It’s SO refreshing to find an interior TH-camr who also leans towards the more classic and traditional style. I love a traditional space with more modern and contemporary accents, I find it’s usually the opposite on here (modern with touches of classic/vintage/etc) your space is beautiful!
Dude brook linen is EXPENSIVE bougey sheets! Like $100 for just a flat sheet! You want superior quality linens? Target. For $20 you can get a sheet set from their essentials line. Legit the BEST SOFTEST sheets I’ve ever slept on. Suck it brooklinen 👎🏿💩
Agreed. I have a 1920s bungalow, and when we had our basement redone they came back with a very "suburban builder" style and layout. My husband and I noped that concept and said if we wanted a suburban feel we would have moved to the suburbs. We actually retained the original support beam and will be using it in our pergola design next year! Reduce, reuse, recycle ♻️
I'm a very old lady fighting the winter blues and find your videos refreshing ! Love your projects and am actually inspired to climb out of my black hole and try some new ideas . Thank you ❣️
I must say the reason I'm attracted to your channel is due to your honesty and realistic approach to things. Its really nice to see someone renovate or decorate a room on a realistic budget, which can be done by anyone on any budget. It's really refreshing.
That’s actually the reason why anyone watches any channel it’s when someone is genuine and that we (the audience) like it. You figured out the “hack” just be genuine and real
I'm 41 years old and I've never had a spot that feels like home. Your whole mentality to decorating and design and your wry silly humor and honesty are absolutely what I need after a long slogging day. This channel has become what I do to wind down and get tons of inspiration and recapture some of my own essence of silliness. thank you, like a lot.
“You don’t have to wait for your forever home…” That hit home for me. I’m currently living in my 28. home and I’m not done moving. However financially I’m stuck here, because I can’t afford to move and I can’t afford to stay. I feel like I’m living in a waiting room. But what you said - I’m already up and ready to make a home out of my waiting room. Thank you ❤️ And the bedroom is soooo beautiful and personal.
Nothing specifically trendy; classic somehow but fresh, modern and a bit edgy at the same time. I love every bit of it and I learned a lot too. You explain your thinking very well and it’s so helpful.
Girl, that room is insane! The colors are gorgeous and the choice of wallpaper on the ceiling makes the whole room come alive. Love love love it! Have a good weekend!
Caroline, I thought I was a lost cause but the more I look at your videos the more I am inspired to just do something, anything at all that would be an improvement on the constant chaos that surrounds me. I am 58 and have ADHD and it borders on impossible for me to create order and calmness anywhere and I know you will think this is crayzeeee but I am so proud of myself because after four years of living in this house, which I own, I have finally managed to decorate the top of my beautiful, custom made mantle with a small selection (small is a huge achievement for me) of cohesive objects that I love and it looks so cool. I am now inspired to try and find the floor of my bedroom and do something with that bedlam with a bed. Thanks a mill from a grateful subscriber in Ireland 💕💕
“Be functional or GTFO” thank you for this new simple mantra for my 2025 home clearing. 😂 Found you this week and yes, binge watching, subscribing, liking….all of it. Decorating today and yesterday for Christmas and knowing that when it comes down, only the things that are useful or hold a great memory will be returning to their earned space. ❤ Love your vlog!
After a week of binge watching your stuff in non-chronicological order, I have indeed “liked and subscribed” because you’re helping me and I wanna help you and it took me all of .5 seconds. Love you, love your stuff. Keep on keeping on.
You and your brother are heroes by doing wallpaper on the selling!?!?!?!? Just put a wallpaper on walls is a huge challenge but wallpaper on the selling--just wow. The decor is so beautifully balanced. I started watching your videos just for a two- three days. Your suggestions are valuable and practical.
I literally am shocked there aren’t more comment about Luke’s um, equality to the room’s attractiveness?😂 Yours was the first I found. Lol and she is so talented and beautiful, what a duo!
I am an old lady interior designer and a new big fan. I learned fresh things from you and most especially I learned about a shift in perspective and attitude. I think you are going places and I am eager to witness.
I’m a Granny .I’ve hung more old school wallpaper on both walls and ceilings( even the prehistoric paste it yourself stuff)in my Victorian revival world. Just bought a downsize cottagecore type home and I was just about to turn in my snap line and ladder forever due to frustration with peel and stick but you’ve given me hope. I absolutely love those William Morris prints!
What I mostly loved about this redesign is your approach on art, especially when you talked about the piece your cousin made. Just hearing you talk about what it meant while looking at the canvas made me feel so many things. I think where a lot of interior designers miss the mark for me is their superficial approach on art as just an accessory that has to “go” with the rest of the decor. I love the “start with the art” approach, where you curate a meaningful and valuable collection (valuable to you, not necessarily in an investment sense) and build your spaces around that.
My "art" is such a crazy collection of original pieces, prints, found art, post/birthday cards that I liked the image and framed, one of my favorites is the framed telegram and envelope informing my grandparents of my month early birth while they were traveling internationally. 1970 so no interwebs or cell phones. I just want to have pieces that I have an affinity for, it's my space and I want things that are for me.
you had me fall in love at the first 45 seconds, and I had to come comment even before watching this. the design industry is so arrogant, it baffles me how they think only those with "taste, style and money" deserves their attention.
its so funny that you’re such a sporty/aggressive personality but have such a feminine/quirky taste in decor. the juxtaposition makes this so fun to watch
I loved this so much! The design, the humor, the relationship with your brother, your cousin’s art, the tips, all of it!! *ignores all warnings and orders wallpaper for my ceiling*
I like that your content considers accessibility. I recently purchased my first home and so many channels are like “$800 makeover!” But then they use a bunch of expensive power tools and build custom closets or something. Maybe they only spent a few hundred dollars on cheap wood or supposedly inexpensive thrifted pieces (I have my own doubts about the bts of “thrifting” content we see online), but because I’m starting at 0 in a small row home, it would easily get into the thousands for me. Most people don’t have lots of power tools, a professional work shop, or carpentry experience, we’re going to mess up our homes if we try to go all out right away. These renter friendly makeovers allow me to learn as I go. Eventually I hope I can take on some bigger challenges too.
I LOVE how you renovate for real people, real budgets, real spaces. Thank you! Love the colors and textures. I'm big on texture, and prints register in my mind as visual texture. I don't like the black fireplace -- it's like a door into some void. Light grey, off-white, even a very light butter yellow would have given it character, tied it into the room, and not given the effect of sucking space into a black hole.
I love that you chose to hold your breath when using toxic paint but put on glasses to drill a tiny hole for your sconce. You contain multitudes. I am also adding a degree in Interior Design to my resume for watching your videos. I love how you explain concepts and your reasoning behind the choices you make. It's so insightful!
Obsessed with this makeover! Whenever I look at makeovers and room decor ideas on Pinterest, I either hate the entire room or love the entire room and would want to replicate every part of it. However, with this makeover it’s so evident how you’ve made this your very own and I feel inspired to explore what works for me, in my space!
Love this, Caroline! My favorite (so far) of all your makeovers. And I learned a new styling term -- friction! -- a style I've incorporated for years. I am n.o.t. a fan of matchy-matchy (for myself). Love your gallery corner wall! My gallery wall in the living room is very cohesive and symmetrical -- but, in the powder room, it is very random, and I love them both. (Tip: when your significant other says, "You're going to put *another* hole in the wall??!!?" -- the proper response can be, "Oh, honey, that ship sailed 10 years ago.") Thanks for keeping us informed and inspired and entertained!
So glad, you emphasize home and not the baloney premise that mortgage lenders push, false mentality of pride of home ownership. I own my tiny mobile home but pay space rent. Absolutely love it. Home is about people, family, neighbors and friends whom we love. I can’t afford to buy a house, but I can afford to live comfortably and happily in my tiny house.
Came back to watch this video and you've been true through and through. Things don't stay the same. The side table is in the living room now and the dresser has changed positions
This makeover was fabulous. LOVE the wallpaper on the ceiling for such a small space. Also, that little cupboard above your closet is a storage space for out of season quilts. Once upon a time a jar with either bath salts or a potpourri mix or even dried lavender was placed in the cabinet to deter bugs and keep the linens stored there bug free and nice smelling.
Adore your room. Not sure which I prefer, your style skills or your personality. All your videos I’ve watched have been so enjoyable. It’s hard to believe you didn’t find the success you were seeking as an actor because you surely exude joy in your videos. If my opinion matters, I think you’re both an organic and sophisticated designer. It’s clear you love what you do. What a wonderfully beautiful and welcoming bedroom you’ve designed! Take care, Grace
Also I find your family so interesting. Your dad with the violin, your sister writing a book, you with your creative mind, and your brother with his Pokémon art work! so amazing to watch
1. I’m obsessed with this and I can’t wait to redo my place. The Etsy tips are my favorite because I search high and low for sconces and curtains that aren’t blah and you nailed it! 2. Your brother is hot, there I said it.
Just discovered your channel today. Love what you said on how you don't have to wait on your forever home to start building a sanctuary in the space you live (love this idea as a renter). Your bedroom came out A-MA-ZING- love that wall paper idea💕
I have SO MUCH to say about this video. First, the literal LOL I do when I watch you. I live for it on Saturdays. Two, Google says yes, tea stains more than coffee 🙄 thank you Google. 😆 THREE, I've been waiting for this bedroom makeover! Love it! It's sure I'd cozy AF! YES to mixing patterns. YES to a ceiling moment! And to the conversation about the wall decor. I need the things I put on my walls to mean something to me. Weather its sentiments or it speaks to my soul. I will not hang things just cause eh... its nice or simply works in the space. I want to look around me and feel joy. I'm a very visual person to. Thank you SO much for this video. I was either laughing or nodding YES GIRL!
OMG! You’re the only other person to mention the camera hack. It totally works to take a picture of a space and somehow the things wrong with it are glaring in the photo but not to the naked eye.
So chic! I love the old and new mix. The sparse art and styling. I agree, it reads European pied-a-terre! I think the architecture of those older DC buildings lends itself to this style very well. Miss living out east sometimes!
LOVE the Wm Morris wallpaper. I looked at one of the patterns like this, different color, and tried to find fabric to use to reupholster my grandmothers wing chair. Every time I see that pattern I love it more. This looks beautiful.
"It's never calm in here, so I need the exterior space to be calm". YES. That's exactly how my husband and I both feel. How I design our spaces has become so important. There was a day he thanked me for creating a lounge he loves to come home to, and where he finds peace - it was so moving. A beautiful, functional sanctuary is my goal, and the fact you make me laugh while helping me create that vision, is *chef's kiss* ❤
It turned out gorgeous!!! So refreshing to see someone styling their space in something other than "mid-century modern"!!!! This has character, personality, and its cohesive and cozy. I also appreciate how you don't downplay the physical labor and tiny decisions and hiccups along the way. I get intimidated and would watch videos on just how to hang things up on walls correctly, like the nuts and bolts of it - what nails to use, etc. But more seriously, I rent a studio and would be interested in how to upgrade the crusty kitchen and bathroom faucets! Also, I really like your cousin's painting and concept behind it!
Caroline. I LOVE that you decorate for YOU and not keep to match matchy styles! Love the concept of friction. I've been doing that for ages, I didn't know there's a name for it. Thank you! Love your channel.
The room looks twice as tall!!! Can you open the door all the way with the tall dresser there? Moving it behind the door really opens up the width of the room! Brilliant!
I am happy to find your channel. I am a person of two continents and I bought the condo for my vacation time in Europe. I started to watch local interior designers and I couldn't find anyone to fit my taste which is in between modern and old and two countries. I just realized watching your channel I can design my space and your advise is so detailed and down to earth I just fell in love with it. Keep up the great work!!!
Looks amazing ! Wallpaper on the ceiling makes it cosy. Love seeing the dynamic with your brother. Congrats on sponsorship. I'm a 'sheet snob' since buying good linens for our bed - money well spent and would NEVER consider going back to cheaper stuff !! Your room is now a cosy haven from this crazy world. Hi from Australia 🇦🇺 xx
I can’t tell you how much I love this. More importantly, I love how much YOU love the space you created! I have very eclectic taste and have always designed my space accordingly. I like what I like. Things that are special/meaningful to me are special/meaningful to me, I don’t care what classification of design they are from. I freely put together what pleases me. And strangely, it ends up not only pleasing me, but also being pleasing and welcoming to others (after they get over their puzzlement that it “shouldn’t “ be)! 😁
Wow. I cannot explain to you the emotions I’m feeling since finding your channel! You make me so excited to start changing my space into a space that serves me in more ways than one. You deserve to live in a space that you love to be in. A clean, functional, and neat looking space I feel is a necessary foundation for your life! Learning this and really trying to remind myself of this, especially lately. You just solidified all of those ideas that I had just floating around in this NOGGIN. Thank you for sharing your creativity and knowledge, I am so stoked to see what else you will come up with!
This was so good! I love the wall paper. I hope your brain and heart allow you to believe me when I say you're amazing! You always make me laugh and give me new things to think about. Thank you for sharing.
I don't know how you don't have a million subscribers! Your channel is one of my very faves! You're so real, and I love your design aesthetic so much! Had to rewatch this video for design inspo before I tackle my own bedroom!
Wow Caroline, that intro reminded me of what my attitude used to be, toward interiors, everything really, before social media and hgtv, when I made my space and my style beautiful no matter what I had. Thank you for that. I know this video is older but I needed to hear someone say that honestly I’ve been struggling with my apartment for so long. I just forgot what life is really about. Xoxo 😘
The bed frame was such a good find! It's the star of the show and works perfectly with your mirrors. Also would have never thought of (or attempted!!) the ceiling wall paper but totally worth it.
DC has AMAZING second hand finds, or even free on Buy Nothing/Freecycle. Transient area, people who can afford nice things but also may have to switch apartments, or relocate in a few years and have to divest, upgrade, or their nice things don't work in their new place. Insane, the stuff I've gotten from people just desperate to get it out of their space. Have also been one of those people.
That ceiling treatment is incredible - and the fireplace!! Really fun touchs! And love the inexpensive finds that bring sparkle, and your cousin's original art ✨ Another to for battered wood comes from a local luthier - use actual walnut meat!! The oils are great for ribbing over scratches! I use one on my harps, which are lighter wood.
Love how you're like "don't design for Instagram or by what's on trend" meanwhile your spaces look Instagram worthy and gorgeous and totally on trend yet traditional and kinda timeless. I love your style. It's something I've tried to hone in on. It's exactly what I love.
I absolutely love this room transformation. That wallpaper spoke to my soul 😂. Maybe you can put frameless candles in the fireplace for added ambiance.
Just found your videos last night...sorry about your knee surgery...what a drag! I think you are wonderful! First video I saw was "You're Gonna Hate Me for This" LOVED IT!! Thank you for saving my inheritance! Yes, I was ready to make my way to decorate for the camera... Now I'm not. I will make ME happy. You're a blessing! Thanks for all you do for us!!
Your room looks AMAZING!!! Love so much about it, but I think I love the tiled fireplace the best. I'd probably put wispy white curtains in between the lovely green ones because I hate hate hate anyone staring in but it still lets the light into the room. Love the humour you incorporate into your videos, can tell that's your natural personality. I've subscribed because I love all the great advice and tips you give.
Wow, that makeover is insane! Gorgeous design elements and so many realistic moments-love that you didn’t edit out your learning moments and appreciate seeing the whole process.
Love it! The colors. The ceiling is awesomeness! The sarcasm is one of my favorite parts of watching you! YES, tea stains, lots. Look at the inside of your teapot ...
The room is really cute. I love the fireplace, the gallery corner and the styling. On a side note, tea will stain your teeth more than coffee but my dentist says it is easier to remove. So having your teeth professionally cleaned twice a year at your dentist will probably be sufficient.
It’s SO refreshing to find an interior TH-camr who also leans towards the more classic and traditional style. I love a traditional space with more modern and contemporary accents, I find it’s usually the opposite on here (modern with touches of classic/vintage/etc) your space is beautiful!
Same.
Dude brook linen is EXPENSIVE bougey sheets! Like $100 for just a flat sheet!
You want superior quality linens? Target. For $20 you can get a sheet set from their essentials line. Legit the BEST SOFTEST sheets I’ve ever slept on. Suck it brooklinen 👎🏿💩
Agreed. I have a 1920s bungalow, and when we had our basement redone they came back with a very "suburban builder" style and layout. My husband and I noped that concept and said if we wanted a suburban feel we would have moved to the suburbs. We actually retained the original support beam and will be using it in our pergola design next year! Reduce, reuse, recycle ♻️
Agree!
Came here to say this same thing!
I'm a very old lady fighting the winter blues and find your videos refreshing ! Love your projects and am actually inspired to climb out of my black hole and try some new ideas . Thank you ❣️
I must say the reason I'm attracted to your channel is due to your honesty and realistic approach to things. Its really nice to see someone renovate or decorate a room on a realistic budget, which can be done by anyone on any budget. It's really refreshing.
I love to hear this, thanks so much Ivry ❤️
I agree with Ivry, you're wry and realistic.
Absolutely, I'm an ex-interior designer and Caroline is spot on! Very refreshing
I read this as soon as she said "I would sleep best in a crib" 🤣
That’s actually the reason why anyone watches any channel it’s when someone is genuine and that we (the audience) like it. You figured out the “hack” just be genuine and real
Suggestion. Stack some wood of some sort in the fireplace it will make it look real and a lot more cozy
Ooh I like this! Esp if she does the battery operated tall candles behind/ throughout 😍
I'm 41 years old and I've never had a spot that feels like home. Your whole mentality to decorating and design and your wry silly humor and honesty are absolutely what I need after a long slogging day. This channel has become what I do to wind down and get tons of inspiration and recapture some of my own essence of silliness. thank you, like a lot.
“You don’t have to wait for your forever home…”
That hit home for me.
I’m currently living in my 28. home and I’m not done moving.
However financially I’m stuck here, because I can’t afford to move and I can’t afford to stay.
I feel like I’m living in a waiting room.
But what you said - I’m already up and ready to make a home out of my waiting room.
Thank you ❤️
And the bedroom is soooo beautiful and personal.
I love this metaphor!! I hope this process is going well for you!
There’s literally NOTHING I don’t like about you.
Your style, talent, voice, humor! I needed a “I’m not like other TH-camrs” TH-camr 😂
This is going straight to my ego THANK YOU
she reminds me so much of Jennifer Aniston! Love her humor!
And its ok if goes to your ego Caroline. That makes you who you are and contributes to why we subscribe. Keep keeping it real!!
*+ your brother, what a dime
@@calissippigirl yes, her voice!
“Sometimes we have ideas, but the ideas aren’t in the order they need to be” I am wheezing! I love the honesty in your channel and design approach
This is one of the BEST renter-friendly bedroom Reno’s I’ve seen. So elegant but still playful & practical.
Don’t make me cry 🥲
😅😅😅😅😅
Nothing specifically trendy; classic somehow but fresh, modern and a bit edgy at the same time. I love every bit of it and I learned a lot too. You explain your thinking very well and it’s so helpful.
Girl, that room is insane! The colors are gorgeous and the choice of wallpaper on the ceiling makes the whole room come alive. Love love love it! Have a good weekend!
So glad you like it, have the best weekend!🥰
" Systems that support your life that's what design is about " sent fireworks in my head
Caroline, I thought I was a lost cause but the more I look at your videos the more I am inspired to just do something, anything at all that would be an improvement on the constant chaos that surrounds me. I am 58 and have ADHD and it borders on impossible for me to create order and calmness anywhere and I know you will think this is crayzeeee but I am so proud of myself because after four years of living in this house, which I own, I have finally managed to decorate the top of my beautiful, custom made mantle with a small selection (small is a huge achievement for me) of cohesive objects that I love and it looks so cool. I am now inspired to try and find the floor of my bedroom and do something with that bedlam with a bed. Thanks a mill from a grateful subscriber in Ireland 💕💕
From a fellow ADHDer: hell yeah. Celebrate yourself because sometimes small is significant!
“Be functional or GTFO” thank you for this new simple mantra for my 2025 home clearing. 😂 Found you this week and yes, binge watching, subscribing, liking….all of it. Decorating today and yesterday for Christmas and knowing that when it comes down, only the things that are useful or hold a great memory will be returning to their earned space. ❤ Love your vlog!
After a week of binge watching your stuff in non-chronicological order, I have indeed “liked and subscribed” because you’re helping me and I wanna help you and it took me all of .5 seconds. Love you, love your stuff. Keep on keeping on.
Saaame
You and your brother are heroes by doing wallpaper on the selling!?!?!?!? Just put a wallpaper on walls is a huge challenge but wallpaper on the selling--just wow. The decor is so beautifully balanced. I started watching your videos just for a two- three days. Your suggestions are valuable and practical.
it looks damn good and respectfully, so does luke. well done 🔥
I literally am shocked there aren’t more comment about Luke’s um, equality to the room’s attractiveness?😂 Yours was the first I found. Lol and she is so talented and beautiful, what a duo!
I completely agree.... and Luke is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@pasitheathanatosasmr488 he looks like Henry Cavill😂😍
@@user-ed7et3pb4o I was thinking Ian Somerhalter, but I can see a little Henry Cavill Count of Monte Christo era. Cutie!
Came here for this comment.
I am an old lady interior designer and a new big fan. I learned fresh things from you and most especially I learned about a shift in perspective and attitude. I think you are going places and I am eager to witness.
I’m a Granny .I’ve hung more old school wallpaper on both walls and ceilings( even the prehistoric paste it yourself stuff)in my Victorian revival world. Just bought a downsize cottagecore type home and I was just about to turn in my snap line and ladder forever due to frustration with peel and stick but you’ve given me hope. I absolutely love those William Morris prints!
I've got a feeling that going through this channel is going to be better than any binge Netflix could ever provide
What I mostly loved about this redesign is your approach on art, especially when you talked about the piece your cousin made. Just hearing you talk about what it meant while
looking at the canvas made me feel so many things. I think where a lot of interior designers miss the mark
for me is their superficial approach on art as just an accessory that has to “go” with the rest of the decor. I love the “start with the art” approach, where you curate a meaningful and valuable collection (valuable to you, not necessarily in an investment sense) and build your spaces around that.
I deeply agree with you. 💕
Love the cousin's piece and the story!
My "art" is such a crazy collection of original pieces, prints, found art, post/birthday cards that I liked the image and framed, one of my favorites is the framed telegram and envelope informing my grandparents of my month early birth while they were traveling internationally. 1970 so no interwebs or cell phones. I just want to have pieces that I have an affinity for, it's my space and I want things that are for me.
Caroline you deserve your own show. This is what the average person can relate to.
I appreciate how you break it down to phases and don't have just useless trendy decor items from homesense. useful can be beautiful. Love your humour😅
At last! A decorator for the peasants! What she does with straw is INSPIRED!
you had me fall in love at the first 45 seconds, and I had to come comment even before watching this. the design industry is so arrogant, it baffles me how they think only those with "taste, style and money" deserves their attention.
Girl yess!!! ❤️❤️ so glad you agree
its so funny that you’re such a sporty/aggressive personality but have such a feminine/quirky taste in decor. the juxtaposition makes this so fun to watch
I loved this so much! The design, the humor, the relationship with your brother, your cousin’s art, the tips, all of it!! *ignores all warnings and orders wallpaper for my ceiling*
😂 you’re a brave soul
I love how Caroline doesn't preplan way too much cause she has a life to live! Just the example I need
Obsessed with the corner flow into the ceiling and the way the bed fits but gives the room a stateliness that’s so impressive
7:34 lol, love that paper dance
The room has been up scaled with a feel of comfort and class. Nice job and thank you for sharing design tips.
So glad you enjoyed it❤️❤️
We love a brother and sister project duo! Luke is a GREAT sport!
Even though our styles are not the same, I appreciate the charm in your designing style. I do love how the fireplace turned out.
So sweet thanks Chrystie! I love that you enjoyed parts, even with our different tastes! I’m all about that 🙂
I like that your content considers accessibility. I recently purchased my first home and so many channels are like “$800 makeover!” But then they use a bunch of expensive power tools and build custom closets or something. Maybe they only spent a few hundred dollars on cheap wood or supposedly inexpensive thrifted pieces (I have my own doubts about the bts of “thrifting” content we see online), but because I’m starting at 0 in a small row home, it would easily get into the thousands for me. Most people don’t have lots of power tools, a professional work shop, or carpentry experience, we’re going to mess up our homes if we try to go all out right away. These renter friendly makeovers allow me to learn as I go. Eventually I hope I can take on some bigger challenges too.
Since one cannot live on interior design alone, thanks for bringing Luke and for giving men on dating apps a good scolding.
When you sneezed I said "Bless you" like you were gonna hear me. No I haven't had enough coffee, today. Love this video💕💕
I LOVE how you renovate for real people, real budgets, real spaces. Thank you! Love the colors and textures. I'm big on texture, and prints register in my mind as visual texture.
I don't like the black fireplace -- it's like a door into some void. Light grey, off-white, even a very light butter yellow would have given it character, tied it into the room, and not given the effect of sucking space into a black hole.
I love that you chose to hold your breath when using toxic paint but put on glasses to drill a tiny hole for your sconce. You contain multitudes. I am also adding a degree in Interior Design to my resume for watching your videos. I love how you explain concepts and your reasoning behind the choices you make. It's so insightful!
Obsessed with this makeover! Whenever I look at makeovers and room decor ideas on Pinterest, I either hate the entire room or love the entire room and would want to replicate every part of it. However, with this makeover it’s so evident how you’ve made this your very own and I feel inspired to explore what works for me, in my space!
I really love your ideas, I'm 64 but I'm an antique little girl 😊Your ideas are perfect 🥰 💞
Love this, Caroline! My favorite (so far) of all your makeovers. And I learned a new styling term -- friction! -- a style I've incorporated for years. I am n.o.t. a fan of matchy-matchy (for myself). Love your gallery corner wall! My gallery wall in the living room is very cohesive and symmetrical -- but, in the powder room, it is very random, and I love them both. (Tip: when your significant other says, "You're going to put *another* hole in the wall??!!?" -- the proper response can be, "Oh, honey, that ship sailed 10 years ago.") Thanks for keeping us informed and inspired and entertained!
Friction!!! Girl I’m so glad you loved it. Also appreciate your last name 🙌
So glad, you emphasize home and not the baloney premise that mortgage lenders push, false mentality of pride of home ownership. I own my tiny mobile home but pay space rent. Absolutely love it. Home is about people, family, neighbors and friends whom we love. I can’t afford to buy a house, but I can afford to live comfortably and happily in my tiny house.
You are helping me cut out the clutter of interior decorating and figure out what it is that I truly want in my space!! Thank you!!
Came back to watch this video and you've been true through and through.
Things don't stay the same. The side table is in the living room now and the dresser has changed positions
This makeover was fabulous. LOVE the wallpaper on the ceiling for such a small space. Also, that little cupboard above your closet is a storage space for out of season quilts. Once upon a time a jar with either bath salts or a potpourri mix or even dried lavender was placed in the cabinet to deter bugs and keep the linens stored there bug free and nice smelling.
Love, love, love the wallpaper on the ceiling, the drapes, the fireplace…it’s all gorgeous!!!!!!!❤😊
Adore your room. Not sure which I prefer, your style skills or your personality. All your videos I’ve watched have been so enjoyable. It’s hard to believe you didn’t find the success you were seeking as an actor because you surely exude joy in your videos. If my opinion matters, I think you’re both an organic and sophisticated designer. It’s clear you love what you do. What a wonderfully beautiful and welcoming bedroom you’ve designed! Take care, Grace
Also I find your family so interesting. Your dad with the violin, your sister writing a book, you with your creative mind, and your brother with his Pokémon art work! so amazing to watch
1. I’m obsessed with this and I can’t wait to redo my place. The Etsy tips are my favorite because I search high and low for sconces and curtains that aren’t blah and you nailed it! 2. Your brother is hot, there I said it.
Hahaha I’ve heard #2 my whole life, he’s a gem! Thanks for such a sweet comment, glad u liked it!
Yeah, definitely got a cute brother. I have adult sons, so I know.
He’s handsome
Someone had to! Glad you did. Also ditto on the Etsy thing.
He is hawt tho! I think it as well hehe 🫶🏽
Your disclaimer on subscribing was so quirky and relatable, I like honesty, even if it gets awkward... the slow tumble towards humanity.
Just discovered your channel today. Love what you said on how you don't have to wait on your forever home to start building a sanctuary in the space you live (love this idea as a renter). Your bedroom came out A-MA-ZING- love that wall paper idea💕
Exactly my thoughts. I love your encouragement to be free to be yourself and create a sanctuary... ❤
I have been dying to wallpaper my bedroom ceiling. You made it look so doable. The magic of TH-cam. Haha.
I have SO MUCH to say about this video. First, the literal LOL I do when I watch you. I live for it on Saturdays. Two, Google says yes, tea stains more than coffee 🙄 thank you Google. 😆 THREE, I've been waiting for this bedroom makeover! Love it! It's sure I'd cozy AF! YES to mixing patterns. YES to a ceiling moment! And to the conversation about the wall decor. I need the things I put on my walls to mean something to me. Weather its sentiments or it speaks to my soul. I will not hang things just cause eh... its nice or simply works in the space. I want to look around me and feel joy. I'm a very visual person to. Thank you SO much for this video. I was either laughing or nodding YES GIRL!
❤️❤️❤️love this. Not a fan of google today 😭
OMG! You’re the only other person to mention the camera hack. It totally works to take a picture of a space and somehow the things wrong with it are glaring in the photo but not to the naked eye.
So chic! I love the old and new mix. The sparse art and styling. I agree, it reads European pied-a-terre! I think the architecture of those older DC buildings lends itself to this style very well. Miss living out east sometimes!
This turned out ADORABLE. Love the green + wood with pops of pink 😍
Great life advice sprinkled throughout the amazing interior design content. What more could you ask for?!
How dare you 🥲❤️
Anyone else love her siblings? her brother is so sweet!
I use a dresser as my nightstand! Got some side glances when I told people , lol. Thank you for the validation!!!! ❤️. The room came out amazing!
Here to validate all your choices 🥰if it works for you, then it’s correct!
LOVE the Wm Morris wallpaper. I looked at one of the patterns like this, different color, and tried to find fabric to use to reupholster my grandmothers wing chair. Every time I see that pattern I love it more. This looks beautiful.
Bonjour Caroline,
Ta chambre est magnifique grâce à une décoration élégante et subtile. Gros bisou de France.
"It's never calm in here, so I need the exterior space to be calm". YES. That's exactly how my husband and I both feel. How I design our spaces has become so important. There was a day he thanked me for creating a lounge he loves to come home to, and where he finds peace - it was so moving. A beautiful, functional sanctuary is my goal, and the fact you make me laugh while helping me create that vision, is *chef's kiss* ❤
It turned out gorgeous!!! So refreshing to see someone styling their space in something other than "mid-century modern"!!!! This has character, personality, and its cohesive and cozy. I also appreciate how you don't downplay the physical labor and tiny decisions and hiccups along the way. I get intimidated and would watch videos on just how to hang things up on walls correctly, like the nuts and bolts of it - what nails to use, etc. But more seriously, I rent a studio and would be interested in how to upgrade the crusty kitchen and bathroom faucets! Also, I really like your cousin's painting and concept behind it!
Caroline. I LOVE that you decorate for YOU and not keep to match matchy styles! Love the concept of friction. I've been doing that for ages, I didn't know there's a name for it. Thank you! Love your channel.
Dude. It’s UNREAL how talented you are. Thanks for sharing your gift with the world! Keep going 🙌🏽❤️
You made my day with this comment, thanks for sharing so much love!❤️
The room looks twice as tall!!! Can you open the door all the way with the tall dresser there? Moving it behind the door really opens up the width of the room! Brilliant!
I love what you did to your room . My favorite is your art work placement ,old and new .
I think what you did was timeless, it's also what you like and that's the most important. ❤ love the look!!
I am happy to find your channel.
I am a person of two continents and I bought the condo for my vacation time in Europe.
I started to watch local interior designers and I couldn't find anyone to fit my taste which is in between modern and old and two countries.
I just realized watching your channel I can design my space and your advise is so detailed and down to earth I just fell in love with it.
Keep up the great work!!!
"A cave with windows" lol. Love the way u put words together, it keeps me coming back for more 😁🙏❤️
Looks amazing ! Wallpaper on the ceiling makes it cosy. Love seeing the dynamic with your brother. Congrats on sponsorship. I'm a 'sheet snob' since buying good linens for our bed - money well spent and would NEVER consider going back to cheaper stuff !! Your room is now a cosy haven from this crazy world. Hi from Australia 🇦🇺 xx
Your brother is adorable too and your family is so fun!!
I can’t tell you how much I love this. More importantly, I love how much YOU love the space you created!
I have very eclectic taste and have always designed my space accordingly. I like what I like. Things that are special/meaningful to me are special/meaningful to me, I don’t care what classification of design they are from. I freely put together what pleases me. And strangely, it ends up not only pleasing me, but also being pleasing and welcoming to others (after they get over their puzzlement that it “shouldn’t “ be)! 😁
Love the Christmas Vacation moment at 23:28. It looks pretty even if it's not lit, Caroline.
Wow. I cannot explain to you the emotions I’m feeling since finding your channel! You make me so excited to start changing my space into a space that serves me in more ways than one. You deserve to live in a space that you love to be in. A clean, functional, and neat looking space I feel is a necessary foundation for your life! Learning this and really trying to remind myself of this, especially lately.
You just solidified all of those ideas that I had just floating around in this NOGGIN. Thank you for sharing your creativity and knowledge, I am so stoked to see what else you will come up with!
My heart skipped a beat at the room reveal. I am obsessed with the traditional design with little touches of modern peppered in. So gorgeous and cozy.
The room is beautiful! I love the green and pink and all the lil touches you did. Gorgeous!
So glad! It’s one of my favorite color combos 💕
You have managed to pull it off applying a floral wall paper to a ceiling. That was amazing !
I feel like you could have an entire business just devoted to helping people with gallery walls. 😍
"it's never calm in here so I want my outside environment to be very calming."
This was so good! I love the wall paper. I hope your brain and heart allow you to believe me when I say you're amazing! You always make me laugh and give me new things to think about. Thank you for sharing.
Love you for this, thanks friend❤️
Girl, you sound like Rachel from FRIENDS! Well, your humor is more natural, but OMG!!!! LOVED YOU! MNCWA!
I don't know how you don't have a million subscribers! Your channel is one of my very faves! You're so real, and I love your design aesthetic so much! Had to rewatch this video for design inspo before I tackle my own bedroom!
Wow Caroline, that intro reminded me of what my attitude used to be, toward interiors, everything really, before social media and hgtv, when I made my space and my style beautiful no matter what I had. Thank you for that. I know this video is older but I needed to hear someone say that honestly I’ve been struggling with my apartment for so long. I just forgot what life is really about. Xoxo 😘
The bed frame was such a good find! It's the star of the show and works perfectly with your mirrors. Also would have never thought of (or attempted!!) the ceiling wall paper but totally worth it.
DC has AMAZING second hand finds, or even free on Buy Nothing/Freecycle. Transient area, people who can afford nice things but also may have to switch apartments, or relocate in a few years and have to divest, upgrade, or their nice things don't work in their new place. Insane, the stuff I've gotten from people just desperate to get it out of their space. Have also been one of those people.
That ceiling treatment is incredible - and the fireplace!!
Really fun touchs! And love the inexpensive finds that bring sparkle, and your cousin's original art ✨
Another to for battered wood comes from a local luthier - use actual walnut meat!! The oils are great for ribbing over scratches! I use one on my harps, which are lighter wood.
Caroline gives me the energy I need in my life, I love it
Love how you're like "don't design for Instagram or by what's on trend" meanwhile your spaces look Instagram worthy and gorgeous and totally on trend yet traditional and kinda timeless. I love your style. It's something I've tried to hone in on. It's exactly what I love.
I love your genuineness. It's direct and entertaining. 😌
My brothers been helping me remodel my little cabin, brothers are the bestest🥰
I absolutely love this room transformation. That wallpaper spoke to my soul 😂. Maybe you can put frameless candles in the fireplace for added ambiance.
Just found your videos last night...sorry about your knee surgery...what a drag! I think you are wonderful! First video I saw was "You're Gonna Hate Me for This" LOVED IT!! Thank you for saving my inheritance! Yes, I was ready to make my way to decorate for the camera... Now I'm not. I will make ME happy. You're a blessing! Thanks for all you do for us!!
What a cozy yet elegant feeling. I would stay In this bedroom forever! Love it!
My anxiety level w the white pants while painting the fireplace BLACK. You’re a queeen 👏🏼
Your room looks AMAZING!!! Love so much about it, but I think I love the tiled fireplace the best. I'd probably put wispy white curtains in between the lovely green ones because I hate hate hate anyone staring in but it still lets the light into the room. Love the humour you incorporate into your videos, can tell that's your natural personality. I've subscribed because I love all the great advice and tips you give.
I love this room, and your right it is for you, its where you live.
Wow, that makeover is insane! Gorgeous design elements and so many realistic moments-love that you didn’t edit out your learning moments and appreciate seeing the whole process.
Love it! The colors. The ceiling is awesomeness! The sarcasm is one of my favorite parts of watching you! YES, tea stains, lots. Look at the inside of your teapot ...
The room is really cute. I love the fireplace, the gallery corner and the styling. On a side note, tea will stain your teeth more than coffee but my dentist says it is easier to remove. So having your teeth professionally cleaned twice a year at your dentist will probably be sufficient.
What makes you happy in the home you live in right now. I love that