What's up! I'm Kalysse.
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My apartment is, I guess you'd say it's a
decent size for a New York City apartment.
I literally don't have any clue how much square
footage it is because I've never seen a floor plan in my life.
Shout out to my landlord.
But it's two bedrooms, two bathrooms.
I have a washer and dryer, a very decent living and
kitchen space and a backyard.
I pay $3000 a month.
I split it, obviously, between me and my roommate.
My portion is $1550 because I have a slightly bigger room and a closet.
I'm a freelance creative, I model.
Currently working on a brand that I plan to be launching soon, fingers crossed.
And also trying to get into acting.
My apartment is, I like to say it's on the cusp of Bushwick and Bed Stuy.
Basically, I'm half a block over from Broadway and that's what kind of differentiates Bushwick versus Bed Stuy.
But the way my street is set up, it's like ninety five percent brownstone.
So I also like to say I live in Bed Stuy because it doesn't look like Bushwick at all.
One of my favorite features of the apartment is the open shelving in my kitchen.
So these stackable plates and bowls from CB2 are super affordable.
I think the plates were around like two to three dollars each.
I spent a little bit more money on the Away stackable cups.
They're like dishwasher safe.
They don't really break.
I've been able to enjoy some new cooking ware that I got when I moved in.
I have a really cool, Great Jones kind of cast iron pot, and
I love cooking just like meats and stews and soups and just like mussels.
And then I have an Always pan, which is really cool because it's like a nonstick, nontoxic pan that you
can literally use for everything.
It has like a cool little wooden spatula that sits perfectly on the handle.
I don't really have a dining table yet.
We're still trying to find one
that works in the little bit of space that we do have, but we typically just eat here
on the island, which is really cool.
Again, it opens up the space.
Or we'll eat in the backyard, I have like a cool little, just
like chill IKEA picnic table situation set up back there.
So the space I'm currently
sitting in is obviously my living room, my living space.
I wanted it to feel very just like comfortable.
Very peaceful.
Some type of serenity.
I knew that when I moved into
this apartment that I wanted a very big, comfortable white couch.
It's a custom West Elm couch.
It was approximately $3000.
So it was definitely one of the things that I invested a lot of money into, and I'm very just super
cautious, obviously, because it's white.
So I don't eat on it.
I chose these because they're
just very chill, like the rest of the collection is very bold and like there's some really unique colors.
But again, I have a lot of other elements of bold colors, so I didn't want it to clash too much.
They're at an accessible price point.
I really love the ombré one
because it feels just like so soft.
It's almost like a velvet kind of texture.
Now I'm a plant mom, you know, I don't have any pets.
I do dog sit my boyfriend's dog on occasion.
So this is like my responsibility.
These are my children for the time being.
Bo is 16 years old.
I'm not sure exactly how many years that is in dog years, but he basically
is a senior citizen.
He is blind and a little deaf and has some kidney problems.
But he's a fighter and we love him so much.
Let me show you guys into my closet.
It's not the biggest space, but it holds everything that I need seasonally.
As you can see, I have a lot of shoes, but this actually isn't all that I own.
I'm just like a sneaker head.
I've been collecting sneakers since I've been in middle school.
I got my first job at 15 working at Aeropostale because my mom was just like,
"Alright. If you want all these sneakers, you're going to have to pay for them yourself."
And I was like, "No problem."
I thought I was doing a lot, making ten dollars an hour.
I mainly invested most of my money into the living space.
And everything in here is just like obviously super affordable.
I plan to, like, switch it up later on.
But for now, this is good.
I like to keep the scent and the vibes, you know, very relaxed, very chill.
Here I have the R29 Home throw.
Super cute.
And I also have the R29 comforter.
I layered it up with my duvet.
It's super, super soft.
Again, these are like really accessible price points.
It has like a textured feel, but it also is really,
really comfortable.
And it also comes with matching pillowcases.
So now we're in the bathroom.
And if you live in New York like
me, then, you know, having your own bathroom is really like a luxury, and it makes you
feel like you almost live by yourself.
So my shower is a glass door situation, which
I think is really cool.
The only part that's kind of annoying is sometimes I want to just
lay down and take a bath after like a long, stressful week.
So because I don't have a medicine cabinet,
I have to keep most of my products on my bathroom sink counter.
I basically have these new serums from Glossier.
My roommate actually works for Glossier, so shout out to her for getting
me some products.
Pretty serious when it comes to the skincare game.
So I know I said I had
a two bedroom and two bathroom, but my roommate kind of just moved in and she's still getting settled.
So we'll skip that part for now.
But let's head out to the backyard.
Since we're on the first floor, we're the only ones that have access to the backyard, which is
really nice to be able to come out here.
Can work, can eat, can hang out with some friends.
I got this like IKEA picnic table.
I think it was around like five hundred dollars.
Funny story, so I put up these lights and
I have them really extending back and forth along the fence, and then the next morning
my neighbor upstairs texted me.
She's like, "Girl, I just saw a crazy squirrel just chew
through all of your wires."
And I was like, "Wow, I didn't even have it up for 24 hours."
No lie, it was just like, dang.
So I'm kind of making do
with this AC situation and just kind of adding a little bit of an ambiance to the backyard.
Overall, how I feel about being here during quarantine is like I feel super comfortable,
I'm actually glad I moved in April, which is like right in the beginning of all the hecticness.
So it was nice to have a change of scenery because I didn't feel stuck or
like, I'm tired of being here.
And then again, having a backyard, just being able to, like,
step out and just, you know, chill without having to, like, be
outside with everything that's going on in the world.
So when I saw this, I was like, it's mine.
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