house vlog: bathroom design, mistakes we made + decor haul // bathroom makeover pt.1 \\

[@meg.hart28]

I absolutely love the way that you filmed this; it genuinely feels like I am catching up with my best friend, and the cuts felt seamless. Also, side-note…that honeysuckle paint color is gorgeous. It’s so refreshing to see someone who lives in a house with character, and wants to play it up even more. Your bathroom is literally stunning!

[@MeghanRienks]

this makes me so happy to hear! that's how I felt filming it :)

[@morganhunt8870]

That bathroom light fixture is a great opportunity to tie in something vintage and of the era of the house!

[@xojrdamron]

I added hinges to a large normal mirror for the front of my medicine cabinet! Totally doable and 100% recommend!

[@juderaspe3853]

Your story-telling abilities are unmatched, you kill me 🤣🪳

[@ayoungchair]

Thank you! I am also always so so aware of just how many holes I have! And how it wouldn’t be terribly hard for something to enter into one of my holes from the toilet.

[@MeghanRienks]

im so glad I'm not alone in this lol

[@mariecox5394]

My brother works for OSHA and he said don’t lick the walls daily and you should be safe from lead poisoning 👍🏻

[@MeghanRienks]

fees like solid advice

[@kaitiemarie9572]

It has been so awesome to see you go through this home owner process. I bought a house 2 year ago and I made so many mistakes. Glad I am not alone.

[@angd6578]

Definitely replace the whole medicine cabinet, that one isn't original and they are made as one piece not made to replace the doors. They are usually just installed with a few screws and really easy to pull out. 🧡

[@MeghanRienks]

oooo ookay this is gonna be an adventure bc it looks glued in hahahah

[@melissasanchez77]

I would rip that medicine cabinet out too! Put some open shelving in the wall space that it leaves. Maybe even arch it at the top to match the shower arch.

[@MeghanRienks]

@@melissasanchez77 deff keeping a medicine style cabinet! we need a mirror and i can’t have all that clutter visible

[@melissasanchez77]

@@MeghanRienks a mirror! 🤦‍♀️ I didn't think about that. I'm excited to see what you do with it all 🙂

[@tuckerjenna20]

I freaking love these vlogs! Just fun coffee shop chat with a best friend

[@justgraceanne]

i also often think about how many holes i have and felt very seen and validated when you included that

[@salmamac3057]

I love the peach color! You can also customize the paint colors, you can get any colored paint lightened any amount. I usually get a color and then just get it 25-35% lightened! Good luck!

[@dollface106]

I used valspar paint once and thats when i learned that you cant put latex paint over oil based paint without it just peeling off when it dries (unless you prep for it) . Idk what kinda walls you have but layering valspar over behr paint was a mistake for me. Just something to be careful of :) Love the color choices

[@jennireadsmaybe]

crying for a week straight for your birthday is the most leo thing i can think of as a leo who always cries on my birthday

[@amykh7647]

The blue tile picture frame is gorgeous!

[@alyssaolsen12232]

I loved what you did with this video! The editing, storytelling, and whole package was so great 😊

[@amaNanaama]

This was such a fun video and I can’t wait to see all the progress on your new house!

[@steffney]

I love your honest but still lovely nature! I could listen to you talk for hours 😍❤️

[@leamariechristiansen346]

You're just hilarious, love your character and personality ☺️🤗 and they way you make your videos are so smooth and entertaining 👌

[@yeahyeahd]

my first day of university, in my first class, half of us realized that we lived on the same street and that all of our apartments were ran by the same realty group and we bonded over our mutual distaste for the cockroach issue we were all experiencing. they sprayed once a week as well and nothing helped. my Shakespeare textbook however, made for a REALLY good roach squisher.

[@beanybean000]

you should get lead paint tests! they aren't super expensive and might give you peace of mind, we thought our house had lead paint in some areas and it turned out it didn't

[@maplelump]

I love the honeysuckle color!!

[@sarakellymay]

Probably been around for a million years but I’ve just discovered this thing that you plug into an outlet and it like makes two little beeps every like 30 seconds and we have not seen a cockroach since we’ve had this!!! When we would see one like every other day x

[@PAHGirly]

Girl. I freaking love you and you humor lol.

[@WantedGirl2k11]

I love how your brain works, makes my day ❤

[@CosmicMarvel777]

I love the paint colors you chose!

[@laurenmenno]

your videos bring me so much comfort and are so cozy idk if that makes sense

[@marissariley7319]

Omg I am loving the house updates and so jealous of your renovation planning skills! I’ve saying I’m gonna paint my bedroom since we closed 4 yrs ago and still haven’t done it lol

[@jenice7592]

Leo queen, will always love your videossss:))

[@marissachippy9372]

Our holes 😂I'm dying

[@mariehurtado_]

ohhhh I’ve been waiting for this

[@TwentyOneCatz]

Quick PSA, don’t step on roaches. You can spread their eggs that way. Flush them or burn your house down. Two options only.

[@idonntknow8]

When I bought my 1800s house I was soo paranoid about lead but I've fully (too fully..) gotten over it - there are some great old house restoration accounts that really helped with that kind of anxiety! I loveee the bathroom color scheme!

[@MeghanRienks]

I'd love the names of the accounts that helped you!

[@idonntknow8]

​@@MeghanRienks Our Restoration Nation, Blake Hill House, House of Brinson, Man with a Hammer (he actually got lead poisoning but after stripping entire rooms of lead paint so that weirdly helped me)

[@irissayshi]

Meghan 😭 I am one month away from moving out of my cockroach apartment and I appreciate you talking about this. I also can't use my kitchen, it's so awful

[@nothudanasir]

Lol do u mind if I ask which city I’m trying to move to a city soon and idk I just always think if people don’t say the city I want to move to then I’ll be safe (I know super unrealistic I’m just so damn scared)

[@irissayshi]

@@nothudanasir I'm in Canada, but afaik there are cockroaches pretty much everywhere. Unfortunately where I am, it seems to be lower income buildings that are most affected. Ask the landlord very directly about any pest issues and see how they respond! Even better if you can ask some neighbors! Good luck!

[@_karlavane_]

New fear unlocked, of roaches going up my vagina in my sleep. Thank you Meghan 😅😅

[@xoxomirela]

Here’s an idea for your bathroom medicine cabinet: I also had one of those bathroom cabinets in the wall in my old bathroom and I took it all out, replaced the inside with thin wood boards, stained them, added shelves and instead of adding a mirror door, I put hinges on the back of a wood picture frame from IKEA and used that as the new door! So it just looked like there was a picture hanging on the wall but it was secretly a medicine cabinet!

[@elizabethgail12]

"Do you ever think about how many holes you have?" Well I didn't until NOW! lol It is such a crappy feeling to have bugs or pests in the house because we are taught that means things are nasty and that isnt always the case but our brains dont always listen. I love this series and it seems like you are doing okay! I hope thats true. Sending so much love friend!

[@paige8556]

Obsessed with the editing in the cockroach story!

[@TheMonchichi86]

sorry for being a late commenter but! the dog is Tramp from Lady and the Tramp, and depending on info you can most likely sell it for a big of cash. Disney fans will love it.

[@Kpup]

Curtain hanging but make it moody and aesthetic (here for it)

[@kaliebeee]

The holes!!!!!!!!!

[@steffney]

Oh and That you share things like the cockroach thing, we had a similar issue just that they were in the Walls of our building which sucks Even more! 😄

[@coreychatman6332]

Love your outfit and your bed. Thanks for sharing this sweetie.

[@soupysoup931]

also as a rule of thumb, if you saw 1 adult roach, there's probably 50 more for that one that you haven't seen yet.

[@jesshasdancinfeet]

Your makeup OMG please can we see an updated routine 😍😍😍

[@coleashlynn]

OMG I lived in Park LaBrea too and SAME

[@Allison14markmakeup]

Water bugsssss!!! WE HAD ONE TOO!!! it was A TANK!!!!!!! I literally had it running toward me on the couch one night and girl I couldn’t sit on that couch for a week. They are horrific and traumatizing.

[@johannakhan9331]

I grew up in very modest apartment,,,,the trauma of roaches 🤢 We bought our home 6 years ago and had it exterminated and still saw some stragglers …we kept no food outside of the fridge/ airtight containers, no dirty dishes in the sink and took the trash out every night religiously for a little while and we put those little roach houses in the trash can and under every sink and the washing machine and the garage I replaced them every few months and now I replace when I remember lol have not seen any since then and we have pets and children lol

[@jennifernunez3970]

meghan I love your vlogs!!! they make me feel like we’re friends in real life! also, what thrift store is this!?

[@sashagemini7623]

I'm the same way with roaches. I could tell SO many stories. Rooms I have avoided for weeks and months at a time because there was a roach in it. I have also woken my mom up from a dead sleep so she can kill them. She doesn't mind. Last summer I had come from work and was talking with my mom in her bedroom. We hear one FLY across the room and land on her desk. I bolted as she tried to kill it but lost it. A few days later I came from work and went to use the bathroom. Mid pee I look up at the wall and there it is. I tried not to vomit and grabbed my mom to kill it. It's been a year and I still look at the spot on my wall and get queasy. We hired an exterminator to spray once a month this summer. Haven't seen one yet thank god. Also, don't ever move to the south lol.

[@cicilyboone]

I would just get a new medicine cabinet installed with a gold frame to match your decorating style ! Someone could definitely do it very easy 🥰

[@MrDcarms]

Not sure if you’ll see this or if you’ve checked this out before, but the Federal government gives local governments a lot of money to address problems with lead paint, which is then passed on to homeowners. This usually has no cost for homeowners. I don’t live in California, but the lead rehab grants my city government gives out usually require you to live in the house for five years, and then you don’t have to pay any of it back (and there’s no interest). It might be something to consider.

[@KayleeFarnes]

My apartment gets cockroaches so I feel your pain. 😭 and yes, I'm scared to use my toilet with them around.

[@danielleflores2163]

Totally random but where is your M necklace from? Also, Im loving the house updates!

[@JustForeverSmile]

You should definitely have a picture light above that large picture ur adding in the bathroom!

[@alliewithbooks]

We are so the same when it comes to calculating prices lmao I'm horrible at adding and multiplying so I just overestimate every price

[@Witchy_Woman55]

Have you set a wedding date? Are you planning your wedding while working on the house?

[@MeghanRienks]

nope and nope! we’ll probably elope or do courthouse eventually - but not planning anything rn

[@blumoon3100]

People, plug you drains. I despise roaches. They are the devil's spawn. Give as little access points as possible. Also, homemade roach spray is water and soap. It makes them less mobile and easier to DESTROY. Those mofos are fast as frick.

[@ambersingleton2231]

hay i like yere vids you are cool

[@carly3841]

where did you get your prints? sorry if you said and i didn't catch itttt

[@erinstef29]

I also have a college cockroach trauma story. I was in a shared student and residential apartment complex. It was infested with them. One time a cockroach crawled on my pillow and another time one crawled on my face. We sprayed multiple times and nothing happened. After several emails to housing, and one strongly worded at 2am, I got to move out. My roommate decided to stay, which I still don't understand.

[@briannabee225]

Maybe it's because I've only ever lived in rentals/ known people who live in rentals so ive never really been in houses with pictures and frames on the wall but is it typical to have frames/ art/ photos in a bathroom? And what would the photos or the art be of? This isn't hate I'm just genuinely trying to visualise as I've never considered that people frame things in bathrooms

[@superfoodtv1336]

Wow ❤️

[@jordanwierschem6691]

My husband and I moved to North Carolina 2 months ago and we’ve started to realize that they leave out of the flyers how common cockroaches are here… small part of me regrets leaving my safe midwestern bubble

[@phoenixeyre4113]

Okay, but the holes issue is one of my staple phobias I cycle through. I’m constantly scared of how vulnerable they are are at various times, specifically as a woman and then also ears because tiktok is a black hole

[@Wargatron]

I would keep spiders as pets bro but show me a roach and I was like 🪦

[@isafus]

"I have soooo many holes" - Rienks, 2022 💀💀💀

[@if6821]

Ok

[@newhomegadgets5022]

Amazing

[@HeyitsDeirdre]

very nice great video Happy Birthday

[@daniellebrown5147]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@sasamafrass]

The amount of f**ck me channels that have actually watched this video and commented on it with legit comments... fascinating!

[@itsonlyada]

Painting my home was the dumbest thing I thought I could do. Especially lighter colors that require min. 2 layers. Idk if you plan to diy but just a note I’d pass to a friend with long covid

[@mumtazbanarasivlog]

Nice

[@courtney3948]

Cockroaches are the worst 😭 I had them in my prewar apartment in nyc. I’m not an expert by any means but have always been told that when you see one cockroach, there are many many more that are hiding! So fucking scary but just beware!!!

[@Ali647]

سلام عليكم قناتك ومحتواك جميل استمر يا بطل يا مبدع 👍👍

[@eluvzmusic1696]

I woke up once (years ago, different home) because a cockroach was crawling ON MY FACE! I think I beat you there Meghan, heh heh 😖

[@BasicMemory]

Great video.

[@ellis6536]

i will never not say vaheena

[@rahtaofficial]

😭🙏😭💔😭💔😭😭💔😭💔💔😭💔😭

[@philimonassamindia291]

Hello friends

[@lbridge2010]

I don’t think it’s slander if it’s true 👀👀👀

[@fifagabi26]

just discovered a new irrational fear of a roach coming up my fahina and now i wanna d!& 🤪🤩

[@anna-maymoon1001]

Oh my god I'm glad I'm not the only one who had way too active an imagination and thinks "okay but what if it crawls into my mouth ... OR WORSE!!!" *shudders* I seriously hate bugs and I'm so glad I live in the UK where as far as I'm aware, we don't have roaches *shudders shudders shudders* 🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@Nicreb]

We love a cockroach intro?

[@davidparnell1903]

Hi

[@suru01]

How are you feeling? I'm struggling with longcovid an so sick is this :(

[@luvlycara12]

This is going to be gross, but always wash your shoes after stepping on a roach. Their eggs can travel via your shoe even after you kill the main cockroach.

[@JessicaDanielle1632]

I heard that you shouldn’t squish them…Because their eggs or babies or whatever could be inside and then when you squish them the eggs will transfer onto your shoes and then hatch (whatever they do) and you will have a problem (you’re welcome for the nightmare fuel) 🙈

[@MeghanRienks]

suddenly I can't read

[@soupysoup931]

they'er known for a lotta things :"meth", lol

[@annalisajohnson5759]

From Riverside and can confirm it’s uhhh well not a great place

[@priyankameena5038]

0o

[@korisepp6182]

Stop I would need to check the toilet before I sat down like lift the seat up until further notice to check for trumps 😭😭 sorry girl 🤢

[@arina_dubaiCR]

Арт

[@johnpie2641]

Hii Learn how to make KZbin channel John motivation

[@katemm4959]

have you looked into possibly having ehler’s danlos syndrome?? we have a lot of the same health issues and am getting tested for that right now. pots, tmj, endometriosis, and increased mental health things are common comordities of eds, so it might be worth looking into. hopefully your health starts to get better soon 🤍

[@Daniiduhh]

Lmfaooo I never actively thought of how many holes I had… not something I needed to be anxious over but Thankyou🫶🏾

[@pannusquad80]

I can contact you

[@EmilyChaytor]

I'm not sure if you're looking for content creators for inspiration on home renos/decorating, but if you are I think you would love XO, MaCenna a bunch!! she's restoring a 110+ year old cottage and doing a bunch of stuff herself!! I love her content and your content and I think you might like her decor tastes (especially her restoration mindset!!!)