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On this episode of Sweet Digs, we tour the NYC home of Kalysse. She shares how she makes the most of her light and bright space. Watch this video to tour her home!

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Transcript
00:00What's up? I'm Khalees and welcome to My Sweet Digs.
00:03Now before I show you around, make sure to subscribe below. Come on in.
00:08My apartment is, I guess you'd say it's a decent size for a New York City apartment.
00:13I literally don't have any clue how much square footage it is because I've never seen a floor plan
00:18in my life. Shout out to my landlord. But it's two bedrooms, two bathrooms. I have a washer and
00:24dryer, a very decent living and kitchen space, and a backyard. I pay $3,000 a month. I split it
00:32obviously between me and my roommate. My portion is $15.50 because I have a slightly bigger room
00:37and a closet. I'm a freelance creative. I model, currently working on a brand that I plan to be
00:42launching soon, fingers crossed, and also trying to get into acting. My apartment is, I like to say,
00:48it's on the cusp of Bushwick and Bed-Stuy. Basically I'm half a block over from Broadway and that's
00:54what kind of differentiates Bushwick versus Bed-Stuy. But the way my street is set up,
00:58it's like 95% brownstone. So I still like to say I live in Bed-Stuy because it doesn't look
01:03like
01:03Bushwick at all. One of my favorite features of the apartment is the open shelving in my kitchen.
01:14So these stackable plates and bowls from CB2 were super affordable. I think the plates were around
01:20like $2 to $3 each. I spent a little bit more money on the Away stackable cups. They're like
01:25dishwash safe. They don't really break. I've been able to enjoy some new cooking ware that I got when
01:31I moved in. I have a really cool Great Jones kind of cast iron pot and I love cooking just
01:36like meats
01:37and stews and soups and just like mussels. And then I have an always pan, which is really cool because
01:43it's like a non-stick, non-toxic pan that you can literally use for everything. It has like a cool
01:48little like wooden spatula that sits perfectly on the handle. I don't really have a dining table
01:53yet. We're still trying to find one that works in the little bit of space that we do have. But
01:57we
01:58typically just eat here on the island, which is really cool. Again, it opens up the space or we'll
02:02eat in the backyard. I have like a cool little just like chill IKEA picnic table situation set up back
02:07there. So the space I'm currently sitting in is obviously my living room, my living space. I wanted
02:12it to feel very just like comfortable, very peaceful, some type of serenity. I knew that when I moved
02:19into this apartment that I wanted a very big comfortable white couch. It's a custom West Elm
02:25couch. It was approximately 3000. So it's definitely one of the things that I invested a lot of money
02:33into. And I'm very just super cautious, obviously, because it's white. So I don't eat on it. I chose these
02:40because they're just very chill. Like the rest of the collection is very bold and like there's some
02:44really unique colors. But again, I have a lot of other elements of bold color, so I didn't want it
02:48to clash too much. They're at an accessible price point. I really love the ombre one because it feels
02:53just like so soft. It's almost like a velvet kind of texture. Now I'm a plant mom, you know, I
03:03don't
03:04have any pets. I do dog sit my boyfriend's dog on occasion. So this is like my responsibility.
03:10These are my children for the time being. Bo is 16 years old. I'm not sure exactly how many years
03:16that is in dog years, but he basically is a senior citizen. He is blind and a little deaf
03:23and has some kidney problems, but he's a fighter and we love him so much.
03:29Let me show you guys into my closet. It's not the biggest space, but it holds everything that I need
03:35seasonally. As you can see, I have a lot of shoes, but this actually isn't all that I own. I'm
03:40just
03:40like a sneaker head. I've been collecting sneakers since I've been in middle school. I got my first job
03:46at 15 working at Aeropostale because my mom was just like, all right, if you want all these sneakers,
03:50you're going to have to pay for them yourself. And I was like, no problem.
03:53I thought I was doing a lot making $10 an hour. I mainly invested most of my money into the
03:59living
04:00space and everything in here is just like obviously super affordable. I plan to like
04:04switch it up later on, but for now this is good. I like to keep the scents and the vibes,
04:09you know,
04:10very relaxed, very chill. Here I have the R29 home throw, super cute. And I also have the R29 comforter.
04:17I layered it up with my duvet. It's super, super soft. Again, these are like really accessible
04:24price points. It has like a textured feel, but it also is really, really comfortable.
04:28And it also comes with matching pillowcases.
04:38So now we're in the bathroom. And if you live in New York like me, then you know having your
04:43own bathroom is really like a luxury and it makes it feel like you almost live by yourself.
04:47So my shower is like a glass door situation, which I think is really cool. The only part that's kind
04:52of annoying is sometimes I want to just lay down and take a bath after like a long stressful week.
04:58So because I don't have a medicine cabinet, I have to keep most of my products on my bathroom sink
05:04counter. I basically have these new serums from Glossier. My roommate actually works for Glossier,
05:10so shout out to her for getting me some products. I'm pretty serious when it comes to the skincare
05:13game. So I know I said I had a two bedroom and two bathroom, but my roommate kind of just
05:18moved in
05:19and she's still getting settled. So we'll skip that part for now, but let's head out to the backyard.
05:23Since we're on the first floor, we're the only ones that have access to the backyard,
05:27which is really nice to be able to like come out here, can work, can eat, can hang out with
05:32some friends. I got this like Ikea picnic table. I think it was around like $500.
05:39Funny story, so I put up these lights and I have them really extending back and forth along the fence.
05:45And then the next morning, my neighbor upstairs texted me. She's like,
05:48girl, I just saw a crazy squirrel just chew through all of your wires. And I was like,
05:53wow, I didn't even have it up for 24 hours. No lie. Like it was just like, dang. So I'm
05:59kind of
05:59making do with this AC situation and just kind of adding a little bit of an ambiance to the backyard.
06:08Overall, how I feel about being here during quarantine, it's like, I feel super comfortable.
06:12I'm actually glad I moved in April, which is like right in the beginning of all the hecticness.
06:18So it was nice to have like a change of scenery because I didn't feel like
06:21stuck or like, ugh, I'm tired of being here. And then again, having a backyard,
06:26just being able to like step out and just, you know, chill without having to like be outside with
06:31everything that's going on in the world. So when I saw this, I was like, it's mine.
06:42Thank you guys for tuning into my sweet digs. Make sure you like comment and subscribe.