00:00Hi, my name's Kat Gray, and welcome to My Sweet Digs, where I live with five
00:04roommates. Come on in, guys. I live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Our apartment is
00:11$7,500 a month. I personally pay $12.25 with utilities included, and I honestly,
00:18for the space that I have, this beautiful space, I think it's perfect. Our
00:22amenities include an awesome rooftop, gym, laundry in the building. I am an
00:29actress, shoe model, occasional ballerina, and I work at a yoga studio in
00:36Williamsburg.
00:38This is the bathroom for the upstairs roommates, including myself. Look at it.
00:43It's like the most beautiful bathroom I've ever had. Deep bathtub, cool showerhead,
00:48track lights, and actual drawers. I do share a bathroom with one man. He is very
00:55clean, but he does leave the seat up after he goes number one. This is another
01:01shared bathroom. It's a little bit smaller. It's for the downstairs roommates. We
01:07moved in here without a sink, so our landlord and management company came up
01:13with a toilet sink. You have to literally push one of these buttons in order for it to flush
01:21and to use the sink. Toilet sink. I actually met my roommates through a Facebook group. I was in a
01:30bind to find an apartment. I didn't know any of them. When I first saw the listing on
01:35Facebook, I thought it might be a scam because this apartment was so updated, so beautiful, great location.
01:41My friends and family were like, are you sure you want to live with five other
01:45people? Like, I don't think that's a good idea. And honestly, I felt good about it from
01:50the get-go. Within the first week, we were all, I think actually within the first night,
01:54we all hung out and like had dinner together. I love living with them, and if I want to be
01:59alone, I go to my bedroom, but I usually like spending time with them. There are three bedrooms
02:04downstairs and three bedrooms upstairs. Upstairs, we pay a little less because our ceilings are only like
02:10six feet tall. Since there are three men and three women, we're kind of like the cast of friends.
02:16A little more ethnically diverse. This is my roommate Aristide's room, who is definitely the
02:22Joey of the group because he's very funny. He's the sweetest person, but he has a little like Joey
02:28moment. He pays $1,600 for this bedroom, and it is also the biggest one in the house. This is
02:34my roommate
02:34Henry's room, who is, I think, the Chandler of our group. He pays $1,500, I believe. This is my
02:41roommate
02:42Margo's room. She's like the Monica Geller. She pays around $1,400, and there are three more bedrooms
02:50upstairs. Through here is my roommate Venkat's room, who is like the Ross of the group. When I first found
02:57them
02:57on Facebook, he's actually the person I talked to, and one of the reasons why I thought it was a
03:02scam
03:03is because his profile picture is from 2008, and it's all pixelated, and he pays about $1,400 a month.
03:11And this is my roommate Eugenia's room. Her character is Phoebe. I think her and Margo might actually fight
03:18to be Monica, but Eugenia makes me laugh the way Phoebe does. Eugenia pays around $1,300 a month for
03:24her
03:24bedroom. And this is my room. As soon as somebody asks me which character I am, I don't even have
03:30to answer. They always say, oh, you're the Rachel. I hope it's because of her fashion sense and quirkiness
03:36and her, I don't know, overall cuteness. I have a picture of Audrey Hepburn on my wall that I've had
03:43since I was 18, and it's been in every apartment I've had in New York City. She actually started out
03:49as a ballerina who was a model and then turned into this amazing Academy Award-winning actress
03:54and humanitarian. She was so beautiful inside and out. In my next dream apartment, I really want a
04:00walk-in closet again. I had one in LA, and I miss it so much because I could actually fit
04:06my whole
04:06shoe collection in there. One of the best parts of being a shoe model is the free shoes. I think
04:11I
04:11probably have 150 pairs of shoes. These bad boys, they are vintage Fendi that I found in LA. One of
04:20my favorite pairs. Stuart Weitzman over the knees are it. Here is my amazing kitchen with a beautiful
04:29countertop. My roommate Margo is definitely the mother because she will get up bright and early to
04:36clean the kitchen, swiffer the floors every day. She always makes sure the house is clean before she
04:42even leaves for work. And sometimes on Saturdays, she makes us pancakes. One of the downfalls of our
04:48apartment is the dishwasher. It doesn't close properly, so you have to open it, maneuver it out
04:55of the wall to get the latch out, and then close it. This is our living area. We used to
05:03have this ugly
05:04leather brown couch. Apparently, it was really gross though. They once found mice in it. Someone
05:09offered us this brand new couch, but I love the couch because it brings us all together at the
05:13end of the day. Our initiation here is that if you fall asleep on it, drunk or whatever, you're in
05:19the club. Since we moved in in the winter, we haven't really gotten to use the amazing roof deck
05:24upstairs. So this summer, we're definitely going to be barbecuing and having more parties up there.
05:30I'm going to be tanning up there when I can. I cannot wait. The nice thing about living with five
05:36people is that we became a family. Even if I've had the roughest day and I want to be alone,
05:43even if I
05:44tell myself, I'm going to go home straight up to my bedroom, I walk in here and I see their
05:49faces and
05:50I actually just want to spend time with them. It's comforting to know that in such a huge city like
05:55New York, I'm never alone.
