- It's like I'm in kindergarten,
but it's kindergarten for baby geniuses.
I'm really nervous.
♪Viv the builder, can we fix it? ♪
♪ Viv the builder, yes we can. ♪
I hope.
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Hi, I'm Vivian.
And today I'm going to be redoing my vanity space.
I'm really excited I just moved into a new apartment.
I really love it.
I have so much more space
and I have a vanity mirror
that is currently on the floor
looking ratchet.
I moved here and as a total Gemini
I just kind of got rid of a lot of stuff,
including almost all of my furniture.
So I have nowhere to put my vanity mirror
or really to do my makeup.
I love doing my makeup so much.
I also love the vanity space because
I will sit and do my makeup,
I'll play with my hair
while I'm on Instagram or on social media,
while I'm FaceTiming my friends and family
while I'm eating,
while I'm avoiding work because I love to procrastinate.
Hashtag Gemini!
I kind of live my life there because
makeup is one of my favorite things.
My priorities are a comfortable chair,
a spacious tabletop, and organizers.
As far as style and design,
I like a lot of different things.
Hollywood glam, but also ethereal and fairytale,
chic and feminine, you know, just soft,
everything I've just said.
I don't know how to make that myself.
I don't know how to design it.
I'm happy for someone else
to actually do the designing of the space
because I know I can handle the assembling
of any parts painting, DIYs, I got that.
I'm tired of doing my makeup on the floor.
It looks like a hot ass mess.
So let's get started.
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- Hi, I'm Cyn.
I have been decorating for over 10 years.
I actually started set decorating
initially, that's what I have my degree in.
And then I started doing DIYs on Instagram.
And so now I do design DIYs.
Mostly apartment friendly.
- Knowing that you DIY and craft a lot,
it gives me a lot of hope that
whatever you pick for me,
I'll be able to do.
Currently my space is empty.
There's nothing there.
That's why my vanity mirror is on the floor.
I really want a space that's
feminine and classy and sophisticated, but also
peaceful, but also comfortable
and functional 'cause I have to see everything.
- If you don't get everything a home
and like designate a beautiful way to store it,
it'll get all over the place
and you will not feel zen in that space at all,
It'll just feel like clutter.
- I really love like metals,
like
rose gold,
gold,
silver.
- Yeah.
- I like sparkles, I like shine.
I love like crystal type,
mirror type reflective stuff.
- So here's what I was thinking.
And you let me know what you think.
I'm really into arches.
And they're just super trendy
right now and really pretty.
So I thought since you're in an apartment
and you can't paint,
you could do a arch decal in the back.
- Oo.
- Yeah, like a peel and stick.
They're really easy to find.
We just cut them with scissors
and you just put them right on your wall.
Then you'll give your space like a moment.
You already have that really beautiful,
like makeup mirror with the bulbs.
A little Hollywood esque.
- Yes, of course.
- I would paint that the same color
so that it kind of almost
looks like it blends into the wall.
Almost like a built-in
just gives it more of like a fancier vibe.
- You're making me expensive and I'm so here for it.
Thank you.
- Right, and it's not!
Those are both so easy to do
and super low on costs.
Most people think they have to buy
like a huge vanity setup,
but you don't,
you can just get a really beautiful desk that you like,
and you kind of just
transform that into your vanity area.
And since you already have the mirror,
you don't need the mirror part.
So I would just find a really beautiful,
feminine looking desk.
If it has drawers, even better,
extra places for you to store,
maybe your hair stuff,
the things that maybe
you don't want to display all the time.
As far as seating,
if it's a spot that you sit a lot,
you might want a back-up supposed to an ottoman.
But if your space is tight,
sometimes you want the ottoman
to be able to tuck under the desk.
So it's not in foot traffic.
What do you prefer?
What do you think is more the way to go for you?
- I think a chair with the back
is the best option for me.
- The key is I think when you
organize your vanity is to have a designated area
for all of your brushes,
for your makeup pallets,
and then leave a little area
of space where you can have your little moment,
you know, where you can put your flowers,
where you can, you know,
pair it with your favorite candle.
I think the key is maybe
just keeping things in their spots. So I'm going to send you
all the links for everything you need and some directions.
And I'm so excited to see what you do.
- I'm so excited too like,
I am going to be a full on beauty guru influencer vibe,
that's like my wildest dreams, so thank you Cyn.
- You're welcome, I'm excited,
I think it's going to look awesome!
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- So now it's time for me to build the desk.
And honestly, like I'm really hyped,
I've never built anything,
like really built anything
and I'm kind of feeling like,
well, you know, Viv the builder vibes, it's
a lot of pictures,
so it shouldn't be that hard.
Right?
So I have this piece,
which is like one of the legs
and
this piece, which is another leg.
I have the four pieces
so I'm supposed to hammer them into these.
Gonna take one of the-
(DJ scratch noise)
Okay, take two.
(hammering noise)
(hammering noise sped up)
I did it!
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First fail of the evening.
I didn't take off the blue sticker.
I screwed it in already.
Ah, maybe I can just peel it off and like,
Okay, I think I'll do that.
Okay, It's coming off.
This is the table top.
And right now has the blue like
protection sticker on
which I'll peel off and show the white.
But this is not going to be an all white table!
I've got contact paper.
I can't wait to put this on here.
I feel like it's going to be like
the thing to really make this "me".
Oh my God, I love it so much!
It looks like this is what heaven would look like.
I want to make sure I have enough to cover the edges.
And also that it's centered.
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I wanna apply the whole
sticker contact sheet on first
and then I'll go back and cut and trim and all that.
I'm doing it like this also
'cause I don't want like any
air bubbles or anything like that.
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Oh my gosh.
Like what?
What, what.
This looks so good.
(cheerful music)
On the plus side, I finished my first drawer.
I even added the excess contact paper here.
I also ordered these awesome knobs.
To go with the vanity table.
Here's the issue.
There are no holes here.
I'm not like expert hardware, handy person.
I don't want to ruin it.
So I actually ended up using super glue gel
to get this in place.
And I mean, yeah, that's not the funnest part,
right there but it'll be solid once it's dry.
Now the table looks amazing.
I am so happy with it,
but
this is clashing heavily.
So my next step is
definitely going to be to change the black.
And make it be more in line with this.
(jazz music)
Now I have to sand this down.
I'm really nervous.
I've never sanded anything before.
I have gloves on,
I have protection from my eyes
and now it's time to sand paper this baby.
(jazz music)
Would I ever advise to spray paint in your bedroom?
No,
that wasn't the best idea
I've had in a while.
I was a little nervous
about spray painting the gold just because
I just sand papered off so much
that I just didn't know
what it was going to look like,
but I'm kind of feeling it
because it's kind of like a dusty gold.
(jazz music)
So this is coat one.
I'm going to do another coat of a gold.
A coat of a sealant.
And then hopefully that will be enough,
but it looks really cool!
(jazz music)
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This is wallpaper and it's wallpaper
that's actually almost like the contact paper
I put on the tabletop because
you just peel it like a sticker
and put it onto the wall.
And it comes out like this.
I just have commitment issues.
So I can't fully commit to painting a wall.
I can paint this,
which is this without actually painting my wall.
And so basically I'm going to put it on,
paint it all the pink color I picked out,
and then I'm going to like draw an arch
and cut it out.
I think it's, it's going to work.
No air bubbles allowed.
You know, this was so much easier for the other two.
I bet it's because I have a camera on.
So now it wants to show out and be annoying.
Like, can you just cooperate?
(upbeat music)
I had another idea instead of painting first,
I think I'm going to design
the arch and then try to paint within it.
Knowing that I do have some more space
just in case I mess up.
Let's get to...
(tape ripping)
Taping!
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This is the color, I think it'll go with
the rest of the stuff and it's paint
that already has primer in it.
So I'm just going to go.
Then I have this little rolly thing.
So hopefully this will work out.
I really love the shade because
it's a little bit more muted,
which goes better with the whole look.
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This is definitely easier
if you have a little bit more on your little roller,
I was going to light and I would still see white,
but here I didn't go as light
and I see less white.
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So now it is dry.
I have three layers of the paint on here.
I need to take off the painter's tape.
(upbeat music)
The harder part now is that
I have to go and get all these
edges, of my goodness edges.
It's a weird shape, I'll be honest like,
I don't know if I was trying to do straight lines
or like a big semi-
I'm, I'm not sure.
(upbeat music)
I keep taking off more from this side
and it looks a little messy, a little cray.
This side is freaking perfect.
And I just, I don't know how to replicate that.
It's just so close and so far away at the same time.
(upbeat music)
I never thought I would have this, I'm so happy!
This is a dream come true.
I love everything about this vanity area.
I feel so boujee, rich, expensive.
This is everything that dreams are made of.
I love the combination of
the rose gold, the pink, the gold.
I love that there's a little bit of metal.
Everything about this is so me,
it's girly, it's feminine, it's glamorous.
And this, I love it so much.
I put my brushes in here.
I have my perfumes and I oils laid out.
My, my mom, my favorite person she's back here.
This is my liquids drawers.
So like cream eyeshadows, foundation, stuff like that.
This is powders and eye shadows.
So in there I have basically
anything that's kind of like powdery.
This was a little bit hard
making this go from black to gold,
but I am so glad I did because
it would have thrown this completely off.
If it wasn't gold too.
The pink accent curvature,
that's where I struggled with.
I didn't preplan, I just kind of free handed it.
So I want it to be more clean and more neat.
So I'm probably going to do that again.
I think the thing that makes me
the most proud is that I did all of this myself
and that makes me so happy knowing that
I could do it by myself.
It makes me appreciate it more.
And also like,
you don't have to spend a kajillion dollars
to do any of this stuff.
And I think that's really important
for anyone who's interested in
making their space more glamorous and fun.
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