Homebody Diaries | architectural airbnb getaway, new rug, designing pokimane's setup

So today I'm finally swapping out this living room rug for a different rug that we just got in. I've had this rug since my last apartment where everything was just a little bit darker and a little more gray. Back then I felt like it really complimented the space because it really lightened everything up. But I realized here, especially with the black fireplace, it just felt a little bit weird. And a few of you guys also noticed that the room kind of feels like it's floating and it's not really grounded. I'm going to be swapping out this rug with a rug that has a few more darker tones that I think are really going to tie the room together really nicely. So I think it's going to be pretty good. Let's do it. Okay, so this is what it looks like with the new rug. You might not be able to tell on camera from afar, it is still a striped pattern like the last one. But the big difference with this one is that there are black undertones as well as some more darkish tan colors. And I think that little bit of black around the border and throughout the rug really tied together the room and make it feel a little bit more grounded compared to before. When I first moved in, I really didn't know what to do with this really big black fireplace. But I think over time as I've lived here, I've realized that I wanted to embrace the dark tones a little bit more and sort of incorporate more black and other dark colors into the rest of my decor. That's the same reason why I've been adding more sort of chrome like in the pot over there and some of these lamps because there is so much wood and sort of lighter tones with the wall color and all the beams that I wanted to introduce more quote unquote like hard materials into the space. So there's a little bit more contrast and so that everything ties together a little bit better. But yeah, definitely let me know what you guys think about this switch up. It is going to take some getting used to because I'm used to seeing just my rug be one plain color. But I think the extra texture will really grow on me and hopefully it grows on you guys too. Let's go out in the sun I got the feeling Leave it to the rhythm, follow the footsteps Fly with the wind, get in the mood Take me to a place I've never been before Time after time, I don't know what love is There's so much to talk about, there's so much to worry about Now that I see you, I know Now I can feel it a little bit, yeah Alright, this feels good You and I think we got something special And I don't need to try any harder It's just better, it's just good when I'm with you Alright, this feels good You and I think we got something special And I don't need to try any harder It's just better, it's just good when I'm with you Alright I don't know when it started, baby I only know your pretty voice, baby You, what are you doing? Tomorrow is coming, sun's up Maybe we'll make some memories It's all up to you Oh, I'm so silly and so am I Maybe you got me hypnotized Cause I don't slow down We don't know where we were going I just need you right by my side I don't wanna hurt you Alright, this feels good You and I think we got something special And I don't need to try any harder It's just better, it's just good when I'm with you Alright, this feels good You and I think we got something special And I don't need to try any harder It's just better, it's just good when I'm with you Alright So one of my big goals this year is to collaborate a little bit more with other content creators both within the home decor and interior design space but also just within the general content creation community and obviously you guys have seen the entire process of me decorating my own space but something I really wanna branch out more into is helping other people decorate their spaces and that's why I'm super excited to be working on this curb project with someone very special which you guys might know if you follow the streaming or just general content community and that is Pokimane or Poki or Iman however you might know her super excited to be working with her to actually be redecorating and redesigning her streaming room. We've been communicating back and forth for a little bit now so we've popped in a call and I understand generally what her current space looks like as well as just ideas and inspiration of how she wants her new space to turn out and then I've then taken that inspiration and mocking up a little plan to find out what pieces we're gonna be buying as well as how we're gonna style things and then once everything does arrive I'll be flying over to Los Angeles to help her actually set things up in person. I'm still pretty early in the design process but you can see so far I've essentially mapped out her room with some dimensions she gave me and now I'm really gonna be taking a look at the space and determining what pieces I think should go where to really bring this room together. This all came together very quickly and very organically since we were actually mutuals on TikTok and Instagram but it definitely got me thinking that maybe I wanna start a content series in which I help your favorite content creators sort of transform their space or help them decorate their space. So definitely let me know if that is something that you guys would be interested in seeing from me either here on YouTube or over on my Instagram and TikTok. This is great, did you get a UV? Yeah. UV light? Yeah. I don't even know what that means. Mesh? Okay. Oh, this is a nice one. Right. Oh, chicken. This is the best. You guys have a plate. Yeah. Big one. Do you feel like it's too messy? Balanced it. Do you feel like the...