棲居美學9 他花了 870 歐元在巴黎租了這間 24 平方米的舒適公寓

Hi, I'm Louis. Welcome to my place. So, can we directly into your living space? Yes, this is the living room. This is a 24 sqm apartment. Based in 17th district of Paris. So this is basically where I spend most of my time. I mean most of my weekends and my nights. I like it to be a bit retro. I like to have some 70s style vibes. I like a touch of color as well. I really like the metal and metal details. Some vintage accents as well. So yeah, that's the main area where I live. It has not always been like this. I installed these curtains to separate my space into two different spaces. The living room area and the bedroom. Usually it was like more mixed. I had like a table around here instead of the shelf. And I decided at the end of last year to really cut it into two spaces. So I could really have my living room. I could invite my friends. Invite people over and stuff. And then have like a separate bedroom area. Where I could really chill. I really like to... I separated the two spaces. I mean with the colors as well. The living room is like more colorful. And I really wanted the bedroom to have like as little furniture as possible. Right, I see. We'll get to your bedroom in a second. I really love... Actually when I came in I said the same thing to you just before. I love that you have your iMac here. And you use it to watch series and movies. It is still a computer. But it's kind of functioning as your TV. Yeah, exactly. It's really practical because it's a pretty big one. I really like to watch streamings. I mean streaming series, TV shows. So I just use it as a TV. But sometimes when I have to use Photoshop or something. I just use the big screen. So yeah, I really like these tables as well. When I first moved to this apartment. I was like... Obviously I didn't have like tons of resources. I have to pretty much buy everything. So I used Le Bon Coin a lot. And I really like the... The two... The two tables. That you can... That I found on Le Bon Coin. I really like the woody... The woody accents. The round shapes. I think it's really nice. For the longest time. I used it as a... As a coffee table. Yeah. It was usually... Kind of like a couch table. It was like too small. And so I... When I moved everything. I just found that it was the best place to put it here. Yeah. Very cool. I would say that most of the... Furnitures are... Either thrifted or... Vintage. I used Le Bon Coin a lot. This is... From Le Bon Coin. This is new. Because when you buy a couch. Obviously it's... If you buy it second hand. It's a lot. Because you have to like... Move it.You have to have a car. So I just... It's a new one. Separated as well. You can be two different... Sofas. I guess. But I really like to... Have them combined. Then I can rest. I'll just sit down for a second. Just to get an idea of... Oh yeah.It's very comfortable. Yeah it is. That's good. And then you're sitting here. That's your POV when you're watching something. Exactly yeah. Or when I eat. I eat in my couch as well. I can put tons of stuff on the... On the table as well. I really like it. I like the... The brown aspect of the... Of the glass. There's a little tint to it. Yeah exactly. I like having glass... Like furniture like this. Because it's practical. I mean you have your... Like space where you can put stuff. But it... I don't know.It doesn't take away from the space. Because you can just see through it. And it looks more like you have your space. Yeah it doesn't look like a real... Like a big brown wood furniture. As I had with this one. Because it's transparent.So it's really light. Exactly. And the space is pretty like... Small and cluttered. I really wanted as little... Elements as possible. So you still have space. An impression of space. Yeah. You have two shelves. One here. Both of them are from IKEA. They're like the pretty... Trendy one that you can see everywhere. I really like the... Metallic aspect of it. Yeah. I really like the lamps from IKEA. This is the one... I got from... For Christmas. Last Christmas. I got it from my grandparents. It was really funny. Because it was sold out everywhere. But in my hometown. They had plenty of it. So I remember telling my grandparents that... It was sold out everywhere. And they just ran. Like being completely panicked. Thinking oh my god. There's not gonna be any more at the store. But they had like... Maybe 50. It was just a Paris thing. It's a Paris thing. Everything is going sold out. We actually have a lot of sun coming in right now. It's really beautiful. And you have a little disco ball. Yeah. I got this one at a thrift store. And I really like when the sun is going directly on it. Because it just sparkles. And you know it does this. All these small lights. Everywhere in the room. I really like it. It goes all the way up to the ceiling. That's very cool. And while we're at the ceiling. You actually have a very nice... I don't even know how to say it in English. Shame on me. It's moulure. Moulure. But people know what we mean. It's like these carvings. On the ceiling usually. Yeah. I recently learned that you can actually buy them. And it's really cheap. You can buy them? I think you can buy them. I like to think that it's a traditional thing. And I'm like yeah. It was used at the time but maybe it was added. I don't know. I like this thing as well. I don't know what it was used for. But I really like the round thing. It adds some character. I don't know if you could use it in a way. Of putting something there. That fits into it. I don't know. But even if not. It just adds some character. There used to be a shelf there. With a plant. But it was maybe hiding too much. Of the details. So I ended up removing things. Here's your second shelf. Yeah. The second shelf. I like to keep shelves. Pretty minimalistic. I don't. I feel like. They're already crowded a bit now. So yeah. I like that. I like my small perfume rack. Some candles. I have a few vinyls. I actually got a vinyl player. For my birthday this year. So I don't have many vinyls. But I plan to buy more. And maybe a collection. Yeah. It's a cool hobby. I always. Whenever I see shops that sell them. I'm like maybe I should get into it. Then I'm like I already have too many hobbies. That I'm spending so much money on. But it's cool. It looks nice. I like it. I feel like they're really pretty. Pretty items. I don't know. It's just pretty objects. You can just put them inside your house. Yeah. This one is a bit more. The color is a bit too bright. That's why we keep it. Yeah. Okay. Cool. And then right here. Coming from the living space. You have your. I have my closet kitchen. Yeah. It's a really small one. But for how much I cook. And how much I like to cook. I think it's enough. Because I don't really cook that much. I try to do it more and more. But with a space like that. It's a bit difficult. Yeah. It's a little discouraging. If you can. This is literally for one person. Because now we're standing. The two of us inside here. There's no space. If you wanted to cook with two people. You can't. It's just one person in the kitchen. So usually it's going to be me. It's a really small one. And the thing is. When I arrived. There was nothing. I had to buy pretty much everything. I just had the sink. But I had to buy the fridge. I had to buy the washing machine. Which is really. You can't even. Open it in full. Because it's so small. And it's calculated. To every centimeter. But it's okay. When I arrived here. I was like maybe the kitchen. Is going to be too small. But I'm happy because I got. Big living spaces. And I don't mind. Having a small kitchen. And then most of the times. You're eating out. Or how is it working? No. I'm doing my food. I often eat the same things. Over and over. I try to eat healthy. A few vegetables. Some rice. Some chicken. But yeah. I do pretty much. I do simple things. In my kitchen. I do eat out sometimes. But it's a budget. Especially in Paris. So I have to mix. Do like maybe. Three or four. Meals. I try to do it here. Sometimes in a week. I'm like yeah. Let's do something. It's very realistic. It's normal. It's very unique your kitchen. I like it. The thing is. On the upper. And other floors. This is like. I think this is toilets. It's inner toilets. Or maybe sometimes even a closet. When I went to my neighbor. My neighbor's flat. It was a closet. So I think they created. A kitchen here. For the small apartment. Back in the days. But usually it's not supposed to be a kitchen. Like if architects from. Now would see this. They would think like. What is going on. This is illegal. You cannot have a kitchen like that. It's the smallest kitchen I've ever seen. I've seen small kitchens in. Like Chambre de Bonne. Where it's just like part of the room. But like for this being. Its own little room. It's a small closed kitchen. Exactly. I like that I have a window. That's good. You can open it when you cook also. Even in the summer. When it's really hot. The wind can go from. This side to this side. South and north. It's nice at night. To have some fresh air. Very cool. Maybe we'll go to the. Bedroom. To the other space. This is the bedroom area. It's a bit larger. Than the living room actually. Because it's more. It's more extended. So I talked about it. Previously. But I really. I wanted the bedroom to be. To have as. As little elements as possible. And I wanted. I wanted it to be really. Minimalistic and have you know. White, brown, beige. And just keep it. As simple as possible. And so yeah. This is my. My big bed. I really like the bedding. That I went that I. That I had from. I really like. You know the Russian thing. I think it had. A regal element kind of. Yeah. I feel like it's. Because I have other sets. Of beddings. But they're like. Not as. Not as great as this one. This really give details. And they just. They dress the bedroom in a way. Yeah my small. Small lamps. I really like collecting lamps. I'm like. I'm kind of allergic to like. Ceiling lamps. And I really need to have. You know small lamps everywhere. In every corner. So I can adjust. The mood I want to give. The area in the moment. Yeah I actually have a lamp. Up here also right. I really like this one. Because it's. I got it on Le Bon Coin. I just bought the. The metal thing. And I got this thing on Etsy. So it was a small creator. During this kind of you know. How would you say. Like pleated. Lamps. And I just mixed. The lamp shade that I got from Etsy. With this one that I got on Le Bon Coin. And I think it's. It gives a pretty nice. Yeah it's very unique. I haven't seen one like this yet. Yeah well it's unique. I got inspiration from someone. That I follow on Instagram. But I think she. The lamp she bought was. It was really the lamp itself. That was like that. And I was like yeah. Let's see how I can do it myself. And just arrange things for like. The smallest cost. And then you have like. You have two big. Lamps up here. Sorry yeah I meant the lamps. Because you have one here. And you have one here. I really like this. I think they give an eerie vibe. To the room. Like kind of Japanese. And you know. Kind of thing. Yeah I got this one. From Hey. It's like Hey Design. They are like specialized. In doing this kind of lamp. They have like all the size. Available possible. But this is the largest one. And when I first installed it. I was like oh. It might be too big. But what I really like. Is that in the end. It just. It occupies the space. In a way that I like. I don't have anything on the walls. So we just create you know. An element. A graphic element. And yeah. I have lots of you know. Square triangle things. And I really wanted to have. A big round. And are they. Are they very bright. Or they are like. They are kind of muted I think. Yeah that's okay. And this one. It's crazy because this one. Is not from Hey Design. It's from IKEA. And I think they just copied it. In the last month. It's kind of like the original. And the replica. This is better quality. It does the job as well. And it's really cheaper. So it's cute. I just had like. The most difficult time. Putting it. The paper would break and stuff. So in the end I just put it there. And it's going to stay. As long as possible. I really like. This lamp is kind of like. The same thing that I did with the other one. I bought the. The wood thing. How would you say it. It's kind of like the stand. Yeah the stand. I bought the stand. And separately I bought this lamp shade. At the same Etsy shop. As the other one. And I really like. What I got in the end. This kind of like. Design thing. I don't remember the name. Of the designer. It was from the 60s I think. It's usually. This kind of lamp. But it's really rounded. Maybe you might have seen it. Sometimes on the internet. But I really. I didn't have 6000 euros. To spend on this lamp. So I just wanted to create it myself. That's very nice. I've always had trouble. With storage. I really. I just had trouble. Putting all my stuff. In you know. How could you say. Yeah like in an orderly way. Maybe like in. Yeah and even you know. I had tons of different storage. In this room. I had like. You know big. Like shelves. Yeah some shelves. Drawers and stuff. And it was never enough. So I just like. I decided to buy. Some curtains. And then I just. Put everything there. And so everything is like. Really you know clean. And I have like T-shirts there. Jeans there. So everything is you know separated. And I can still put you know some mess. Hidden behind the curtains. So the room is not. Getting too crowded. Yeah. And so yeah. And I really like that it's in this corner. So it doesn't occupy the space. It just feels like a big wall. Yep. I was actually thinking about. Buying another set of curtains. Maybe some beige or brown one. That I could put in the middle. To create some dimensions. Okay yeah that could work. I'll see what I do. It's a bit tight. But it's okay for now. Yeah it's definitely good. I like that. I really like you know. For example this kind of furniture. I wouldn't put in the living room. Because I feel like this is more the vibe. That I want to give the bedroom you know. Something like more natural. More poetic. Eerie. So that's why I put it in there. And of course because we live in a. Persian apartment. There's like the. You know the thing for. The dehumidifier. Yeah exactly. I got this one from Amazon. I had to because it's super humid. Yeah actually also we have to buy some. Especially for someone. It's just Paris. It's just really the calm of this apartment. Yeah I have. I really like this. These drawers as well. So I can put you know all the mess. That I don't want anyone to see. And yeah. I really like that it's. Exactly you know the length. Of the wall. So it just fits perfectly. And it's exactly the width. Of the dehumidifier. Yeah. I wanted to put it in the living room. But there wasn't any space left. So I just put it there. I mean it's not like the living room was far away. Yeah it's close enough. So this is. Very nice. Maybe we can have a quick look into your bathroom. Yeah so the bathroom is like. The least favorite part of my apartment. It's pretty small. But it's like. It's still okay you know. I just have like everything I need. Very good. Sink. Yeah and the shower. Shower. Normal size. Very small very humid. There's like no windows. It's a bit of a pain. When there's like water and stuff. But it's okay. Not every room can have a window. I'm just happy that I have like. My own bedroom. My own bathroom is my apartment. Many small Parisian flats. Have them on the. You know on the corridors and stuff. Yeah. That's the reality of living in Paris. What I really like is that. I still have. An entrance. An entrance area. Where I can put like my shoes. Stuff like that. I have like. It's a bit messy like. I can still put my jacket here. So it's like pretty much. It's a pretty big closet. So it's really nice to have it here. It's just very practical storage. For things that. You don't want to have displayed. Anywhere else in the apartment. And the walls are pretty. Thin as well. So it's nice to have just this area. That is not directly your place. You just have this area. And it gets you far from the door. So you can still just live there. And have things happen. Then you don't hear people. Running through the house all the time. Exactly. Very nice. So you said in the beginning. That it was 24 square meters. 24 square meters. And I pay 870 euros. 870 euros. OK. That seems for Paris standards. Like a pretty fair price. And for the area also. I think it's a very good price. I think you've done a great job. Decorating your space. And making the most. Out of the space that you have. I guess that's it. Thank you for letting us. Tour your apartment. And that's it.