TRANSFORMING MY PARIS APARTMENT | Apartment makeover part 2

Hello my loves ! :) Welcome to PART 2 of our Paris apartment transformation ! So far I LOVE IT, but I have lots and lots of tricks up my sleeve to come. Let me know if you have any decoration tips in the comments down below !
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[@sherrieshatzen3801]

I have to disagree with your assessment of Jean's legos. The first thing I noticed was the orange piece. I think it is fabulous. It adds a pop of color & quite frankly, it is art. Feel free to disagree--I am an interior designer & my only iron clad rule is that your home should be a reflection of who you are. When a living space involves more than one person (even a whole family) the space should reflect all of the inhabitants. Each is an energy & then there is the energy of the combination of household members. When people come to your home they aren't coming to have an experience of AD. They are looking for an experience of you.

[@marylyon1230]

Spot on. Matchy matchy is out. So benignly boring.

[@barbarahill4281]

Hi. I applaud your efforts. Put the orange thing where ever your guy wants it. Orange and green are a thing. Look at the color wheel He is so good to you. Treat him well. The rest is great! Jean

[@nwilliams9845]

I liked the Lego orange in the bedroom on top of shelf unit. It created a nice pop of color.

[@brendasnow8255]

I like the orange Lego too. You don’t want to make every single thing to be matchy matchy. Plus, he lives there, too.

[@ic7505]

If your partner is paying half the rent, his orange Lego should be able to go wherever he wants it :)

[@marylyon1230]

Yes, it should be a collaboration.

[@mollylonsdale7329]

Would you be able to advise the name of that amazing tape you used to hang the curtain rail to the roof? The curtains look perfect pooling a bit at te bottom, I would leave the length!

[@joaniewilder6861]

I would love to know also where to buy the great tape. Thanks.

[@melweismann]

Oh let him have his orange Lego in the living room ffs, it's his house too. The decor isn't going to be 100% "perfect" everywhere and that's OK because you don't literally live inside an Instagram feed

[@annjohnson543]

The paddle with the rubber will scrape the bowl for you. The hook is for bread. The KitchenAid will be a workhorse for you for the rest of your lives!! And it is a piece of art.

[@pattisaunders7386]

I am in full agreement. Wouldn't take anything for mine!

[@cynthia2233]

It's coming together nicely! Did your sister get there while you were doing this? I have seen the videos you posted with her, but you were expecting her and then we never heard a thing about her arrival. I think the orange Lego adds a pop of color and personality in the room! Too much of the same gets boring, Jean should be able to feel good with his personal things around him! Congratulations on your new mixer! It is something you will have and use for years and years.

[@thelistener9196]

The cutest item in the appt is Jean. Congratulations!

[@Nickysmom]

You should let morning glory climb up on the trellis. No way should you get rid of it. Things are looking good!

[@LisaNazarian]

Looks so good already! Jean is so nice and funny. What a great guy.

[@sunshinegalkw9675]

Your partner is the most adorable person! He always makes the video!

[@cathymichaelson1507]

Love the lights outside! I’m such a lamp person…a lamp by your bed and one on the new “dresser” would be so cute and cozy. Everything looks wonderful! Enjoy!

[@jennifer_u]

Very impressed with how that wardrobe fit in the recess

[@raquelsanchez1192]

Omggg I adored the orange Lego hahahaha, it definitely added some color. Everything looks amazing, congrats you guys, greetings from Colombia!

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Okok message received 😂 I will allow jean to build an orange Lego wall 😛

[@marylyon1230]

@@Ariellelaparisienne You can put your own artistic touch on it with little vases or artwork on the walls.

[@MrStan0630]

There is nothing like a Paris balcony. Yours looks great. I would be careful about the weather getting into the light bulbs. Don’t leave them out all the time.

[@suzigemini]

Please marry Jean~you are an adorable couple. Much love to you both.💖💖🥰I lost my partner in March. It was very unexpected. I am 51 and I hope someday I find someone like Jean in my age group after I heal.

[@joycemoody9246]

Great video! I love seeing before and afters. I hope you had a nice visit with your sister. Your apt is so cute and I love how you’re decorating it. I just wanted to suggest that you put the planters on your patio on the outside of the railing to give you more room. I can’t wait to see your place all finished.

[@juliamaxwellmarin]

You two should seriously get engaged...Go For It!!

[@lynnetrue4103]

Everything is looking nice! You said you want a little drink table for the balcony but what if you save space by laying a plate on the tallest pot of the brass planter at the end of the pallet lounge? It might look good as a table in back and potted plant in front Also FYI when buying drapes/curtains measure the width of the window and multiply that measurement by at least 2 to 3 to get the measurement needed for the curtains. Then look at the width of the curtain panel to figure out how many panels are needed to equal that number.

[@mdlg1983]

It is so funny to watch this, as your apartment layout is literally identical to the apartment I lived in in Mongolia! It is looking great, I love your green couch!

[@simplylyzzie4210]

Love the apartment…and watching you guys make it your own ❤❤

[@mmcs4973]

You're both adorable, and what a sweet guy is Jean😊

[@annas1185]

The cushion on the railing is better for mold 😊 The railing will allow air circulation around cushion when it gets wet.

[@EmilyEmilyEmily01]

What would be a comparable tape in America? Similar to command strips?

[@lauraaguilerarios5359]

Jean saying hallo Back there, so lovely

[@mholt82773]

I have the same color and love mine

[@brendasnow8255]

I see how old this video is. Are there newer ones?

[@sherrieshatzen3801]

I do have a couple of suggestions. I don't know if it bothers you that your balcony is so close to your next door neighbors balcony, but if it does you can put a "partition" there to give you a bit of privacy. An interesting wood screen would work. This could be natural or you could paint it to add a pop of color. Or you could do a trellis & train a couple of plants to climb it. Or you could hang a pretty shower curtain (water won't bother it) to bring in the softness of fabric, add some color & perhaps an interesting pattern o design on the shower curtain. I now you want to add a headboard to your bed. Again you could put an interesting screen (tri-fold) against the wall behind the bed. You could hang a lush amount of fabric from the ceiling against the wall (great for softening the space & muting sound) With the draperies you could also hang a picture (big enough to create a blanced proportion) by putting the hanger on the wall between 2 panels, hang the picture & let the drapes softly close behnd it. The picture will appear to float against the drapes. In the living room behind the sofa you could get a nice picture of you & Jean (maybe some place you have traveled to, maybe at the place where you met) & have it made into a mural. It could be in color or B & W or a monotone in color of your choice. It could fill the space or be a bit smaller. If it is smaller you could creat a "gallery" of other pictures around it. These could be of you & Jean or of your families or of places you love. You can be really creative--maybe one image in the "gallery" is a calendar page with the date you met. You could also do an oversize mural & then frame other pictures in a white frame that is heavy enough to create a visible separation between the mural & the framed images. They will appear to cut into the mural. This could be done wth ether symmetrical or asymmetrical placement. The mural could be a monotone or a duotone in a color that you like against the green sofa. It has to have enough depth to stand up against the green sofa, but not compete with it. If you do other framed images with it you could do them in a complementary monotone or duotone.

[@migdaliavasquez1874]

Congratulations yous are doing a great job🌼🌼🌼🌼 for wall near couch you can put wallpaper or pictures frames and blending frames with other types of wall decorations or painting the wall and putting decorations on the wall. The hem on the curtains; donot hem because the style is for the curtains to drop on the floor making it appear luxurious; love the color of curtains; need to move fan to a space like kitchen area so your designs for living room decor would flow; fan looks out of place😊just some small critique for fun 💛💛💛🌼🌼🌼🌼

[@maurawhelan3530]

Love the mixer color… I have not seen that color before…

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

YES I was undecided between the cream and the pistachio but I’m super happy I got the light green ☺️

[@Ann-cx3dd]

P.S. Your apartment looks super cute! : )

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Thank you 🥲

[@Ann-cx3dd]

Maybe it's a strange question - - but, why do you have to have the metal doors on the windows? Do ppl break in to apartments that much in Paris? And, is it something that you close & lock each time you leave the house?

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Great question 😂 no we’re not worried about people breaking in, pretty much every apartment in France comes with them and you lower them to keep the sun out during the day ☺️ in our living room we have curtains but not in the bedroom so I keep them shut pretty often

[@brendasnow8255]

I’ve seen the shutters in Portugal and Spain, too, and probably Italy.

[@ephrussi9765]

I enjoy your vlogs, sharing life in Paris. Do you need all the stuff/furniture along the wall where the TV is situated? Looks crowded. And is there any way you can organize all the clutter in the bookshelf that is by your kitchen entrance? I look forward to your posting.

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Oh yes that space is awful 😂 we will be dealing with in it part 3 😜 I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised with how we change that space !!

[@marylyon1230]

@@Ariellelaparisienne And the coffee tower at the end of the counter draws too much attention...should be moved against the wall or at the end of the counter.

[@patriciateague8677]

Looks lovely. Such fun decorating a new home.

[@martiocallaghan1656]

Thank you for sharing, Ariel. Enjoying so much your miscellaneous additions that are making your place more homey and comfy!!!!

[@karendebruyne9592]

we have the pasta attachments, makes really nice pasta. Also have ice-cream barrel rubber paddle is good for things like chocolate mouse, scrapes the sides, rather whisking

[@barbarasantay7386]

I love how you are designing your space. You make a great couple. From Ohio where your Kitchen Aid is made.

[@kelly33SR]

Why do you need the spoiler? What's the point watching!

[@rhondalockrey9592]

I love your choices you give a lot of thought before you do things I don't have a visual mind like that lol I think for the patio I hope you find a few fold up chairs or a small fold up table you can use in or out of apt & then won't take up much space.

[@grahams.2313]

In your last flat, were you able to get the dust situation resolved, so that the next occupant won't have that problem?

[@smokindragon04]

I believe the paddles are for making dough for bread,love the curtains and the puddle at the bottom looks beautiful

[@robbin9654]

The rubber one is to scrape the sides of the bowl

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Would you use it for pastries and such ? 👀

[@baxter8it]

Dont hem. Curtains look great! Is Jean by chance an engineer?

[@susanobrien9917]

Ohhhh I can't wait for the gallery wall🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@ritaelona7513]

What is the name of the tape you used? Love how you both are decorating.

[@angelawilson7954]

The curtain length looks good at 26:52. Wispy ones need a bit of fall - long as they don't trip you up. The pastel green of the KitchenAid is very retro. Who took the wall-side of the bed? Did you toss for the outer?

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Thank you ! I’m glad you think so because it would have been a pain to hem them 😂 we didn’t flip a coin, I got the outer side 😛 it didn’t matter much to jean and I sleep on my left hahahaha

[@californiaglo9666]

I love lights outside. Every year I put up a different color. This year it is pink 😁. Your home is magical!

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Such a cool idea !

[@DD-kd3vc]

Love the cheering!!! :)

[@vessyioannou259]

I am sorry, but I find very selfish of you how the wardrobe is only for yourself. And how you don't share it with your husband.

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Yikes this is a bit of a crazy comment. First of all, jean doesn’t share his storage with me ? We both have separate spaces for our clothes. The reason mine are in the wardrobe is because I obviously have more dresses and skirts and rompers than jean that need to hang because I iron them…. He understand that and it makes no difference to him where his clothes go as long as he has space. If anything it’s more convenient for him to have his clothes in the bedroom whereas mine are in the living room 😅 I don’t make decisions for jean and I by myself, we are a team in every way.

[@dawnmcdade154]

I like the length of the curtains. I would leave them as is. I love the sound of the seagulls!

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Ok I’m glad ! It would have been a pain to hem them 😂 so funny that you picked up on the seagulls hahahaha you’d never think they’d be so loud and present in a city like Paris which is nowhere near the sea 😂😂😂

[@sunshining_inthe_hebrides4030]

Charming as usual x

[@sandramalone3522]

Those cushions look so skinny and unimpressive. Take them all back and get nice fluffy ones that will show up nicely.

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Jean and I are decorating on a budget girl 😂

[@joaniewilder6861]

I think that they look beautiful.

[@Mr.Margarita]

First ❤

[@cindymarie2475]

You are doing a great job and hope your sister had a blast!🎉

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Thank you ☺️

[@rosarinhodourado6558]

I love this decor vídeos .the apt is super ok

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

Thank you ☺️

[@Djbobo1260]

Why aren't you taking advantage all the wonderful brocantes and flea markets instead of soulless ikea style furniture??? No original art, no warmth. Looks like college.

[@Ariellelaparisienne]

At this point we have not purchased any new furniture - everything was from my old apartment. I would ask that you please keep in mind that jean and I do not have a car and must transport all furniture we buy on a bus. Due to the fact that we do not have a car it is quite literally impossible to buy furniture that does not offer a delivery service. We are also furnishing our apartment on a budget. Have you been to the brocantes in Paris ? They are not reduced prices they are beautiful antiques with a price tag that come with it. I would LOVE to source my furniture from here - but it is out of my price range. I would ask that you be mindful - sustainability is extremely important to me and I try to thrift where and when I can. But I simply cannot go and get myself a shelf second hand without a car. And what about our art is not original ? For the moment our art is as follows : vintage gold mirror (thrifted) vintage green glass vase (thrifted) vintage lamp Berger (thrifted) and plants. Please be more mindful of the privilege you have - I would love to furnish my apartment entirely with vintage antique furniture but I do not have the means to be able to do so and it is unkind to tell someone who does not have the means that their apartment is an Ikea college dorm room.

[@Resmith18SR]

The world is coming to an end, people are homeless and starving, but Ariel is showing us her shelving in her Paris apartment.

[@donnasaganek3641]

And you're watching it on KZbin

[@Resmith18SR]

@@donnasaganek3641 Yes, from Mexico where I pay $400 USD a month for a 2 bedroom furnished apartment.

[@angelawilson7954]

Yeah, millions of people are dying, and you're out walking in the park.

[@Resmith18SR]

@@angelawilson7954 I'm not walking in the park, Angela.

[@angelawilson7954]

@@Resmith18SR I'm being figurative, Resmith. Millions are dying and we're still buying food for ourselves, putting up shelves, premenons dans le parc.

[@amyburl3826]

Triple make sure those railings are strong if you’re leaning back on them. 🫣 it all looks fantastic 😊

[@brendasnow8255]

I sure wouldn’t lean on them.