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hello welcome to my new york city

apartment

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all right so some cool

so

some quick specs on the place before we

get into it this is technically a large

one-bedroom apartment however my

roommate and i put in a flex wall to

make it a two-bedroom apartment we'll

get into it first thing right off of the

entryway we have this very large

communal closet my roommate is actually

out of town so it's empty right now but

that's the first closet and it's a big

one next little thing that we have here

is this table so we're all about

functionality in this household this one

actually i'm not gonna do it right now

but it doubles in size if you will we

move this into the kitchen if we have

extra people over to play drinking games

you know things that kids get up to so

that's what we have here but most of the

time we just kind of leave it as an

entryway table we put our

keys here

whole decorations that are definitely

always

there moving into the living space we

have this futon like i said we're all

about functionality in this house so

this folds out to be twice the size we

have had people sleep on it before what

was it 120 from amazon i'll link all

this stuff down below moving into the

kitchen i actually really like this

kitchen we have a ton of storage

these are all as you can see we have

pots and pans these are all soft closed

doors so

you don't hear a thing

lots and lots of storage and they go up

really high

helps that i'm tall i can reach the top

shelves we have gas burning stoves which

i'm personally a fan of in college i did

have some electric ones and they were

not as good large refrigerator or i

don't know if it's large it's a normal

size refrigerator

normal size refrigerator freezer

oven and then something that is not in

every new york city apartment a

dishwasher

absolutely love it what else couple more

little things we have these ottomans

which actually can hold i think it was

up to 50 pounds we got them on amazon so

120 120

120 no 140 because i could stand on them

so

140 pounds and we use them as sex tools

a lot of time they also double as kind

of storage bins so

once again functionality and back to the

flex wall this is something that we

constructed on our own it took some

doing but it is how we're able to make

this into a

two bedroom instead of a really large

one bedroom all right i get a lot of

questions about my flex wall did we put

it up ourselves is it legal in new york

city etc so a little word on flex walls

there are three main types the first one

is called a pressurized wall which are

ones that go all the way up to the

ceiling and it basically looks like the

room was meant to be there and that it

was built into the apartment in the

first place these are still installed

without screws or nails though so in

theory it will not leave a mark on the

walls when you take it down second there

are partial walls which are very similar

to pressurized walls and that they're

installed without screws and nails but

they don't go all the way to the ceiling

they'll come short about a foot or

something like that so it's not the best

option for privacy purposes but there

are still a ton of use cases for partial

walls and then the third are bookshelf

walls which as the name suggests are not

really walls at all but rather

freestanding bookshelves that help

create some separation and sound

insulation for a new partitioned off

portion of your apartment now what my

roommate and i did was sort of a mixture

of these and it was especially tricky

for us because our apartment has 12 foot

ceilings so we have freestanding

bookshelves as a large part of the wall

but then two by fours going all the way

up to the ceiling plus some l brackets

down on the ground to give the

bookshelves some stability additionally

we have some of that pinkish purple foam

core material that you guys saw which

helps add some sound proofing and even

in between the foam and the walls we

added this cushiony type material to try

to help with the sound proofing as well

in other words we macgyver the out

of this wall if you will and in

hindsight we would have gladly paid a

thousand two thousand for someone to

come install it instead but it was an

adventure so are these flex walls

illegal in new york city a lot of it is

actually building specific to install a

pressurized wall your landlord will have

to obtain the proper permits and a new

certificate of occupancy from the new

york city department of buildings for

safety reasons in any case i think your

best plan of action is to ask your

landlord or be transparent ahead of time

if you have plans to do something like

this and confirm that it will be okay my

roommate and i confirmed with our

leasing agent before signing for this

apartment it was okay to put up this

sort of bookshelf flex wall to make this

apartment into a two bedroom flex and we

wouldn't have signed the lease otherwise

in conclusion even though it can be

quite the undertaking to construct a

flex wall yourself or a fairly hefty

upfront fee to have someone come and

install it anywhere from 850 to 2000

depending on the type of wall i think

flex balls are an amazing way to save a

lot of money on rent living somewhere

like new york city and back to the paid

programming so let's go into the first

bedroom this is not mine it's my

roommates but like i said she's out of

town so it's a little empty right now

and by a little empty i mean completely

empty and by out of town i mean that she

was in between jobs and traveled for

three months while i lived with an

amazing subletter and i filmed this on

the very day that the subletter moved

out right before my roommate moved back

in that's why it's completely empty

i feel like i had to address that but it

is as you can see

very sizable so obviously we compromised

a little bit on having a smaller living

area in order to have this other large

bedroom so this is what the flex wall

looked like beforehand before we put

that white sheet on out there it's kind

of this pinky color it's foam so it

actually helps with the sound a little

bit but

you know

torture chamber vibes a little bit some

bookshelves to have storage because this

was originally the living space there's

not a built-in closet in this room so

that's kind of why we wanted to use

bookshelves or bookcases as the wall

lots of storage there and then the view

here is amazing as well it's actually on

a corner just like my bedroom i like the

way the building is kind of cut

l's do you know what i mean so you get

more corner bedrooms anyway that's

actually my bedroom right across the way

and we're gonna go take a look

here in the hallway we have one of new

york city's biggest luxury amenities

laundry in unit absolutely love having

this like i said that is really not the

case for new york city and a lot of

apartments so it's very nice to have

next we have this other

large closet in the hallway it's the one

that my roommate uses because like i

said that second bedroom which was

originally the living space does not

have a built-in closet so she uses

this one as her main one all of these

are so tall like they go all the way up

there i don't know if you can tell

moving

along into the bathroom

this is the bathroom

as you can see another lovely view for

those who are curious no we do not

shower with an open we have

a privacy brand that we can put down

whenever we shower but

when we're not in there it is nice to

kind of let some of the light into the

hallway so along with that we have this

vessel sink additional storage and nice

lights right behind the mirror and we

actually have some more storage over

here as well it's pretty shallow but you

know better than nothing and i found out

fairly recently that we also have heater

in here so i put that on when it gets a

little chilly and it's nice to have

right when you get out of the shower and

let's do another large reveal

and now my bedroom

i felt that warranted another knock come

on in

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welcome to the official taylor's bedroom

tour so starting off over here i decided

to go ahead and make it all storage i

ordered how many are here i ordered a

bunch more of the gray boxes to do

storage of all kinds i have it organized

some are closed some down here i'm gonna

look over here i have my technology here

so my microphone stuff like that and

then some misleading somewhere actually

empty so i have some additional storage

for the future so this is actually brand

new i had the bookshelf like sitting

here for a long time but then actually

constructed it so there's a brand new

net new bookshelf i put my makeup up

here

my voice cried but i didn't want this to

be the first thing i saw when i walked

in because even though it is a little

bit more organized since i got little

cups and things it's still not the

prettiest thing in the world so i have

it over here just some things i did to

organize this space a little bit better

bought some of these tumblers from

target and just you know kind of

organize it like these are the things i

use every day these are some things i

don't use every day and then down here i

have my all-time favorite candies

fantastic my journal my pepper spray

it's new york city

and then a couple extra storage bins

where i put like my self-care items so

nail polish remover cotton rounds things

like that

finally finishing off with

my trash can

and then you know

paper towel so

nothing crazy but it works and moving

over

here we have my queen size bed which i'm

very excited about because my first two

years of college i had a twin bed

then i had a full bed this is my first

queen bed and i like it i feel like a

king

a queen in it and then over here we have

my bedside table nothing fancy i will

say that you know i bought this part on

amazon and it was a little smaller than

i liked it so put this heavy duty tile

on top to just extend it and don't worry

it's like very sturdy it's not gonna

push down so that just gives me a little

bit of extra room it's kind of this

white marble pro tip you can get these

tiles for like 1.50 cents at home depot

and just you know find a place for them

and then in here i just have my

necessities

my necessities like melatonin and lotion

and my sleeping mask

and cookies

and then down here i have my ipad my

jimmy chin coffee table book i really

got like the blue vibe i got going down

there and finally my happy cup

i call it that

like a four-year-old bite because it's

yellow

and then of course two for turtle you

guys know

all right moving over

where shall we go next moving over here

as if it's like a huge room and moving

over here we have my workspace which if

you guys have seen my videos you've

already seen kind of this area but

here's an official tour so i will say

this puppy is brand spanking new put

them together

last week huge puffy

white kind of goes along with my

minimalistic vibe that i've somehow

accidentally constructed in this room

but very comfortable my last one was not

comfortable i got it for free

in the building so how comfy can it

really be you know i have two kind of

sections the first one this is for

actual work my consulting job i sit here

many hours a day and i like it i put it

this way because that's my favorite view

the billionaires row even more so than

the water but anyway personal preference

so this is where i do my actual like

consulting job work and you might notice

i have a little space heater down by my

feet can you see it um because my little

piggies they get

they get really cold right by the window

here in the winter

moving over to this side this is for

personal use so this is where i edit my

youtube videos

anything on my personal computer so

business

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classic

business pleasure and then i also like

to have a little pop of color here these

are dying but they last a really long

time but they're still really beautiful

and so i like have flowers there or

something and then i also have little

planties kind of around my bedroom

and yeah there's a couple more things i

don't want to forget i guess right here

i actually made use again of one of

these tiles same one is over there the

kind of 1.50 marble tile

and then this tissue box just so

happened to fit perfectly with the color

scheme and then my lamp which used to be

turned i don't it was turned this way it

took up too much of the view so push it

all the way back what else

it's not a big room there's not like a

ton to go over

i have a bunch of little planties here

six foot five history they're all fake

faux if you will which means fake and

french and then finally something come a

little closer to this

and then also have it

and i also have a horseshoe which has

the dirt from the kentucky derby

racetrack which i thought was pretty

cool got it in kentucky almost forgot my

closet space so like i've kind of

mentioned throughout this apartment the

closets are actually really really large

for new york okay not for

whatever anywhere else i have all my

things in here i have my sweaters and

then i got this kind of hanging shelf to

fit more of my like jeans and t-shirts

and such got all my shoes down there

so i'm up here and then like my huge

suitcases up there so plenty of room

there and then let me show you the other

side and then over here

even more things and it goes up like i

said

really high to the point you need to

step water to get up there so i like

having all that room what else and then

i think they'll just voice over stop it

oh and then i guess one more thing

because we're just all over the place

right now i have two racks for coats

towels and such

it's it looks like a lot right now just

because it's winter so there's a lot of

puffs happening here but

oh one more thing there's so much in

this ginormous room there is also along

with all the storage that i already

showed you like all these things there

is plenty room for

additional storage under the bed i have

all my tools and stuff in here

and there's some other things too so

that's nice pro tip i guess if you live

in a small space make sure your bed

frame is somewhat elevated so you can

put things underneath it any other

details there

maybe that you're

amphibian baby fancy tequila and while

i'm thinking about it a question that i

get all the time is do you feel no sense

of privacy with those windows can people

see in during the day there is a pretty

much complete reflection on the windows

that no you can't really see in at all

at night of course if you have your

lights on and your blinds are still

retracted then yes you can see in but of

course i close my blinds when i need to

close my blinds so i waited a long time

to film this apartment tour i actually

moved in six months ago but i took my

sweet time getting it furnished getting

it somewhat decorated and i don't want

to just show you my bare bones bedroom

still feels pretty bare bones but you

know what i mean and truth be told it is

still not done i think that some of the

main things that will make this place

feel a little more homey and cozy is

adding some art pieces to the wall above

my bed again we have 12 foot ceilings so

it's just a lot of white space right now

and then i'll probably add a rug

underneath my bed just to make it feel

more cozy and homey so i'll keep you

guys updated when i actually do that how

much does all of this cost you might

wonder well it was a coveted deal so we

got two months free which brought our

net effective rate for the whole place

to thirty six hundred dollars per month

and because i have a roommate and

constructed that flex wall that i showed

you i pay 18.75 per month not effective

which for this view

and

everything

is very good in new york you might not

think it is but it is

okay

well that's it thank you vogue for

coming to a look at my bedroom and until

next time

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so

waiting on continuity so is that

flexible we are going to talk about is

the flex wall

you

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
apartment /əˈpɑːrtmənt/ A2	noun - a set of rooms for someone to live in, usually on one floor of a building
bedroom /ˈbɛdruːm/ A1	noun - a room where people sleep
closet /ˈklɑːzɪt/ B1	noun - a small room or space for storing clothes or household items
functionality /ˌfʌŋkʃəˈnælɪti/ C1	noun - the quality of being practical and useful rather than attractive
kitchen /ˈkɪtʃɪn/ A1	noun - a room where food is prepared and cooked
storage /ˈstɔːrɪdʒ/ B2	noun - the process or method of storing something for future use
refrigerator /rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪtər/ A2	noun - an appliance for keeping food and drinks cold
dishwasher /ˈdɪʃˌwɒʃər/ B1	noun - a machine for washing dishes automatically
flex wall /flɛks wɔːl/ C2	noun - a movable or temporary partition wall that can be added to divide a room
bookshelf /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/ A2	noun - a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books
install /ɪnˈstɔːl/ B1	verb - to put a piece of equipment or furniture in position and make it ready to use
privacy /ˈprɪvəsi/ B2	noun - the state of being free from public attention or unsanctioned intrusion
soundproofing /ˈsaʊndpruːfɪŋ/ C1	noun - materials or methods used to prevent the passage of sound
landlord /ˈlændlɔːrd/ B2	noun - a person who rents out land, a building, or an apartment
permit /pərˈmɪt/ B2	noun - an official document giving someone authorization to do something verb - to authorize or allow something
lease /liːs/ B2	noun - a contract by which one party rents property from another verb - to rent property to someone
cozy /ˈkoʊzi/ B2	adjective - comfortable and warm
organize /ˈɔːrɡənaɪz/ B1	verb - to arrange systematically