CHRISTMAS APARTMENT MAKEOVER + DIY Decorate With Me!

0:09 [Music] hi everybody welcome back to my channel i am so excited because today we're going to be doing a christmas apartment makeover i already have my little tree in my bedroom miniature however today i'm doing a full christmas apartment transformation with a larger tree tons of decor i have so many fun ideas this is my first christmas in this apartment and i feel like this apartment just has so much potential and i am also very excited because today's video is sponsored by dream they launched a brand new vacuum the t20 cordless vacuum which i will touch on in just a couple of minutes here we are going to be doing a really fun makeover today i am so excited about this i just absolutely love when the seasons change or the holiday changes and you can just kind of change up your decor a little bit but i have some fun ideas a couple of diy projects as well and i'm gonna take you guys along with me however i have to take the sweater off sadly because i'm

0:55 already melting in it los angeles doesn't have the best winter weather um i wanted to feel like a little bit cozy today but you know i'm just gonna have to put on a t-shirt and deal with it so let's go ahead and jump in i went ahead and i changed into a t-shirt i was getting very hot i'm literally already flushed from that freaking sweater i wore it for like 10 minutes but the first thing i want to do in this space is actually share with you guys kind of the current state of it which nothing much has changed at all let me just quickly share it with you guys it pretty much looks identical to how i left it if you guys remember from the living room makeover and then right over here on the ground this is all of my new decor that i picked up for this year which i'm so excited about even a couple of diy projects in there and this is all of my old decor from the last couple of years including the christmas tree i start off any makeover whether i share

1:41 it with you guys or not i always vacuum first and this is the brand new dream t20 cordless vacuum and this vacuum you guys is incredible i have nothing more positive i could say about it first of all the first thing i want to say is it is such a chic piece of technology it is stunning looking which i love not that a vacuum needs to look pretty but you know it doesn't hurt and it has so many different attachments that it comes with there are different nozzles there are different heads there are different basically kind of brushes and nozzles and tips that allow you to do a lot of different things with this vacuum which is incredible the thing that i love is that you can go from marble floors to car seats to carpet to rugs to wood floors and hard to reach corners without having to do any form of adjustment at all i just kind of keep it on the auto setting at all times however there are three different settings that

2:28 you could choose from the dream t20 has a self-developed motor and it has a 150 air watt strong suction power which allows it to essentially suck up almost everything and it also has a swappable battery which can double the run time up to 140 minutes which is absolutely insane the swappable battery is also more environmentally friendly which is also great and i cannot forget to mention that this vacuum is extremely user friendly it has an oled screen display that shows the working modes and the remaining battery power on the vacuum and it also has a lock button that locks both the power and suction mode once you've released your finger that way you don't have to like hold down the trigger the entire time which i think is super innovative and very nice this might be odd but i love the way it sounds every time i have used this vacuum since i have gotten it it has picked up

3:14 the most amount of stuff off my floor it is absolutely crazy that is because it has an industry-leading motor basically that is giving you a more thorough and deeper clean than a traditional vacuum so make sure to check out the dream t20 i'm going to link it in the description box below because it is an incredible purchase i just finished vacuuming and it is literally crazy how much dust can form over just like two weeks or so we're actually pretty clean i feel like in vacuum pretty often however this vacuum just picks up a lot of stuff which is incredible because that's what it is meant to do and now what i'm going to do is put the christmas tree up which is so exciting it is nine feet tall which i'm so excited about so i'm gonna go ahead and set that up because i feel like that is the base of any christmas decor is the christmas tree and i want to see how it looks over here which i think is gonna look incredible so let's set that up first also before

4:01 setting up the tree i wanted to share with you guys the tree skirt and i also picked up this this year which is really fun and it is a wicker basket tree collar which i'm going to put this around at the base of the tree and then i got this little hand stitched felted really cute tree skirt at anthropologie a couple years back i even have to tag on it this is guys i spent all of my money i swear to you one year on christmas decor and i'm very happy i did because i've used this for years and years and years this is probably year number i would say five with this and it is still so cute so i'm very happy with this purchase honestly so this is gonna go over in the corner over here and the tree is going to be built upwards

5:10 so [Music] so this bin right here houses all of our christmas decorations and as you can see there's kind of laid in here and i have a ton of red decor this year i think i'm going to steer a little bit away from the red because i've used the same ornament color scheme every single year since i got my tree so i think this year i'm going to go with the black ornaments a lot of white and then some browns and just kind of make it earthy and natural look at this little fox ornament and then i also have a ton of ornaments from my online shop here as well

6:06 [Music] a tree is great with just ornaments but i really wanted to add something additional this year because i'm not adding a garland so i opted for these really pretty little silk bows these are so cute on the tree they add kind of a whimsy touch i think and also at the same time they add a little bit more texture and color [Music] i went ahead and added all the ornaments that i already previously owned and it's looking great so far however i have so many really cute ornaments from my online store this year this is the first time lonefox.com has ever had holiday items well i've only been open this year but these are all available on my online store of

6:53 [Music] course good morning guys it is day two of this little christmas apartment transformation and i do want to share with you some things that i actually ended up doing last night it's really just one thing but yesterday you guys saw me add those really cute little ribbon bows to the tree and i ended up going back to joanne's and i got a couple more of the rolls of the white ribbon and then i also got a couple of these really pretty kind of pinkish copper toned i just really thought that this color here added a nice warmth to the tree and i didn't want it all to be white because i kind of came to the realization yesterday i was like does this look like toilet paper no i'm just kidding i actually really really love it and this is kind of what it looks like at the moment i think it's really cute

7:48 i think styling the mantle this year was my favorite part of the entire holiday makeover i just have never had a proper fireplace to style and this one was so fun so i actually put up my safaviya gold mirror on top which is just so pretty i love the kind of detailing at the top of it and then i intertwined a couple of pine garlands together these are all faux i got one of them at target and one of them at joann's then i also added a couple clusters of magnolia leaves in there because i really love that burnt orange color kind of mixed throughout with the green and these little wooden houses here are actually from the target dollar spot i bought like four packs of them and then i knew i wanted to layer these within kind of like the foliage on top and a little piece banner here is so freaking cute that's from my online store i love that i think the birch adds a nice touch of wood and kind of corresponds back to those houses

8:34 and then i added a couple stockings for my shop as well and that kind of finishes off this mantel styling [Music] for our first diy project i grabbed a couple of white taper candles from the dollar store and i'm going to be filling up my sink with some warm water because i'm actually going to want to soak these in the warm water for about 15 minutes so i'm dropping in a couple of candles here and i'm going to let them soak the only other tool you're going to need for this project is an x-acto knife so you're going to want to hold the candle how you traditionally would in your hand

9:21 with the wick coming out of the top and i'm going to be using my exacto knife to kind of shave up the edge of your taper candle and create a curl of wax what we're going to be doing is actually creating a ton of these all the way around the entire taper candle from top to bottom and these little curls are kind of going to emulate a christmas tree once we reach the end which you guys are going to see what i'm talking about but it's just a really cute way to spice up any simple taper candle this candle here cost me 50 cents so i'm just adding a couple of these little cuts and slices into the side now of course you're probably not going to want to burn this just because i'm not exactly sure how it would burn and if you cut off some wax do not worry you can go back in and shave another section using the correct pressure is definitely a trial and error with these candles but once you have it down they end up

10:06 looking super cute and you guys kind of saw my mantle decor it had a lot of little houses and kind of like a green foresty vibe so i thought these little tree accents would be so cute i'm not gonna actually light them but they're perfect little additional accents and for 50 cents to make one of these taper candles look like a tree like how cute is that i kept the couch styling pretty simple um i had a lot of neutral cushions that i worked with and i added this little plaid christmas tree one which was

10:51 really cute and also a plaid blanket which just happened to match i got the christmas tree pillow last year and i got the plaid blanket this year and they worked kind of perfectly hand in hand and then i also went ahead and just added a couple of those wooden houses that i had left over to my tv console and just a couple of other decor elements these are all little trees from the target dollar spot and i just wanted to keep it simple because there's a lot going on behind the couch with the mantle and the christmas tree

12:15 i really really wanted to create a diy wreath this year because i always do however i wanted to create it on one of these wreath bases that has like that wood like a wickerwood base but i couldn't find one to diy so i bought this one at joann's then i also found these cute little golden bells from target but i didn't like the red string they were on so i cut them off this was just like a wall decor hanging piece and i ended up just jazzing up my joanne's wreath which i got for like 60 off by the way which was a pretty good bargain i just went ahead and i tied on these golden bells i used just two of them and then i used the third one as a little decor element in my shelf styling which you'll see in just a little bit but i tied two of these onto the top of the wreath that way they hang right in the middle i thought the touch of gold from the bells that were already on it along with the gold bells i added was just really cute and i also love how this

13:01 wreath does not scream christmas it just screams like pretty like pretty christmasy i don't yeah i don't know you guys know what i mean [Music] when you have a bright red door how do you not decorate it for the holiday time i had to add a wreath to this front door i thought it would be such a cute little compliment and then i also wanted to swap out the doormat as well i previously had this rainbow one that i diy on my channel a while back i'm swapping it out for this one i bought last year that says home for the holidays and i'm also gonna go ahead and just use this little three foot christmas tree

13:46 put it right by my door i have a little bit of space there and i got this from joann's i thought i was going to be able to finish today but sadly i could not daylight savings really just sucks when it comes to filming because it gets dark here at around four o'clock instead of around seven so i lose quite a few hours of filming time i'm going to be back tomorrow morning to finish up the whole entire space basically all that's left is just kind of decorating a dining room a slash horror movie room i want to add a couple of little details to there just to kind of spice it up a little bit and then i'll be able to share with you guys the full christmas makeover but it's looking so cute so far i did the little door downstairs as well or our front door area it is a red door so i thought it would be perfect to kind of decorate for the holiday season and yeah so i'll see you guys tomorrow [Music] morning

14:35 now i know it's not common to have an additional rug on hand however i typically have about three or four of them stocked in my lone fox room just for future makeovers or if i buy them and i want to keep them and not return them so for example i had this one for my dining room makeover i ended up purchasing a different one for that space but i loved this simple white rug and figured i'd use it in the future so i brought it into the living room for the time being just because i love the way the white kind of complements all of the christmas decor

15:39 good morning everyone it is day three of this makeover and as you could already see i basically finished up everything this morning i went ahead and i styled the dining room just a little bit i wanted to style those built-in shelves with a couple of decor from my online store and then just some cutely wrapped presents and a couple of other decor pieces i've had from the past years of decorating and i also ended up swapping out the rug as you guys saw i just opted for that white one that i ended up using in the dining room a while back and then i got a different one for the dining room and i put this one actually in my lone fox room and i was like let's swap it out for the white one i think it would totally match the kind of christmasy wintery vibes so i'm just gonna go ahead and keep it for probably the month of december and then back in january i'll probably replace it back with the other one that i had uh but i thought it was a fun transformation just to kind of swap out the rug but i'm so excited to share with you guys the final clips of this space um it is basically done at this point i might do a couple more tweaks off camera

16:25 however everything is in place the tree is up the mantel's decorated and even the door downstairs it looks so cute so let me share with you guys um because i think you guys are going to love it as much as i do

17:16 so that was my full christmas apartment transformation now i absolutely love when the seasons change or new holidays approach because it just gives me a reason to add some new decor to my home change up the color palette just a little bit and i just love the transformation today a lot of the items were actually from my online store as well which was very very exciting for me this is my first year having christmas products which was really fun and i also want to thank today's video sponsored dream so so much their t20 cordless vacuum is absolutely incredible i have nothing bad to say about it at all it is extremely user friendly it's also very chic at the same time and it's functional it does exactly what it's supposed to do it is all around just a incredible vacuum um i really really like it and i will link it below for you guys in case you are curious or want to find out any more information or purchase your very own but i hope that you guys have an amazing rest of your day as well do not forget to subscribe to my channel we have so many incredible fun videos

18:02 this month and so many giveaways as well that i'm planning which is going to be very exciting so make sure to follow me here on youtube and over on instagram as well because there's going to be separate content over there but i will catch you guys all in my next video have an amazing rest your day bye guys