Ikea literally has colorful things and colored lights and like an eye for design in their products and exhibition spaces though. Comparing her redesign to Ikea is an insult to Ikea, if someone exclusively buys sad beige from Ikea that ain't on Ikea
Ikea is usually only “plain” because it’s more affordable and so people with bad taste and no money can get things from there without breaking the bank. If you actually put effort into selection, Ikea is amazing. My family bedrooms are basically all Ikea.
I agree! If nothing else, they ACKNOWLEDGE that cheap furniture can look uninspiring so their showrooms often feature dark/rich wallpapers or tiles, or smaller accents of colour like pillowcases, AND strategically placed lamps. Those details make all the difference in a small space.
Minimalism isn’t even necessarily colorless. You can have bright colors and still be minimalist, I’m pretty sure. This is just the worst form of minimalism.
the issue isn't that she renovated the apartment the problem is she prefaced it like my useless boyfriend can't even decorate right and then made it look infinitely worse.
The issue I have is that the girl thinks her renovation is SO much better. She thought people were going to really agree with her and it did not work. It's the arrogance for me!
Arrogance?? They renovated the kitchen and got rid of old broken furniture then redecorated to match, she was happy and proud of the work they did, regardless of how it turned out I think she exhibited a pretty normal amount of pride lmao.
@@Demonstanope once you use a caption with the implication of putting down the og design that your bf did, it becomes arrogance. Pride is "Look at how much work I did on this renovation. I like the outcome" Arrogance is "This is why men need women in their life." Pride is about liking your own work (without the comparison)
What's wrong with needing a men or women in your life? How is it ignorant? Do you guys have anything to do with your life's lmaoo. Like it not even that deep or anything. This shit stupid.@@BreathingBlack
@@violetvictoria7248 that's not what a pick me is. A pick me is a woman that puts down women for the affections of a man, hence the term "pick me," to be chosen. Criticizing women does not make you a pick me. Throwing around terms incorrectly makes them lose meaning.
As a person studying for interior design, the one that really hurts me is the kitchen. The color balance, the wood contrasted with the metal, that beautiful art… all gone. It wasn’t even maximalist to minimalist, it was nice design to absolutely nothing.
Well as someone studying interior design please remember that FUNCTION is the key to most spaces. Sure the before on the eating space looks inviting, that's primarily because of the warm lighting, the lights haven't changed the after is just taken with natural lighting and the ceiling lights turned off so it's very washed out. If you actually look at the picture you realise this is the kitchen, you've got this simple Ikea table sitting right next to a free standing stove with no immediate counter space, not to mention that wall looks awful to clean. Even if this man never cooks bacon, food vapors still build up around a stove and soak into surfaces. Imo the counter and backsplash were essential to making that spot livable, extra cupboards were huge qol too, and the table and probably the picture aren't even gone you can see the corner at the edge of the frame. Aesthetically the befores all look inviting but you can't judge a living space by your gut reaction, as a cooking space the after was 100% better.
@@Demonsta i'd rather clean a little extra and have a bit less space to have a beautiful kitchen i actually enjoy seeing and being in instead of feeling like i'm in a break room
@@venusrelic2897 I agree. I'm the kind of person who always makes choices based on practicality. My bf chooses form over function in a lot of cases. And I've realized that his way is actually balanced and my way is extreme, because beautiful surroundings make such a difference in the long run. I'm much more likely to get in a good mood when I'm in spaces that he decorated, even if I don't notice the differences in the moment. Ofc you have to take practicality into consideration too, but it should be about balance, an increase from 80% to 90% practicality is not always worth it if it decreases aesthetic value more.
The living room is my heart failure. It’s totally my vibe, bright colors, retro and then boom! Mod Beige. It’s not even the whitewalls, fake Persian carpet look which I can get onboard with. Edit. I just actually looked properly at the before living room, and I do hate that couch. And that table, and those chairs. I like the armchair. And the horse obvs
the rooms were actually quite pretty before hand and had such a cozy vibe. the new rooms are so under-stimulating id probably go insane sitting there for more than a few minutes
no i have seen ikea that are colorful and cosy to the point i just want to sit and sleep there like my goddarn house. The after picture of the room is just sad @@JustAnzia
@@ishouldbedoingmyhomeworkno535 my mate works in the ikea kitchen section and I have definitely seen her work with such boring colours, as they are very popular in Scandinavia…
It’s this weird recreation of gender binary, because certain women are fully willing to perpetuate the notion that the house is their space, and is therefore to be designed in their image alone. That comment of “all men need a woman in their life” makes it worse too. Then again, considering she made a follow-up asking for suggestions, I’m fully willing to believe she’s just done this to capitalize on the engagement. Any time I see something about couples I remember there’s a camera they set up to capture it
That’s a good eye on the engagement part, especially if a person creating material rebates, knowing that the engagement aspect will bring a lot of attention to their posts
Fr I see this all the time when men and women move in together. The woman just completely bulldozes the guy’s interior design ideas and designs the place to her own liking. If they’re nice the boyfriend gets a small room for his gaming stuff and decor.
This smacks of the Try Guys video where they redesigned the one room one of the guys had in his house and removed all the things in it that he liked to basically make it still look like the rest of the house. They also kind of insulted him and called him childish for his interests. The room definitely needed organization/decoration, but not for his personality to be removed.
@@raptoria48my sister in law did that to my brother, but it was required. He had horrible taste, very chrome, fake white leather, it was tragic. Years later, they are divorced (not because of interior design) and he has a really nice style now. He learned, he grew, it was beautiful.
it’s the mix of the “men need a woman” caption and the response video she posted with the “this is barbie’s dream house not kens” audio that rly get me. the whole vibe of “men can’t do ANYTHING right they need us girls to come in and……….erase their entire personality from their own apartment”
His house was decorated very nicely before, so it's weird for her to insinuate that she fixed anything. She didn't make the space any nicer, she just made it match her bland personality. She doesn't realize how lucky she is to have a partner with such a lovely sense of design.
A lot of interior design choices that are shared about are deliberately personality free because the assumption is that you're decorating a space to sell to as many potential customers as possible. At some point this idea got corrupted and now we have people thinking making a space look like a show room is the way to go.
I really dislike this style of home design. The sterile all neutral colors stuff. It just gives off the energy to me that whoever was planning the room doesn’t understand how colors work together and how design works so they just sucked all the color outta the room to compensate for their lack of experience. Idk it seems so lifeless and tacky. The original living room in particular and the dining area had good color choices and in the dining area the wall had good texture work that added a lot of personality to the room.
i think the problem is more often knowing exactly what they're doing but for the wrong reasons, my mom cleans houses for mostly rich people and they LOVE all white because its such a hard colour to keep clean, if you have all white cupboards in your kitchen even a single speck jumps out, an all white couch sounds like a panic attack waiting to happen if you cant just easily replace it when you accidentally spill two drops of wine on it, so having all white furnishings is basically a flex that gives the impression of wealth and luxury even if you're not wealthy, as usual rich people ruin everything
@@blackenedizzycore I’d be more impressed with big leather couches that are well maintained cause those are expensive and they can get messed up if you don’t take care of them. You don’t need to make your house look like a dystopian novels idea of a rich peoples house to look “rich” imo. The neutral aesthetic is just the Gen z version of the McMansion ugly furnishing style
@@obi-wan-pierogi well yeah that's exactly my point, it's NOT actually impressive at all they just think it is, the ugly neutral mcmansion style is frequently a lazy attempt to mimic the appearance of luxury and financial stability associated with the wealthy people who think it looks good (it doesnt), rather than putting any thought or creativity into a personalized space (tldr im saying in a roundabout way its for shallow people with no taste or creativity who just copy what others think looks good)
I’m a graphic design and fashion major. Most interior design really sucks, I will say that with my whole chest. Homes that are lived in and have personality are honestly the best and most appealing. I hate stupid chopped pillow covered couches and all gray walls and furniture looks like a dentist office I really despise it
I think the neutral style became more popular as more people and influencers started caring about interior design but never really learned how to use colour so they just stayed in their comfort zone of beige
His decor sounded like a smooth jazz sweeping out from the bar into brick alleyway under the starry night. And hers just sounds like an Audioguide from a meditation “professional” except each part of the video is separated into separate videos so you have to open your eyes and frustratingly click to the next section and ruin the whole experience.
I don’t think deserved all the hate (except for the horse ofc, taking that away deserves to be punished by death) and like her sense of humor with the gunpoint thing but I just cannot stand beige..
His decor gave me baber beats vibes, all warm and nostalgic, and hers is literally non-copyright ukelele music that you would find in an ad for a hospital
This reminds me of a post that was basically like, "My boyfriend has all of his cars and stuff as decor, but I hated how much it clashed with my stuff. So we moved all his stuff to one room so it wouldn't clash with my decor." And it makes me kinda sad.
Okay everything else aside, that guy genuinely has amazing taste, his decoration and design was so beautiful. It’s very classy but a little playful. It still has a rich person vibe, calling him a “broke student” is an insult there. Even his choice of furniture feels like it fits the house and his choice of colors doesn’t feel chaotic at all, everything compliments each other. I especially love how much color his old light brought to the room. It’s a shame such a beautiful place got replaced.
Saying "it's old" feels like an insult. Yeah my couch is from the 50's. It fits my small apartment perfectly, a modern big one like hers would take up the whole space
If my partner changed everything in my house to look like a sterilized laboratory (esp without telling me), not only would I dump them on the spot but I'd also file a restraining order- its not just ugly, its mad disrespectful to think you can just change whatever you want about your partner's life and framing it as "just woman things 😊" is just?? augh. It feels weirdly controlling too, you should embrace your partner for who they are or find someone else who matches your taste jfc
like if you wanna do that to your own house then fine, do whatever you want forever, but I doubt her man had much of a say in this- and hearing how she talks about her own partner is at least an orange flag. (tbf though, that toaster could easily be a gift and you can get vintage furniture for cheap- i almost guaranteed that boring beige shit is more expensive than anything that was in there before, INCLUDING the lil horsey)
I spent time and money painting my purple walls, and selecting all my beautiful rugs. If I came home one day and those were all gone I would… well I’m not sure exactly what I would do, but it wouldn’t be good.
I think if she started in a brand new empty apartment no one would care, that style is bland but inoffensive, the fact that she sucked out all of the style and personality from the bf's apartment makes it infinitely worse
Urggh the original living room is so nice, the colours and especially the lamp... Dreaming I can one day get that for myself. The audacity to call him broke with how nice his place looked before.
I know there shouldn't be rules for art but there should be a rule against lamp shades that fully light up the cealing. It makes the room feel instantly lifeless.
I think the issue is more the light's configuration rather than the lamp shade itself since it's set on a very bright and cool tone, which is really bad for your natural biorythm as well
If they are a couple (assuming) living together, the girl makes THEIR shared space all about what SHE wants and what SHE likes. NO compromise or anything it's all about her when relationships should not be this one-sided. And it seems that she keeps belittling the things her boyfriend likes.
What hurts the most is that the room had adorable paint choices, and warm lighting. Now it's as white as the woman who did it :( *The white lighting makes the green painted wall look horrible
A lot of people were making funny conspiracies about the reason why, my favourite was that it was the ex who initially decorated the house so she redid it. Whatever the truth is it’s quite hilarious!
Slightly off topic, but the coffeemaker in the before photo is one of the most respected drip coffee machines in the world of specialty coffee. Also hand built in the Netherlands. The one after is a Nespresso machine.
The thing is the before wasn't even the oh so stereotyped "gross man cave apartment" - it was super clean and inviting, like there was literally nothing to improve??
I definitely think that the second space has less personality but I keep seeing so many people say it looks like Ikea. I don’t know when any of these people went to Ikea last, but everything from the original space was Ikea too lmao. She just replaced all of the old, inexpensive, and colorful Ikea furniture with new, more expensive, and less colorful Ikea furniture.
@@Lilly_King I mean, Ikea isn’t a singular showroom. They have tons of different styles within the store. Plenty of the rooms are filled with things like worn shoes and coats to make them look lived in. So some of the rooms do look like the original space since it was all Ikea furniture. As I said, I do think the first space has more personality, but they are objectively both rooms filled with Ikea furniture.
i love it when i walk into someones house and i feel like im in my brains vague interpretation of a hotel or hospital in a dream instead of feeling warm and cozy and real
i think interior decor snark is the most elite form of hating. has 0 impact on me in any way but i love judging and going "ew!" or "well i wouldn't have done that" i live for stuff like this
I really think the room could’ve been livable if you added a specific theme or filled up more ceiling and wall space since she took so much off the floor
Damn, I loved that grey wall in the kitchen. Gave the room a ton of personality and looked really stylish. And now everything is just sad, bland beige, which is a terrible trend. The video with the gun was hilarious tho, gotta give her that.
The overhead light was one of my favorite parts. The actual lightbulbs used were better as well. She basically put in florescent bulbs that are too bright (for one single area) while also exclusively using cool-toned lighting throughout. The old lamp shade was nice because it contrasted well with the traditional building features and highlighted them nicely. There's a lot I have to say about this but the light really was the unsung hero of that living space.
Plot twist: There is no boyfriend, she redesigned her own house. She just said it was her boyfriend's to get rage-baited engagement. The "boyfriend" at the end? A paid actor, or maybe AI generated. People do anything to go viral on tiktok these days.
The main problem is she didn't need to change the colours in the rooms, she could have gotten a new sofa that wasn't white and gotten like cute green kitchen counters or something, but she didn't redecorate, she completely changed the space
Agreed. She could have just gotten essentially nicer versions of some of the stuff that appears obviously cheap (imo the original couch and maybe the rug) and improved functionality (I think what happened with the stove is the only objective improvement, but it could have been done in line with the original style). That said, like said in the video, the dude was probably involved in the redesign, and if she moved in... well it's her home too? I don't think she should steamroll him, but if it's also her home, his style shouldn't necessarily take precedence just because he was there first... not if he wants her to stick around long-term, anyway.
The lighting w that new chandelier is SO HARSH and bright white maybe just bc she took the second photo at night but the warmer light in the first picture also makes a huge difference imho (but the before are still better)
the part that sticks with me though is someone saying 'you erased the personality of the other person' and she said 'the other person is a broke college student' like why did she drag him like that?
It’s nuts because he had a beautiful design scheme going that obviously had so much love put into it, and she just came it and sterilized the entire place. It’s not “honey, a folding table doesn’t belong in the dining room”, it’s “your aesthetic sense doesn’t matter”
I never understood the desire to go for minimalism yet also lack the charm and personality of the person that's living in that space. When I see those rooms, my thought immediately goes to those white torture rooms where it's deprived of any sensory stimulation.
I feel like people got way to upset for a different reason, yeah, i liked it better before, but it isn't my house, if he's actually fine with it, whatever, it isn't wrong. The upseting thing for me is that (it seems like) she think it's normal for her to just change his house however she wants because it was "from a broke college student"? Like, now she is asking TikTok on what to do to a different person's house, someone that (seems) not even onto it. I prefer to assume he knew about the video proviously and lend her permission to use this for content, but if that isn't the case, she's really entitled
If i had a horsey like that in my living room it would be my most prized possession. I'd make ALL the guests look at that thing. Everyone get a horsey right NOW
The rooms have such a vibe before. Such cool spaces. Very sophisticated yet comfortable. Now they look like a middle aged "boys" mom redecorated. Also it feels like it symbolizes their relationship. She came into his life and thought "I need to change everything about this person" that's not someone you should be dating if you feel you need to change everything about them.
Is the girlfriend an airbnb landlord or something?? The only change the apartment really needed in the first place was replacing all the yellow light bulbs with a more neutral daylight bulb so you can see better. Went from feeling cozy and lived-in to feeling like a sterile hotel room... Also, pass on the Smeg toaster and get yourself a vintage Sunbeam Radiant Control for 1/2-1/4 the cost. They're 40-80 years old and will last another hundred, and they make perfectly toasted toast every time due to some very clever passive temperature sensing technology. Technology connections has a fascinating video about it!
I think the main thing is the shifting of the orange/yellow lighting to white lighting. In the kitchen this is actually natural lighting, as the overhead lights are off in the after pictures. Glad to see beige hate is alive though.
what I love about your content is you cover the “drama” while also pointing out how silly it is that so many people care about other people’s business online
I kinda loved the original living room, especially that gorgeous light. The only thing I would have changed is getting a nicer coffee table and more art on the walls 🤷♀️
Girly sucked the personality right out of the apartment 😭
Let's hope she sucks other things equally well, maybe it's worth it.
I'm just wondering why she's asking us how to make it homey like girl ask your boyfriend
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@@goingferalluvs she gives off major "I dont care what my bf wants or thinks" vibes in this situation
@@jared6343Did I miss the part where we see what the bf thinks?
It seems weird for people to jump to that conclusion unless we get his perspective.
I feel like the main thing wrong with the redesign is that the girlfriend got rid of literally ALL of the personality the rooms had.
especially that beautiful horsey
@@EvilPinelyESPECIALLY that beautiful horsie 😔
the horsey helped me through tough times, so so tough@@meloms_smolem_
@@EvilPinelyit could be in the bedroom. Keep hope 💖
@@meloms_smolem_the horsie is neighing in better fields🐴✨
She whitewashed a house, wtf?
Didn't believe you could whitewash a house yet here we are
even the heart emoji she uses is white jfc
@@TurbopropPuppyas a white person, HOLY SHIT YES WHY DO WHITE PEOPLE ACT SO WHITE!?
Like she gentrified his whole home. How she do that?
@@sinfulloccultist950the word whitewashing originally comes from a way to treat windows for winter
ain't no way they gentrified a kitchen
Ikea literally has colorful things and colored lights and like an eye for design in their products and exhibition spaces though. Comparing her redesign to Ikea is an insult to Ikea, if someone exclusively buys sad beige from Ikea that ain't on Ikea
Right? Ikea always have homey clutter around
Ikea is usually only “plain” because it’s more affordable and so people with bad taste and no money can get things from there without breaking the bank. If you actually put effort into selection, Ikea is amazing. My family bedrooms are basically all Ikea.
I agree! If nothing else, they ACKNOWLEDGE that cheap furniture can look uninspiring so their showrooms often feature dark/rich wallpapers or tiles, or smaller accents of colour like pillowcases, AND strategically placed lamps. Those details make all the difference in a small space.
Yeah I feel like saying it's Pottery Barn would actually be a better/more accurate burn
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The quote ‘Your home has the aesthetic of a dentist office and the comfort level of an airport lounge’ is very apropos
loved that you used "apropos"
isn’t à propos french for about? what does it mean in english?
@@koiloylo I think it's another way to say appropriate
If you take majority of the things out of a room, does that even count as redecorating?
Yes
yea
how does this comment have 113 likes its so dumb
Technically yes, it’s now changed to minimalistic. Just because you don’t like it and it’s pretty basic, doesn’t mean it’s not redecorating
@@Clover2a4688Alright now all you had to say was yes or no
It’s just kind of… undecorating.
Minimalism is getting worse
Maybe you’re saying that because it’s becoming more common and toxic? I like it, but it’s boring after a while
You right.
Minimalism isn’t even necessarily colorless. You can have bright colors and still be minimalist, I’m pretty sure. This is just the worst form of minimalism.
@@Clover2a4688 I do quite like minimalism but some people just take all the personality out of it like the woman in the video
Like every style except brutalism, Minimalism can look good when it's done well. However nowadays it is often not done well
Yeah this isn't a woman's touch. This is the lifeless touch of death and boredom.
Forget woman’s touch, that was the dementor’s kiss.
Minimalist kick in the shins
A punch of bore
The corporate Horse-Killer
the issue isn't that she renovated the apartment the problem is she prefaced it like my useless boyfriend can't even decorate right and then made it look infinitely worse.
If anything her redesign looks like the stereotypical “bachelor apartment” with no decor like what did she think she accomplished here
Exactly. No one made her post this. And then being like how can I make it warm just annoys me more. This is why rich people such tbh
And she called her boyfriend “broke” too…
@@davidnissim589 if he's so broke why is she living in his apartment?
@@Cjaj2 no idea
The issue I have is that the girl thinks her renovation is SO much better. She thought people were going to really agree with her and it did not work. It's the arrogance for me!
Arrogance?? They renovated the kitchen and got rid of old broken furniture then redecorated to match, she was happy and proud of the work they did, regardless of how it turned out I think she exhibited a pretty normal amount of pride lmao.
@@Demonstanope once you use a caption with the implication of putting down the og design that your bf did, it becomes arrogance. Pride is "Look at how much work I did on this renovation. I like the outcome" Arrogance is "This is why men need women in their life." Pride is about liking your own work (without the comparison)
Your such a pick me lmao
What's wrong with needing a men or women in your life? How is it ignorant? Do you guys have anything to do with your life's lmaoo. Like it not even that deep or anything. This shit stupid.@@BreathingBlack
@@violetvictoria7248 that's not what a pick me is. A pick me is a woman that puts down women for the affections of a man, hence the term "pick me," to be chosen. Criticizing women does not make you a pick me. Throwing around terms incorrectly makes them lose meaning.
As a person studying for interior design, the one that really hurts me is the kitchen. The color balance, the wood contrasted with the metal, that beautiful art… all gone. It wasn’t even maximalist to minimalist, it was nice design to absolutely nothing.
Extra counter space beside the stove was nice a addition (practicality) but yeah - the old room had a lot more warmth and personality.
Well as someone studying interior design please remember that FUNCTION is the key to most spaces. Sure the before on the eating space looks inviting, that's primarily because of the warm lighting, the lights haven't changed the after is just taken with natural lighting and the ceiling lights turned off so it's very washed out. If you actually look at the picture you realise this is the kitchen, you've got this simple Ikea table sitting right next to a free standing stove with no immediate counter space, not to mention that wall looks awful to clean. Even if this man never cooks bacon, food vapors still build up around a stove and soak into surfaces. Imo the counter and backsplash were essential to making that spot livable, extra cupboards were huge qol too, and the table and probably the picture aren't even gone you can see the corner at the edge of the frame. Aesthetically the befores all look inviting but you can't judge a living space by your gut reaction, as a cooking space the after was 100% better.
@@Demonsta i'd rather clean a little extra and have a bit less space to have a beautiful kitchen i actually enjoy seeing and being in instead of feeling like i'm in a break room
@@venusrelic2897 I agree. I'm the kind of person who always makes choices based on practicality. My bf chooses form over function in a lot of cases. And I've realized that his way is actually balanced and my way is extreme, because beautiful surroundings make such a difference in the long run. I'm much more likely to get in a good mood when I'm in spaces that he decorated, even if I don't notice the differences in the moment. Ofc you have to take practicality into consideration too, but it should be about balance, an increase from 80% to 90% practicality is not always worth it if it decreases aesthetic value more.
The living room is my heart failure. It’s totally my vibe, bright colors, retro and then boom! Mod Beige. It’s not even the whitewalls, fake Persian carpet look which I can get onboard with.
Edit. I just actually looked properly at the before living room, and I do hate that couch. And that table, and those chairs. I like the armchair. And the horse obvs
the rooms were actually quite pretty before hand and had such a cozy vibe. the new rooms are so under-stimulating id probably go insane sitting there for more than a few minutes
It really went from Cosy home to ikea showroom
no i have seen ikea that are colorful and cosy to the point i just want to sit and sleep there like my goddarn house. The after picture of the room is just sad
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@@ishouldbedoingmyhomeworkno535 my mate works in the ikea kitchen section and I have definitely seen her work with such boring colours, as they are very popular in Scandinavia…
To me the before wasy such a nice vibe. She took it from a cozy vibe to a soccer mom's living room
the rooms were so cozy 😭 i wish i could like teleport there
A broke college student had more taste than her 😭 really shows money can't buy style at all
Never let this woman touch beige paint ever again
But how is she gonna paint her garden to get rid of those awfully bright shades of green then?
It’s this weird recreation of gender binary, because certain women are fully willing to perpetuate the notion that the house is their space, and is therefore to be designed in their image alone. That comment of “all men need a woman in their life” makes it worse too. Then again, considering she made a follow-up asking for suggestions, I’m fully willing to believe she’s just done this to capitalize on the engagement. Any time I see something about couples I remember there’s a camera they set up to capture it
That’s a good eye on the engagement part, especially if a person creating material rebates, knowing that the engagement aspect will bring a lot of attention to their posts
Fr I see this all the time when men and women move in together. The woman just completely bulldozes the guy’s interior design ideas and designs the place to her own liking. If they’re nice the boyfriend gets a small room for his gaming stuff and decor.
This smacks of the Try Guys video where they redesigned the one room one of the guys had in his house and removed all the things in it that he liked to basically make it still look like the rest of the house. They also kind of insulted him and called him childish for his interests. The room definitely needed organization/decoration, but not for his personality to be removed.
the nerf gun convinced me on the engagement thing
@@raptoria48my sister in law did that to my brother, but it was required. He had horrible taste, very chrome, fake white leather, it was tragic. Years later, they are divorced (not because of interior design) and he has a really nice style now. He learned, he grew, it was beautiful.
it’s the mix of the “men need a woman” caption and the response video she posted with the “this is barbie’s dream house not kens” audio that rly get me. the whole vibe of “men can’t do ANYTHING right they need us girls to come in and……….erase their entire personality from their own apartment”
Also the complete opposite of the thematic point of the Barbie movie.
@@nbucwa6621also the complete opposite aesthetic. you cant call yourself barbie and decorate like THAT
she turned his home into a basic rental place
I’m glad you treated this grave subject with the seriousness it deserves
His house was decorated very nicely before, so it's weird for her to insinuate that she fixed anything. She didn't make the space any nicer, she just made it match her bland personality. She doesn't realize how lucky she is to have a partner with such a lovely sense of design.
Fr, I wish my house looked like that
Decor is all about having a little animal somewhere in the room
fully agree, my dog is the centerpiece of the home
A lot of interior design choices that are shared about are deliberately personality free because the assumption is that you're decorating a space to sell to as many potential customers as possible.
At some point this idea got corrupted and now we have people thinking making a space look like a show room is the way to go.
Finally someone said it
That’s something I actually never thought about. Hmm.
That's exactly what it looked like she did, she made his apartment to be sold to someone else so they can put personality into it. 😂
I really dislike this style of home design. The sterile all neutral colors stuff. It just gives off the energy to me that whoever was planning the room doesn’t understand how colors work together and how design works so they just sucked all the color outta the room to compensate for their lack of experience. Idk it seems so lifeless and tacky. The original living room in particular and the dining area had good color choices and in the dining area the wall had good texture work that added a lot of personality to the room.
It makes it look like an apartment that was just made or a hotel room, basic layout in every corner
i think the problem is more often knowing exactly what they're doing but for the wrong reasons, my mom cleans houses for mostly rich people and they LOVE all white because its such a hard colour to keep clean, if you have all white cupboards in your kitchen even a single speck jumps out, an all white couch sounds like a panic attack waiting to happen if you cant just easily replace it when you accidentally spill two drops of wine on it, so having all white furnishings is basically a flex that gives the impression of wealth and luxury even if you're not wealthy, as usual rich people ruin everything
perfect representation of corporations
@@blackenedizzycore I’d be more impressed with big leather couches that are well maintained cause those are expensive and they can get messed up if you don’t take care of them. You don’t need to make your house look like a dystopian novels idea of a rich peoples house to look “rich” imo. The neutral aesthetic is just the Gen z version of the McMansion ugly furnishing style
@@obi-wan-pierogi well yeah that's exactly my point, it's NOT actually impressive at all they just think it is, the ugly neutral mcmansion style is frequently a lazy attempt to mimic the appearance of luxury and financial stability associated with the wealthy people who think it looks good (it doesnt), rather than putting any thought or creativity into a personalized space
(tldr im saying in a roundabout way its for shallow people with no taste or creativity who just copy what others think looks good)
I’m a graphic design and fashion major. Most interior design really sucks, I will say that with my whole chest. Homes that are lived in and have personality are honestly the best and most appealing. I hate stupid chopped pillow covered couches and all gray walls and furniture looks like a dentist office I really despise it
That plain redecorating have personality but not a good one
The redecorating one gives distant feeling from home
Also looks like a middle aged soccer mom / "boys" moms living room..
I think the neutral style became more popular as more people and influencers started caring about interior design but never really learned how to use colour so they just stayed in their comfort zone of beige
Well what he had before her redesigb was also an interipr design. Its just good interior design
I did my degree in interior design and I 100% agree with you, the befores were so much better, he'd done a good job
she made that warm comfortable home into an airbnb. ☹️
His decor sounded like a smooth jazz sweeping out from the bar into brick alleyway under the starry night.
And hers just sounds like an Audioguide from a meditation “professional” except each part of the video is separated into separate videos so you have to open your eyes and frustratingly click to the next section and ruin the whole experience.
I don’t think deserved all the hate (except for the horse ofc, taking that away deserves to be punished by death) and like her sense of humor with the gunpoint thing but I just cannot stand beige..
@notville_ aren’t you that person spamming under Grayson’s channel? Gtfo of here
What a great description
@@sourgreendolly7685 tysm❤️❤️😭
His decor gave me baber beats vibes, all warm and nostalgic, and hers is literally non-copyright ukelele music that you would find in an ad for a hospital
This reminds me of a post that was basically like, "My boyfriend has all of his cars and stuff as decor, but I hated how much it clashed with my stuff. So we moved all his stuff to one room so it wouldn't clash with my decor." And it makes me kinda sad.
What do you mean a car as decor? Like a poster of a car?
@@whatever3145 having interest and hobbies beyond the age of 20? cringe. be an adult and just have no source of joy.
@@billyb6655I mean the text says it was confined to one room and not thrown away. I think that is pretty fair
@@whatever3145What's childish is deciding what is and isn't mature enough to count as decor for other people.
@@ruminationstation4200 Like model cars, posters of cars... Basically anything that doesn't match 'the aesthetic.'
It's giving "I only allow my kids to have toys that are also beige and made of wood"
Okay everything else aside, that guy genuinely has amazing taste, his decoration and design was so beautiful. It’s very classy but a little playful. It still has a rich person vibe, calling him a “broke student” is an insult there. Even his choice of furniture feels like it fits the house and his choice of colors doesn’t feel chaotic at all, everything compliments each other. I especially love how much color his old light brought to the room. It’s a shame such a beautiful place got replaced.
Saying "it's old" feels like an insult. Yeah my couch is from the 50's. It fits my small apartment perfectly, a modern big one like hers would take up the whole space
If my partner changed everything in my house to look like a sterilized laboratory (esp without telling me), not only would I dump them on the spot but I'd also file a restraining order- its not just ugly, its mad disrespectful to think you can just change whatever you want about your partner's life and framing it as "just woman things 😊" is just?? augh. It feels weirdly controlling too, you should embrace your partner for who they are or find someone else who matches your taste jfc
like if you wanna do that to your own house then fine, do whatever you want forever, but I doubt her man had much of a say in this- and hearing how she talks about her own partner is at least an orange flag. (tbf though, that toaster could easily be a gift and you can get vintage furniture for cheap- i almost guaranteed that boring beige shit is more expensive than anything that was in there before, INCLUDING the lil horsey)
It would be completely different if he asked her to refurnish and rearrange his apartment. But if he didn't even want that then that's awful
yeah like actually fuck that 😒 i'm very particular about my woodsy cabin style and i will choose cozy before i ever let someone try to change it lmao
I spent time and money painting my purple walls, and selecting all my beautiful rugs. If I came home one day and those were all gone I would… well I’m not sure exactly what I would do, but it wouldn’t be good.
"a sterilized laboratory"
I think if she started in a brand new empty apartment no one would care, that style is bland but inoffensive, the fact that she sucked out all of the style and personality from the bf's apartment makes it infinitely worse
Urggh the original living room is so nice, the colours and especially the lamp... Dreaming I can one day get that for myself. The audacity to call him broke with how nice his place looked before.
the after pictures look like they're the default pictures of a Airbnb scam
I know there shouldn't be rules for art but there should be a rule against lamp shades that fully light up the cealing. It makes the room feel instantly lifeless.
it’s just so clinical
i didn't even notice that was what made me so uncomfy about that light fixture until you said something lmao
Or like a dentist waitting room, but fancy
I think the issue is more the light's configuration rather than the lamp shade itself since it's set on a very bright and cool tone, which is really bad for your natural biorythm as well
I insist on believing this is an outrage troll. Like maybe they're getting ready to rent it out so made it more generic on purpose.
I can't believe she got rid of the lil horse... send her to jail rn
If they are a couple (assuming) living together, the girl makes THEIR shared space all about what SHE wants and what SHE likes. NO compromise or anything it's all about her when relationships should not be this one-sided. And it seems that she keeps belittling the things her boyfriend likes.
What hurts the most is that the room had adorable paint choices, and warm lighting. Now it's as white as the woman who did it :(
*The white lighting makes the green painted wall look horrible
“now it’s as white as the woman who did it :(” PLEASE 💀
white woman jumpscare apartment version 💀
@@hopefullyhelping6664STOP THIS IS SO FUNNY
LMAO completely agree, that is the home of a polar bear in a snow storm
@@shadypixel4478steals your profile picture cutely
A lot of people were making funny conspiracies about the reason why, my favourite was that it was the ex who initially decorated the house so she redid it. Whatever the truth is it’s quite hilarious!
Every time Pinley screamed my blood pressure went up from the shock. finishing this video from the hospital now.
Justice for the beautiful horsey
I really liked the kitchen area with the France poster and the cool hooded oven. What a sad redesign. 😢
Slightly off topic, but the coffeemaker in the before photo is one of the most respected drip coffee machines in the world of specialty coffee. Also hand built in the Netherlands. The one after is a Nespresso machine.
I was thinking about that too. That's a great coffee maker. Nespressos are awful
The thing is the before wasn't even the oh so stereotyped "gross man cave apartment" - it was super clean and inviting, like there was literally nothing to improve??
I definitely think that the second space has less personality but I keep seeing so many people say it looks like Ikea. I don’t know when any of these people went to Ikea last, but everything from the original space was Ikea too lmao. She just replaced all of the old, inexpensive, and colorful Ikea furniture with new, more expensive, and less colorful Ikea furniture.
I think it's like that it's Ikea stuff and more it looks like an Ikea showroom. Like it's more corporate and less personal.
@@Lilly_King I mean, Ikea isn’t a singular showroom. They have tons of different styles within the store. Plenty of the rooms are filled with things like worn shoes and coats to make them look lived in. So some of the rooms do look like the original space since it was all Ikea furniture. As I said, I do think the first space has more personality, but they are objectively both rooms filled with Ikea furniture.
i love it when i walk into someones house and i feel like im in my brains vague interpretation of a hotel or hospital in a dream instead of feeling warm and cozy and real
I deleted tiktok awhile ago and has it saved me from many cursed things.
I've seen padded rooms with more personality
i think interior decor snark is the most elite form of hating. has 0 impact on me in any way but i love judging and going "ew!" or "well i wouldn't have done that" i live for stuff like this
Went from lovely home to generic Air B&B real quick.
I really think the room could’ve been livable if you added a specific theme or filled up more ceiling and wall space since she took so much off the floor
She redesigned that house with my hopes and dreams. Bleak.
She made the living room feel bigger, yet she made the kitchen smaller. And from warm cosy vide to cold trashy modernism.
Damn, I loved that grey wall in the kitchen. Gave the room a ton of personality and looked really stylish. And now everything is just sad, bland beige, which is a terrible trend. The video with the gun was hilarious tho, gotta give her that.
R.I.P. Mr. horse. You will forever be missed 😔
The overhead light was one of my favorite parts. The actual lightbulbs used were better as well. She basically put in florescent bulbs that are too bright (for one single area) while also exclusively using cool-toned lighting throughout. The old lamp shade was nice because it contrasted well with the traditional building features and highlighted them nicely. There's a lot I have to say about this but the light really was the unsung hero of that living space.
nah cause that chandelier.. the orangey tone and warmth it gave to the room, and that beautiful molding it was connected to 😭😭 tragedy
she literally could have just left the horse and avoided it all
Plot twist: There is no boyfriend, she redesigned her own house. She just said it was her boyfriend's to get rage-baited engagement. The "boyfriend" at the end? A paid actor, or maybe AI generated. People do anything to go viral on tiktok these days.
I'm hoping it's that one
she didn't just take his horse away, she took the mojo dojo from his casa house
The main problem is she didn't need to change the colours in the rooms, she could have gotten a new sofa that wasn't white and gotten like cute green kitchen counters or something, but she didn't redecorate, she completely changed the space
Agreed. She could have just gotten essentially nicer versions of some of the stuff that appears obviously cheap (imo the original couch and maybe the rug) and improved functionality (I think what happened with the stove is the only objective improvement, but it could have been done in line with the original style).
That said, like said in the video, the dude was probably involved in the redesign, and if she moved in... well it's her home too? I don't think she should steamroll him, but if it's also her home, his style shouldn't necessarily take precedence just because he was there first... not if he wants her to stick around long-term, anyway.
I had to look up if ‘Smeg’ was a real brand. I thought Pinely was joking. Smeg, really?!? I don’t want smeg all over my kitchen.
The lighting w that new chandelier is SO HARSH and bright white maybe just bc she took the second photo at night but the warmer light in the first picture also makes a huge difference imho (but the before are still better)
the part that sticks with me though is someone saying 'you erased the personality of the other person' and she said 'the other person is a broke college student' like why did she drag him like that?
It’s nuts because he had a beautiful design scheme going that obviously had so much love put into it, and she just came it and sterilized the entire place. It’s not “honey, a folding table doesn’t belong in the dining room”, it’s “your aesthetic sense doesn’t matter”
She turned the whole place into a doctor's office waiting room lmao
Cant believe pinely invented hanging pictures on the wall
I'm honestly too broke to care. Dude's got an apartment. That already would be enough for me.
i am sad about this and it isn't even my house
the horsey erasesure is truly tragic... sad to see........
I never understood the desire to go for minimalism yet also lack the charm and personality of the person that's living in that space. When I see those rooms, my thought immediately goes to those white torture rooms where it's deprived of any sensory stimulation.
Rich taste is literally buying everything to match or it's trash that needs to be replaced.
I feel like people got way to upset for a different reason, yeah, i liked it better before, but it isn't my house, if he's actually fine with it, whatever, it isn't wrong.
The upseting thing for me is that (it seems like) she think it's normal for her to just change his house however she wants because it was "from a broke college student"? Like, now she is asking TikTok on what to do to a different person's house, someone that (seems) not even onto it.
I prefer to assume he knew about the video proviously and lend her permission to use this for content, but if that isn't the case, she's really entitled
It looks as if she was going for a minimalist approach, but went overboard and sucked all the life out of every room.
It went from homely and cozy to asylum very fast
I just can't get over Orr screaming every time he saw the living room. Also #justiceforhorsey
I feel like having white couches, curtains, and rugs is terrible! They’re gonna be a bitch to clean😪
If i had a horsey like that in my living room it would be my most prized possession. I'd make ALL the guests look at that thing. Everyone get a horsey right NOW
The rooms have such a vibe before. Such cool spaces. Very sophisticated yet comfortable.
Now they look like a middle aged "boys" mom redecorated.
Also it feels like it symbolizes their relationship. She came into his life and thought "I need to change everything about this person" that's not someone you should be dating if you feel you need to change everything about them.
Is the girlfriend an airbnb landlord or something?? The only change the apartment really needed in the first place was replacing all the yellow light bulbs with a more neutral daylight bulb so you can see better. Went from feeling cozy and lived-in to feeling like a sterile hotel room...
Also, pass on the Smeg toaster and get yourself a vintage Sunbeam Radiant Control for 1/2-1/4 the cost. They're 40-80 years old and will last another hundred, and they make perfectly toasted toast every time due to some very clever passive temperature sensing technology. Technology connections has a fascinating video about it!
I think the main thing is the shifting of the orange/yellow lighting to white lighting. In the kitchen this is actually natural lighting, as the overhead lights are off in the after pictures.
Glad to see beige hate is alive though.
Am I the only person who thinks the original room looks much more like an IKEA showcase, and that the new one just looks much better?
I am 100% with you, Evil Pinely.
Hope your knee feels better ✌️❤️🇨🇦
I’m always so fascinated by these hyper-specific conflicts on TikTok and how they develop
I thought this had to be fake and rage bait....was actually shocked at the end to discover it isnt
what I love about your content is you cover the “drama” while also pointing out how silly it is that so many people care about other people’s business online
as a person who hates soul and feeling comfortable in my home i don't get what you're mad at.
Wow... she should get into the hotel industry because she made a suite, not a home.
It doesn't look bad but lost every creativity and soul.
Omg she matched him to his living room. Save him!!
Redesign is what every Airbnb looks like
The gun bit was funny. Good way to respond lol
I did like that bit.
I hate the new lighting before it was warm and cozy
This is some kind of big brain troll where the after is actually the before, right? RIGHT???
Bro really thought she was in a Home Improvement episode.
I kinda loved the original living room, especially that gorgeous light. The only thing I would have changed is getting a nicer coffee table and more art on the walls 🤷♀️
It was elegant before and cheap after. I can’t believe she cheapened the space. 🙄
justice for the little horse 🎠
That after picture looks like my doctor’s waiting room. The only thing missing is the stack of magazines and brochures on the coffee table.
Holding him at “gunpoint” and asking him if he liked the changes was actually really funny lol
That second image truly was a jumpscare holy shit she owes that dude money for replacement items if she threw away the old ones