(cymbals clashing)
- I've been living in chaos.
- [Woman] Floor is uneven, and the door jamb
is just a little too tight.
- This was like, my first experience like this ever.
- [Woman] I can feel some trapped energies
from the previous person that resided in this place.
- I want it to be done.
(cheery acoustic guitar music)
This is my new space. - Okay, love it.
- But I need your help with organization
because I'm a little stressed about that.
- Show me all the spaces. - All right.
- Let's get started.
- [Freddie] Having like very distinct, specific homes
for all of my items I think is gonna make me
feel really adult and really grown up,
and like I'm truly having a fresh start.
So this is the bedroom.
- [Elsa] Pretty.
- And this is the bedroom closet.
- What were you thinking you wanted to keep in this space?
'Cause I know you have another closet.
- Yeah.
- That's gonna be much bigger than this.
- Additional storage,
and even just clothing that I don't have to like
leave my actual bedroom for.
- I think just a free-standing thing
where you can keep pajamas and your like intimates
and all that stuff in here,
so you're not walking down the hallway.
This will be a great use of space for,
like back in here, all the things
that you're not accessing all the time.
- Totally.
Okay, that sounds like a plan.
- Yeah, great. - All right, shall we move on?
- Yes.
Let's see this hallway closet. - Okay.
One of the selling points for this apartment
is that it has a lot more storage and closet space
than my current apartment does.
It's something that I've desperately been wanting
for the past two and a half years.
This is it.
- Wow.
Love the color choice in here.
- This is what I wanna use as like my main master closet.
It's weirdly shaped, so I'm wondering
like what you think that we should kinda do?
- If we start building a closet at this level,
we'll really maximize the width of this wall.
And then we're gonna install a whole bunch of shelves
so that there's open space for storing things.
This is perfect,
because it's enough space where you can walk in,
the shape kind of gives it a lot of character,
and then we'll do just like
a really white kind of high-gloss finish on everything
so it feels very modern, very glamorous.
This is gonna be amazing.
- I'm excited.
I've never had a fun, spacious closet.
I just want my master hallway closet
to give you Pinterest vibes and serve you looks, okay.
So this is the kitchen.
It's pretty small.
- You do have these really tall,
gorgeous upper cabinets.
So that's a lot of space, which I'm really excited about.
And then maybe we can look at getting
like some free-standing islands
that have like a butcher block kind of top,
so that we can just really expand out
your countertop space and give you room
to put your microwave,
- Yeah. - and your coffeemaker.
- You can tell that I don't cook that much
because my main concern was like,
"Where the hell am I gonna put my microwave?"
- Yeah. (laughs) - You know? (laughs)
- And then we'll do some decanting into glass jars
for food storage on one side of the kitchen
to create sort of a makeshift pantry.
- Also the drawers in here aren't really work.
So we're gonna have to find a workaround.
- I think that happens sometimes in these older buildings.
- Yeah.
- So we will definitely find a better solution for that.
Okay, I feel like we have a lot of really good options
for the kitchen.
- All right, let's move on to the office.
- Great.
How pretty.
- Thank you.
This desk is gonna be staying,
and then these drawers will stay, and then we have one more.
- We can use these for office supplies,
for filing cabinet even,
if we did like one drawer for each kind of paperwork
that you need to keep.
In this space we can really utilize the vertical.
We're gonna add in some wall organization
with a few magnetic boards and some wall ledges and shelves.
So it'll be a little more visual, like for decor purposes
but also really functional.
- Yay, I'm so excited for a really beautiful, nice,
functional workspace.
- Yeah, me too.
- Next? - Yes.
- This is the bathroom.
It's a little bit smaller than my current bathroom.
- Okay. - One of my concerns
too with this bathroom is that the sink is pretty small,
like there isn't a lot of counter space.
- Any time you have wall space in a small space,
it's the best to take advantage of that.
We're really gonna take advantage of the height of that wall
and the existing built-in shelves,
so that we can create categories
for each one of your products
but make it very easy for you to find things.
- You are a maven.
- Thank you.
Can't wait to get started.
- Yay, let's go.
(upbeat synth music)
Elsa and friends are gonna help me unpack and reorganize
everything in the new apartment,
with the help of Container Store setups and products.
We're here at the Container Store,
and we're gonna do some shopping
to sort of get everything in order.
- Let's start with the design section,
and we can look through the layout
of all the shelves and dressers and that kind of stuff,
and then we can finish with the accessory portion of like,
coat hangers and bins and all that kinda stuff.
For the walk-in,
we're going to use the white ventilated shelves,
which are amazing.
They don't look like they're huge,
but this holds a lot of stuff.
Pretty inexpensive, easy to install yourself,
even easier to have someone else install for you.
- Yes.
- And they're just great.
I like using hooks like this,
because they're very easy to sort of
- Oh. - drape anything over.
Stacking jewelry organizers are so much fun.
- Love it.
- They're all meant to just go vertical,
so they don't take up a ton of space.
This is like the best aisle for closets,
'cause you get to pick out all the beautiful things
that are really gonna like up the level.
- I'm excited to get
my life in order. - Good.
- 'Cause it feels like it's in shambles.
- Oh no.
- Until I met you. - Yes.
Yes. (laughs)
Well, I'm so happy to help.
- All right, so let's get everything purchased and ordered
and then we'll get started on this transformation.
- Great, I can't wait. - Yay!
(bouncy music)
- So this is day six of moving activity,
and hopefully it's the last day.
I think it's, I mean it is the last day.
It will be the last day.
I've been living in chaos
with a bunch of boxes all over the place.
Today is the day that we've been waiting for,
and hopefully that you all have been waiting for,
and it is unpacking and organizing the entire apartment
with the lovely Elsa.
(exhales)
Elsa, where are we starting?
- First thing we're gonna do
is just kind of organize the boxes.
All your living room boxes are in your living room.
We'll move this stuff into the kitchen, the bedroom,
and the hallway closet.
We're gonna start unpacking the bathroom first.
Having your bathroom set up so that you can like,
take a shower, brush your teeth, find your makeup,
all of that stuff, is like number one priority.
Let's tackle the bathroom.
- All right, let's do it.
- You have all these amazing built-in shelves
behind on this wall.
So we'll just kind of start
taking everything out of your bathroom boxes,
and then we can fine-tune and figure out
exactly the right bin for each space.
- I'm looking forward to hopefully learning a lot,
so that maybe in a couple of years
when I'm moving into a new apartment,
I can remember what Elsa teaches me about like organizing,
and like how to do it properly.
- So far, we just have all our bins out,
we're just using them to contain right now.
These lids work really well as trays.
- I probably won't ever use these.
- So what do we-- - So I probably should--
- What do we do with the things
that we probably won't ever use?
- Donate them.
- Oh my god, you're so good at this.
- Yeah.
- Some common sort of mishaps with storing items,
the first one that comes to mind
is when people store similar items in different places
throughout their home,
and it makes it a little bit impossible
to see exactly what it is you have of each product.
I'm gonna set these aside, because I would like for them
to be in a place that's easy for you to see and remember.
- Yeah. - It's a little tricky
because you keep your makeup brushes in your bedroom,
but you're not gonna clean them
'cause you need the sink, so,
we'll kind of save those for the last moment
so that they're in a place
that's really highlighted for you.
- The good thing about today is that
when we were packing, I was also decluttering,
so I was making sure that I wasn't bringing
anything that I didn't need to the new space.
- Okay, so we have eyeliners,
and then these are the standing lipglosses,
kind of some face primers, and bronzer,
and your very favorite eyeshadow.
- Yeah. - And then your palettes.
You wanna put those into one of these?
- Yeah.
- Even though they're in a category,
we're gonna make them into smaller categories.
- Okay.
- Treatments, creams, cleanser, toner, masks.
- Now that I know what I have,
I'm gonna do a whole routine.
- [Chantel] Is she?
Is she? (Freddie laughs)
Vote yes or no,
here on the screen. (laughs)
- People don't change just because they buy more products.
- Okay, fine.
- [Chantel] Yeah, you didn't know what it was!
- I know. (Freddie and Chantel laughing)
I think I'm most nervous about how long it's gonna take.
I think with the packing up, I was like,
"Oh, we'll be done in like four hours,
"because we have so many people helping,"
and it ended up taking much longer.
- [Chantel] Kelly, what are we doing in here?
- So, I'm building a shower rack,
and I think Andrew's building a shoe rack?
- It's four shelves in a box.
So, we'll see what happens.
- How do you feel about someone
helping to style your bookshelf?
This was heavier than anticipated.
(Freddie and Chantel laughing)
- Freddie asked for the books to be in color-coded order,
but I wanna do the color code in the order of the chakras
and the colors that align so it's kind of like a rainbow.
- That was the sweetest, wow, I, wow.
- [Chantel] Are you helping, Fred?
You're just her shadow. - I'm just her shadow.
- [Chantel] You're just following her. (laughs)
- I'm just following her around. (laughs)
- Look at all these amazing
- Oh, it's so cute! organizing solutions
for inside your drawers.
- I didn't see the pink stuff yet.
- And I love, look at these little babies!
- I love containers. - Me too!
- I mean, now. (laughs) - Especially the tiny ones.
- Taking a little party break.
And by party break I mean shots.
- [Chantel] Apple whiskey.
- Cheers-ay, yeah. - Cheers.
- Hopefully everything can just go pretty smoothly,
we could just unpack and throw it in the container
and be on our way.
Take a little look-see.
Everything's organized based on like what I wear most often.
So that part's done.
Now we just have to do the rest of this closet.
- [Chantel] Look at these little mint boxes!
- I love the mint.
- [Chantel] And you can reach it, yeah?
- Yeah. - Can you?
(Freddie and Chantel laughing)
- Stuff that's gonna be up here
is gonna be stuff that I don't really use often.
So, it's kind of okay if it's like a little out of reach.
What's happening in here?
- We already installed this cool suspension system
that's made by Umbra.
- Is this too tall for you?
We'll make it like a step stool in here, as well?
I'm just, can you just lift it,
I'm just, I'm, it's, this is your shower!
I just wanna make sure that you can reach everything inside.
- Right now we're just sort of giving everything a home
and then I can adjust as needed.
We finished the office pretty much, finished the kitchen,
finished the bathroom,
and really the last few things that we're working on
is the closet, and then I need to work on the vanity,
which I'll probably work on alone.
Elsa and I are really just like getting down
and dirty in the closet area.
We're organizing things in a very particular way right now,
but she was saying that it's gonna take me
like two weeks to figure out
if it's actually working for my lifestyle or not.
She's sort of teaching me how to fold.
- Because we're gonna file fold into these drawers,
I'm just gonna fold all your tanks
so that these make these nice little pockets.
And then I'm putting them all by colors,
so that when we put them in
it can be like a nice little rainbow assortment
of all your favorite tees and tanks.
- What am I looking forward to today?
The end. (laughs)
Yeah, it's like, one of those things where it's like
the final stretch, we're almost there.
- [Elsa] It's been a day.
- It's been a day.
- [Elsa] The kitchen is a beautiful space
but a little short on actual cabinet space and countertops.
So having these additions I think is gonna give Freddie
all of the storage space that she needs for her items.
I also love decanting food into glass jars
because it keeps the food fresher longer,
and it also takes away the visual clutter
of all of the packaging.
(calm music)
The office currently
is painted a really beautiful light blush color.
The white I think will keep things simple,
and it matches the existing desk that's in there,
and then the coral will play off of the wall color
and just be that really fun, bright pop of color.
I think color in an office space too
is really great for creativity
and just kinda makes it feel more alive.
In the bathroom, there are some great shelves
that are already built in on one of the walls.
So the bins are just gonna serve the purpose
of grouping like items together,
which makes it very easy if you're like,
"I need to grab my hair products, or face creams,"
you can just grab the whole bin,
and you have everything at your fingertips.
It also is easier to put things back,
and then when things are contained
you can see exactly how much you have of something.
In the hallway closet,
there wasn't a lot of built-in shelving,
and it's a really unusual shape.
We wanted to go after the feel of like
you're going into a beautiful boutique
and you're shopping for your outfit for that day,
so that when Freddie goes in and gets dressed in the morning
she's feeling inspired and knows where everything is,
and it just feels more like a luxury experience.
There's open space for storing things
like purses, jeans, anything that's gonna be stacked
and folded, and also some additional drawers.
- Okay, so it's the end of the sixth day.
And I think this is where we leave you.
- I've learned a lot.
- Good.
- Mostly that I have a really great group of friends
who have taken time out to help me get my life together.
Honestly and truly,
none of this stuff would've even been unpacked.
In the dining room. - For how long?
- In the dining room.
Probably for six months. - Forever.
- Six months? - Yeah.
- Well. - Yeah.
Everything's almost completely unpacked.
Like that is unheard of for me.
So I'm very grateful, I'm very excited.
Everything looks so good.
I'm actually excited to like go into my office,
I'm excited to go into my closet and pick out clothes.
- I can't wait to see it when you have
all your like decor touches up on the walls.
- Yes, I know. - It's gonna be beautiful.
- Thank you so much, Elsa. - Of course.
It was so much fun.
- This was great. - And welcome
to your new home. - Thank you!
Okay, so it's design day!
I'm very excited to be closing this chapter of moving.
I just wanna make Mel proud.
But I may need help.
- [Woman] I've stopped breathing.
- What do y'all think of Fred's apartment?
- Okay, this is beautiful. - Wow.
(upbeat music)