Upper East Side NYC Apartment Tour: my studio apartment as an interior designer living in NYC

[@xiomara4362]

The tension rod shelves are genius!

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@xiomara4362 thank you!!!

[@terrylina.8366]

i love the space and the decor. the melting butter painting is so cool

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@terrylina.8366 thank you so much!!! 🫶🏼

[@hannahtsao7558]

I just moved to NYC recently and am living in a tiny studio apartment. I'm trying to maximize storage but I also do care a lot about the aesthetic. Your video is so inspiring! Love it

[@JuliaCostanzo]

Thank you so much!! Welcome and good luck with your new space 🫶🏼 stay tuned for my monthly vlogs, I always add new storage tips or apartment updates!!

[@Bettylulseged]

Nice video. Just posted my NYC studio apt tour video too!

[@susangladstone357]

And HEY - your paintings are good! Keep painting, show them, sell them yes yes yes!

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@susangladstone357 awe thank you! I really appreciate that!

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@susangladstone357 🩷🩷🩷

[@rebeccacartier153]

I love the apartment, great use of the small space… the only thing that I didn’t like is how a few of the shelves aren’t level 😂

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@rebeccacartier153 thank you so much! Omg I know, I constantly have to fix them and level them, gravity takes its toll sometimes

[@rebeccacartier153]

@@JuliaCostanzo I assumed it was the building “settling” that shit would drive me crazy

[@nathaliecruz8074]

Lovely home. To save the beautiful MUSH rug can’t you hang it on the wall? Then you can enjoy it as an art piece.

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@nathaliecruz8074 it’s too far gone now 😭😭😭 but I don’t have enough wall space for it. Great idea tho

[@deantpagano]

Amazing! Cool artworks : )

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@deantpagano thank youuu!! Ft the one and only 🙌🏼

[@sailorallie9046]

“She’s so ugly I love her” - I relate to this so much. My boyfriend doesn’t understand it at all.

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@sailorallie9046 hahahahah SO UGLYYY that it’s SO CUTEE! Make him understand

[@susangladstone357]

I like your place, nice job on your decor style!

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@susangladstone357 thank you so much!!

[@flaviac.amaducci2716]

The cat ❤

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@flaviac.amaducci2716 my whole heart and soul 😭😭😭

[@yeseniamyunfilteredlife6503]

Great space, you’re well organized.

[@JuliaCostanzo]

Thank you!! With a small space you have to be 😢

[@daniellemeenan997]

so lovely

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@daniellemeenan997 thank youuu 🩷🩷🩷

[@SuperStarr1000]

Listen, her place isn't great and many items look cheap including those paintings (except the one her friend did. That painting had depth and was really great❤️.) Those bathroom shelves in the living room look bad and remind me of a toilet.The couch she got is very nice indeed but a designer would set things up better and would know how to clean the skylights. There are renter friendly upgrades even non designers know how to do. It seems like the young lady didn't use her imagination. I don't troll people and often dip out instead of giving feedback the poster won't like. She can use people's honest opinion to grow. Alexandra Gater is an interior designer. She designs and installs with her team on KZbin. This lady's apartment is prewar so she should check out Rajiv Surendra who apartment is so charming with the upgrades he made. There are many designers and home enthusiasts she could learn from because girl... This.Aint.It. All said with love🥰.

[@haleighen]

I stick to only fabrics that my cats can’t destroy anymore. Which is mostly velvet. I had a small rug similar to yours but it was a tiger. My cats did the same and I ended up giving up and selling it.

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@haleighen tbh I thought the wool rug would be the best option for a cat when it comes to a rug but it was so wrong😭 I have a jute rug which is great for my cat but I hate the dust it collects!

[@haleighen]

@@JuliaCostanzo oh same! but wool tufted rugs are going to be their favorite scratching place it seems. I will say I have turkish woven rugs, and some fluffier moroccan rugs and those have all held up perfectly!

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@haleighen yes I got her some little wool patches to scratch on and train her to go elsewhere. But good to know about the other rugs!

[@foreverwinona]

You have a beautiful apartment.

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@foreverwinona thank you!! 🫶🏼

[@beckychernov4588]

Obsessed wow wow wow

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@beckychernov4588 love love love you 🥰

[@josiahmooney211]

Nice spot!

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@josiahmooney211 thank youuu Josiiii

[@alyssazimmerman1683]

Have maintenance for your building clean the outside of it.

[@kaceychan7975]

where are the curtains from?❤

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@kaceychan7975 IKEA!!!! They’re the HILJA curtains!

[@maddscientist3170]

get your Super to clean that bathroom skylight

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@maddscientist3170 they have been no help unfortunately 🥲

[@karawhitehouse3694]

Sooooooo cute

[@presentco]

You are an interior decorator?

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@presentco no. I’m an interior designer*

[@presentco]

@@JuliaCostanzo that explains it.

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@presentco are you ok?

[@lornamarie5544]

I’m not seeing an apartment tour, just a person in front of the camera and a few close ups of things. I don’t know what the space looks like.

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@lornamarie5544 it’s a studio apartment. There’s not much to see, I’d recommend rewatching with that in mind 🥰

[@christinaklingbacher2061]

Hat die Katze keinen kratzbaum 🤓

[@darleneprewitt2535]

Doesn't look like a designers apartment. Nice video but poor decorating

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@darleneprewitt2535 would love to hear what you would consider a designers apartment 🫶🏼

[@AlyssaCarter-m1i]

I agree. No sense of style/cohesion and I dislike all the small exposed clutter.

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@AlyssaCarter-m1i please elaborate on the lack of style/ cohesion bc I completely disagree. Throughout the video I make many comments of how even the color on the bathroom is brought throughout. Majority of the palette is neutrals and earth tones with art and decor bringing in the color. Confused on “exposed clutter” as well. Thank you for your rude comment on my home, and the encouragement of negativity on my page. I’m sure your house would be featured in AD 🫶🏼 Friendly reminder this is a small studio apartment, that I rent, which does not allow a lot of space to renovate the way I like. Also renting in NYC is very high and I am only in my 20s still starting in my career and a long way from financial freedom. But I am working hard towards it. Have a great day 🩷

[@vanessaadams1452]

No disrespect but are you serious when you say you are a interior decorator or are you joking?🙄😂😂😂

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@vanessaadams1452 love when someone starts a statement with “no disrespect” then is disrespectful 😝

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@vanessaadams1452 yes I’m an interior designer* it’s not the same as decorator 🥰

[@BB-dy6iu]

No disrespect but are you always a nasty person or are you joking? 🙄😂😂😂 Seriously, why the nasty comment? Do you even know what it takes to put yourself out there? And yeah, I’m sure the content creators are probably used to shitty people/comments (you), but why? Why be mean/nasty to someone you don’t even know? BTW, the irony of what I’m doing is not lost on me. I know I’m not being kind to you, hopefully though you’ll step back and think about why you felt the need to be “disrespectful.” I personally am amazed at what people can do with such small spaces. Anyway, we don’t need to tear anyone down on here. I hope you and anyone reading this has a great day. 😊

[@JuliaCostanzo]

@@BB-dy6iu 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼thank youuu

[@Justbooksmusiccatsandapen]

​​​​@@BB-dy6iuI find there's a lot of people on the internet that just watch videos and make disrespectful comments. For every one nice comment there is 100 that aren't. I will usually comment on the rude ones and point that out but their usual response is what is a free country and I can comment if I want. And I'm sitting here thinking but you can't watch a video that you like and comment on that instead. Guess not and it's really sad. There's a difference between interior decorating and interior design anyone who knows English should understand that or at least look it up before commenting. I know I have zero sense of style, even though I know what I like, my budget is typically on the lower end which doesn't bother me. You can still make a place look homey and inviting even on a budget. And besides these people complaining don't actually live with you and don't actually know you. So why they make rude comments I have no idea. To be honest, I've been doing the whole basket and bins thing since I was a teen because my balance issues. And here we are 23 years later and there's a whole huge craze on it now? And I'm not judging but I'm saying you need to be aesthetically pleasing and pay all this money why? Most of my furniture is custom made by my cousins or from the dollar store. As is most of my decor that I didn't make with my nieces or nephews over the course of the last decade helping to raise them full-time. It just baffles me. I always say your home is meant to be lived in it's never going to be Pinterest worthy or Instagram where they 100% of the time if at all if you want to show off and fake pictures of how your house looks on one given day go for it. But if you have a significant other, kids, or pets it's never going to stay that way unless your OCD. And yes people are allowed to have stuff each person leaves a different lifestyle, each person has their own budgets, their own hobbies and their own bills to pay. It sucks that people have to be so judgmental when it comes to others posting content. Which they themselves are also free to do but they won't because they would rather judge than be judged. And it's sad really because I watched these types of videos for noise when cleaning house or studying, motivation, or inspiration. And I think people forget that that's what these types of platforms were meant to be for. My nephews like to call our style throw and go or put and run. You can find things within minutes, the kids are more independent and everything is easy to move (because I do move a lot due to circumstances Beyond my control) and everything is functional for needs. The kids have always understood because of my balance issues things have to be picked up off the floor when they're done with it because it is a safety hazard for me. And it also teaches them they have to put their stuff away. Is it perfectly placed absolutely not. But that's okay.