- Jazzmyne's worst habit is that she wakes up
in the morning with no makeup on
and is still the most beautiful
(laughs) person I've ever seen.
And then I have to wake up crusty and look at her.
(upbeat music)
- Hi, I'm Jazzmyne.
- And I'm Kate.
- And we're moving in together for the first time.
We've been together officially
for about a year and some months,
but we dated for five months before that.
We've just found a cute town home
that has two bedrooms, a large living room,
and a lot of potential.
And in this video we are making over our living room.
We're thinking bold, energetic, unique-
- Gay.
- Gay! (both laugh)
This is our first apartment tour together,
let's look around.
This is our living room.
Very big, very wide, a lot of place.
So the living room is one of the most important rooms
in the house.
It kind of sets the tone
for what the rest of the house is going to be.
Take an immediate turn, we're in the dining room (bleep).
Look at all of this. (laughs)
We're gonna have to do something about these.
The main use of this space will be,
one, for me and Kate to have some place
to chill and relax in.
And, secondly, we really do love to host people.
We love to have our friends over and it just kind of
be the hangout place.
- [Kate] Do something cute on this railing.
♪ Welcome to senior blue dress ♪
- There was this Instagram up called Personals,
and you would put up little, "I'm looking for a friend,
I'm looking for a partner,
I'm looking for a third," whatever.
You're looking for something.
Kate put up a personals that caught my eye
and I commented on it.
What'd I say?
- Um, hey.
And then I got a DM in my DMs that said...
(both laugh)
You said, "One you're gorgeous,
Two, I think we know the same person."
- Yeah.
- Yeah. - You are gorgeous.
- Since we don't have a really clear vision of what we want,
I had my friend Kelly, who's great
with interior design, helping us out.
Hi Kelly!
- Hi friends!
- For the living room, the vibe
that I want completely is what you do very well,
which is that beautiful Instagram look.
I like that aesthetic of, like,
"Oh, this place is beautiful,"
but I want it also to be very us.
- Jazzmyne's aesthetic is bold and empowering and personal.
- Kate's aesthetic is, first of all, practical.
Kate also likes glitter. (laughs)
- I think one way that we can get you
this really beautiful look, and it's something that I do,
is to one, shop vintage, and then infusing, I think,
a lot of color and texture.
Really quirky stuff because you guys are both down
with the shenanigans.
- Yes.
- We can find some really kooky,
fun stuff that no one will have,
like you've never seen it anywhere.
- We're not really aiming to do what is most trendy,
we're aiming to try to be bold and different
and then make it just a bit grown up.
- I think that's like how I dress.
- Bold and different and a bit grown up?
- Yeah. (laughs)
Where should we start now?
- How about we do an accent wall?
I think it would be really fun
to bring in the color that you want
And then we'll also find a color
that pairs well with the sofa that you got.
- Thank you for your help.
We will be texting you.
- Of course, of course.
I'm excited to get started.
- Yay, love you, bye! - Yay, love you, bye!
- What do you want to do once our house
is fully decorated and complete?
- I want three large dogs. (dogs bark)
- No!
- I'll settle for one, one is fine.
- Sounds good.
It's paint day, whoo!
We have put the little turkeys on the bottom,
Kate's over there with the brushes.
- [Man] Kate.
- The brush lounge.
- We are not getting any professional help for painting.
There's a lot to do for this living room space.
But first we are going to swatch
what we're going to paint this beautiful accent wall.
This one is called Kiss and Tell. (laughs)
- You pick such fem colors.
Kiss and Tell, Diva Glam.
I mean, you're not gonna get a paint that's,
like, oil spill.
(drum hits)
- [Both] Ooh.
- That's not a bad color.
- This is just kinda what people do
when they're having a baby. (baby cries)
They're like, "Mint green or yellow?"
Ooh!
Kate.
Got the paint swatches up.
We're not gonna choose right now
'cause I think we'll make a better decision
once the room is white.
(upbeat electronic music)
How's it going Kate?
- I've barely touched it.
- I've already (bleep) up, so...
- [Kate] It looks so good.
- We haven't really fought.
I think it's because we've been staying
across the room from each other. (laughs)
Shout out to Linds!
(bubble pops)
(laughs)
Sending Kelly, our swatch wall and she just sent a message.
- The tone of those other colors are just super wrong.
(record scratches)
- Originally we were going for these jewel tones.
Turns out that was not as cute
as we thought it was going to be.
It looked like we were living in a circus.
So I guess we're back to square one with the accent wall.
We're gonna look at more colors, but..
Dang, I thought we had it. (laughs)
So Kelly directed us into a pastels route.
I just want you to tell me which one you like the best.
There are two that I'm leaning towards
and Kelly agreed with me.
- I was thinking the lavender
for down here. - Okay.
- If I were picking by myself,
I would put this one down here.
And then I like this pink,
but I don't know what we would do with it. Did I win?
- Yes! (crowd cheers)
I wanted this color!
So did Kelly.
- This one is called Party Hat.
It looks good.
- Yeah?
- [Kate] What do you think, babe?
- You like this color?
- [Kate] I do.
- I hope. (laughs)
I think it's gonna be cool in here,
especially matched with all this white.
(laid-back music)
It's seven o'clock at night
and we got to the point where we were like,
"All right, do we do the second coat now?"
And Kate's like, "Yeah."
I just don't like to feel rushed about things,
especially when it comes to creative things.
- I very much work off of concrete details
and are things possible, when are they possible?
And Jazzmyne is an intuitive thinker and a feeler.
- So we came to the agreement that Kate
is gonna paint and I am going to the store
to get us a shower curtain.
I just care so much about what Kate wants
and what Kate thinks and I want them to feel loved
and I want them to feel that they're doing an equal part.
- I think the number one thing
that you're supposed to learn
how to do well in a relationship
is to ask for what you want
and this is like a nice little sandbox to play in
of doing that.
- At the end of these disagreements,
we always come to a conclusion
because we know we're just doing things
for each other because we love each other.
(upbeat saxophone music)
Kelly messaged us.
We found a sculpture that is a six foot tall palm tree
that we think is going to look so cool.
Turns out it's in freaking New Jersey.
- I think we both really care
about where we put our money and who we support.
So we're really trying to go for vintage furniture,
which really just means used.
This is not a thing where we can just go
on the internet and click, click, click, click,
and put things in our cart and get them overnight.
- I bought this decoration on my own,
did not consult Kate and or Kelly.
It's a jade kitty.
I think it's gonna look really cute.
Look at it, meow!
Kelly's sending us stuff
that I'm kind of questioning sometimes and being like,
"I don't know if this is gonna match."
I don't know what her vision is.
And then we end up getting that item
and I'm like, "She was right."
My palm tree sculpture came in.
So I'm gonna put it together and see how I like it.
It's interesting.
- I like it, it's wacky.
It reminds me of Peewee Herman.
I can't wait to decorate it for every holiday.
- This is a very exciting morning for us.
Our little leopard print bench came in, so cute.
And then we got this really large mirror, hi!
- Look at this delicious meal.
This is what you get when you live with me.
You don't just get leopard benches.
- [Jazzmyne] Okay, how do you feel about the leopard bench?
- It's gorgeous.
- Yeah? (camera shutter clicks)
- [Kate] You look great sitting on it.
- Thanks, baby. (both laugh)
(sings off-key)
(laughs) That's why I bought that cat.
'Cause I knew she'd be watching me eat breakfast.
(broadcast signal beeps)
This was a big day that we did not know what's happening.
So we got our little bean table.
We got this beautiful dresser.
And we brought in our two lamps that we got.
And then we got our big shelf.
- I'm excited for our rug. - A rug will be good.
- Because right now, it feels like
you're wearing your prom dress and you're barefoot.
= A few days ago, I was very, you know,
down and be like, "Oh, we have so much to do."
But right now it's kind of coming together
and I really like it.
Yeah. - Look at this!
- It looks great.
- This is our space.
- I love you.
(both kiss)
- While we are trying to shop and find things
that we like to put into our living room,
Kelly messaged me and said that her good friend
from Pop Up Home is having an estate sale.
Kate couldn't come because they had work.
I'm now ready to show Kate what I bought at the estate sale.
Ready? (Kate hums)
Okay, number one.
Beautiful woman.
- (laughs) I like it, I'm glad it's brown.
Yes, one, I'm glad it's brown.
Two, I thought you'd like it 'cause it's wood.
- I love wood.
- Vase. - Ooh, I love green.
- Your favorite color. - Yeah.
Ooh! - Lettuce!
- I love that. Look how big this is.
- It's huge.
- And it's actually a jar.
- Yeah, it opens.
Fruit, and they're beautiful.
I'm glad I picked us up some stuff
that will kinda make our place a little bit more homey.
The living room was supposed to be done literal weeks ago,
but the past two or three weeks
have just been terrible, mentally.
Not only were we moving during a pandemic.
Now there's so much going on
with black lives and people who look like me,
who look like my family, who look like my friends
and there's just not justice.
And it's really, really hard to focus.
I can't sit here and try to buy all the little things
that are supposed to make my house fun
when I am just hurting.
It's just been stressful these last few weeks.
(upbeat music)
Just got to the store.
We got our masks, we got our gloves.
We have to pick a whole bunch of stuff up.
We're hoping to get plants, we're hoping to get curtains,
we're hoping to get maybe some mats
for the outside of our door.
But I'm hoping we can actually find stuff here.
Yay!
Living room curtains.
Kate is choosing this muted green.
Do you think those will work?
- [Kate] I'm smiling under this, yes.
Bananas.
- [Jazzmyne] I'm getting this plant
that looks kinda like a butt.
The cart, it's filling.
- [Kelly] Every trip starts out as thriving,
body rolls, and then you are on the edge
of jumping out of a building. (laughs)
- Yeah, it was a lot of education and we got it all.
Hi, welcome to my Cat a Month.
So, a month ago, I got this cat, a beauty.
This month, I got this cat.
There's a little butterfly on her collar.
This segment was called a Cat a Month.
A Cat a Month, a Cat a Month, where I get one cat a month.
I'm most excited to not only make new memories
with Kate, but to grow together.
- I'm also just excited for this new chapter
and for continuing to get to know her and grow with her.
- [Jazzmyne] Lindsay's here to see our living room.
- [Lindsay] I'm excited!
Ooh, she's cute.
- Welcome to our living room.
(upbeat techno music)
The living room to me feels playful, it feels very us.
But it also turned into something
that I never would have imagined.
- And there's just so much to look at.
We have wacky little bodies, weird fruit, we got a tree.
Every time we face time, Kelly is always like,
"Yeah, I love it, shenanigans, shenanigans."
- But now it's taking a step back, I'm like,
"Oh, this is weird, but in such a good way."
- [Lindsay] Oh, it's just really inviting and fun.
It feels like I'm in a little art studio.
- [Jazzmyne] Does it?
- [Lindsay] Yeah!
- [Jazzmyne] This kitchen dining room area,
this cool purple tone makes it kind of a different room,
but it still plays with the fun in the living room.
- This has nothing to do with color,
but I love that we can both lay down on that couch.
(Jazzmyne laughs) You are six feet tall
and you sleep there multiple times a week.
- Often.
My favorite part is the etagere.
I love everything on this little shelving system,
starting from the plants.
These are also some of the first plants
that I have ever bought on my own.
And I have my kitten corner
where I buy a new kitten every month.
A Cat a Month.
It was very important for us to support the black community.
So we bought a lot of stuff from some dope black people.
- [Kate] My favorite part is the gallery wall space
with the art from K Apostrophe.
We really wanted something that we actually connected with.
- [Lindsay] And there's so many fun things to look at.
- [Jazzmyne] There's so much cool (bleep).
- [Lindsay] Congratulations!
- Thank you!
This whole journey of the living room has been a lot.
Some really low lows and we've had to support each other.
Now to see it in front of us, just be like,
"We have your plants, we have my bodies.
We have my kittens, we have your paintings."
Thanks for watching our living room makeover.
Whoo!
Go ahead. - See you next time.
(record scratches) - Wait, you do that
when my face is looking.
(broadcast signal beeps)
- Ready? (laughs)
- Go.
- See you next time. (laughs)
Were you looking?
- [Jazzmyne] Yes.
(upbeat music)