- I walk in an I'm already feeling overwhelmed.
This is just like random camera gear
- Why is it not in a bin?
- Birth certificate, that's important.
I thought I lost that.
Room's a mess, oh my god!
- We got a lot to do.
(gentle music)
- So in case you haven't seen,
I did a Pero Like video where Claudia gave me
an entire living room transformation.
So now I wanna take on that challenge myself
and give myself a closet makeover.
Now Claudia's gonna help me, give me some strategies,
but I'm gonna be doing it my damn self.
All right, so I'm doing the official tour.
Claudia, this is for you.
You didn't get to see my closet.
But I'm so excited for you to check it out.
It's spacious, it's walk-in, it's actually pretty dope.
It doesn't look clean but it's nice, I can walk in.
- So he has sent me a virtual tour of his closet.
Let's see what we're working with,
and then I'm gonna figure out what he needs.
We're gonna give him a plan of action.
Here we go.
- I'm like in closet now.
- He has a big closet, it's true.
- We're still going.
I have my Thai flag 'cause of Thailand and I trained there.
- You know in my organizational video
I talked about hating vertical slats on windows.
I also hate flags on the wall.
I feel like it is a tell tale sign of a bachelor
or someone that doesn't know what to do with design.
It's very dorm room.
- [Eli] And then I have my lovely dresser here.
- A dresser, that's good.
- [Eli] Overflows a little bit, but it fits okay.
My glasses. (laughs)
I have a lot of these, I have a lot of these wristbands.
- Are those prayer beads?
- [Eli] You may see it in the videos.
- I'm not seeing one container
to hold anything beyond a dresser.
- And then this is just random like camera gear,
and then in this,
- Why is it not in a bin?
Why is the camera gear not in a bin?
Why is the sports stuff not in it's own drawer?
Why is it all just on a shelf?
- This is my prized possession right.
- What is this prized possession?
- I was gonna shoot a music video with puppets,
and I got him, and I just kinda kept him.
And he's my buddy.
- Skeletons in the closet.
Eli has puppets in the closet which is more terrifying.
- [Eli] All this random crap,
- Oh god I wish I could be there in person, ay yai yai.
- [Eli] So these are like my taxes,
- And they're just sitting there in an envelope?
- My Star Wars galaxy edge folder
that I will never throw away.
- Get a file holder!
- Got other document stuff here,
more document stuff, - Sitting there
with your ping pong things? - Folders and,
then this is just like random crap.
Up top
and then I have my shoes, - No, no no.
- Here, my suitcase.
- Okay, right, first thing is we're gonna take
all that stuff off the floor and put it up,
and we're gonna organize the top.
This so painful.
Like I need to organize this.
- Claudia, help us.
- Wow.
I'm gonna help you baby. - Help us.
Claudia!
- Oh hey, so I really enjoyed your closet tour.
- You did such a phenomenal job in my living room.
I know when we ended our conversation
with me taking on projects on my own
to show that I can do it myself,
and I would love your guidance and strategy
for a little help to push me
in the right direction.
- Well your closet is actually not that bad, I would say.
- It's not?
Okay.
- It's messy and it doesn't have an organizational system.
But it's not like, there's been worse for sure.
My first thoughts about the closet are that
nothing is in a container. (Eli laughs)
Nothing has a set spot.
So we're gonna organize that.
We're gonna give you actual containers
and bins and baskets to put things
that you can label so you know where they are.
Labeling important.
A big thing that I learned from Janelle
is getting hangers that match.
So that that will already change how your clothing looks.
You're always gonna go through it
and choose stuff that you don't wear.
Like you can still get rid of some stuff.
- I usually get hangers that,
the hangers they give you at the stores.
And I just, - No, no!
Don't do that to yourself, no
We're also gonna get you some drawer dividers
for your dresser for the top.
You just have nothing on top of your dresser,
it's just sad things thrown there.
It makes me feel like you're in a hotel,
you know, like where you come in and you just take off
all your stuff, like as if you don't live there.
So we're gonna get you a little,
one of those little things that guys have
where you like put your watches and your sunglasses,
and I have like a file folder so you can put
your actual files standing up
as if they are important files.
And then the last thing is a little shelf thing
to go under your first shelf on the right
that you can use the top two for putting shoes,
and these bottom drawers that you will be able
to put your camera equipment in.
- Okay.
- One of our goals is gonna be to get everything up
off the floor, so that's the only thing
that I want like floor level.
- Are you saying I may have to say goodbye
to Hector, I mean that's, that's,
- No, we would never make you say goodbye to Hector.
We'll find him a special spot.
- Right then, I will get at it.
And I will show you the final results
and I will make you proud, Claudia.
- I can't wait!
This is gonna be just as satisfying for me as for you.
- Okay, my stuff is here as you can see.
Now it's time for me to go in there
and transform this damn closet.
Just gotta start baby.
You just gotta start.
I walk in and I'm already feeling overwhelmed.
So I think I'm just gonna start in sections.
So one at a time, different sections
in this crazy ass closet and just go from there.
Oh, I forgot I had this.
(upbeat music)
Claudia, I get it.
Oh my god that is satisfying.
Okay, this helped me stay motivated.
Let's keep going.
(upbeat music)
I wanna just stop for a second
and talk about how much Buzzfeed hats we get.
So I'm gonna just break it down.
One hat.
Buzzfeed hat.
And oh wait, what do we have?
Buzzfeed hat.
Okay, the latino in me just makes me feel bad
if I throw anything away.
So pretty much what I'm gonna do,
my game plan is I'm gonna have my trash bag
and then I'm going to have my clothes
and things I could like give or whatever bag.
'Cause as many Buzzfeed damn hats that I have,
I can't bring myself to throw 'em away
even though I know I will not wear them.
Oh my god.
This is my N64, I had this N64 since I was six years old.
And it's broken.
It doesn't work.
But I can't bring myself to throwing this away.
I think it's time.
Thank you for the memories.
(upbeat music)
Box full of old memories.
Some are good, some are cringey, some are necessary to yeet!
Why, why would I still have this?
Why would I still have a mouth guard?
Look at this handsome devil here.
High school, Hollister.
I haven't looked in this corner of my closet in like,
since years honestly.
Like I haven't looked in this bin
since before I even moved here.
I'm just finding all these amazing things.
I love this chain and I'm bringing it back.
I got my high school letters
here, like.
I can't defend this.
Me as a kid.
Oh my god there's some old photos
of my parents when they were together.
Who knew that he will one day
be doing a closet design video on YouTube?
Birth certificate, that's important.
I thought I lost that.
Oh my god, it's my dog when I was a kid.
Oh, my dog Sly.
Y'all, progress.
Progress.
Look who built that.
I built that.
Cross, I think this is goodbye, brother.
I'm not gonna throw you away.
And don't give me that look.
I'm gonna put you in a bin.
I'm at the home stretch here.
I'm super excited to finally finish it,
but I saved the hardest part for last.
I have to apparently, fold this better than it is now.
But can I be even better than what it is now?
I'm joking, it's a mess.
I just gotta Marie Kondo the shit out of it.
FYI this is all the trash
from cleaning out my closet.
The moment has arrived!
We're done, and Claudia you're gonna be so happy.
So here, (gasps)
It is.
This is amazing.
I put the hooks in.
I have my travel stuff up here.
I didn't think I was gonna be able to do it.
To have like no things on the ground.
Like, and there's nothing, except for my hamper.
But there is nothing on the ground.
I didn't think it could be done.
But it's done.
Can we talk about the shoe game?
I gotta get actual labels,
they're just kinda crappy labels right now.
But I got my sports stuff, my memories,
towels, the paperwork.
So it's not all crazy and all over the place.
I like the random junk, so I couldn't totally get rid
of it or put it all in a bin.
'Cause I kind of wanted to see like
a reminder of the memories that I had in my life.
So this is just a really like
kinda contained version of that.
And can we talk about this beautiful color coordination?
Look at this.
This just makes me feel like a boss.
I'm like wake up in the morning,
be like "Oh, I wonder what watch I want."
Feel like a Puerto Rican James Bond
with my watches laid out.
And look at this, shabam!
With my sunglasses in there as well.
Claudia, I did it!
So excited to show you the before and after,
I sent you photos and the video tour.
It was emotional actually which we can talk about.
- I bet, yeah.
Going through your personal stuff, it is emotional.
(gasps)
The first after pic looks so good!
Oh, you got the same hangers.
- [Eli] That's right.
- [Claudia] It looks so beautiful.
- I color coordinated my clothes
and it was so satisfying.
- My god, Eli, I am so fricking proud of you.
Look at those boxes up top with the four,
that looks really nice.
Oh my god, a man lives here!
(Eli laughs)
An organized man with a job and goals.
The hooks really worked, I'm so glad.
- [Eli] Yeah they worked really nicely.
- I'm gonna re-watch this before I go
to bed like I love makeover things
and it's gonna like put me to sleep 'cause it's so calming.
Oh!
Inside the drawers!
Yes! (laughs)
Oh my god it looks amazing.
You did such a great job.
- Thank you! - How do you feel about it?
- I feel so good, like you don't realize how
congested and bad it is until like you do the work,
'cause I didn't know I was like
"Did I do a good job?
"I don't know."
I was like, I was almost stressed out
'cause I was like I wanna do this in the right way,
but after you see the before and after
I'm like really emotional,
like kinda sifting through my life
and like kinda transitioning to the next stage of it
by like throwing stuff away, keeping it, highlighting it.
- You have exceeded all expectations,
it's exactly what I wanted for you.
Like it looks amazing.
I'm so excited.
I want people to like do your own closet makeover.
Like hashtag us.
- I wanna thank you for like setting me up for the path.
Now I'm like ready to take it on.
- Spread the knowledge, the love.
The fun thing is that once you've done that for yourself,
you can't look at a closet or another space the same way.
So when you see your friends that's a mess,
you're gonna be like "listen, bud."
Spread the literature of organized closets.
- I'm turning into you, Claudia.
I get it now.
Everyone, while you have this time to yourself,
de-clutter, repurpose your space.
It's good times.
(upbeat music)
- [Child] Pero Like.