Making a House a Home. 🇺🇦
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- After finally moving all of my things into my new apartment in Kyiv, it's time to go shopping to really make this place home. I start at the Danish IKEA to buy black out blinds and some home furnishings at the JYSK, then it's time to get the biggest TV that I can fit into my Cayenne.
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Props to Johnny for hosting the refugee family for free!
Still a fan. Since the war started. I have one black out curtain. I'm next to a freeway, and the lights shine in my window at night, so bright, I had to get black out curtains. I should get another one though.
Oh my God Johnny you are so awesome. I have been praying for an emulator to play old-school games on my phone for years and you just showed us that delta app. Me and my wife are not getting anything done today. Johnny you are so awesome for showing us that app. Thank you for being your amazing self and sharing your life we learned so much from you over the years. You are the man!
Respect for allowing the displaced people into your apt. They will most likely remember your hospitality forever
Fantastic fun Champion! Cracking out the big guns in the park gym & the TV!
Early morning especially in summer is such a great time to go walking and park gym too. Strange the coffee shops open late. Perhaps, you could start a petition?
Take care and have fun!
Less time on the couch & more time checking out summer dresses!
Johnny, my home boy: I'm distressed that you're so averse to walking a little bit. Try it out. I'm 76 and my wife is 70 and we walked 9 miles while visiting in Vancouver, BC a few days ago. It's good for you!
@@pjl8119 that's Kyiv, not Kharkiv or Kherson, lol. Kyiv is way better protected than other cities.
@@pjl8119in Ukraine as well, and it’s not like land mines are on the sidewalks in cities.
Myeah those curtains are not to block light but for looks and maybe privacy. Vitrage. The rails are for a double layer of curtains. One light blocking layer and a vitrage layer
Where I live in Europe we also don't go to shops very early for coffee. We do that mostly at home and those shops function more like chilling in a bar which is why they open later. Just no customers that early at all
For the cabinet that is too narrow, I would simply buy a board in the same color at the hardware store and cut it to the width of the TV. Then simply place it on top of the cabinet. Should actually look good enough. jm2c
That's exactly what I would do.
We're all different I guess. I'm lucky if I make it up in time for a 10am coffee at home. Engagement with street cafe's happens in the afternoons only! Sony TVs still have the best colour quality I tend to find, although I've had reasonable success with Panasonic and JVC too. Not tried LG yet. Maybe next time.
Lg is really good, especially 120hz versions. Software is much better and easier to use than on other televisions.
hes out of breath and shattered from taking a photo and petting some dogs lol
@@christiangee942 having 8 solid meals a day after 40 takes its toll
And stress
They have the same type of track hook system for privacy curtains in nursing homes. Housekeepers break the hooks and tear the track from the ceiling alot. I have to fix atleast 2 a week. I can't stand those curtains hooks Lol😅 Cabinet on the side was genius. See if the legs unscrew then it will never be noticeable.
Whoever invented those track systems were diabolical! As for the cabinet, unfortunately the legs are stuck in place!
Edit: Oh wait! You inspired me to try again, harder this time, it worked!!! Thanks!
@JohnnyFD I did a little research cause I was curious lol I don't think there's 1 sole person that invented them. Glad I could help with the cabinet legs. Looks like a little bit older cabinet, better built then today. Legs are harder to get off.
Bro you got their cabinet on its side that's so funny
U can always put a nice cover over the cabinet 😊@@JohnnyFD
Hello Johnny,yr apartment is coming together. U should center the wall unit to look nicer.put the end table on side of couch.Then it will be more proportional.
Nice shirt Johnny! I bought storage bags from IKEA this week.I bought their mustard and dill sauce as well,.Good luck with your thick curtains. I love Lavazza filter in the morning ☕. Your breakfast looks delightful. 🥐 I am using bar soap to avoid plastic bottles. A desk would make your life easier. Tatiana, Helena, Nathalie,Olga, Nadia and Angelica are friends and I pray they are able to return to their homes, families and gardens one day.
Yes get another curtain, people do it all the time. I’m so glad I’m not the only one to have trouble setting up a new TV. Panasonic android was a real pain and the remote is hopeless but as a 76 yr old woman you made me feel a lot better - if Johnny had problems then I’m not too incompetent 😂. Love that you’ve let refugees have your apartment. Enjoy you new accommodation.
Great video...interesting! You are a very generous and thoughtful man not only for giving your apartment to family for free but how you live your life every day. My faith in people is restored. Stay safe and know how much you,are admired.❤from Canada
Yes people do that! I have 3 pairs of curtains on bathroom window that is extra wide. If you get another set, the light will completely block out.
What a beautiful, peaceful new place with lots of adorable sabakas (working on my
Ukrainian 😅). Thank you for helping the displaced family. You have such a kind heart. ❤
God bless you for donating your apartment for the families in need!
I got 10 year old 50 inch Philips has prefect sound and still works just fine.
To get the cozy warm light u should look at the kelvin. 1800 to 2200 is for a small table lamp like really cozy. A normal light in eu is 2700 kelvin some like 3000 that's more of a hospital/bathroom/kitchen light. Daylight is 5000-6500
Thank goodness those people who were displaced in Kharkiv could stay a while in your place there! Losing everything is so massively traumatic for them. Bloody russia! Thank God they are alive though. That is the most crucial thing. I hope they stay safe.
Best TV stand for me is two columns of stacked up patio bricks (or old books) and 1" thick rough, wide wood slats, kinda like a shelf, resting across brick columns; bench-style. Then if you change TV width you only have to buy new wood. Can store office box files underneath shelf bit. Easy adjustable, looks modern-rustic, completely portable :)
I love my black-out curtains, I'd use 4 at that wide window, cosy-feel... but yeah, I much prefer wooden poles for curtains.
Your apartment's taking shape nicely there, Johnny, love the dogs and coffee part...
The juxtaposition of those two situations- it’s too dangerous for you to stay but Sanctuary for them 🤯. Good for you to support those in need!
TV, Bar, food and games and bathroom yepp its a home!
That's all any Red blooded Man needs! =)
@@JohnnyFD 🙂
@@JohnnyFD You forgot a kitchen ! Culinary skill practice !
Johnny, much easier and cheaper solution then another curtain, get an eye mask-total darkness! Or do what I do, just throw a long sleeved shirt over your eyes-works for me! By the way, where and how did you meet Lena, since she lives so far away? A sweetheart indeed!
Get FOUR curtains! As a design and dark enthusiast, the more the better.
There you go Johnny walking 🚶 45 minutes every day to the coffee shop will get you in shape for the marathon. 😆
Johnny better with a Sony bravia,mines is 65" probably 7 YRS old now or more, but still works like a champ but I want to get more modern one, but they go to crazy prices, my boy bought 2 topend 8 k, £1000 each or more they where, infact think one for downstairs was £1600
Buy some two by fours and place them on the cabinet and put the TV on the two by fours.
I work in Tech Support for a living. A lot of things are user error. The sound bar you have to either make sure you have an output from tv going to your sound bar or make sure the sound bar is on the right input for your tv. ARC means when you turn off your tv the soundbar turns off too. It looks like when you do your tv volume it controls the sound bar too. There may be a setting in the tv to turn that off. Lastly we know that electronic devices once pulled from sitting off the shelf need updating. Hard wiring your internet is best since it’s so close. Nice set up tho! Enjoyed the video.
I think you are referring to CEC (Consumer Electronics Control), which let's you control other devices over HDMI. ARC (Audio Return Channel) is for routing the audio from the TV to a receiver or sound bar, it replaces audio cables with a link over HDMI. Usually both needs to be enabled for everything to work, and specific HDMI ports needs to be used as well.
I use both body wash and bar soap. Trader Joe's makes the best soap ever, I love it so much. I have a bookcase instead of a couch. I have a rocking chair and a wicker chair I've had forever.
I love the soap at Trader Joe's!
Chicago - No, the TV 🖥 would be gone the minute I took it out of my car .... good times😒
Johnny, the new place is very nice and the park. Everything looks very comfortable and the people look like they're very.
At at ease, I think you're in a very good place
Johnny the free refugee placement stunned me, I am looking at you in a different light you’re my little rhino and I want to kiss your big head
Btw you’re apt is looking nicer and nicer each video nice job brother. You are welcome in my house in my Ukraine dacha anytime when this war with Russia parasha settles for some kebobs and tea 🩵💛 Slava 🇹🇼 🇺🇦
When you tried to put the TV onto the table, I knew exactly what was going to happen - went through exactly the same thing myself, a proper "Noooooooooooooo!" moment!
I now own a big VESA mount TV stand, so they won't get me like that again!
Good man hosting the family in Kharkiv 👍
I usually connect PC with TV plus remote keyboard plus soundbar plus subwoofer then it works smootly and with good quality. Usually UA-cam on Android TV is working very slow this is why it is better to connect PC with TV then You have everything Email, Browser, Movies plus TV in one place.
The apt looks way better now, happy to see you are doing great in Kyiv, cheers Johnny!
Yes! Thank you!!
I really like this apartment, it has a nice cozy vibe with a very pretty view. I’m sorry, but the last apartment you recently moved out of, it was pretty depressing. This one is nice 👌
thats what i like about Ukraine you come across coffee shops or shops in places you dont expect and people are friendly,i just notice you lights in your room is nearly same as mine ,same shape and 3 lights but mine is flush with the ceiling were yours hangs down
HI, Your apartment is coming together nicely. I definitely think you should buy a 3rd curtain or even 2 more so you have lots of gather which will look richer. Xxx
What a time you had with that TV, wow! The place is looking better, is it starting to feel like "home?" Thanks for another nice video Johnny.
Yes, it really feels like home now with the updates. =)
🛋️ I love soft lighting of lamps. You probably will need a sleep mask as well.
Johnny, First, you need to get yourself one of those monitor mounts that you attached so you can move it around to whatever height and when not in use, move it against the wall or window. Secondly, get yourself another pair of blinds. Place those on the inside window track. Those can cover from the wall outwards. The inside ones can cover the middle section! Problem solved! Now get some rest! 😁😁😁😁 NO TV in the window. When there is nothing on TV, you want to look out the window! Blocking the statue might be consider criminal.....In Russia that is! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Johnny, does that TV have a VESA mount on the center back? Guessing it does. You can buy TV stands that mount there, then you could remove the legs and use the same shelf that the old TV was on.
Most new TV’s have two positions to mount the legs, check and see if you can mount them closer in.
You have to buy curtains twice wider then your window. It's a rule
Great episode Johnny. Your new home is looking very comfortable.
Best apt. So far. Roomy and nice furniture. Cool sound bar.
You are so wonderful to offer up your apartment. Good man
I think you will enjoy this apartment, it already seems lots better than the other one, and you have tons of space and an amazing view!
Much love❤❤
Could use a few stitches or some double-sided tape to attach together two curtains - so you have a conventional set up.
Curtains are bloody nightmare. The best are simple wooden rings with a metal hook on the end which go on a simple wooden pole. Much less likely to break than plastic shite.
Johnny coffee lovers make sure they have a coffee maker in the house because it's so important to them early in the morning
You should get one.. go out on your balcony sit and enjoy. Then you can go for your walk
Johnny has one, but he left it in his apartment
Android on some devices, i.e. things like TVs where you use the remote are real pain when signing in to apps etc. Using a Bluetooth keyboard makes things so much easier!
simple rule, if your window goes from top to bottom, you don't use a curtain rod because it'd look awful. if you have wall in between the window and the ceiling, you usually use a curtain rod 😉
love you johnny , but you sure know how to make a mountain out of a mole hill XD chill brother :)
Thank you Johnny. 🇺🇦🙏❤️🇺🇲
Your TV - can you reverse the legs so the leg tips point inward. You are a good dude, Johnny!
I think most women dress for themselves rather than for the guy -- unless the guy says something.
@JohnnyFD The TV and ALL the preinstalled apps are likely bogging the TV down. It should get better after all that and a few full reboots. Change the batteries on the remote. :)
Thought you had 2 TVs in the apartment you're leasing out, with one in the bedroom. She wouldn't let you take one? You definitely need a full back patio? total blackout curtain.
LG with Bose soundbar, its a 52 inch and in my apt is ok for me. but I want the new 72 inch I saw today.
Hey Johnny - how about getting a solar panel (perfect for sunny balcony), storage battery and rechargeable torches, lights etc. We live off grid on solar panels alot of the time (plus diesel generator) and use all of these when power (from sunlight) is scarce.
Solar is expensive, and it's not needed as we can recharge from the wall outlet at least 4 hours a day.
OK - just a suggestion.
@@JohnnyFDWhere I live f.g Ecoflow delta max 1612Wh 850€ and Solar panel 160W 279€ on sale. You will be sorry later if you don't get that kind of set now. Demand in Ukraine for those is huge.
I don't live where you live. That same unit is 1,218.89 Euro here in Ukraine. 52 999 грн.
@@JohnnyFD That is close to it's normal price also here and I wouldn't think twice to buy it if I was there. Soon there is nothing available and blackouts last the whole day. Living without refrigirator is not fun.
get a wall vesa mount for the tvthen you can get any size tv !
Gotta empathize with your tv journey 😅 I’ve wanted to kick mine off the balcony dozens of times. I work in tech but at home, I have zero tolerance. I do think my fire stick is best tho. And I replace it every few years. You may be in Ukraine but you’re not alone! 😂🎉
Very interesting seeing how a bachelor lives and thinks.
Good video bro , keep filming the details.
Congratulations on the new place looking good!
Thanks Johnny. I subscribed, on the level my level allows, during your time in Ukraine as ppl like you are really needed, making day to day in Ukraine. Your new area looks cozy. Have a nice week!
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Sometimes the legs on a tv are not necessary. I have mine off and it stands up just fine.
You should post a link to recipes in vids. Id love to try that French beef. It looks really 😋 yummy
Good deeds is the way to go. We need to help one another. 🇺🇦🙏🌻🕯
You exchange the TV for one with a central stand, duh. OK, now unscrew the legs on the cabinets. GOOD Johnny.
Johnny remember Cheap is expensive
Johnny, your a good man.
I feel you. I'm a tech-art-hipster-nerd, so I fight with tech a bit.
Awesome i use Delta too!!
Wow you have Jysk in Kiev its a Danish 🇩🇰 BRAND. Johnny!
Denmark saved me yet again!
You should have gotten a nice portable projector for also when you travel.
Great view
Pur a wooden board under your TV. It wont look as nice, but it will work.
Plastic hook curtain system is obviously crap! I was rly annoyed in my childhood, when my mum told me to iron and hang several curtains with such an awful system))
Agreed. I dread it!
Here is me wondering if you will ever sit upstairs at the coffee place ;D
Haha. I won't. It's too hot and stuffy up there.
Great vlog!
Covid is back in Seattle.
😂……lol there’s no such thing as
Yes qball dumper @SlackHoffman
I don't think three curtain panels would look weird at all.
how insane is that u can not still read the kiril alphabet XD
By hosting a refugee family in his apartment in Kharkiv, Johnny FD is putting his money where his mouth is.
Why did u move to Ukraine? I am so curious to what you plan on ?
Johnny,
Hope that your neighbors don’t come and knock on your door that your TV is too loud, I live in an apartment one bedroom, I bought woofers sound bar 55 inch TV, the works, put a movie on. It sounded great in my apartment, but I didn’t realize that it was reverberating Into the upstairs apartments, both sides of my neighbors. Both walls on the side were was filtering noise so I got a knock on my door and it was my neighbors, that they were also hearing the movie upstairs and downstairs neighbors. Just want to give you some heads up i’m the Blind guy over here in Northern California. Good luck Johnny.
I'm lucky that this apartment I rented, as well as the one I own both have thick walls. I've never heard any of my neighbors before, so I assume they also can't hear me.
Also I placed the subwoofer on the interior wall so it shakes my kitchen and not the neighbor.
@@JohnnyFD sounds good Johnny it’s sounds that you already got a grasp of things good luck Johnny on your new situation
Didn't they tell you the Wi-Fi was pathetic in that building but sometimes it works and sometimes it didn't.
how Johnny loves dogs and how they love him says a lot to him, cool man!
Croissant pronounced = kwa·son 😎
Sydney Australia cctv in apartments gob keys used in apartments so most likely the tv will still be in lift
How much is it to buy an aoartment like this
The price depends on apartment's actual living space, its condition and location. In that same district where Johnny lives they want 64000 for exactly the same apartment on Приймаченко 9 which is actually 3 buildings away from metro station. 51000 - same living area, but the 1st floor of Khrushchevka.
nope if i left my 50 inch tv in the elevator it would have been stolen
When are you going to visit your new friend in Dnipro?
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bro thanks for the tip on delta emulator!
I always thought JYSK was a animal charity , with the random goose XD
Yeah, it's a terrible logo. The chose the Goose initially so they wouldn't have a standard rectangular, box-shaped logo. But eventually caved in and did it anyways, but kept the goose. 😂
"The goose is used as counter-balance representing a softer form to the box. In addition, the goose has a historical thread to our brand and is a means to differentiate JYSK from our competitors and other companies with."
The goose is cause Lars Larsen the founder started out selling only duvets and pillows containing goose feathers, he then expanded and today Jysk have more than 3400 shops in 48 countries he died in 2019
Great show today, it was very very interesting, I know you can't move every day, but it definitely was not boring. Thanks,
Glad you enjoyed it! But I hope I never have to move again. 😂
@@JohnnyFD😂 i've said that many times, just be careful, Johnny, you're never boring, love your Life, wish I was 60 years younger because I'd be a Digital nomad.
Increase the color intensity
Soviet toilet paper is great you can just sand off the dingleberries.
Curious as to why he needs both the Soviet toilet paper and the toilet tissue paper.... 🤔
Jonny you would look funny in a sundress..😜
It is so good to hear from you ! I have been very concerned with how you are doing. Thank you for getting in touch with us. I just want you to know that you are the best at giving us the day to day goings on there. I love all the Slavic countries and wish them peace and a normal living. The lust for money is the drive for most wars. America is just as guilty as Russia. Russia has more invested in it than America. In the end America and Nato will lose. Regardless of the outcome, I wish you love, peace and prosperity. I love you, my friend ! A friend always !