 Oh my gosh. What are you guys doing in my Ikea Billy bookcase? What are you doing up there? Actually, you guys probably know exactly why you are here because today we are going to be doing my apartment makeover for Christmas This is a video that I look forward to every single year And I'm so excited to be doing it again this year, especially this year because I actually splurged I went out and got a bunch of new Christmas decor this year I've had the same exact stuff since I've been in college like same tree all the same ornaments all the same decorations Everything has always been the same and this year I really wanted to go ahead and switch it up a little bit get you guys inspired get myself inspired for Christmas as well And I'm going for a non-traditional kind of metallic rusty kind of distressed color palette Which I'm really excited about and you guys are actually gonna be along for the entire journey of course But we have so much to do in today's video the apartment is currently very fall themed So I definitely get down some of the fall decor which I'm kind of sad about because I love all of it so much But we are ready for those Christmas lights and that greenery. I'm very very excited So I actually I'm kind of thinking in here you guys the first thing I might want to do is actually reorient my sofas Which sounds weird. They're in an L shape Which is how you know it's supposed to be but I had this idea in my head that I kind of want to try out So that's kind of the first thing I want to do and then we can bring in the Christmas tree. I got a new one too I'm so excited This is the orientation that I have been living with and working with for probably around a year and a half now And I love it I really like it because we do watch all of the TV primarily out here So it's nice to have you know the couch facing the TV even though a lot of people don't like that It doesn't face the fireplace, but you guys like it's not functioning and it's too high to put the TV up there So that's why I've always oriented it this way But the thing is is if I orient it this way the Christmas tree will just kind of be hidden in the back corner there So I had this crazy idea to go ahead and flip the rug entirely Kind of like this like 90 degrees and then actually use one of the couches on the left side One of the couches on the right side because they disconnect right here And I have this feeling it can create like an asymmetrical just like very unique looking couch But it also might look completely awful. So let's start off by trying maybe a new orientation in here and seeing what it looks like So here is my crazy idea and I kind of like it for the first hour because I've been sitting on this for about an hour I didn't like it and then I facetimed every single person I knew and they liked it So I think I'm in the clear and once I stood back and stopped from here I actually really did like it and I have a ton of ideas So basically how I reoriented this is I flipped the rug 90 degrees and I added the couches on either side The coffee table is now in the middle as you guys can see and I added the chair here in front of the fireplace Which basically creates a lot of fluid kind of like movement in the entire living room I like that nothing seems blocked off now because before we did have a lot that was blocked off in terms of The backing of the couch there was this big open area here that you really couldn't walk around But now we have a little bit more This more formal look which I quite like and I've never done anything like this before So I think I'm gonna go ahead and stick with this layout for the time being and if anything changes I might go ahead and change it back, but I actually am really liking this so far The tree has been assembled and I am just in love I am so happy with his purchase I got this on terrain you guys. It was a little bit of a splurge I believe it was around $400 for the tree which is quite a bit especially for a sparse one like this However, I can tell you guys I'm gonna have this for a long time because the quality is incredible. I love it I also did pay for express one-day shipping so that added to the price normally I wouldn't do something like that, but I did need it pretty last minute and I'm very very happy with this Look how cute it is. I actually ended up inverting my tree color So my tree color normally goes the other way This is the one I've been using the last couple years So I inverted it upright to make it almost look like a basket and the lights are currently on they're on a setting There's actually a few different settings, which is nice and they kind of flicker in and out Which is fun So they're gonna flicker out in a second there and they pop back on I cannot wait to share with you guys the tree at nighttime though because I feel like it's gonna be really magical I feel like the whole living room now gets a taste of the tree whereas before it would have just been hidden in The back corner the ornament selection this year is pretty insane. I'm so excited about these actually DIY I think about half of them these ones over here from my online shop Look how cute these antique brass ornaments and then I grabbed these ones their hand-painted little angel musicians And I just think that they're adorable So I added those I DIY these bells on my channel the antique brass bells Then I also DIYed all of these ornaments you see here this really cool kind of tortoise one lots of metallic tones Just to go back to the other ornaments I picked these ones up at Aldick this year and these ones are from home goods I got these little ornament hangers here, which are silver and I think that the silver mixed with all these warm tones will be a fun play of Kind of mixed metals. So that's what I'm going for. I'm gonna start decorating up the tree you guys and we're gonna see it come to life When it came to decorating this really sparse tree Something I did was actually add a larger ornaments towards the inside of the tree towards the base of it and then adding my smaller Ornaments towards the outside because you're really able to see into the tree So I like how that kind of gives a 3d effect and it makes the tree look a lot more full in the end Until I get some moss I'm gonna go ahead and just add this purple throw blanket over the top of the stand inside of the basket there just to kind of hide it and cover It up. I feel like it'll make it look a lot better So it is time for coffee table styling which is one of my favorite parts. I love doing that So I love that I have the large coffee table again I'm just literally echoing in my face, but this is a big pot. I got this at our house for Christmas time It was a 69 doll hairs and I shared it with you guys in my haul I'm gonna be placing that on the end of the coffee table here And then I got these really pretty red branches from Target And I just went ahead and put them in this glass face to kind of hold them and place a little bit more And I'm gonna pop that in the bottom here just so that they have a little bit more structure And they're not like flying everywhere with a large opening. Then we're gonna do our sections again So I'm gonna add one section probably around here ish and then one right around here ish Because I want to put some decor here and the decor I want to put there are these trees that I ended up getting So I'm gonna add probably the larger one There and smaller ones right next to it just something like that and then all of our little accessories We have like a small little candle here This is just a match six and then I have a set of posters and last but not least a little H&M home Taper holder that I got I'm just gonna place that right on top. I think that's a really cute touch to that section Oh and the lighting is getting a little dark in here. I apologize about that you guys But I love the way the mantle looks because the actual Christmas tree is to the right of the mantle I wanted to go ahead and just do some simple styling so I kept my same taper candles from the fall makeover And then I added this really cute little interlocking tree from my shop I love this because I like how one side is birch and then one side is darker So you can kind of pick what you want to see when you kind of lay it out So I think that's really cute and then this is a vintage bowl from Target these iron reindeer are also from my shop I am obsessed with these they're literally it's so heavy They're like a rod iron, but I feel like they just add such a nice metal look to the space same vase from last time A little wreath from Target there and guys look at these stockings the one on the right this one's from our house Then this one here is from my shop, which I am obsessed with I think these plush kind of Sherpa ones are so cute and this one here is also from the shop and how Adorable is this I had these custom made you guys They're linen stockings and they have a little leather hang tag that says lone fox on them The stocking also comes in white linen if you are curious So those are the two colorways But I thought it was just a cute addition and so that is the finished mantle Are you kidding me right now with this little winter wonderland vibe? That's happening This is what I was meaning by once the styling goes in it's just gonna start coming together The layout before was a little strange, but I am loving this so far These little reclaimed wood homes with the glow from the candle behind are just so perfect I love these so much. I think they're so cute I also added a little olive tree over here and sorry about the lighting again It's getting dark in here, but this is the one that Erica recommended that I pick up and I love it I've mentioned it in an Amazon favorites. I'll link it below for you guys I like how it's super sparse and then I actually potted it inside of this really cute pot that I got years back from Rolling greens in Los Angeles. It's like a black handmade pot So I think that looks nice and then just did a little bit of restyling to the top here Nothing too crazy Christmas candle couple of wooden homes and another Christmas candle down there. I Woke up with a lovely pimple right here in the middle of my nose Okay, so we are on day two of this little Christmas makeover and the living room you guys is just magical I want to share with you kind of an overview of it I normally never share something like this because I'd like to share it and you know the reveal at the end But I was working in here this morning and just finishing up the video I posted today and the vibes were just absolutely everything you guys I am in love with the new orientation of the couches. It just feels so much more open It feels like you could have a conversation with somebody It just feels like anywhere that you are you can kind of see every aspect of the living room Which is so nice as opposed to like having your back, you know to the fireplace and not being able to see the Christmas tree So I'm really happy with this now here. We have another situation including this one right here including Marie this is a lot of the Christmas decor that I have left from my little hall and Basically, I just want to use it to decorate the dining area. We have all of this really cute fall decor I'll probably keep a majority of what's in here actually and just add to it because I really like the tones in this bookcase here I have that candelabra there from Target the paper tree from Ikea and just a bunch of other random decor So I want to add some holiday cheer to the dining room And I was also thinking about adding a little bit of holiday cheer to the horror movie room I wanted to skip the horror movie room a little update a little facelift because it has not changed once Since I kind of altered it when I first moved in so I want to give it a little bit of a holiday vibe I feel like it looks almost cabony in here in a sense as well with the wood and like the wood framed window So I think it could be cute to just add a little bit of holiday decor in there You're lying What's leaking? Guys the pumpkin isn't leaking anymore, but it was do it like Gordon guts Gordon gourd. Oh gourd When I came to restyling these shelves in my dining room area I really wanted to keep a lot of the decor that was already there because I truly loved everything Creighton barrel sent me for the last makeover and it just looks so great in this bookcase So I just added a couple bits here and there like that mercury glass tree from my shop I added some new plants to the bases over there some pine cones to this bowl a couple of Christmas trees to the bottom and just A few holiday elements to overall enhance the bookcase and just bring in that Christmas vibe Bookshelf is all styled just added a bit of Christmasy vibes to there a couple of trees from the shop a couple of these Bottle brush trees up here a little deer Figuring that I got a target a couple years back and I also ended up picking up all of this faux cedar garland I actually got this at Target as well this year now guys if you go and purchase this it's from the studio McGee line However, it's in boxes. So keep that in mind. Here's like a better look at the actual Garland itself. It's really nice quality and actually looks pretty legit not gonna lie It has all these little berry stems on it I actually want to add these right above the archway here So as you guys can see the living room is coming along nicely Super dark at the moment if you guys happen to see that YouTube short that I did where I created a little garland kind of going across The top of the archway there. I want to recreate it I originally did it on the opposite side kind of if you were looking this way into the dining room However, I want to do it on the dining room side here So when I photograph into this space it kind of adds an element But it also adds just a little bit more Christmas to the dining room area because all we have so far It's just this here and I think adding the garland above will be a really nice touch So let's get started with that. Just gonna use some simple command hooks to add these up on the top of the arch Garland archway looks so Cue exactly what I was thinking and I actually applied it pretty nicely I kind of made sure to overlap the center sections a bit that way it was chunkier here and kind of gradually faded more towards The edges sorry about the lighting you guys it's hard to show with the windows in the back But that is the archway garland I went ahead and I added a little strand of their light to the center shelf there and I have one other Strenches battery operated, but I love the way these look in the back of a shelf So if you kind of just put it behind all of your decor just have it kind of just flowing throughout I think it just adds such a pretty glow and you can just hide a little box Behind your core pretty much good. So cute. I love the way that that does enhance the bookcase So I mentioned to you guys that I really wanted to add to the horror movie room as well And my idea is to actually use the bench in here kind of as like a little display shelf And I want to create like a little Christmas forest of a ton of different trees I have all of these ones that I picked up from the Target dollar spot this large paper one here is from IKEA And then I also you guys have these trees here these wood ones are I believe from Nordstrom rack And then these ones are from Target's dollar spot as well I got these this year and I'm gonna go ahead and spray paint these actually because they're a little bit too gold I'm gonna go in with that amber spray paint that I've been using on everything lately It's the burnished amber spray paint and give them like a light coat I'm not too sure if I'm gonna do a full-on coat of the spray paint or if I'm just gonna be doing like a little misting of it Here's Mr. Candle. He just isn't fitting in the decor this season, but that's okay So we're gonna do a spray paint on these mix in these trees We have some other bottle brushes and just create a cute little scenery just on the shelf here in this room And guys for the dining table I had to scavenge up my last little bits of decor I poured in one of those Crate and Barrel fall poperies that they sent me added in some of these dried oranges I made added the last four silver ornaments from the home goods ornament And then I added in these little IKEA bottle brush trees and that is the little centerpiece I actually think it didn't turn out too bad. I like the pops of red from these faux apples And yeah, that's I mean that's gonna be the centerpiece on the table Shifting back over to the sofa you guys because I have officially finished the apartment for Christmas I am so so happy with the outcome of it I love the new orientation of the living room and I cannot wait for you guys to see these final clips because I think the apartment looks so Cute, I love everything that I did the dining room the additions to the horror movie room Stuff I did in here And I also might just add a little bit to the kitchen in my bedroom over the next couple of days Unsure with you guys over on Instagram, and if you're not following me over on Instagram You can definitely do so it's just lone fox home same as my tiktok account But let me go ahead and share with you guys the final apartment reveal