned how fast these guys are they are absolutely crushing this build the final factory
window the fifth window is just being installed right now and i was recommended this company by a
buddy of mine brett conte they built a wall in his apartment and the name of this company is called
one day wall but for this one they said it may take two days just because like i mentioned
they told me that this is their biggest project yet this is quite the undertaking those glass
panes are probably 100 pounds give or take that's a hefty project but these guys man
i'm so happy it looks good because there was that moment where i'm like okay
i saw the vision in my mind i had the sketches i had the rendering but how will it actually
look in the space and i have to say it is coming along better than i had planned
since you've been such a good boy you've earned yourself a nice
grooming spa day at pop culture bye theo
he loves going down there he will actually enjoy himself it usually takes two to three hours just
because he is such a fluffy fluffy big dog and i know the guys building the wall will definitely
appreciate him not being there as cute as he is and as much as everyone loves him sometimes he
does get in the way so the plan was while thea was getting all nice and pampered at his little
spa grooming day i was gonna come back to the apartment and build out this bed frame i got this
bed frame from cb2 this is for the guest bedroom this is a queen size bed frame the only thing
i'm taking a look at the instructions here and it says i need a phillips head screwdriver which
i thought i had one it also has the exclamation with the emoji of two people required to assemble
this bed frame so i'm gonna have to get that phillips head and most likely once my brother
comes up i know he has a ton of tools and assemble this bed frame but the wall they are so fast
take a little look this is a sneak peek the wall is pretty much they said they'd be here till like
7 p.m and then have to come back tomorrow morning for the finishes but wow there you are look at you
huh look at you so clean beautiful grooming is done but it's raining so we're not going to take
him to the park just so you don't get all muddy come on theo look at you like a million dollars
look how excited he is look at this tail look at this fluff just got back to the apartment it is
pouring rain so theo's whole spa day kind of was a flop so these guys got here at 9 am it is just
about 7 p.m as you can see the apartment looks like a completely new space i think it looks
freaking awesome this is a look in the actual bedroom and when they are completed i'm gonna hang
a curtain rod here and have nice white drapes hanging down so when i do want the privacy it's
there but i mean this looks so cool i was going for that factory look and these guys hit the nail
right on the head by the tongue out and the smile i assume you're a happy boy with the work done
apartment hunting is never easy and i'm so thankful that i found this place it took
me a solid four weeks of looking before i found this home 2021 is almost halfway over which means
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genius.com e-r-i-k so the guys just arrived and they're mixing up the spackle now really just
doing those final touches like i said sanding down that spackle from last night getting any little
nooks and crannies that they may have missed from yesterday now as far as paint we're staying with
that bright white matching the rest of the apartment really to make those black factory
windows pop and have it just have that modern industrial feeling it looks like a whole new space
i am so fired up on this and i'm so happy that it's turning out the way it is they're just now
putting on the sliding glass barn door and i was a bit hesitant because this sliding glass barn door
is probably a good foot lower than the bathroom door but that's because the bathroom door i
mean check this out just for some comparison the bathroom door is probably seven and a half feet
high i can put my arm straight over my head here and touch the top this is not a normal
door height and the bedroom door height is just about six foot eight so it looks a little smaller
than the bathroom one but you know that's not that big of a deal just because it had to fit
the sliding bond door which i mean just this is so cool the aesthetic of this the vibe of this loft
geo and his team just finished up and again if you do live in new york city and you're looking
to make your apartment into a flex a one bedroom number one get permission from the building or the
super but number two if you're looking for someone one day wall i am just beyond impressed at number
one how fast they were but number two how precise and the attention to detail traditionally if you
have speed you're compromising precision and details but these guys knocked it out of the
park especially for a wall that's gonna come down in probably a year maybe two years so now
i'm gonna clean the floors i'm gonna put these couches back into place just wait to see this
next clip here it is this is the final reveal of the wall and like i said i am so stoked
at how this turned out but i wanted to get a shot with me in the frame just so you can see
the perspective of what this place looks like with someone in the shot i mean i'm still blown away
one like i said how fast but two just at how good this looks it definitely in my opinion elevated
the space and you can see in these shots we've lost the light right now but i got some b-roll
when it was golden hour and that light was coming through i love the open concept of this place but
i definitely thought there had to be some kind of division between different rooms and the
idea behind this glass wall was to keep all that sunlight and not have this side turn into almost a
cave but let's check this out through the sliding glass barn door this is now the primary bedroom
in this loft like i was mentioning it's so rare to find a space that's a rental where you have
full rain when i walked in here they actually had a line taped right across the floor giving a sort
of dimensions of where they wanted to put a wall in they told me they're like hey you can make this
into a one bedroom and now technically it's a two bedroom because you have this down here and then
you also have the i mean i guess it's kind of a bedroom with a low ceiling in the loft area
originally i was gonna have these panels at the floor level and it was until the last minute my
mom was actually in the city and she's like eric that would look so weird having these on the floor
rather have them at the same height as the radiator just so they blend in and they really
give you that grand feeling just because the ceilings are so high and also i think it's so
unique that you can be in the bedroom and see into the living room i mean some people might
not like that they might want the privacy comment down below if you think i should actually hang a
curtain rod up here so i can have curtains just in case i need that privacy this room is definitely a
interesting layout but it is deceivingly large so this is actually a king-sized mattress just
for some perspective of the size of this space and then off in the corner here this is a six
and a half foot long desk so there is plenty of room i think it's pretty safe to say that
it definitely elevates the space it gives that kind of industrial feeling that i was looking for
now that i'm happy with how this looks if we walk this way for a sec i do have a few more projects
i'm actually going to be painting the wooden panels black to match the factory windows also
comment down below if you have any other decor ideas or design there was actually a ton of good
ideas in the comments of the last video so let me know down below i hope that you are well watching
this and with that i will see you in the next episode of this soho loft renovation series not
sure what to call this but it's definitely turning into a series i will see you in the next video