tiktok wont stop with the chaotic home renovations

people on TikTok are continuing to make...choices...in their do-it-yourself home renovations that physically make me ill. Let's talk!
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[@halealert]

Girl you can't let Caroline live rent free in your mind like this. She'll paint the hardwood white and not even give you a security deposit

[@gray2578]

And then when you sue her she’ll poison you with microwaved paint fume food

[@samanthamarko7845]

Damn that's funny 🤭

[@WeirdoChocolateLover]

even funnier knowing that she stopped paying rent in that apartment. she's used to living places rent free.

[@kateherr2893]

​@@WeirdoChocolateLoverGod. Damn. Can I eternally sunshine my mind back to when I didn't know about her?

[@WeirdoChocolateLover]

@@kateherr2893 based on the plot of that movie from what i remember people telling me, you'll probably just end up learning about her again afterward

[@FlameVulpin14]

As someone who loves natural wood colors and tones in my house painting a beautiful hardwood floor is like a slap in the face.

[@TomahawkTom]

I'm sure the real estate appraiser is going to have a heart attack when they find out those floors were painted over. The woman has absolutely no idea how much she just devalued her studio apartment.

[@KassandraQuiseng]

Couldn’t you sand down the floors though? It is an extra expense, but that's how you restore any painted wood. So still pretty bad, but not reversible.

[@factsandlogic.8762]

those clips nearly sent me into a blind rage, the way NO PAINTING PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN, THE DISRESPECT FOR THE HARDWOOD, OH MY GOD JUST RECALLING IT MAKES ME WANT TO SCREAM

[@pay1370]

@@KassandraQuiseng depends on the wood, if there is paint in the grain of the wood your floor is fucked.

[@raccoonja5905]

The house I live in belongs to my grandma. Before my parents moved here a strange tennant lived in it. They painted everything with plasticy, glossy paint in strange colours. Even the wooden beams on the celing. Appearently it took my parents ages to take that colour off of every room. In some places they weren't able to remove it and had the paint many layers over it or put tiles on top of it. Luckily the wooden beams survived.

[@Ichigoberry15]

this feels like a drinking game. Every time Amanda gives a panic giggle take a shot.

[@Daggeira]

Even if I do this with wine, I won't get anything done today lmao

[@data6022]

that's how to get an alcohol poisoning

[@MystiqMiu]

i have my plans for tonight 👀

[@Xaaaach]

Her panic giggles are the best part of her videos lol. Love when they happen.

[@orangejuice2519]

*If you’re within drinking age

[@RosieG9012]

Okay, so the using fish to paint your ceiling one is interesting to me, because there is a for real Japanese art form called gyotaku, where you paint a fish and then press it on to a piece of paper to make a print. HOWEVER, to my knowledge that’s only done on a piece of paper to either create a record of the fish you caught or just to make a cool print, and not pressed DIRECTLY ONTO YOUR CEILING OR WALL as decoration.

[@Thelostboots]

I honestly thought it kinda looked cool

[@Kirayni]

I mean, I have used a lot of weird things on printing class to have texture, from cloth and plastic to straight up plants, but like... It would be much more sensible to use the skin alone for such a thing, icky or not. It's just a weird choice overall

[@katevgrady]

It does look cool. How does she think that's a troll and the cat litter girl isn't lol

[@pantomimegoose]

I was coming down here to comment the same.

[@tumbke]

Plus, gyotaku actually looks cool

[@lalaspeaks]

d'angelo's video really gives so much context on this video

[@sushreeshashwata]

I heard d name and read ur comment right at the start and was like which video.. was like where hv i heard this name and den swell mentioned creativity workshop and audibly shouted ohhh that caroline 😂😂😂

[@nova6339]

Right? On top of not liking Caroline, I can't handle these renovations

[@Jay_T62]

@@sushreeshashwata i did the exact same lmaoo

[@melodye14]

Besides how unaesthetic plain white walls and floors are, I just can't help feeling like it's a bit problematic and privileged to fuck up nice hardwood in an expensive AF NYC apartment... Not to mention the scamming I do recall hearing on Calloway. This just feels like fictional character level of chaotic, but not in an entertaining way for me.

[@greeneyesgirl467]

She's definitely not doing that for the clicks and money. Her parents probably pay for her apartment... And she's just doing it for her 15 seconds of fame...

[@asymrsqueezes9675]

And the next tenant is probably going to eat some of the cost.

[@noahhabbershaw8177]

@@asymrsqueezes9675 no this is thousands and thousands of dollars. They'll probably sue her when she leaves

[@whatteamwildcats4033]

maybe it's because i've never lived in a house with my walls painted,but plain white walls??? plain white carpet floors??? gorgeous. with the right decor anything goes and looks great in the space

[@melodye14]

@@whatteamwildcats4033 It's a matter of opinion, for sure.

[@michelletaggart157]

Why does Carolyn painting around her piles of stuff remind of that Spongebob episode where Patrick and Spongebob paint the interior of Mr. Krabs’ house?

[@RevertedRashidah]

😂😂😂

[@joycedonnelly9987]

Probably because they did the same exact thing.

[@bob8mybobbob]

That wood floor… she easily could have ruined it beyond being able to sand and refinish it, especially with how much paint she poured on it. And if that is an old building that isn’t just ridiculously expensive to replace, it’s literally irreplaceable. The wood used in old construction was from mature trees. The majority of wood used today is from tree farms that plant and grow trees as fast as possible to be used for lumber. This fundamentally changes the wood, making it less durable and stable.

[@kirag9509]

She’s gonna be hit with a huge fee and lose her deposit when she moves out

[@juliacomeau4972]

This reeks of white girl privilege.

[@teagenthetiefling5296]

God that’s depressing

[@galaxychill9578]

@Julia also of paint fumes lol

[@beelzemobabbity]

@@kirag9509 as she deserves, i hope she has to pay a ton for that

[@mavinajfan]

Fish prints are a legitimate Japanese art form although they’re normally done on paper and judging from that ceiling that’s probably where they should stay.

[@dalishrogue3621]

Ikr? I love fish prints! They're so beautiful. I loved it on the ceiling

[@seulgioof7439]

@@dalishrogue3621 same!! I thought it ended up looking really nice lol

[@BeesAndButtercups]

I was getting ready for some intricate gyotaku art work but what he delivered looks more like a crime scene ...

[@Zaketh_]

I was thinking about this exactly! Not exactly the most elegant implementation of it I guess.

[@dalishrogue3621]

@@BeesAndButtercups honestly, it's probs pretty hard to do on the ceiling

[@stringcheese6833]

The more this video goes on, the more I just hate this. I just. She's not going to get away from this apartment without paying literal thousands. Do whatever you want (within legal limits) when you own your own place, but goddamn, not in an apartment. Not when someone is going to have to clean that up, and *you* will be charged for it!

[@linasayshush]

I mean, I'm not here feeling empathy for landlords, but it's just stupid. You're going to spend an absurd amount of money on that floor now, and it's not even yours.

[@stringcheese6833]

@@linasayshush this isn't about the landlords, this is about the cleaning crew that's going to have to do surgery on this apartment. Or the poor sap who moves in after her, who's going to have to deal with whatever cost cutting solution the landlord came up with because she ruined a perfectly good apartment. Willing to bet he'll probably just put in some cheap shag carpets and call it a day.

[@Vale-nh6ey]

The worst part is that many landlords are like my grandparents, they did well when they were young so he built a little house in an area that now, many years later has been developed so he’s able to rent it for pretty good money, but if someone did this to them I’d be so angry, they’re just nice, hardworking people, why would you do this to them? Fixing this is going to be much more expensive than the down payment

[@IsaacIsaacIsaacson]

Caroline is a millionaire. She doesn't care, she's just destroying stuff for fun.

[@awwcrickets7957]

@@stringcheese6833 the cleaning crew will be getting paid. Let her stimulate the economy

[@m1k3y48]

I’m not normally the “won’t someone think of the landlord?!” type of person, but who paints a hardwood floor like that?! How much is it going to cost to fix that?! Aaaaahhhhhh I hate it. I hope it was a laminate and not real wood.

[@wsk9734]

it's real wood 😪

[@imconfuseded]

If it was real wood it would be easier to fix, get a standing sander and go to town for a couple hours

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

@@imconfuseded was going to say this - floors get refinished all the time - it’s not that big of a deal. The more you know ...

[@SouthernChimes]

That’s what I was thinking! The amount of time and money that it’ll cost to repaint that. It’ll probably take a long time before they can get the apartment in a state that’s fit to rent again once she leaves

[@paprika7577]

@@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin There is such thing as bring past the point of repair. And if it can be, it is literally going to cost several thousand dollars.

[@professionalpainthuffer]

Ok to be absolutely fair, the fish guy wasn't wrong, and he knew he was being weird. I support him, and I like the funky surrealist fish ceiling. It's kooky without damaging the space or being literally unsanitary, and that's fine for me. I feel confident that he disposed of the fish appropriately, and that his bathroom only smells like paint.

[@RevertedRashidah]

I love it too, it’s ridiculous 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

[@stanislavlushenka]

Yeah I like it!! I think the technique could have been better but I think it’s cool too.

[@phoenixfritzinger9185]

One time when I was on vacation in Hawaii I made a T-shirt like that using a rubber fish My dad also bought a few real fish prints for himself and he hung them in his office

[@casssowary]

You did the intro really quickly and it sounded like "Hi Amanda you're watching Swell Entertainment", to which I say thank you for the warm welcome.

[@UnorthodoxSoundwave.]

99% sure she did say that bc there's no way she fit an "..I'm Amanda and.." in there

[@Snow-sx5ev]

Good job for the personalized shout out lol

[@willybean9614]

I've finished the video and I had to go back and damn you're right

[@itdobelikethattho2486]

AND I watch all videos on 2x speed. So it for sure sounded like that.

[@maeve4747]

@@itdobelikethattho2486 people like you scare me

[@Tots_]

The whole thing about evictions and never wanting to deal with landlords is a whole ass fucking MOOD! Landlords suck but I still wanna be the most passive tenant I can be.

[@randomchica23]

Landlords suck, and that's why I want to be the most passive tenant I can lol. The less we have to interact, the better.

[@Tots_]

@@randomchica23 Exactly! You get me

[@StonedSammieSue]

I was the same way. Until my landlord started sending agents to my door telling them to let themselves in whenever they want whilst I have a disabled fiancé in his room whilst I’m at work. Then I spray painted my entire room w graf. Never heard from them. Also left a sign outside my apartment saying you will be attacked and considered an intruder if you enter without consent. Police said I could leave a sign, just not what to say exactly

[@gurgy3]

@@StonedSammieSue If you have the money, you can get a basic simplisafe wireless security system that will alarm you anytime someone opens the front door or window. It doesn’t require internet to work and the devices just stick to the wall with removable tacky putty so you can take it with you.

[@nktigger99]

Yet, where would you live without landlords….

[@manicpixiecremegirl]

amanda : it would take me two hours to cover everything me : yep...that's actually about right lol

[@indoor_vaping]

How do I explain to Chopin that many years after his death, his work is being used as background music in a video about a guy using a fish as a paintbrush

[@Dogmatic-rw6jl]

I literally had to skip over that part so it didn't ruin one of my favorite pieces

[@indoor_vaping]

TikTok's abuse of classical music fascinates me more than it saddens me but it does sadden me

[@Dogmatic-rw6jl]

Yeah... I'm all for classical music being more wide spread- but not like this lmao

[@mudbucket1354]

@@Dogmatic-rw6jl chopin can be too plain for me

[@soulcstudios]

Those floors will cost 3k to fix maybe more. Re-staining the wood would be another 3k. We had to refinish the hardwood floors in the second floor of our house.

[@Zeldafan36]

From what I saw, re-staining the floor was like 30% of the cost of replacing it with new hardwood. But trying to sand through the heavy coats of paint is making my skin crawl. And paint probably went in between the boards and buckled some of the wood when she did that pour 😭

[@phosphenevision]

@@Zeldafan36 it will probably need to be replaced, you don't really go back from paiting wood. if its like vintage hardwood floors it might not even be replaceable with the same type of wood. that is borderline criminal honestly i would sue if i was the owner

[@Zeldafan36]

@@phosphenevision yeah for sure. I could 1000% see the owner suing to claim the full cost of the hardwood replacement, as well as the appliance damage. Amanda only showed the microwave, but I’m sure the other appliances weren’t left untouched.

[@hannaciszewska554]

@@phosphenevision honestly if that is an old apartment with original flooring, what she did is irreversible damage. You can have the flooring replaced, but it will never be as valuable as the original. This hurts on *so many levels*

[@RevertedRashidah]

@@hannaciszewska554😭

[@averyjeanne]

If anyone is interested in a non chaotic home renovation I’d highly recommend Christine McConnell. She is a woman who lives in a beautiful gothic house that she is currently renovating and all of her videos are so beautiful and calming. Also her voice is super soothing. And for being a KZbin series her production level is incredible.

[@WallebyDamned]

I am still salty about her Netflix show not getting a second season

[@averyjeanne]

@@WallebyDamned I will die mad about that

[@Nineathy]

@@averyjeanne Saaame! I've also been supporting her Patreon for months and the extra content is absolutely worth it (beautiful, long videos absolutely on par with the main channel if not better sometimes), in case anyone was curious.

[@kiraangela_]

Omg I love her house! I used to watch her miniature series 🤗

[@primetimehome]

Watching this was the medication I needed from this stressful endeavour

[@dad_patrol]

a chemist here: first I love your content, you are amazing. second, I do not think the microwave is as a big deal in the sense that you are afraid it might be. the screen on the front of the microwave are designed specifically so that the holes are small enough that most microwaves cannot get through. the heat could cause the paint to chip, but a lot of the solvents that paint uses to stay wet evaporate over time so I don't know that they could be reactivated. my concern is that she is gonna put some shit in the microwave and not see if its boiling over or exploding, since the whole function of a window is to see through it. (edit: grammar and screen clarification)

[@starryskies9655]

I feel like fish ceiling is the least cursed and cat bathroom is the most cursed by far

[@Sammlee94]

Idk. Using the carcass of a dead animal to decorate your ceiling is pretty messed up. I think. Replace fish with cat and everyone would have a problem.

[@dylanjones3430]

@@Sammlee94 Yeah people would... because a cat =/= to a fish lmao. I don't get people who use these types of metaphors cuz they are so strange like "oh yeah your car is made of metal but if was made of human flesh people wouldn't like that huh?" like yeah no shit because some things aren't equitable to each other.

[@nicolescats2]

Especially since decorating your home with dead animals isn't unheard of. Granted, it's usually hunters putting the taxidermied heads on the wall, not using those heads to paint. I wonder if taxidermy would get the same content warning?

[@razzle8140]

Worst one was the sand! Nevermind: worst thing ever is the cat littered bathroom. 🤮

[@Dimilethtrash]

Right!!!!

[@manifestationsofasort]

DISGUSTANG

[@macyburachio5831]

This is literally how you get toxoplasmosis or any other disease like ugh who wants to step into their cats litter box every morning holy hell.

[@raveng8217]

@@macyburachio5831 I wanna know how she can stand to breathe in there. I lowkey hold my breath when cleaning my cats litter box, I can't even imagine being in a giant litter box ROOM. Not to mention, it's so big it'll be impossible to clean fully. She'll need a scoop the size of a snow shovel 😂

[@maia_gaia]

No offense to those women. I don't know them. But if your cat is shitting on the floor, there is a reason. And since their solution was that gross, I'm going to assume the cats were shitting on the floor because their litter box never got cleaned.

[@catabat49654]

Who else is here from D’Anelgo Wallace’s video essay about Caroline Conway? 😅

[@jessicaCportfolio]

anyone else revisiting this after watching D'Angelo's Caroline Calloway video?

[@Angelonwheels24]

That's me !!! I thought it was so funny how she was like yeah I'm not going to make a vid on her it would be 2 hours And that's how long his video was lol

[@numburger]

I honestly really enjoy these home renovation Tik Tok's. They're so fascinating to me. They're like a car crash: It's terrible, but you can't look away.

[@princessmanitari4993]

So those russian car crash video's they use as insurance

[@terriblygluedtogether4564]

thank you i couldn't put it into words myself

[@spongy7426]

@@princessmanitari4993 it’s like reading the Maze Runnner

[@sendmorerum8241]

Many things on Tiktok are like that. Too many things.

[@manboy4720]

a car with very expensive hardwood flooring, too.

[@elycezynski]

Just listening to you describe her painting around her piles is giving me anxiety 😩

[@SavannahSedai]

Sammmmeeeeeeeeeee. I need to watch the office or schitts creek after this. It’s just as bad as a scary movie before bed.

[@cheesemonger6378]

YO MY GRANDMA DID THAT FISH THING We had this after school program in 3rd grade where some kids parent/grandparents would volunteer to do a day teaching some kind of craft. My grandma did one, and decided to teach us printing with actual stuff from nature. Aka leaves and dead fish. At least I think there were leaves, all I vividly remember is the fish. They were almost as big as the paper and when you flipped them over to make the print some grey stuff would spurt out of the mouth. I thought it was fun (I guess thats evidence we’re related) but one kid cried. Miss you grandma.

[@heplen]

lmao noooo “one kid cried”

[@AnaPie896]

10/10 woulda been the kid who cried 😂

[@erinaa9486]

Awww 🥰

[@stringcheese6833]

At what point does it stop being aesthetic chaos, and it just becomes a mess. Like, what's the difference between an artist and a slob, here? I'm not trying to say every place has to be some Scandinavian, minimalist paradise, where you have all of three bowls and no personal touches, but if you have to paint around your piles of stuff, you may have too much stuff.

[@zakhawker344]

I stg when rich youtubers and tiktok stars start getting hoarding disorders in a few decades the internet is gonna be enabling it and spurring them on as long as they call it their "maximalist aesthetic"

[@hxney_bree]

@@zakhawker344 We had to clean up and clear out my hoarder granny's house recently, and trust me when I say it was NOT FUN 😭 I wish people would call out stuff like that instead of just calling it "✨the ultimate maximalist lifestyle✨"

[@zakhawker344]

@@hxney_bree Sorry to suddenly get all deep and serious but; my nan has suffered from a hoarding disorder since a little after my granddad died (probably not causal). She can't use most of her house and we're all concerned for her safety because all the stuff is unsanitary and a trip hazard, and in some of the more packed rooms could even collapse and fall on her. She's nowhere near the worst case I've seen. Hoarders almost always get progressively worse over time if they don't get help, and can't recognise their problem on their own. Seeing people enabling what's obviously the start of a hoarding problem is really sad to me.

[@hxney_bree]

@@zakhawker344 Seriously! We just recently got my granny to see that she had a problem and had to spend weeks upon weeks picking through and throwing out items in the hot azz Mississippi summer heat, and even then she was still fighting for some of the frankly very rotted and useless items that were sitting in corners not being used. I even got lowkey issues over letting my room get too packed with stuff because of that. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. 😭

[@bitnewt]

I'm not sure where the line is, but that apartment definitely gave me flashbacks to some functional hoarders' houses I've visited.

[@cleokaiba9597]

What happens when her landlord finds out or she moves out? That's a lot of money...

[@melodye14]

I could see someone suing for property damage. Not sure honestly on a legal standpoint, but it feels like that should be a thing. At least to ensure she'd pay for it.

[@GracefulStars]

Yeah, people talk about "losing your security deposit" but don't realize a lot of landlords will charge you extra if repair costs run over the deposit. Maybe Catherine's doesn't but I doubt it

[@stashapistachio]

As someone with a half painted house (cba to move the cupboards) I’ll just paint it quickly when I move. It’d take a day at most. But she is beyond hope

[@ArtisticlyAlexis]

@@GracefulStars Yeah unless you have a nice landlord who let's you paint. I'm lucky mine said I can paint it whatever I want, yet my years of being scared of property damage going over the security deposit, I still haven't in 2 years! The odd woman in the video's deposit isn't going to cover that much damage, so I wonder if she has an arrangement. She's not hiding it, so you'd think the landlord would know.

[@MsEyelinered]

She pays it? She’s rich.

[@lindseypace3750]

As someone who successfully painted their own fridge, (I did so much research on it holy shit) idk how people can just wake up and be like I'm gonna do this random project today

[@ArtisticlyAlexis]

Me neither. I'm such an OVER planner that I sometimes get too lost in the plan to ever get started!

[@greeneyesgirl467]

A mixture of privilege and need for validation on the internet lol

[@sapphicsiren]

Anybody with impulse control issues, and the supplies on hand. All of my home improvement projects had minimal planning, and were mostly paint jobs. But I could have accounted for ventilation and more sheets to cover the floor. Whats crazy about impulse issues, is that you literally are in this strange state of focus.

[@agarsrish]

@@scapegoatmiller9110 I am rooting for your grass, my man!

[@ayajade6683]

I may impulsively paint my walls or rocks but I don't go ah yes time to paint my fridge. Who randomly gets that urge

[@cybersquire]

All jokes aside, I’m actually concerned about Caroline’s mental health. Social media success has clearly enabled her unhinged personality. Her former publisher even said she was ‘deeply disturbed’. Besides, to do that to a beautiful hardwood floor you must be chaotic evil.

[@SeattleRKL]

This was my first thought as well

[@walkingexistentaldread3079]

or on a ton of adderall. which her former best friend has attested to.

[@noahhabbershaw8177]

As someone who used to do water damage work with hardwood floors. This totaled the wood. There's no way to refinish these they're going to have to find new wood and they might not be able to find that wood cuz it definitely looks old. This is thousands and thousands of dollars worth of damage

[@mochiprince]

The fish stamp is actually a thing. When I lived in Okinawa, Japan, they would stamp your biggest catch of the day on a cloth and then an artist would finish the details. It was a way to prove you caught that fish before cameras were a thing. I still have mine.

[@JeddieMPB]

i don't know, this doesn't seem funny it just comes off as entitled and disrespectful. I know all landlords are scum, but maybe don't ruin your apartment by terribly painting literally everything and almost killing your cat and yourself with the fumes. also, that's animal abuse.

[@eminempreg]

Painting is animal abuse? And this isnt snarky I'm legit confused on what you're saying is animal abuse here

[@eminempreg]

Nvm nvm commented to early. Jist got to the point were Amanda mentions her getting paint on her cat. Man that's....irresponsible

[@JeddieMPB]

@@eminempreg not to mention the fact that she’s in a studio apartment with barely any ventilation. even if she put the cat in the bathroom it’s still going to have to breathe in paint fumes for days

[@eminempreg]

@@JeddieMPB this! Like??? If it's not god for human lungs to begin with (in closed spaces) why would you keep a smaller more vulnerable pet around to inhale the same stuff

[@JeddieMPB]

@@eminempreg exactly!! i’ve done some impromptu painting in my bedroom before (painted the trim one night because i couldn’t sleep) and i couldn’t even sleep in there for like three days because the fumes were strong, and i didn’t want it to hurt my lungs or my dog. honestly, this woman needs help.

[@thebrowncountertop]

When I rented I realized the property is not mine and I should respect it and leave it in the same condition as found. This person is just straight disrespectful IMO.

[@yourstruly9013]

Agreed. You're living there, but you don't own it. You can't just destroy other people's homes like this even if you're using it temporarily.

[@youknow7553]

I slightly disagree, I feel like you have some wiggle room in customizing your space, because you are paying to live there, even if it's temporary. But it should be small and reasonably easy to fix, like tacks to hang paintings or decor, not dousing every possible surface, including hardwood floors, in the paint

[@thebrowncountertop]

@@youknow7553 I mean that’s reasonable. Something easily removable and non destructive is fine. But entire remodels and painting and shit is just disrespectful to the owner.

[@taylorgayhart9497]

@@youknow7553 what you’re talking about is reasonable, what they’re talking about is painting cabinets/floors/counters/built-ins, or other permanent changes that people are always recommending to renters on tiktok. Even peel and stick can be dangerous as some of those adhesives are meant for commercial purposes and will literally not come off. I’ve even seen people on KZbin recommend renters swap out light fixtures and sink faucets and handles! 🤯 Even if you keep them to try and out them back, the chances of nothing getting damaged in that process are low, and if you mess up you could end up with a huge bill.

[@kmhkennedy]

When I was little we moved house and my mom rented out the old house. The renters ripped the kitchen cabinets doors off the walls, and covered the whole garden with like 1m of cement. She sold the house.

[@lilcassettetape]

no the cat litter one literally sent me into an anxiety attack because???? the floors. the walls. the cabinets. the whole bathroom is going to have to be GUTTED to remove the smell and i … o m g that is such a bad idea omgggggg

[@ace.l.w]

Science person here: microwaves shouldn’t affect the paint more than other forms of light would once the paint is dry. Microwaves work by exciting water molecules (the natural frequency of water is in the microwave range), and it doesn’t have the same effect on other things. When you hit a drum, the sound emitted is at the drum’s natural frequency, so I guess it’s kind of like microwaves are like a special hand to hit the water molecule drum to make the molecule more excited, thus “hotter”. However, light of different frequencies can affect different atoms and bonds, so it’s entirely possible that microwaves would have an effect on paint, but I would expect that you would need slightly higher frequency (more energetic: hand with more slap) light, even just infrared (less slap than visible light). Ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma rays are all SUPER high energy/frequency light so they would definitely have a big effect on paint, like they do everything else. So to answer the question, microwaves probably won’t release paint fumes, but they could possibly cause a reaction to break apart the chemicals within the paint which then could be emitted as gas from the paint, but it would no longer be paint fumes as it would be something entirely new. Plus, the decomposition of the molecules within the paint due to EM radiation (all light is EM radiation, including visible and microwave) might not lead to enough molecules in a gaseous state to both escape the solid paint (they would be trapped like bubbles in ice) and be of a large enough concentration in the air to cause a problem.

[@KassandraQuiseng]

Thank you science person ☺️

[@captaintapwater7833]

I learned a lot thank u

[@Noreen_Ni_Riain]

the thing is though, that she painted the outside and (probably) not the inside of the microwave, so it's likely they'll be protected by the window

[@KaylaKasel]

I have a microwave question: Why does my microwave smell like burning when I use it? Part of the inner lining paint(?) has chipped off, so that probably has something to do with it.

[@ace.l.w]

@@KaylaKasel it’s most likely a faulty part overheating, unfortunately

[@BuffaloSco]

I swear to god the anxiety that you have is so similar to mine, it's wild, growing up homeless makes you very worried about not having a home.

[@BuffaloSco]

@Wolfgal900 Boop yeah you get over it in some ways, but don’t in others

[@GloomyYumi]

You can actually sand down wood floors and repolish them, that's how you fix that and the reason they're so expensive is exactly that - you can do it a few times before you need to replace the wood

[@eka403]

Yes! There's a special machine for floor sanding.

[@PaperbackPlanes]

afaik not all hardwood will survive sanding, and some paints can get into the grain of the wood and just completely fuck it over. But i could be wrong, this is just knowledge i've absorbed from being around handymen/carpenters lol

[@GloomyYumi]

@@PaperbackPlanes Yeah, I don't know much about it. I just know it was an option for my floors. I've never seen anyone pour a whole bucket of paint on their floors and then spread it wherever there's space tho.

[@PaperbackPlanes]

@@GloomyYumi yeah that was certainly a .... *unique* technique

[@marielehleitner3643]

It would be really expensive because of how time-consuming it is. It would take at least a day to sand down the paint (depending on the thickness and kind she used), probably another to get all the patches. It also usually takes at least a day to do 1 coat of varnish, then a day or more to dry. And if they have to restain the wood, that's an additional 2 days right there (and usually more sanding). The drying is also partly influenced by the weather (i.e. heat and humidity levels can make it dry slower). Anyway, wet floors also mean you can't rent the apartment out or fix other things in it, so it would be a process. Long story short, she probably didn't actually ruin the floors (just their appearance lol). Given how half-assed her painting was, she probably didn't sand down the floors first to make the paint adhere better and possibly didn't even use the right kind of paint or seal it. She probably lives in an old NY apartment with floors that are possibly 100 years old and were well cared for originally. Those floors will last a lot longer (and possibly outlast her) because they are good quality wood, unless she somehow did severe structural damage to them through water or other things.

[@SilentChelsea]

the renter anxiety really be like that huh? the moment u asked " what do u think she did? " i scREAMED at my monitor. i can NOT believe she painted over the appliances.... when i tell u i screamed i MEAN IT

[@brittanybrown9936]

The distress in her voice when she talked about the cat litter video Amanda I feel you it also made me extremely uncomfortable to the point where it stressed me out 🤣

[@jadeknowsbest1674]

OMG, I'm still cringing about the litter covering the bathroom floor. UGHHH! HOW ARE THEY GOING TO USE THE BATHROOM?! THE AMMONIA SMELL IS GOING TO SOAK INTO THE WALLS!! THEY/THEIR LANDLORD IS GOING TO HAVE RIP UP THE FLOOR IF THEY EVER SELL IT/MOVE OUT!!

[@TheEmilyMonster]

I live in a city where it's very rare to get your deposit back. The landlords look for any little thing to blame you for and then buy the most expensive thing to fix that. So I don't mind decorating my apartment because I know 99% I won't get the deposit back anyway.

[@agarsrish]

what city is that o.O i hope this changes... i hate picky landlords

[@ilznidiotic]

@@agarsrish idk where she is, but New Orleans is like that 100%

[@TheEmilyMonster]

@@agarsrish In Prague, Czech republic :) It mostly happens to foreigners because the landlords assume foreigners have a lot of money

[@losthope98]

... do you guys not read your leases? We had a place try and bill us 2k in addition to withholding the entire security deposit for "damage" to the apartment that existed before we moved in. They didn't follow the law and their own lease regarding the security deposit, so we were legally able to fuck off. My other place we got nearly the entire security deposit back and minus like 100 because there was dust on a ceiling fan.

[@TheEmilyMonster]

Also because of this there are many people that just don't pay last month's rent so you technically don't lose your deposit.

[@m1k3y48]

If I was a landlord I’d have evicted her so fast, that’s going to cost so much money to fix…

[@nicksteele5613]

why do I actually love that fish ceiling? there's something about the movement that just makes me. idk. it's not _pretty_ but it makes me feel something

[@lindsey12345]

Is Caroline renting? Because oh god I feel so bad for whoever owned those beautiful floors

[@bluexwings]

Watching Caroline pour paint onto on the floor (and not even care enough to pick up her laundry??) makes me want to SCREAM.

[@Happytravellerkimmy]

It reminded me of a child being told not to do something so she did it for spite. Real terrible two vibes.

[@riqrimoli]

2 years after your comment i feel that. and im a messy ass person myself... if i added paint onto my mess it would be a nightmare

[@emilycardinall]

Had a chaotic home reno, not by choice. The kitchen was ripped out before moving in (had to be ripped out), and it took much longer than we thought it would to get everything in because of the pandemic. So we were moving in plus doing renos. And had no kitchen for a couple of months. So our dishes were in the hallway cupboard, and our dried good were in a cupboard in the laundry room (we luckily had a fridge and oven). We had a folding table as our main counter for a while, and all the dishes had to be done in the bathroom. We did have a dishwasher, but it was not installed because our kitchen cabinets were in Ikea flats in the kitchen/dining room. Please keep in mind we were also moving into this new apartment while trying to set up our home office for work two days after we moved in. It was a f**king pain for a long while. But now we have a new and beautiful, also working kitchen!

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

That has been basically my life since March and it will probably not be over until next March. At this point I have this strange calmness about this whole situation.

[@FIRING_BLIND]

That doesn't.... Is a landlord allowed to have you move in to a torn apart apartment??? Why didn't the do it long before you moved in? I have so many questions

[@emilycardinall]

@@FIRING_BLIND we purchased the apartment, but if it was for a tenant it would be very much now allowed.

[@emilycardinall]

@@DieAlteistwiederda you really get used to it after a while!

[@aliceausten6363]

I dont think "renovation" is the right wotd here...

[@shart8008]

mutilation 😳

[@nunpho]

Yep i still don't have tiktok... I think that's a good thing. That girls floor will be so sticky even when the paint is "dry"

[@michellealvarado7411]

And it's white. Can you imagine how dirty the high traffic areas are going to get? I have easy to clean tile, but I still can't keep it clean for more than a day because it's white.

[@Cat-hz7yd]

@@michellealvarado7411 i didn't even think about this but YES!! when i lived in a house with white floors it got dirty so fast, especially if you have animals in the house. i had to mop frequently, and mopping dry paint seems like a good way to make it chip and just look bad.

[@whatisupbruh2738]

Didn’t Caroline Calloway makes another woman’s SA about herself? Yeah, I’m not shocked she would do something insane like this

[@sydney-zx2hi]

pressing play like "oh these tiktoks won't be that bad" THEY WERE AND THIS BROKE ME

[@Michaelengelmann]

So she’s an American who went to Cambridge and made it her whole personality? Shocker. Just like a white, divorced, middle aged lady visiting an Asian country and taking all the yoga, Buddhist, monk things/teachings with her.

[@docsmooth]

Like from the last renovation video where the women dumped sand in here bedroom, I've seen the painted bedroom floor white but not move the furniture or piles of clothing paint job before. I was surprised this women had painted what looked like a very nice hardwood floor based on what I could see from under the dresser she didn't move. I wasn't into it and neither was the person who owned the house she was renting from. Needless to say she didn't get the opportunity to paint the living room floor the same color.

[@Polarpancakes]

Caroline used to have two cats, they were littermates. But she gave one of them to a friend after her female cat became afraid of her male cat. At least one of them was unfixed.

[@sarasthoughts]

Every single thing I learn about her makes me genuinely despise her even more.

[@Marillawen]

@@sarasthoughts I know right? How can it get worse!?

[@Polarpancakes]

@@sarasthoughts i feel the same way. I am incredibly worried about the cat she has left because she posted something about leaving candy dishes of her allergy medicine and stuff out for the ~aesthetic ~ but her cat could easily climb up and get into it. and the way she's always wearing flowers that are poisonous to pets just makes me angry too.

[@coolbeans5911]

i finally know what the Caroline lore is now😂😂

[@MidnightBard]

There are many crappy landlords but it’s so disrespectful to ruin rented properties this way. All for social media attention? There are so many people who struggle to find housing but would be much better tenants.

[@kimicka13]

Everything I learn about Caroline Calloway makes me wish I'd never heard of Caroline Calloway.

[@RidleyJones]

The fish ceiling is like looking up at a flock of rubber chickens trying to fly away.

[@isabelladst]

caroline is giving her landlord the landlord special. props tbh

[@emilyspencer305]

If I walked into Caroline's apartment I would genuinely assume that there is a carbon monoxide leak slowly driving her into insanity.

[@melodye14]

Just the obnoxious "haters make famous" type tik tok that followed is just gross, there's a reason why trolls aren't actually cool, I mean, Jesus. It's just so cringe is the thing.

[@whatevergirl19]

The “LoOk aT mE I’M sO QuIrkY” horrid energy those tiktokers give ….

[@yourstruly9013]

"This makes me want to go outside and touch grass" You have summed up my feelings exactly!

[@mrsmaggiekoch]

As the designated "mom friend" of my group, I understand very deeply the idea of getting stressed out by seeing someone doing a chaotic project or going about a normal project in a completely unorganized way.

[@melodye14]

I know the fish is probably already past dead but it still feels kinda disrespectful to push it's body against the ceiling like that.

[@pinkimietz3243]

Wait. What?! She did what?!

[@v.e.jansen7720]

I agree

[@melodye14]

@@pinkimietz3243 It was the guy in the second clip, that used fish from the store. He painted them and then used the dead fish to stamp paint onto his ceiling. Definitely disconcerting.

[@daisyelizabeth5462]

i wonder if it made the bathroom stink? i feel like pushing a dead fish into your ceiling would make it stinky

[@eldritchtourist]

Imagine doing that with literally any other dead animal. Y i k e s.

[@laiika511]

Despite technically still being a "twentysomething" I'm not equipped to handle the depths of tiktok. I have to trust you out of necessity. So far so good!

[@thatbberg]

"I physically cannot function without people knowing about Caroline Calloway in my life because I can't be the only one suffering." OMG the number of my friends and family members who've heard about her and her workshops...

[@julesr6965]

i, a lot like caroline, am a maximalist. however seeing those floors almost brought me to tears.

[@adiachue4478]

Amanda being *viscerally* *uncomfortable* for almost 20 minutes straight

[@helenmary1421]

I can't convey the amount of pain the floor video is giving me. I refinished my hardwood floors myself and I can't imagine someone ruining all those hours.

[@ybell1294]

Ngl, when you mentioned painting around the piles of stuff on the floor, I choked on an apple core. Such a visceral reaction to that, jfc lmao

[@TomahawkTom]

Imagine willingly devaluing your home, because you think you're an "artist".

[@theramentumbleweed2523]

My friend used to work for his dad, who worked in real estate. They once found a house, where every single room had an elaborate Celtic infused fantasy mural, including a Lord of the Rings one. Only it got worse, all the cabinets in the kitchen were painted with cheesy clovers and leprechauns. He said, his dad decided against flipping the house, cause too much needed redone, lol

[@spiderbug7615]

@@theramentumbleweed2523 excuse you, that sounds amazing and your dad made a mistake, he should have just marketed it to a rich af nerd😂(I'm really not joking tho, that house genuinely sounds really cool)

[@JuryDutySummons]

You are my ferryman of ticktock cringe. I don't really do social media (other then youtube, I guess?) ... I just can't enjoy diving into some stranger's mundane life that deeply, but I enjoy the random tidbits that float to the top.

[@hanniflowers]

Um, you're supposed to be careful with cat litter boxes so you don't get brain parasites.... I'm officially concerned

[@sarasthoughts]

To be frank, this is only important for pregnant people.

[@welcmasher2471]

@@sarasthoughts no. Taxoplasmosis

[@maliecollins4872]

@@welcmasher2471 both of you are right, toxo can infect anyone but those who are pregnant have to be particularly careful

[@iloveprivacy8167]

This really has some disorganised thinking/hoarder type vibes and it's really triggering.

[@OrangeCat1992]

People with compromised immune systems also need to be careful about it.

[@wolfgalleader]

"Had beautiful hardwood floors" - Me: *internal screaming*

[@beck5401]

Fun game to stay hydrated! Take a sip of water every time Amanda says the phrase "viscerally uncomfortable" 🙂

[@perplexed_hapax_144]

I just want to say thank you for the captions. A lot of creators don't put them, but it's nice watching your videos and having them so i can understand what's being said better through my ear sensitivity and processing issues :) /g

[@CommanderStarscream]

"i am not a minimalist" we know, amanda, you went into omegamart and pulled on every single item in the store, we know

[@fourteen-steps9434]

Ok when the video started I was like "Amanda you need to take a chill pill it's just weird DIY" but by the time you hit the painted microwave I was screaming out loud and this is going to keep me up at night for days. I'm so sorry I doubted you.

[@jordancasssandra]

Nothing says "unhinged in quarantine" quite like a tiktok diy renovation, huh

[@mmmmmmolly]

Plot twist, Caroline is actually a flesh suit controlled by her cats, that's why it's so chaotic and absurd

[@sahie]

I didn’t know who Caroline was until this video. I hope you’re happy, Amanda! I can never unsee that white paint being poured on those gorgeous floors! 😭

[@ogcrazycatlady]

what in home improvement hell?! I feel like Amanda is that friend who u love 2 get calls from cuz they've always got some hilarious, random af sometimes, info to discuss with you!

[@deepSea__]

When I watched the cat litter one, I was sitting in my car after work. I immediately closed TikTok and went inside and then took a nap on the couch. I just couldn’t handle any more chaotic energy after that.

[@scoliosisqueen]

Ok but now you HAVE to do a whole caroline calloway video. It’s what the people need!

[@scoobydoobydoo8069]

I imagine Caroline’s thought process to be similar to someone going inside Target with no self-control. Or like... the book If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

[@AspienWaifu]

"I can't be the only one SUFFERING, okay?" This is me with Chris Chan, I struggle to not talk about him to anyone who makes the mistake of initiating a conversation with me 😆

[@z.kaminska130]

Painting with fish is actually a thing (at least in Japan). It's called gyotaku and it looks quite beautiful irl since it preserves the pattern of the scales

[@fairyscience]

New drinking game: take a shot every time Amanda says “viscerally uncomfortable”

[@beck5401]

When you showed the part where she painted around her piles of stuff, my jaw dropped. I can't deal with that kind of chaos 😭

[@maxdanger17]

Ah yes, more masochistic content for us house painters. my body aches from watching these kinds of clips.

[@arthurbenson6693]

Lol some times, I don’t even watch her content. I legit just hit play and let it go in in the background. I like her style and want to support her page. She is hilarious

[@welcmasher2471]

Who?

[@arthurbenson6693]

@@welcmasher2471 your mom

[@welcmasher2471]

@@arthurbenson6693 she ded

[@zooh8017]

The cat litter one… at my old apartment building there was a man who used his pantry as a litter box and the cat pee soaked into the drywall and under the linoleum and the whole closet had to be replaced

[@lulucool45]

amanda is trying so hard to be nice and i'm just like "wow, this woman has zero taste"

[@tszvj]

I would actually like the fish ceiling if he made concentric circles around the light

[@RevertedRashidah]

What a missed opportunity 😭

[@witchofthewilds4705]

Swell Drinking Game: drink every time she says "viscerally" 🤣🤣🤣

[@MakerHighSchool]

We're doing a pirates of the caribbean theme in our bathroom, and I just ordered a life-size mermaid skeleton, red wig and shell bra for her. Also, a net to hang her from over the guest bath/shower. It's going to be nightmare trying to get her up there. Happy to film the chaos once she arrives. Let me know if you want to see it. Everything else that's up is pretty on theme, but we needed at least one tacky item. 🤣

[@Marillawen]

Ngl I kinda really want to see this!?!

[@adeer87]

Ok but I wanna see

[@KaylaStanfield96]

I’d also love to see!

[@nickolaslong1806]

Not the microwave!! Why!?! So much paint. So.. much.. paint....

[@AnonymousLittleBird]

Amanda @ 02:16: If I were to do like a full deep dive into Caroline Calloway and everything about her, it would be like a 2hr long video. It would be too much. [D'Angelo enters the chat]

[@Samuel-ku1qb]

My mum is a maximalist, each room has its own colour and theme. I believe if it’s not for any other reason than to fill the space with stuff, you’re just a high functioning hoarder. I like minimalism in variations but maximalism in items. Like I want a library and coffee mugs to reach a lifetime, and plants etc. I just can’t have too many different stuff or else my adhd freaks out and I can’t keep it clean.

[@tomothyfoolery5334]

I love that I knew exactly what you were talking about the whole time- the Caroline saga is a lot to explain

[@ennuibarbie]

Anyone who appeals to an audience with spectacle like this just honestly makes me embarrassed. It's the waste combined with loud and proud ignorance for me.