I discovered his channel about a week ago and I've made watching at least one of his videos per day as part of my morning routine because of how calming his videos are. His voice, the plants, the editing, music...its all very soothing.
Absolutely agreed. I watch them all over and over again. I have tried to do my own plant thing - but about 50% of mine pass away. :( I'm not really a plant girl.
Being a subscriber for almost 2 years, I am so happy to see Him & Chris move into an apartment, to a home. His way of furnishing his own space gave me a lot of inspiration to decorate my own bedroom!! :)
I think pinning a vining plant up on the curved pegboard wall in the kitchen would look really nice! I was so excited to see you uploaded I've been binging your videos and love the atmosphere in them and learning about plants from you 🌱
Benji!!! We've missed you, so sorry you were sick but are on the mend! Always love watching your videos!! Ideas for you could be: Entryway- your rudsta vivarium against the wall the aquarium is on and aquarium on top of that. Making use of the light instead of blocking. Dining room - media/console tables are a cool idea but so is putting your platycerium wall up where the painting is. Hopefully that stirs your creative juices for you? Also, the pegboard curved wall in the kitchen??? SO COOL! I'd be hanging so many cool plants from it!!
It's *so* different to manage a garden vs houseplants. Yes, it's a larger scale. And I've found the lack of control over the environment to be both challenging and humbling. Best to you as you and Chris make that space your own ❤️
There is so much you two can do with the beautiful space you now live in over time. It's going to be fun watching you come up with ideas and making them happen.
I love the wooden buffet in the dining area idea BUT i also loooove the aquarium and the painting there... i love how it's all centered and a little minimal but still fun and fozy.
Benji, I love your new place. With so many windows, so much light is a plant lovers dream. I love that you have great outdoor area for gardening and entertaining your friends and family. I can’t wait to see what you and Chris will do with it. I know it’ll be great. Please start soon, I can’t wait to see what you do with garden Thanks.
Such a lovely little house ♥️ Looking forward to seeing you decorate it ♥️ A couple of suggestions to help with the garden: 1) Draw out your yard so you can visualise the space better, it will help a lot. 2) Move some of the bamboo over to where the lounge room window is so you can block out the view of the other house with green rather then with a big tv.
Ugh this house is so gorgeous ❤ two ideas for the kitchen wall: either a big painting or wallpaper or like a vintage bar cupboard with a mirrored back wall 🤔 also I think a big rug would really pull the area together 😍 Also I think it would be really nice to have a camp fire in the middle of the amphitheater on chill summer evenings 🔥 Your videos and style is so lovely thanks for taking us along ❤
So excited for your both (What an amazing place- it has so much potential!!) A couple of words of advise regarding outdoor gardening. 1) Study your lighting as it changes over the next two-three months (that will be a constraint for what you will be able to plant- looks like you are dealing with a lot of dappled light.??) 2) Buy a Sunset Western Garden Book and start to teach yourself outdoor plants and know your particular climate zone (and it's limitations). (You obviously have a knack for this with indoor plants- so it should come naturally for you.) 3) And most importantly feed the soil!! add (good well composted) organic matter at planting and mulch frequently (as the lower layers break down to humus I top dress with free shredded tree trimmings from a local tree trimmer) also "chop and drop" any green waste from your garden and return it to the soil-(nothing goes to the landfill!!!) (you are looking to reestablish the soil microorganisms there which is the foundation of soil fertility.) (Google Elaine Ingham Soil Food Web to learn more) Above all -have fun and don't be afraid to experiment.!!
Ohh I think the concrete bench pond would look amazing on this elevated area by your large window front! Thanks for showing us around, the property and house are gorgeous and have so much potential! 😍
Interior designer here 👋 I definitely love the idea of some sort of sideboard in your dining area. You should frame your new blue tapestry and hang it on that wall as well. I like there idea of 4 chairs there for every day if you can store the other 2 for when you have friends over or something. I think a nice bench would work in that area you aren’t sure what to do with - is it a mud room area? The place is coming together so nice, love these updates!
Hi Benji 👋 it's so nice to see you again. I'm so glad you're feeling a lot better. Chris get well soon. I like your home. Focus on one room. Therefore you won't get overwhelmed. I'm sure everything will come together 😊
your new home is amazing, especially the large outdoor space for all your plants :) your video are always so calming to watch. I'm bingig on your videos whenever I want to relax hehehe , definitely put a credenza under the painting at the end of dinning table to anchor the painting :) preferably a credenza with color matching your dining chairs would be so pretty hehehe :)
You could use the corner of the entrance as a reading corner. Maybe by putting a low bookshelf there with some cushions on it. Or simply a cozy chair and a small rug
In the room with the red chairs , I'd put a huge mirror against the wall (on a piece of furniture or not) to enlighten the place. It could make the room look bigger :)
Yes! That’s a baby carrier. It’s from the Hmong, a small ethnic group in Vietnam. I’m Hmong & live in the US- I still carry my kids in the baby carrier.
I suggest for the wall behind the table, instead of a low style credenza, something taller like a dresser/tallboy or cupboard. Since you have a lot of low furniture. Still a lot of storage and space above for a plant and/or painting. If there's not 3 feet of space enough between a piece of furniture and the table. Then definitely a big painting!
Remember to fertilize your outdoor plants too, so that they can bloom nicely Now that you guys have a garden you can get your hands to plants that bloom f.e. in different seasons..
Think i’d get some sort of storage rack or clips for pans pots etc on the pin board and i’d definitely go with a big painting for the dining room! obsessed with your new place - looks amazing!!:)
you have to plant a grass that is shade tolerant (as it looks like you have a lot of tree coverage) if not your yard will just continue to have muddy patches
in the diningroom area, maybe you could move your greenhouse cabinet there instead of in the hallway? i don't know if it matches the idea you had in mind with the cabinet etc
i love the idea of a gallery wall in the dining room! but i think a fun twist would really make it shine. like maybe hunt flea markets and antique stores for vintage towels, rice bags, tapestries etc. like different types of cloth and embroidery to add texture and intrigue. I also feel like cloth things like towels and sacks are very kitchen-y. you could just pin them up or even frame them??
Hey! In the area where the dining table is, I'd put a vase with a tall plant in the corner, no credenza, yes painting, but to me the one you hung there looks fine already. In the kitchen above the sink you could hang a few pans and tools alternated to some plants of course or plants with runners like pothos or philodendron brazil-like :D that space looks so bright, perfect for plants! :)
hello! you asked what to do with the peg board in your kitchen I think it'd be pretty to put all of your different stag horns across it with maybe a pretty base board that barely reaches the ceiling upside down with a color changing stip LED light inside so you can do yellow tungsten at night.
if you're feeling lost on where or how to start with your garden, maybe look up some inspiration for layouts (like on pinterest), then you can work your way through the garden slowly with your own flowers and plants that you want to grow! get well soon! :D
Your new house looks beautiful. For that wall near the table, I'd put a tall bookcase there and have about half a metre of space between the table and the book case if that's possible!
I love your new place! Living in a 20 square meter study dorm with another person I am envying you a lot haha. I hope you get well soon and am looking forward to seeing more of how you decorate the house. :)
Love the red chairs, I think a large painting would look nice on the wall by your table. Could the "amphitheater " area be a fire pit area? Around where I live, most people have fire pit areas and quite often there is rounded bench seats around it, like what you have. That way everyone joining in gets the warmth an view of the fire, given the seating is curved...
ik you already put them outside but i think the wall plants (i forgot the actual name) would look good on the wall by the dining table. you could arrange it similar to how you did in the apartment but since the wall is a bit smaller i would use less of them and keep a few outside
i think art would look good too but if you do an intricate art wall it might draw attention away from the red chairs and look cluttered. maybe 3-4ish large/medium pieces that go together would be good, as long as it doesn’t distract from the focal point which is the chairs
Funny, I was in France this week and took a picture of a beautiful and weirdly shaped tree that was unknown to me. Watching your video now, I come to find out is was a very big pony palm tree. :) About your dining area: how about rotating your table 90 degrees?
ola Benji achei sua nova casa lindo e com muito espaço sei que vc pode esta confuso agora sem saber como decorar -la , mas você é muito habilidoso e vai deixa´la muito linda abraço aqui do Brazil.
Your new home and garden is so full of potential. It really is beautiful. I know it can feel overwhelming (because you have an outside garden too), but take your time. Maybe your dad can visit and give a few pointers iro the outside garden. You have a great mind and you will figure out everything. Enjoy!
For the curved pegboard, is it big enough to put all, or at least a lot, of your platycerium up there and make a new platycerium wall? That could look pretty neat. Or even some of your vining/hanging plants could go up there, and as they hang down they would make like a plant curtain, which could be neat too. ^_^
00:33: Long, deep sips of hot tea. Hope you both are well soon🫖☕️ 1:10: will you add chair pads? 10:17: Ohhhh😍. If you plant it, it stays with the property? If you plant it in a pot, it seems easier to move. 11:22: Home Goods has affordable, outdoor furniture 15:07: That would be a lovely tapestry or garden flag
Hi Benji- per your dining room id suggest rotating your table so the chairs are perpendicular to the windows and that could free up more space for a credenza. Love the new place!
I also thought the same! For me, the credenza is typically parallel with the longer length of the table and having a similar height to the dining table isn’t bad, you can offset the size with smaller frames or artwork above it. Or if you get a lower height credenza, you can balance the height difference with taller and larger pieces of artwork/frame, maybe one big one or two max. Seeing his home gives me so many ideas as a design major 😁
there is nothing more calming to me then a Benji video😊
I discovered his channel about a week ago and I've made watching at least one of his videos per day as part of my morning routine because of how calming his videos are. His voice, the plants, the editing, music...its all very soothing.
@@professorgumede5559 Same!! i watch his videos over and over again hahah.
@My Cancer Journey thank you for sharing your journey. Please don't give up on your channel. You've got my subscription 💝
LITERALLY i come here no matter what i’m doing
Absolutely agreed. I watch them all over and over again. I have tried to do my own plant thing - but about 50% of mine pass away. :( I'm not really a plant girl.
Being a subscriber for almost 2 years, I am so happy to see Him & Chris move into an apartment, to a home. His way of furnishing his own space gave me a lot of inspiration to decorate my own bedroom!! :)
He didn’t say “goodbye” at the end of the video! He always does that, and it’s become one of my favourite parts of his videos!
I think pinning a vining plant up on the curved pegboard wall in the kitchen would look really nice! I was so excited to see you uploaded I've been binging your videos and love the atmosphere in them and learning about plants from you 🌱
Benji!!! We've missed you, so sorry you were sick but are on the mend! Always love watching your videos!!
Ideas for you could be:
Entryway- your rudsta vivarium against the wall the aquarium is on and aquarium on top of that. Making use of the light instead of blocking.
Dining room - media/console tables are a cool idea but so is putting your platycerium wall up where the painting is.
Hopefully that stirs your creative juices for you?
Also, the pegboard curved wall in the kitchen??? SO COOL! I'd be hanging so many cool plants from it!!
It's *so* different to manage a garden vs houseplants. Yes, it's a larger scale. And I've found the lack of control over the environment to be both challenging and humbling. Best to you as you and Chris make that space your own ❤️
There is so much you two can do with the beautiful space you now live in over time. It's going to be fun watching you come up with ideas and making them happen.
Make the room where you have the aquarium a little nook with a small coffee table and chair
I love the wooden buffet in the dining area idea BUT i also loooove the aquarium and the painting there... i love how it's all centered and a little minimal but still fun and fozy.
Benji, I love your new place. With so many windows, so much light is a plant lovers dream. I love that you have great outdoor area for gardening and entertaining your friends and family. I can’t wait to see what you and Chris will do with it. I know it’ll be great. Please start soon, I can’t wait to see what you do with garden Thanks.
Love your new home! Wishing Chris and speedy recovery, and you a continued recovery!
You new house is gorgeous! The dining room would look lovely with a credenza or buffet and art work above. Thanks for sharing!
"I haven't really done much, because... I've been working on my taxes" 😭 the feels
Such a lovely little house ♥️
Looking forward to seeing you decorate it ♥️ A couple of suggestions to help with the garden:
1) Draw out your yard so you can visualise the space better, it will help a lot.
2) Move some of the bamboo over to where the lounge room window is so you can block out the view of the other house with green rather then with a big tv.
Ugh this house is so gorgeous ❤ two ideas for the kitchen wall: either a big painting or wallpaper or like a vintage bar cupboard with a mirrored back wall 🤔 also I think a big rug would really pull the area together 😍
Also I think it would be really nice to have a camp fire in the middle of the amphitheater on chill summer evenings 🔥
Your videos and style is so lovely thanks for taking us along ❤
So excited for your both (What an amazing place- it has so much potential!!) A couple of words of advise regarding outdoor gardening. 1) Study your lighting as it changes over the next two-three months (that will be a constraint for what you will be able to plant- looks like you are dealing with a lot of dappled light.??) 2) Buy a Sunset Western Garden Book and start to teach yourself outdoor plants and know your particular climate zone (and it's limitations). (You obviously have a knack for this with indoor plants- so it should come naturally for you.) 3) And most importantly feed the soil!! add (good well composted) organic matter at planting and mulch frequently (as the lower layers break down to humus I top dress with free shredded tree trimmings from a local tree trimmer) also "chop and drop" any green waste from your garden and return it to the soil-(nothing goes to the landfill!!!) (you are looking to reestablish the soil microorganisms there which is the foundation of soil fertility.) (Google Elaine Ingham Soil Food Web to learn more) Above all -have fun and don't be afraid to experiment.!!
The red chairs really work with that table!
Ohh I think the concrete bench pond would look amazing on this elevated area by your large window front! Thanks for showing us around, the property and house are gorgeous and have so much potential! 😍
This is my dreamhouse and dream garden, like fairytale and wild.
very lovely vibes! I absolutely adore your plants and you as a person!
Interior designer here 👋 I definitely love the idea of some sort of sideboard in your dining area. You should frame your new blue tapestry and hang it on that wall as well. I like there idea of 4 chairs there for every day if you can store the other 2 for when you have friends over or something. I think a nice bench would work in that area you aren’t sure what to do with - is it a mud room area? The place is coming together so nice, love these updates!
🙏 Thank you for video. Hope you and Chris feel completely well soon.
Hi Benji 👋 it's so nice to see you again. I'm so glad you're feeling a lot better. Chris get well soon. I like your home. Focus on one room. Therefore you won't get overwhelmed. I'm sure everything will come together 😊
your new home is amazing, especially the large outdoor space for all your plants :) your video are always so calming to watch. I'm bingig on your videos whenever I want to relax hehehe , definitely put a credenza under the painting at the end of dinning table to anchor the painting :) preferably a credenza with color matching your dining chairs would be so pretty hehehe :)
That IS a baby carrier! That’s so cool that you got that!
thank you for the update benji. i hope you get better soon
I'm a fan, watching you from the Philippines🇵🇭
I love your plants and I'm living alone too.
Fell better soon Benji and Chris💕
You could use the corner of the entrance as a reading corner. Maybe by putting a low bookshelf there with some cushions on it. Or simply a cozy chair and a small rug
I have a mirror on the wall behind my dining table, it reflects the light beautiful and makes the room and table look bigger 💚
YES for the Inuyasha tee!!!!! Also hi Benji! I cannot wait to see what you have planned for this beautiful house! And the balcony!!! 🤩
The cloth you got at the end of the video is a traditional Hmong embroidered baby carrier! It would make a beautiful piece of art work 😍
I hope you and Chris feel better soon! Enjoy being able to take your time while you settle into your new home :)
I never thought I'd see the day where Gravity Balmain would be in a plant-tube vid, but here I am
I love your new home! I can't wait to see how you and Chris cultivate the garden. I hope you both are feeling 💯 better now. Take care.
you can hang pots, pans and cutting boards with the plants, I think this will bring a nice colour contrast in the peg board about the kitchen,
Sand paper the chalk and have Theo’s paw printed on the chalk board would be cute, Theo deserves to be an artist too
Thank you for this charming video, trying to catch up on everything I've missed!
In the room with the red chairs , I'd put a huge mirror against the wall (on a piece of furniture or not) to enlighten the place. It could make the room look bigger :)
Yes! That’s a baby carrier. It’s from the Hmong, a small ethnic group in Vietnam. I’m Hmong & live in the US- I still carry my kids in the baby carrier.
I suggest for the wall behind the table, instead of a low style credenza, something taller like a dresser/tallboy or cupboard. Since you have a lot of low furniture. Still a lot of storage and space above for a plant and/or painting.
If there's not 3 feet of space enough between a piece of furniture and the table. Then definitely a big painting!
Remember to fertilize your outdoor plants too, so that they can bloom nicely
Now that you guys have a garden you can get your hands to plants that bloom f.e. in different seasons..
Oh I was hoping you would have content today. Hope your feeling better. I love your new space it has so much potential. The red chairs are beautiful.
6:03 I think the peg board is for hanging pots and pans!
6:49 this wall seems like a good place for a large painting or a row (or 2) of floating bookshelves
loved the update. super excited to see how the garden and interior develop!
A little red bench would be so cute by the window for the table
Think i’d get some sort of storage rack or clips for pans pots etc on the pin board and i’d definitely go with a big painting for the dining room! obsessed with your new place - looks amazing!!:)
I love your new house.
you have to plant a grass that is shade tolerant (as it looks like you have a lot of tree coverage) if not your yard will just continue to have muddy patches
Just in case no one told you today, we love you Benji ❤
in the diningroom area, maybe you could move your greenhouse cabinet there instead of in the hallway? i don't know if it matches the idea you had in mind with the cabinet etc
6:55 I‘d say gallery wall, a big picture would be to „calm“ in my opinion (against the red chairs and so on
You should hangs vines/plants from the peg boards 😍
Im loving your new home❤ Sending love from Philippines
i love the idea of a gallery wall in the dining room! but i think a fun twist would really make it shine. like maybe hunt flea markets and antique stores for vintage towels, rice bags, tapestries etc. like different types of cloth and embroidery to add texture and intrigue. I also feel like cloth things like towels and sacks are very kitchen-y. you could just pin them up or even frame them??
i literally saw ur video and said 'yay' 🥺🤎
Hey! In the area where the dining table is, I'd put a vase with a tall plant in the corner, no credenza, yes painting, but to me the one you hung there looks fine already. In the kitchen above the sink you could hang a few pans and tools alternated to some plants of course or plants with runners like pothos or philodendron brazil-like :D that space looks so bright, perfect for plants! :)
hello! you asked what to do with the peg board in your kitchen I think it'd be pretty to put all of your different stag horns across it with maybe a pretty base board that barely reaches the ceiling upside down with a color changing stip LED light inside so you can do yellow tungsten at night.
if you're feeling lost on where or how to start with your garden, maybe look up some inspiration for layouts (like on pinterest), then you can work your way through the garden slowly with your own flowers and plants that you want to grow! get well soon! :D
Maybe the cork board could be a gigantic mood board with your current favorite aesthetics. Such a peaceful video 🙏🏽
The place is looking great! So jealous. All that yard is like a giant canvas❤ Aren’t Beaucarnea’s (pony tail palms) in the Asparagaceae family?
Benji you are so cool..!! Have a great time..!!
I think you can add brackets to pegboards to make shelves and of course for hanging plants
Hey dont worry, take your time,
Your new house looks beautiful. For that wall near the table, I'd put a tall bookcase there and have about half a metre of space between the table and the book case if that's possible!
def think you should add floating shelves and put pictures on it in the dining area!! ❤❤
I mean for an empty wall you can always put a bench or just put like an ikea plant cabinet 🫶🫶🫶
I love your new place! Living in a 20 square meter study dorm with another person I am envying you a lot haha. I hope you get well soon and am looking forward to seeing more of how you decorate the house. :)
pacifico el nuevo hogar!!!
saludos desde Argentina
Love the red chairs, I think a large painting would look nice on the wall by your table. Could the "amphitheater " area be a fire pit area? Around where I live, most people have fire pit areas and quite often there is rounded bench seats around it, like what you have. That way everyone joining in gets the warmth an view of the fire, given the seating is curved...
Amazing tupidanthus. You should totally move it inside somewhere
You can have more plants inside and out the house benji 💚
Is it crazy that I like the dining table aquarium?
ORCHIDS! I WANNA SEE ORCHIDS IN THE CURVING PEG BOARD
Big mirror for the kitchen, to make it look bigger
i forget the names but there’s certain plants that repel mosquitos and bugs to enjoy being outside
You are good at decorating.I love very much
use some vine hooks on the curved peg board
What part of LA is this?
Great video Love the glasses! I’m curious to know what they are could you link me?
ik you already put them outside but i think the wall plants (i forgot the actual name) would look good on the wall by the dining table. you could arrange it similar to how you did in the apartment but since the wall is a bit smaller i would use less of them and keep a few outside
i think art would look good too but if you do an intricate art wall it might draw attention away from the red chairs and look cluttered. maybe 3-4ish large/medium pieces that go together would be good, as long as it doesn’t distract from the focal point which is the chairs
Hi Benji, love your home! who's the artist from the watercolor above the dinner table?
Funny, I was in France this week and took a picture of a beautiful and weirdly shaped tree that was unknown to me. Watching your video now, I come to find out is was a very big pony palm tree. :) About your dining area: how about rotating your table 90 degrees?
Nice.
staghorn wall in dining area? or put the ikea cabinet there?
that cactus is san pedro i'm pretty sure, it contains Mescaline
ola Benji achei sua nova casa lindo e com muito espaço sei que vc pode esta confuso agora sem saber como decorar -la , mas você é muito habilidoso e vai deixa´la muito linda abraço aqui do Brazil.
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Love the channel 💚🇧🇷
Wow ❤
Inuyasha 😻
adding utensils or pots and pans with the addition of more plants would look so lovely on that peg board
yes I was going to say that hanging pots/pans would be a great idea!
Your new home and garden is so full of potential. It really is beautiful. I know it can feel overwhelming (because you have an outside garden too), but take your time. Maybe your dad can visit and give a few pointers iro the outside garden. You have a great mind and you will figure out everything. Enjoy!
For the curved pegboard, is it big enough to put all, or at least a lot, of your platycerium up there and make a new platycerium wall? That could look pretty neat. Or even some of your vining/hanging plants could go up there, and as they hang down they would make like a plant curtain, which could be neat too. ^_^
I was thinking the same thing! That would look so cute with the platys up there.
The “amphitheater seats” would be the perfect spot for outdoor bonsai!!!
00:33: Long, deep sips of hot tea. Hope you both are well soon🫖☕️
1:10: will you add chair pads?
10:17: Ohhhh😍. If you plant it, it stays with the property? If you plant it in a pot, it seems easier to move.
11:22: Home Goods has affordable, outdoor furniture
15:07: That would be a lovely tapestry or garden flag
Hi Benji- per your dining room id suggest rotating your table so the chairs are perpendicular to the windows and that could free up more space for a credenza. Love the new place!
I also thought the same! For me, the credenza is typically parallel with the longer length of the table and having a similar height to the dining table isn’t bad, you can offset the size with smaller frames or artwork above it. Or if you get a lower height credenza, you can balance the height difference with taller and larger pieces of artwork/frame, maybe one big one or two max. Seeing his home gives me so many ideas as a design major 😁
i see a vining plant running along the pegboard!!! its like it was made for that!
"the platycerium wall" might look good on your dining area wall
Watching your videos is just so healing 💜
Vines on the pegboard? Wallpaper or vinyl decals on the wall? Templates for the chalkboard, like a hand drawn wallpaper pattern