Vintage Office Makeover | Cluttered Storage Room Transformation
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
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Gigi Castorina is the owner of Gigi’s House of Frills, a vintage and vintage-style lingerie store located in Toronto. It’s the new year and Gigi is looking for a fresh start, specifically, to revamp her storage room which is...a cluttered mess. Gigi is looking to hire her first employee in 2020 and needs her storage room to be super organized and functional for this. In this episode, Alexandra has a $550 budget to make Gigi’s space work. The challenge? Gigi has requested that Alexandra use as much vintage or second-hand furniture as possible and use peach, green and pink as her color palette. Can Alexandra turn Gigi’s messy back room into an organized, storage-friendly, vintage paradise? Watch the episode to find out!
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Gigi is so smart. She hired an organizer and interior designer for the same price
And it gave her exposure for her business😂
Love it! She should frame a vintage piece of lingerie too.
Adorable!!
Best makeover you've done so far. The use of secondhand furniture (1) gives you better quality than new stuff (2) costs far less (3) forces you to think outside the square (4) saves stuff going to landfill (5) reduces the potential levels of nasty fumes emitted from new stuff (Volatile Organic Compounds) and (6) ensures you have a look that NOONE else has !!!! Win win win win win xx
Signs: DO NOT TOUCH
Alexandra: ☝🏻👇🏻
Great makeover. I think she had covered up the window because natural light tends to fade vintage clothing. Everything else looks amazing
Either that chair is on the wrong side of the peach desk or the peach desk is facing the wrong way lol. Doesn't seem efficient or practical.
yeah, I would have put the off-season stuff up near the ceiling, since it doesn't have to be accessed for months, and put the desk under it. Klutzy me would be banging my hips every time I tried to get around that desk.
She most likely did that for the camera angle. I hate things like that, it doesnt reflect the true end results of what you'd get once the cameras are off, we arent often told what happens to all other items that were taken out of the space
If she removed the sink and replaced it with the desk it would’ve been spot on
Loved how the pipes matched really well with the peach walls.
Amazing! You definitely have an eye on how to organize not only someone's space, but their life too.
Omg, that space was a hot mess. This is a miraculous makeover. So fresh & organized and I adore copper. A total win!
My 2020 resolution is to get a good portion of my plants hung up. Happy New Year Alexandra!!
This was a great transformation!!! Enjoy your new space, Gigi!
Sooooo good!! I can't believe how good that dresser set looks in this space! Anywhere else it would look dated and waaay too much but there it's totally charming and so functional!
Couldn't agree more! Gigi's style is so fun!
I absolutely adore that dresser set. I think it would fit in well in one of my rooms and now I'm super jealous
Turned out so pretty! Several years ago I heard and adopted a single New Year Resolution that I recommit to every year: Do more of what works and less of what doesn’t work. 🙂
Hope you don't mind if I steal that!
Linda Bowman steal away!
@@janicethompson-wilda612 thank you
I love this space now...very vintage and sweet. 💜
I had that bedroom set for a good decade. It was white but before that it was yellow...and owned by my aunts during the 70's.
I came across this video and I was like: How haven't I found this before?! But yes, a new channel with videos of Alexandra to binge. And then I found out this is the first video and it's really new haha. In other words: Super excited for this!
miekAnn I was thinking the same🤪😀😀
I don't like the desk in the middle of the room.. its awkward
I feel you. But it's for function you know?
I actually like it, I find it helps the space look a bit like an office which is probably necessary for her when interviewing new staff
This is her work room, so it makes sense to me. It makes the space functional rather then just storage. Otherwise you would need to waste wall space to push the deck against a wall.
Why isnt this a playlist on your main channel? *puzzled* I like both!
I love the makeover, but I agree with the comment about dust and vintage fabric. I don’t do resolutions but I do themes. This year is Mastery. Last year was Focus, and I started a new career. This year I want to improve on my skills.
Color,copper and cozy cute. What's not to love !
Great reno In a narrow room! I had a dresser like that, French Provincial, bought at Eaton's in the 1950s. Looks much better toned in pale green and blue. Curtains seriously better than that print one.
Love her, love her style and personality and love how the makeover is making all this shine more!! Yuhuuu
It's always so fun watching your makeovers. Happy New Year to you and thanks for sharing.
Love that this was both an organizing + decorating. Love that it's very distinctly her style and color palette and reasonable price. Great use of space and brings the sunshine in!
The make-over looked gorgeous and really her personality! I also love the fact that Gigi made it clear that it wasn’t a bedsheet, it was a vintage curtain 😂
I change my resolutions with the seasons! But I've never made any resolutions to improve my workspace...until now.
This time very well done...AND no plants or mugs on books !!!
Legends says that Gigi made the mess again
Beautiful and inspiring! I actually spent the 31 Dec. and January first doing my bedroom makeover for a fresh start :)
That custom clothing rack is 😍
Great job! You made that room look amazing. I'm loving this new series, Make My Space Work.
very excited for this series so I can discover new small businesses to check out in Toronto!
Another amazing transformation! Well done!
I would have never thought to put pink, peach and green together, but I love it!! Your choice for the dresser, shelf unit and desk are great and look so nice with the copper pipe! Homerun on this makeover!! 👍🏻
Oh I LOVE this!! I love Vintage too, so this is particularly beautiful to me!
I love this sooo much. Great job, and thank you for the inspiration. I've been trying to figure out what to do, and the copper pipes are just gorgeous!! A perfect starting place for me. TfS!!
Whoa! Alexandra new channel? I don't think I heard you announce this on your channel! I'm such a fan of yours! Nice work. Love the dresser and copper pipes are awesome!
Amazed at how big a transformation this was on such a small budget. Shows that even small little changes can turn something that isn't working for you into a truly inspiring workspace. Great work!
I liveeeee for this. So gorgeous. I live the colors!
Love this new series!
So glad you are doing this series!!
The space turned out amazing ✨💛
OOOOh i didn't know the series would be in a new channel! no wonder I didn't get a notification!
You look hoooottttttt!!!! Love your hair, your skin, your lips, your shirt! Killin it!!!❤
Also, makeover is amazing.
What a difference!
This was such a great makeover! So many tips. Inspiration for myself to declutter my back room :)
Selena Randhawa didn’t realize The Box had a back room!
@@SalPat23 Haters gna Hate
I’m so confused by the random sink 😂
Me too! At first I thought she said bathroom and realized she was saying back room. Teehee 🤪
I'm guessing whatever business rented the space before needed it? And Gigi either can't get rid of it because she's renting or it's expensive to get rid of.
I think that having the sink is a positive asset. This way she can clean her hands prior to handling the garments, which reduces the chance of staining them. This is a beautiful transformation, and on such a tiny budget!
The previous owners might have had a salon. There is usually always a sink in a back room for cleaning bowls/brushes/etc.
Custom fabrics require clean hands. Makes perfect sense.
You did an amazing job on this space. It looks so pretty and organized now.
I loved what you did with this space. It must have been a lot of work, eapecially organizing everything. To answer your question: I make new resolutions every 3 months, because I noticed for a year is often too long. So I cut it up in smaller goals. I talk about my goals and habits on my channel :)
I didn't know you started a new channel! This is great (the more the merrier)!
Beautifully accomplished!!!
Great makeover
Awesome new channel! Thanks!
So cool to see this pop up on my recommended list! I've been to Gigi's store and she's so sweet!
wow! good job! 🙌🏻
Whaaat. Alexandra is going to KILL IT this year. Also, like, now I have TWO channels to enjoy your content (it's actually 3 if you count Coral with BUY OR DIY). YEEEESSSSSS TO ME!!!! I have long term resolutions but year is just a measure of time; the point is to keep working at it until you fulfill it (whether it be 1 week, 3 months or 5 years).
Great job! One suggestion I would make is to sort the clothes by color. It would make everything look much neater. I did this in my own closet and everything looks much more streamlined...plus, it makes everything easier to find, and you know just where to put clothes back after washing. Only took a few minutes.
Really cute. Just some questions/suggestions. 1. Where will she plug in her sewing machine. Will she just have to move to the desk & plug into am extension cord whenever she uses it. 2. I wish she had spray painted the 3rd sales rack to match the other 2 clothing racks. You can buy copper spray paint for really cheap. She still would've been under budget. I just bought metallic spray paint from Target for $5. Otherwise I love this.
This is such a great concept. And I love gigi. I want to check out her place:) her backroom is amazing!
Gorgeous
Awesome use of space!! Could you mention the vintage store? Thanks
The only thing I worry about is that the sheet was hung over the window because of the sunlight damaging the fabrics and now they're hung up right by a sunny window. But if that's the case, that'll be pretty easy for Gigi to fix and otherwise I love the space.
Loving this second channel! ✨
That’s amazing
I like your orange top.
Omg that transformation was like night and day! The outcome was so beautiful!
Alexandra, I think 🤔 that this is my favorite makeover of all the vlogs that I’ve seen 👩🏻🍳🤗
Little pompom on the curtain!! Your signature on every reno 😂
I absolutely love the vintage pieces and colour scheme on this one! What is the name of the recycled furniture store you shopped at?
Instead of resolutions, I like to choose ONE word to carry me through the year. 2019 was "persistent," and that word enabled me to continue a year of decluttering my home. This year's word is "thankful," which I hope will let me see and appreciate all that I have and am able to do. Happy 2020!
I do that too. My word for 2019 was Gratitude, and 2020 Joy.
How do I make my entire place look like this room??? Wow, by far my favorite makeover you’ve done!!!!
the year is 2023, the super Mario movie already came out, and every time peach is mentioned in the video, my brain: "peaches peaches peaches peaches..."
Like many people I have made many resolutions in the past and then didnt really complete. I am now just using January to contemplate what I really need to do to turn my home into a place that makes me happy and not ashamed to invite friends around. I have loads of de-cluttering to do and storage problems. So all this needs to be addressed. So I am looking forward to seeing future videos that could gives me some tips and inspiration. Thank you so much for all you do.
This was one of the best flips I’ve seen yet.
Omg you look so beautiful in the intro part I wish you could do more of that hairstyle the side partition
I’m just ready to declutter my entire house. If only I can find the time and motivation!
I originally thought the dark curtain was to protect the wardrobe from direct 🌞 sunlight.
And for privacy
I think it’s time to get over the open shelving/hanging spaces. Things just collect dust and you would not want dust on vintage fabric.
She could put covered storage on the open shelving, think a prettier version of the plastic bins she had before. But I agree- #protectvintagefabrics !
I love that it was a somewhat narrow, deep room and there was still room to get around to everything, even the desk. Love your channel(s)! I’ve learned so much from your videos. Thank you. 😊
Curious if the copper piping has been treated to prevent oxidization over time as if/when it oxidizes the green can rub off on fabrics?!
So pretty. I’d love to see you do an artist’s work room.
How cute is Gigi!? I LOVE her!
Great transformation, it's beautiful and so much more functional. Loved it.
So for the desk you didnt have to sand it down before you painted it? We've been working on painting our dining set from a dark stain to an off white matte paint and it's such terrible work to sand it all lol
Aw man I just watched everything on this channel 😭 can’t wait for more!!! 💙💙
I LOVED that pipe clothing rack. What a cool idea and functional!
But over time when she can afford it she should get a pax wardrobe floor to cealing on each side of the room instead of the clothing racks. To get the clothing storage more flush to the wall and in 2 levels. One bar high up and one at normal level. Just an idea. I know it's expensive but it would be a smart next step in this space
Hiii :) where is that purple bowl/vase that’s on your shelf from? Or what is it even called. I want to find something similar :) thanks in advance!!
This was a great transformation & I liked the final look a lot... but was it just me, or did Alexandra come off as condescending in this episode (with her jokes about the clutter and the vintage curtain)? Idk, for me it kinda took away from this episode 🤷🏽♀️
LMFAO..... The typewriter notice says; “PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH.” and then she seductively strokes the keys. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 you rebel! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I noticed that too but it looks like she just hovered her fingers over them without actually touching. :)
Gigi....Is So Pretty💕
Sweet girl...good luck to her and her business 👍
I make the same resolutions each year but I also do seasonal refreshers. I moved next door to myself and now I'm REALLY purging stuff that I've accumulated over 20 years of moving around while in the military. There is a lot stuff that doesn't spark joy, just anxiety! OUT. IT. GOES!!!
Omg! Love the pink walls! Looking for a similar color for my bedroom. Is that BM Southern Comfort?
Alexandra's hair in the intro
omg 🥰🥰🥰🥰
This is so inspiring, thank you! So different from other space, I never knew I could like pastel colors! Congrats!
Thank goodness, no Ikea furniture
Which vintage store did you pick up the furniture from?
OMG! that dresser is gorgeous!
Wow. So fun. She seems like a fun person.
Gigi is the best :)
She should hire you to come back and do her whole store! That is so nice.
Absolutely amazing! At first, I thought green and pink 😒 but you made it work beautifully! I LOVE the copper pipes, the space opened up so nicely, and the curtain with the bust was a fantastic touch!!! You are formally invited to my space anytime