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Colourful Living Room Makeover For Pet Parents

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- Hey guys, welcome back to my channel. I'm Alexandra, and today, I am tackling a living room makeover and making it pet-friendly, one of the most requested topics I've received over the years. Let's get started. Ber, ber, ber, ber. (upbeat music) Before we get into it, make sure you hit that subscribe button. I saw a lot of comments in the last video. A lot of people realizing that they weren't yet subscribed to these videos. We actually have a stat on the backend. It's like 56% of you guys com
e back week over week to watch the videos, but aren't yet subscribed. I suspect that's maybe because you're watching on your televisions. There is a way to subscribe on your TV. I'm pretty sure you push my channel profile pick. - [Niamh] I'm pretty sure. (beeping sound effect) - Literally as I'm saying this, you can toggle up, you'll see my little profile photo, click that, and you should get another box that says subscribe to this channel. So, click that, do it, please. (chuckles) With all that
said and done, let's get into the makeover. I'm so excited to be helping Dana and Tommy make over their living room. I've actually known Dana for a while. She is Lottie and Boo's nanny. I say nanny, because it's just so funny and we've really latched onto the term. But Dana is actually a professional pet sitter. She walks dogs in the city of Toronto. She has this really cool business that she started where she will attend to your dog if you're having a wedding and want your dog to be involved i
n your ceremony and just the day in general. She is obviously a huge animal lover. She's so caring and she's helped us out so much. So, let's hop on a call with Dana and Tommy and get to know what they're looking for functionally and stylistically in this living room. Hi. Hi, Tommy. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, finally. - I feel like I know you, but I realized before I got on this call like we've actually never met in person, I don't think. - I know. I hear about you all the time and yo
ur cats. (Alexandra chuckles) - Is Kuma there too? - Kuma's here. - [Alexandra] Hi, Kuma. - Say hi, Auntie Alexandra. (Alexandra laughing) - Well, congrats for winning a makeover with me and my team. - Aw, thank you. We're so excited. - This call is really just to get to know your space. When you moved in, what's working, what's not working? Just tell me all the things. - So, I've been living here for five years. Since then, I haven't actually been able to make it more of like a home. It just fe
els like a house to be honest. It doesn't feel like I'm so excited to go home, if that makes sense. - [Alexandra] Oh, it totally does. Yeah. - We recently got a new couch. It was from my grandmother. When you sit on the cushions, the cushions like slide off. So, I'm having like friends over and we're all like half off the couch. (group laughing) - You readjust the pillows. Yeah. (group laughing) - So, that definitely is not working. When I dog sit and I have dog sleepover, Tommy sleeps on the co
uch. (Tommy chuckles) - Oh my god, that is hilarious. - That's not my choice. That's his choice. (Alexandra laughing) - Yeah. - So, like a two-seater wouldn't work, because he needs a least a three-seater to sleep on. - Do all the dogs sleep with you in your bed? - Yeah. - I'm obsessed. - They warm up to me and then I get the worst sleep ever, 'cause they're like falling on top of me or I don't know what it is. - You're like, I'm not even your guardian. Why are you close to me? (Dana and Tommy l
aughs) - I know. - One here, one here, one here, one here. - I can't do it. - There's no space for Tommy. - It's the best job ever. So, a three-seater. - We also brought in a lot of stuff from Dana's grandmother's condo. At the time, we thought it was like, oh, free stuff. Awesome. Well, let's put it here and put it there. But it's more or less cluttered. We don't have a defined place for it. So, they're just weird things idling around the condo in a living space, especially 'cause our living sp
ace is so small. It's more like a tiny storage. - [Alexandra] I noticed that you have a lot of storage, but it's all disjointed. It doesn't feel cohesive to me. - Exactly. - Yeah. - Under your kitchen island, have you ever had stools there or thought about having stools? - Yeah, so we have these two stools, but right now, they're not underneath. We're eating on the corner of the island. - Yeah. It's because there's a console walking. - Yeah, there's a console. - Yeah. - Which is not ideal. - Yea
h. - Walk me through also your TV. It doesn't look like you have a console underneath it. - So, we have a fireplace, we don't need it. It's basically there to make the space look more inviting when we have guests over. So, basically what you're doing is gonna fix the problem. (Alexandra laughing) - I didn't even think about that. You mentioned a storage under a TV, but taking that out and even adding that as a space unit would be so much more functional. - I think storage here in this space is g
onna be crucial. So, wherever we can get it. So, I'm glad you're open to replacing the fireplace. Yeah, sure. And that'll allow us to lower the TV too. - Oh, that'll be amazing. - Mm-hmm. Yeah. Our necks are already- - I'm always chinned up. - Yeah. So, walk me through your inspo. Since you are both sharing the space, I'd love to know what colors you are both drawn to. What style? - [Dana] One thing that you're gonna be very happy about. - [Alexandra] Oh my gosh, please say Tommy loves pink. - H
e's like, well yeah, I like the pink couch at Alexandra's, so you can have (Tommy laughing) a pink couch. - Sorry, I need to just announce this to the office. Tommy doesn't mind pink because of my house. (Dana laughing) Specifically my pink sofa. - We miss your pink sofa. (group laughing) - Okay. - We are excited for a bright space, but we also would love to incorporate neutrals. - [Tommy] I don't think you want anything like that kinda sharp. - No, I know what you mean. You have color, but it s
till feels soft and not overbearing. - Yeah. One thing I did wanna mention is I wanted something kind of like a Kuma's corner. - Yeah. - Just something that is cute, so I can make little videos with him there. - I'm so excited. We have never really done a pet-heavy video before, but we all talked before about how so many people can relate to this, I think. Pet storage, also like furniture for your pet, (Tommy laughing) washable rugs. - Yes. - So, Kuma's corner just makes a lot of sense. - This i
s actually Kuma's house. - This is like Kuma's project. - We just live here. - Yeah. (Alexandra laughing) - That's amazing. I feel like I have a good idea of what we're gonna do. I'm really excited - Honestly, thank you so much. This is amazing and something we've been trying to work on, but don't have the skill or the execution, so- - You don't know how much it means - Yeah. - to us. - Really appreciate it. - Yeah. - It's really my pleasure. You take such good care of Lottie and Boo and yeah. E
xciting. (laughs) Okay, bye. - Bye-bye. - Bye. - So, the main thing about this living room is that it needs to be pet-friendly, point blank. Dana has animals over all the time. She has her dog, Kuma, and I'm also loving their inspo. It's really bright, it's really comfortable. They're definitely not scared of color and I really just want to bring in a fresh new vibe in this space, make it feel happy, warm, and also cozy for pets. So, here's what I'm thinking. First and foremost, I want a bright
and bold sofa, looking something in this bright terracotta fabric. I want it to be velvet, but I also want it to be pet-friendly. More on that later. I wanna add peel and stick molding to the wall. This is after all a cookie cutter white box condo. I wanna add some visual interest to it. I also really wanna make use of vertical wall space rather than horizontal wall space for storage. They have this storage cabinet under their kitchen island. I wanna move that storage to a wall, make it vertical
to free up space for a couple of colorful island stools, so they have even more seating. Dana had pinned a lot of images for pet corners. So, we are creating a Kuma corner outfitted with a neon sign, a portrait, and the most stylish pet bed imaginable. Okay, good morning, everyone. It is prep day and there are so many boxes basically taking up the entire living room we're making over. We are gonna start by unboxing everything, so we can just see what we have before we can actually start putting
it in the space. We've had an interesting morning, had an interesting morning, but we're ready. Well, I'm ready, - I'm ready. - I spilled a can of paint that's really hard to clean up, and so. - We thought it was in the lobby. So, we were like, me and Amanda (indistinct) were picturing paint all over the condo lobby. Actually, it was in the garage. - It just went a full 90 upside down like flat, (Alexandra laughing) so that when you picked it up, the lid, the lid was- - That's almost comical. -
It wasn't comical, 'cause the concierge was escorting us to the elevator, and then she just saw (Alexandra laughing) her life flash before her eyes. - I know you see the happy-go-lucky behind the scenes, but sometimes it's really, this stuff is really tough, but I'm excited. We're ready-ish. Let's do this. (upbeat music) Look how beautiful this is. (upbeat music) Like what? (upbeat music) (camera snaps) (upbeat music) This is probably my favorite part of every makeover, unboxing. It really feel
s like Christmas. I don't think you guys are ready to see this photo. (Alexandra laughing) (upbeat music) Oh my gosh, you can't handle that. (upbeat music) Wow. (metal clinking) Stunning. Graham is taking down the electric fireplace that was here. This fireplace was just taking up valuable storage real estate in the small living room. Dana and Tommy were totally fine with selling it. They've had it for a while, so we're taking that down and we're patching and painting the space where it was. (up
beat music) Now, we've unboxed everything. It's time to put up some wall molding. This is from Luxe Architectural. I've used them a couple of times in a few different makeovers and this product is so cool, because you can instantly add character to a rental without putting any holes in the walls. You'll see what I mean in a second. So, this is the peel and stick back. You literally peel this back and then it's gonna stick on and you can remove it just like any other peel and stick product, which
is so cool. The first thing we're doing is finding the center of the wall and this is where the centerpiece of molding is going to sit and we're gonna work our way out from there. We're doing three panels of molding on this open wall. So, Graham and I are figuring out the distance we want between each piece of molding. I want these to be as centered as possible, so you don't lose them on the large wall. So, we're just doing lots of calculations. I'm figuring out what that measurement looks like
. I'm always struck when we use this product with how simple it is, but how much of an impact it has on a white box condo. It makes the ceilings look so much taller and adds so much character and just makes this whole apartment feel so much more luxe. So, the next thing we're gonna do is build the media unit. I'm really excited about this. We're using a storage locker. A storage locker makes it sound (laughs) like in an apartment building. I really wanted there to be as much storage in here as p
ossible and they didn't even have a media unit in here before, so they're missing out on that valuable storage space. So, we're gonna build it. It's a beautiful olive green color. - I'm not gonna build it. - Well, I am. Look, we're matching today. (upbeat music) Hi, Barbie. - Hi, Barbie. - Hi, Barbies. - Hi, Barbies. (upbeat music) - We're done for the day. We've gotten a lot accomplished this molding. We'll be back tomorrow, obviously. With that, what am I saying? And with that, (laughs) we'll
see you guys bright and early tomorrow. Bye. (upbeat music) Hi, guys. Okay, final day of this makeover. We're pulling it together, because we are revealing to Tommy and Dana tomorrow. The first thing I'm gonna do is work on prepping this outlet cover. This outlet cover is very special, because we are actually selling these on alexandragater.com in the Pom'd Marketplace right now. So, we have the double, and then the single gang. On the back, it has my name and Pom'd, which is so exciting. These
were made in the workshop, in the Team AG workshop. And the cool thing is you can buy them painted or unpainted like this one. So, if you wanna paint them your own special color, you totally can. I'm gonna do that today. I'm so excited to announce that Pom'd Marketplace has been restocked. There's slippers and some bright fun spring colors. There's some home decor items like these really cute place mats, and of course the outlet covers. These outlet covers are such an easy way to update your ren
tal and they come in a pre-painted blue, a pre-painted pink, and then a fully primed one that you can sand and paint yourself at home. The primed ready to paint ones were launched last week and they're already sold out. So, I've restocked them for pre-orders. All the links and info will be down below and you can also go to alexandragater.com to shop at any time. You wanna go in with your color of choice in an enamel paint, so something you would use on trim that's gonna make it extra durable. An
d I'm gonna paint this the same color as a coffee table that you're gonna see later on today. (upbeat music) So, I'm gonna let this dry, add a second coat later. For now, let's move on to the rug. So, let's talk pet-friendly rugs. I'm bringing in this washable rug from Ruggable. How many times can I say rug in one sentence? And it comes with this base layer. The top of the rug sticks to it so you can easily remove it and chuck it in the wash, which is great. (upbeat music) I follow a TikToker wh
o does like clean with mes. His name's Jack Callahan, I think, and he has so many Ruggable rugs in his apartment and he's always washing them and they look totally brand new when he takes 'em outta the wash, which is really cool. This is so cute. I love it. (upbeat music) It's all hands on deck to build the IKEA sofa. I chose the FINNALA sofa. It's a really fluffy and comfortable for Tommy to sleep on and yes, it is a three-seater, which is what they requested. So, I found this company called Co
mfort Works and I leaned over to Alana's desk and I was like, we have to use these covers in a makeover, because people always ask me, "What fabric should I buy for my sofa? What's pet-friendly?" This sofa is not only velvet, but it's claw-proof, washable, and they make the covers to fit IKEA sofas. So, you can choose the IKEA sofa you have, buy the cover for it, let's do it. Let's turn this sofa into a custom pet-friendly dream. (upbeat music) One of my most favorite IKEA hacks is just switchin
g the leg on your sofa or any IKEA piece of furniture that you have. These are from Prettypegs. They're my go-to for custom legs that fit IKEA furniture and they're really simple. So, you just pick the sofa you have or the item of furniture you have from IKEA and they'll send you the right bolt. (upbeat music) That's it. So easy. (chuckles) (upbeat music) I am very impressed with the sofa cover. It's really cool how you can have a velvet-looking and feeling sofa that's also super pet-friendly, c
law-proof, washable. It feels really nice in here. It feels like bright and beautiful. I love approaching Graham and saying, okay, you have free creative reign for this project, and this was one of those projects. I said, your task is to make a coffee table. Here are the dimensions, go wild. The only functional criteria I gave him is that it needed to have storage and we couldn't have a glass tabletop, because there's gonna be pets running around. So, it needed to be a solid piece of furniture t
hat could withstand, you know, all the paws running on it daily. (chuckles) With all of those functional elements in mind, Graham decided that he wanted to create a similar coffee table to the one he made for James' maximalist living room, but put a little twist on it and make it more pet-friendly. When Graham first made this coffee table for James' living room, I explained how he used a method called staving to cut small-angled strips of wood and glue them together using brad nails and wood glu
e. I recommend checking out that video for DIY instructions on how to do this method. To start this project, Graham is cutting a series of 14-inch long wood strips at five degree and nine degree angles using his table saw. (upbeat music) He's using the five degree angled piece to make the wavy length of the base and the nine degree angles for the smaller waves along the width. (upbeat music) He's piecing the lengths together and securing them with brad nails until the wood glue has dried. (upbea
t music) Now that he's shaped the base with the sander, he's making the bottom of the base out of some scrap MDF pieces. (upbeat music) He's gluing and securing them with brad nails and clamps until dry. (upbeat music) Graham is smoothing out the angled edges where the staved pieces of MDF meet each other. (upbeat music) He's now shaping the base, so that it has the same contours using a flush trim router bit. Finally, he's filling any cracks or holes with wood filler. (upbeat music) Because we
want this coffee table to have storage, Graham needs to make a lid with a hinge that opens. To do this, Graham has to create a straight piece of wood that matches the length and contours of the coffee table. He's tracing the contours onto the piece of wood, and then cutting it out with a jigsaw and sanding it down until it fits perfectly. (upbeat music) Graham is now priming the entire base using shellac-based primer. (upbeat music) He's using a continuous hinge for the lid hinge and securing it
using small brass screws. (upbeat music) Graham had this awesome idea to actually create a tray that fits seamlessly inside of the coffee table, so that Dana and Tommy could put away their remotes and any other small knickknacks when they have pets running around the house. To do this, Graham is basically creating a shelf inside the coffee table. (upbeat music) He's using a piece of oak butcher block and tracing the contours from the inside of the coffee table onto the piece of oak, cutting out
the shape with a jigsaw (upbeat music) and shaping it with a spindle sander until it fit properly inside the coffee table. (wood slams) (upbeat music) He's making a rounded handle using the same method (upbeat music) (metal clinks) and securing it using two screws. (upbeat music) Lastly, he's sealing this beautiful little tray with linseed oil. He's painting the lid and the base using semi-gloss old claret in Benjamin Moore's advanced line of paint. (upbeat music) (metal clinks) (upbeat music)
I can't even. This is for remotes. What? A hundred percent made from scrap pieces of wood from the workshop. This is insane. Okay, so when they're done at the end of the night watching TV, I wanna put it away. (wood thuds) What? Amplifying the storage in here, and this also just looks stunning. Wow. (metal clinks) Okay, this gorgeous light is from Mitzi. I want one of these. (chuckles) It's so beautiful and it's gonna give them lots of extra light. If you're sitting at home right now watching th
is in the dark, (chuckles) consider table lamps or floor lamps. I feel like a lot of times, apartments and condos have one light source and it's usually overhead. And around here, we don't use the overhead lights. Instantly warm in here. - [Carla] Instantly overexposed. (Alexandra laughing) - The power of light to make a space feel cozy, unmatched. (upbeat music) I'm bringing in this beautiful, muted olive media unit. I'm loving how much extra storage we're bringing in here. Cute. Okay, let's br
ing in the TV. My favorite part of bringing the TV is gonna be putting the remotes in here. A note, the TV just slides a little bit to the right on the mount, so that they can access that HVAC door if they need to. As you guys know, the TV was really high before and that was one of the things Dana requested. She's like, do you think you could lower our TV? It's like they were sitting there like that. So, I'm gonna plug it in. I'm gonna put the remotes in the coffee table, and then we're gonna mo
ve on. I'm mounting the curtains on these back windows. If you live in a condo like this with white walls, feels very cookie cutter, don't underestimate the power of curtains. It's gonna add texture and warmth no matter what color they are. (upbeat music) This beautiful print is from Emily Keating Snyder. I have a canvas of Emily's in my home. This is a print, but honestly, you can't really tell the difference. This looks like canvas. So, if I fooled you, it's a print. We are gonna move on to st
orage. Yay. - It's like we just did ballet. - I know. I loved it. Dana and Tommy had a cabinet under the island and they were storing a lot of overflow kitchen food, dog food, et cetera. We're adding stools here later. So, I thought that a cabinet like this would be perfect. Dana can put baskets up here. She can hide Kuma's food in the bottom here. This beautiful piece is from Article. I love it. (upbeat music) Okay, so this is what we like to call a condo special. Why is this light here? At fir
st, we were like maybe because if you had a dining table underneath it, but then people couldn't walk past, you couldn't really have a living space. So, I'm not really sure why it's here. We are gonna fix it by adding a pendant light and then swaging that pendant light to the center of the room. Watch and learn, people. Watch and learn. This beautiful light is from Mitzi. Cute. Oh my gosh. This pendant could totally work without these little shades, like with just the exposed bulbs, but this is
cute. We're gonna use a cup hook centered above the coffee table and we're gonna hook the chain into it. It's gonna be magic. (upbeat music) These beautiful stools are from Article. Yes, we color-matched the coffee table to match back to these. I really wanted to give Dana and Tommy another seating area and now that it's not cramped by that horizontal cabinet, because we have this one, the stools fit. This shelf is going to be both stylish and very functional. I've already put Kuma's food down h
ere, and then he's got some treats in this basket going down here. Dana can fill this up even more. There's so much room. She has so many treats for Kuma, it's comical. And then, up here, because everything's out in the open, it has to look cute. So, I'm gonna start with some baskets. Baskets are so great because you can store stuff in them, (upbeat music) but they still look really beautiful on display. So, I'm gonna pop this here. Two little canisters for Kuma's treats. Now, I am layering in e
ven more baskets. Dana can fill these with all of Kuma's necessities. (upbeat music) And then, layering in decor amongst all the storage to make it look cute. (upbeat music) Finally, a couple of plants that Dana already had. (upbeat music) One thing Dana really wanted was a corner for Kuma. She's actually already named it Kuma's Corner. So, we got Kuma his own personalized neon sign from AOOS. So, there's no mistaking that this is his corner. (upbeat music) Like how cool is that though? This is
a custom portrait of Kuma. You may notice he's wearing a pink neckerchief. His tongue is going and he just looks so happy. Anytime I see Kuma, he's smiling. He's like... I have this professionally framed by Posterjack, my one-stop-shop for all my framing needs. They do such a great job. So, we're gonna hang it in the one and only Kuma's Corner. I'm just hiding the neon sign cord behind. It's clear, which is nice too. So, it's not too noticeable. Don't worry, we're cord covering everything in her
e, but we're gonna leave that to the end. This sign came with a battery pack as well, so if you didn't wanna plug it in, you could also use batteries, which is cool. Or like Graham said, if you live on a boat, you can still have a neon sign. - [Graham] Or in a forest. - Oh, or the forest. This pet bed is from The Rattan Studio on Etsy. (upbeat music) So, I'm gonna end the day by adding a few pieces of furniture, starting with a side table. Dana already had these stairs for Kuma. They're very lov
ed. You can see his little paw prints have made the wood lighten a bit. It's so cute. And these are in perfect conditions, so I thought, why not keep them? I'm feeling like this area's a little bit empty, so I have this stool from Homesense find and I'm gonna put it here against the window. Dana and Tommy can bring it into the living room if they have guests over or Kuma can sit and look out the window. (chuckles) (upbeat music) I'm finishing off the day by decorating Kuma's Corner. These are al
l of Kuma's stuffies. (chuckles) He has so many. These cute bowls are from Homesense. (upbeat music) And these little toys like the weight, the pink bone, I can't even handle it. They're going in there. Okay, that is it for today. Tomorrow, I'll be back. I'm gonna pull the space together with final finishing touches, and then we're gonna reveal to Dana, Tommy, and of course, Kuma. Okay, bye. (upbeat music) (Alexandra laughing) - Hi. - Hi. It's reveal day. I'm so, so excited for Dana and Tommy to
see this space. Before we get into finishing touches, I could not get to sleep at the thought of Kuma not having a fluffy, cozy cushion for a bed, so I just stopped by my local pet store this morning and grabbed one. Now, we're all set for finishing touches. I am styling the sofa with these beautiful cushions from Christina Lundsteen. They bring in so much color and pattern to this room. (upbeat music) I'm adding a couple of cozy throw blankets to the sofa arms. We know Dana loves to be cozy. A
dding some books and a vase to the coffee table. I'm styling the media unit with a stack of books and a cute little photo of Dana and Tommy. I'm adding a pet-friendly faux plant. This is key if you have animals that like to eat plants. Placing a washable doormat down by the patio door. I'm hanging this beautiful art piece in this dark wood frame. And finally, I'm adding one of the first custom Pom'd outlet covers. Okay, it's time to bring Tommy, Dana, and of course, Kuma, in for the reveal. I am
so nervous. Revealing spaces to people I know, nothing more nerve-racking. Are you guys excited? - Woo. (Alexandra laughing) - Okay. Dana, can you walk me through what the living room looked like before? - [Dana] So, it was very bland and it was white. I had a hand-me-down couch, which is fine, but it wasn't functional. Tommy had to sleep on the couch. - [Dana] Multiple times my dogs would sleep over it. We had a bunch of miscellaneous things. - Yeah. - Like playing a storage game type of thing
. - Yeah. Okay, well, - Yeah. - this was such a joy to do for you and I'm so excited for you to see it. Okay. On the count of three. - Okay. - Okay. - Okay, one , two, three, open your eyes. - Oh my. What? (upbeat music) - Oh my god. - This is a complete different house. (upbeat music) This is actually insane, guys. Oh, you guys killed it. (upbeat music) - Oh. - It's homey. - [Dana] And it's like still minimalistic. (Alexandra laughing) (upbeat music) Oh my gosh. And the coffee table's so cute.
- Okay. - And it opens, so there's storage. - What? - You freaking beast. (upbeat music) The amount of storage we have now. - [Dana] Oh my god. (upbeat music) - [Tommy] I love the light fixture. (upbeat music) Do you see Kuma's Corner? - Oh my god, I didn't see the portrait. - Is that him? - That's him. I sent it. - [Tommy] What? (Alexandra laughing) (upbeat music) - [Dana] Look here, your corner, baby boy. - [Alexandra] He's so cute. I can't even handle it. - [Tommy] You're living in a bougie l
ifestyle now. (group laughing) (upbeat music) - Oh, I love it. You bought us new pet wipes. - Yeah. Just 'cause they're pink. - Oh, matches the theme? (Alexandra laughing) (upbeat music) It feels weird. It's like a small condo, but it feels like a house when you look - Aw. - [Tommy] into this view here. (upbeat music) - [Dana] Thank you. It was so amazing. - Now, you're- - Yeah, buddy. - [Tommy] That's your new home, that's your new home. - [Dana] What are you playing? (Alexandra laughing) - [Al
exandra] He's so cute. I hope you're all watching this with your cute little furry friends. I get so many DMs, pictures of your animals watching the videos with you. Nothing makes me happier. What's next on the docket? - [Amanda] Your entryway is up next. - I am making over my entryway. Lots of color, lots of storage. I have a tiny, tiny entryway. So, I'm hoping this video will bring you solutions for your tiny little entryway. Make sure you hit that subscribe button, so you get notified. As alw
ays, we'll you guys next time. Bye. Hi. Hello. - [Dana] Are you in all the footage? (Alexandra laughing) - Thank you. - You like a new bed? - Look how fancy. - Look. - [Dana] Look how fancy you are. - [Alexandra] Good boy.

Comments

@alchemyofbeing239

Graham is a true artist! I am blown away by his craftsmanship. Love the vibes of your show too!

@nurhaniyah1261

Jawdrop on how the coffee table process worked by Graham gets better and better... functional and aesthetically nice. this channel has brilliant minds 😂

@pacinimayara

Alexandra is visibly and genuinely so happy for the people she delivers the projects to. The video editor is also another chef kiss, it's so fun to watch. I hope that people in the boat or forest, who have AOS neon sings, also have wifi to watch Alexandra videos 😂

@sheenalarson1283

That coffee table is so smart with the built in tray. Graham is a mastermind!

@kathleensauerbrei5199

I have to admit that you are the only designer I’ve ever seen that does things for the client and not what this months or years trends are.

@marilinemonteiro3336

Team AG, may I challenge you to a makeover where you don't buy new furniture, just use what is already in the room, as it is very common for most people to be on a budget and with mix and maching furniture from the rental house itself. Love from Portugal <3

@thefrenchmode

A moment of silence and awe for Graham's craftmanship... Just pure talent and skills, he's truly an artist 😍

@WatchMojoLady

Graham is a GENIUS

@robindestasio7563

Wow, that coffee table is amazing, Graham should have his own woodworking show :) So glad you got the cushion for Kuma, the bed was looking not so comfortable :) This apartment came out so cute but I would have added a big comfy chair in the corner instead of the small ottoman.

@michelleklinkert231

Heavens! Graham’s work here is an absolute tour du force! Beyond impressive. The rate at which his skills improve while he still remains so humble. A total gem 💎

@peggykhiev2884

I think Graham should have his own channel! He’s soooooo talented and seriously what I enjoy the most in every video. That coffee table is just insane!

@MeghDonovan

Also I hope "Baskets are so great because you can store stuff in them." was a snarky James addition!! Just LOVE the editing humor as always!

@Ladyj588

I’ve watched HGTV for years and Graham is the most creative person I’ve ever seen! He uses both the left and right of his brain to create. Graham you are TRULY talented! 🎉

@janetboette7013

That coffee table is awesome! Graham is a true craftsman.

@JavierGonzalez-nj5vh

It's so funny how the comments section becames a Graham Fanclub (and Iove it and love him)

@lindalehr1551

Kuma's corner is everything ❤ I love the colors. And the place looks so much larger now as well

@Yaro79514

Graham's coffee table is amazing, but James cracked me up with his editing 🙌and the couple and Kuma are so cute! Wonderful makeover 💕

@lifewithoutstress2684

Okay, Graham is going to be stinking rich if he has his own line of furniture pieces. He’s creative and unique. He really needs to create his own furniture label. ❤

@indieconquers

UGH I want that coffee table omgggg The scrap tray is genius and so pretty. Graham's DIYs are always amazing!!

@Shria9

Graham needs to start marketing his designs or plans. Made by Graham. I'd buy that. Also, my heart just melted when I saw how excited Kuma was about his new booshie lifestyle. Inspiring! My kitties are going to be livin' the booshie life, too.