my bright & colourful home + office | apartment tour

H. So, this is the living room. I want

to talk about this area first. I show it in a lot of videos and I spend a lot of time here. It was also probably my

time here. It was also probably my favorite area in my house. So, yeah,

let's start here.

So, as you can probably tell, we have a lot of light in our apartment. This is

probably the best part about this apartment. These huge windows that run

apartment. These huge windows that run across the living room space is just amazing. The windows here, we face

amazing. The windows here, we face northwest and I get a lot of natural light throughout the day. In the morning in particular, just direct sunlight.

Boom. Super nice orange. Casts a very nice glow across the house. And I love waking up to that. It is it is an amazing feeling. But because of this as

amazing feeling. But because of this as well, it is very hot, especially during summer. We have these blinds thankfully,

summer. We have these blinds thankfully, which keep a lot of light out. And it

does make a big difference just dayto-day. Now, just to be clear, I

dayto-day. Now, just to be clear, I moved in here, I don't know, maybe less than 6 months ago, and my girlfriend Mi, she's been living here for about 5 years at this point. So, a lot of this stuff,

we kind of just stylized it together, but it was mostly her. Now, the

statement piece of this room is definitely the stainless steel shelving system right here.

In almost every video I make, I get questions asking where is this shelving unit from. This is from Muji. This is

unit from. This is from Muji. This is

known as the SUS shelving system. And

there are three different variations. I

think the the three different shelving systems all share the same base wire frame and then the actual shelf is just different material, but we opted to get the stainless steel version. I think

this has such a cool look. Over on to my left here as well, we actually have a lowrise version of the SUS shelving system. This is in like a powdered white

system. This is in like a powdered white finish. That was the only one available

finish. That was the only one available at the time, otherwise maybe we would have got the stainless to match it, but it has a very clean look as well. One

thing I do have to say about the stainless steel is that it does get quite dirty and it's quite noticeable as well. In comparison, this white shelf

well. In comparison, this white shelf over here, it gets dirty as well, but you know, it's not as visible. We have a cat. Got is the editing supervisor of uh

cat. Got is the editing supervisor of uh of this household. He sheds a lot of hair. So, you see hair everywhere, but

hair. So, you see hair everywhere, but for some reason, this this low-rise shelf, it seems to always stay kind of clean looking. This shelf has been here

clean looking. This shelf has been here for about 5 years. So, it has accumulated a lot of trinkets and books and stuff over the time. So, let me share just a couple of my favorite

things. This clock right here, this is a

things. This clock right here, this is a flip clock from Twimco. It is a beautiful statement piece that I like having on the shelf here because it adds

a nice pop of color. This orange flip clock, I think it also gives a bit of character. I I love stuff like this,

character. I I love stuff like this, little contraptions that move, mechanical things. You know me, I love

mechanical things. You know me, I love cameras and stuff, so this is right up my alley. I was actually gifted this.

my alley. I was actually gifted this.

Um, and yeah, super grateful for this.

Just sits on the shelf. To accompany

this, I have a portable lamp from Hey, I actually have two of these. This red

one, this is the POW lamp. This one

here, I kind of I think it's called the PC lamp. And they're different because

PC lamp. And they're different because this one you can actually see the light through the top section here whereas this one is solid. Much more viby a little bit more practical. But these

both kind of live around here. And yeah,

I just utilize them throughout different situations if we're having dinner or just to give a bit of light and character to this background section. So

to be honest, none of the books behind me are my books. I'll show you some of the cool ones, though. This right here is a book of 1,000 different chairs, design books. Very nice to just like

design books. Very nice to just like flick through, get a little bit of inspiration from. I love chairs. I love

inspiration from. I love chairs. I love

design. I love interior stuff. So, this

is kind of right up my alley. I have

flicked through this a couple of times.

Down here, we have a selection of manga.

This one in particular is Dormo. If you

guys know Dormo, he is an OG. I actually

think I had these from when I was a kid.

So, this is pretty cool. My mom, she was like, "Hey, look what I found." And then she passed these over to me. So, they're

kind of just sitting here. And there's a little bit of a collection. It's not

like everything, but these are pretty cute. Okay, so now this is Gacha. This

cute. Okay, so now this is Gacha. This

is the editing supervisor I was just talking about. He started his shift. And

talking about. He started his shift. And

we've actually got a little bit of a mascot collection of little gachis right behind us over here. Mi's got a little bit of an obsession with little decor

cats. Got a little family. They're

cats. Got a little family. They're

having a Enkai, little bit of a party.

We also have another guty here. This is

GI as well. We have a little bit of a vinyl collection. We have a vinyl player

vinyl collection. We have a vinyl player just here as well, which is very cool.

We honestly don't use it too much in um the future. I do want to utilize it a

the future. I do want to utilize it a little bit more, but I also need to get some kind of speaker system that will work well with it. Anyway, we have a couple. Anyway, shout out to Sileru.

couple. Anyway, shout out to Sileru.

Shout out to the internet. Shout out

Miaakisan. Shout out to the boys. Oh

yeah, over here we actually have my silver play button for YouTube, which is kind of cool. I always forget that this is here. But yeah, um it's a very cool

is here. But yeah, um it's a very cool one to just have on display just in the corner. But I worked hard for this one.

corner. But I worked hard for this one.

Thank you. You may notice over here we have some alcohol. We don't really drink that much, but we kind of just bring some back every time we go to Japan. and

it is just accumulated. This was a special one we got from Uji. It's a very pretty bottle. It actually smells quite

pretty bottle. It actually smells quite amazing. Very,

amazing. Very, very sweet. Umeu soda during the summer.

very sweet. Umeu soda during the summer.

Maybe we would actually drink all of this. I don't know. There's also a

this. I don't know. There's also a couple of plants hanging around. I say

hanging around because there was a lot more before, but they've all kind of died because it's just a little bit too much maintenance. It's extremely hot and

much maintenance. It's extremely hot and yeah, not too many of those friends have survived. But I've got one big plant

survived. But I've got one big plant over here which is my friend. So my

friend over here, this guy, my fus, I have had this little plant since he was probably about like this tall. I

remember purchasing him from the nursery and then at that point like everybody was growing their own fiddle leaf figs and yeah I just hopped on the train and

it has been maybe like 3 or 4 years I think since I got this and it has grown just as tall as me. Actually it's taller than me now. So congratulations. He is

extremely healthy. When we moved in here, he had no problem adapting to this like pretty bright but semi- dark environment. Seems to be okay. I just

environment. Seems to be okay. I just

give him a water every single day and yeah, super healthy and happy.

Our couch here, this is from Muji. This

is their unit sofa and we actually kind of broke it. I don't know. We're just

sitting on it one day and then I think the frame collapsed on the inside. So,

we kind of supplement it with pillows right now. But yeah, this is easily

right now. But yeah, this is easily replaceable. You just purchase another

replaceable. You just purchase another unit, replace it. That's how it is. But

surrounding it, everything is quite low here. And I really enjoy that because we

here. And I really enjoy that because we have a low table here. Sometimes we eat dinner here. We sit on the floor. We use

dinner here. We sit on the floor. We use

like a zabaton, one of these cushions, or I have this little fold out snow peak cushion that I often sit on right here while just eating food. And yeah, I actually really enjoy sitting low to the

ground. It kind of gives you that

ground. It kind of gives you that feeling that the ceiling is much higher than it actually is. Surrounding the

couch, we've got a couple of things.

Firstly, you might have noticed our friend here. Pikachu.

friend here. Pikachu.

>> Pikachu.

>> It's a very, very nice squishy friend.

>> She sits over there. We've also got this rug by Stusy. Now, this I bought a long time ago and I get a lot of questions about this as well. But this is just a

throw Stissusy made quite a while ago and yeah, it's a very nice soft billiards pattern kind of tapestry that I just keep on the side here. A little

bit of decoration, but also when you're a little cold, you can just grab it and use that as a blanket. I've got another one over there. It's just like a blue indigo dyed cotton piece that I got from

Japan a little while ago. And they kind of just decorate the piece, give it a bit more color, and yeah, it's just things that I really like. This rug

here, it ties everything together. It's

from Broa. And because of the stainless steel, the white walls, the wooden floors and stuff, this very subtle checker print, it gives a lot of just

balance, I think, to the area without really being too loud, which is just nice.

You might not be able to see me too well, but I hope you can see this stuff around me. This right here is a really

around me. This right here is a really nice floor to ceiling cap tower that we have, and Gacha loves it. He sits in this bowl here. He can sit on the roof

there. He actually never really sits on

there. He actually never really sits on this hammock. But this, I believe, is a

this hammock. But this, I believe, is a great great addition to the home. We

upgraded from a fabric cat tower because it was kind of hard to clean and it was a little bit unesthetic. So, we upgraded to this. It's got a nice plywood finish,

to this. It's got a nice plywood finish, multiple levels, floor to ceiling, and there's no like random parts that we need to connect it to anything. It kind

of just compresses against the roof and the floor and stays in place. So, it's

very clean. On the floor here, we have his little food station which dispenses food every now and then. It's like on a timer, so we don't need to worry about

that. And he can have his little treats.

that. And he can have his little treats.

If you're new to the channel, I work as a freelance videographer as well as doing content creation. So, a lot of the time I'm actually here at home working.

And so I needed to create a good balance between work and life. So having my desk was a bit of a question mark. What do we

do with it? As you can probably tell, this is the solution. After moving in, there has been a couple of changes.

Firstly, the two working desks, they weren't there. This dining table, it was

weren't there. This dining table, it was arranged the other way. And then this light fixture, the mirror, and then some of the other little decoration pieces weren't there either. And yeah,

essentially I need to work here. So

creating a work life balance was very important. And having my desks kind of

important. And having my desks kind of like separated from the rest of the room without any like barriers was a pretty important thing for me. This is my desk.

I spend a lot of time here. What I have is an IKEA table. This is quite cheap.

It's very not deep. So, this allows me to have a small little table set up in the corner without like intruding on the rest of the living space. I have a A1

sized cutting mat from JK Crafts. This I

just found on Amazon and it is a great like it's a cool look. I think I usually work with the Apple ecosystem. So, Apple

keyboard. I've got a studio display from Apple. I've got a couple of charging

Apple. I've got a couple of charging things on the side here. Things that I use all the time. lip balms, hand creams, eye drops, etc. I've got my headset. I've got this lamp from IKEA.

headset. I've got this lamp from IKEA.

And yeah, it's a fairly simple setup, but it's exactly what I need. So, yeah,

that's good. And on the floor here, I have a little crate from Hey. I love

these crates. They're so versatile.

They're very colorful. So many different colors. And this is a mediumsiz one that

colors. And this is a mediumsiz one that I use to collect and just hold a lot of my magazines and stuff. These I actually look upon them quite often for reference

and inspiration, especially when doing any kind of design work because I find a lot of cool things in here. Also, it's

just a nice little flick through, especially if friends come over, you just like bring out the crate, everybody picks out like a magazine, and there's I

think something for everyone in here. I

have a Herman Miller sale chair. I got

this secondhand for a great price. And

the cool thing is it actually perfectly fits into this area. Looks really cool.

Yeah, this is the IKEA chair. This is

also a great one. This one doesn't have wheels though, so yeah, we just got to move that across. This is the dining table. I've got a nice blue indigo

table. I've got a nice blue indigo cotton throw on it at the moment. I

think these soft furnishing items are really great, versatile pieces that you can use as a throw. I use it as a runner in this case just to give a bit of home

homey feeling. I think there's also a

homey feeling. I think there's also a lot of blue items around. It's my

favorite color by the way. We've got

this Helenox chair in a paisley color. I

got this from my sister. So good. I keep

this here because well, you can never have enough chairs, I think. Across we

have some lighting pieces. Now, this one is a pendant light that I installed, I think, as soon as I moved in because, yeah, I wanted to bring my pendant from

my old room across to here, keep it alive, and this little sticky adhesive hook on the roof. I'm not too sure how that's going to go when if I remove it

one day, but we'll have to see. It has

been very secure since then. I've also

got down here, hard to tell, but it's an Akari lamp. It is a rectangle shape that

Akari lamp. It is a rectangle shape that I found in Japan. Very lucky to have found it. And it has been a great little

found it. And it has been a great little friend. In all of the lights here, I

friend. In all of the lights here, I have Philips Hue bulbs. So, I can just change the brightness as well as the color in it. I like to keep it at a nice warm color, especially in the evenings.

It has a much softer home feeling, and I feel very comfortable with that. And

it's especially beautiful at night. I'll

probably put on a clip to show you guys how this place is during the evening when the sun sets because it really does transform. This big mirror, this is also

transform. This big mirror, this is also from IKEA. It's been a game changer. I

from IKEA. It's been a game changer. I

had it at my old place, but bringing it here, putting it on this wall, it almost makes the room feel bigger because of the reflection. It's also extremely

the reflection. It's also extremely practical because I don't know if I'm getting ready to go out or something.

It's a full-size mirror so you can just check your outfit. I always use it. And

having it here, it also reflects the light. So, it kind of makes you feel

light. So, it kind of makes you feel like there's more pendant lights in the room. It's It's great. And over on this

room. It's It's great. And over on this side, I actually have a koiish. This is

a koi noi. It is a Japanese tradition, a common thing for children's day. And I

have this mini red and gold colored one from Beams. Beams Japan. They sell so many cool things. This in particular I found online and it was just so cool I had to get it. And I kind of just love

having it hung on the roof here. It

gives a nice pop of color. As I'm

explaining everything, I've noticed that I have a lot of red/ orange things as well as blue items. I think nice bold strong colors.

Down in the corner here, this is a very sentimental piece for me. This is a calendar. It's a wood block print. So

calendar. It's a wood block print. So

you carve out and then you print it onto a piece of paper. This is something my granddad actually made. Now this one in particular is special because it is

my birthday year calendar 1999. And then

so January the 1st which is my birthday is physically here on the print which is very special to me because this is my birthday calendar if that makes sense.

This is also a print of the station near my grandma's house. And yeah, we were honestly just looking through a lot of his prints that he made when he passed away last year. And this one really

struck to me. So I decided I'm going to keep it. I'm going to frame it and I'm

keep it. I'm going to frame it and I'm going to put it somewhere so I can always remember him. And yeah, this sits perfectly just on the floor over here.

Maybe one day I can hang it on the wall or something, but yeah, this is a nice one. I like having that there. Now, you might be curious,

that there. Now, you might be curious, but behind here, these curtains here, we actually have our balcony. And this just looks onto the road. We live next to a pretty busy street, so it gets quite

loud. So, the double glazed window and

loud. So, the double glazed window and the door we have here does a really good job at keeping that away from in here.

But, we just hang our washing out there.

We don't really have anything special, so not much to show you guys.

We're in the kitchen now. I like eating out a lot, but I also like to cook at home. So, we've got a very nice big

home. So, we've got a very nice big kitchen top here, which is just a lifesaver when it comes to preparing food and everything. Underneath, I've

actually got two little trolleys. These

are IKEA trolley that I picked up as soon as I moved in, and they just been a lifesaver in terms of storage for miscellaneous things. I keep all of my

miscellaneous things. I keep all of my coffee gear up here, and I keep like my breakfast stuff underneath it. Yeah, I

think this it could live in the shelves, but it's stuff that I access pretty much every single day. So, why not have it somewhere accessible and easy to clean

up and just pack away? Storage for pots and pans and stuff, which is also extremely handy. More storage. If you

extremely handy. More storage. If you

cook at home or use the kitchen quite a lot, then I'm sure you understand how nice it is to have a big open kitchen and especially one where I'm looking, like just looking out here right now, I

see the trees and everything. It is just so bright and beautiful. It's a great place.

I start every single day off with coffee. So, I've got a couple of

coffee. So, I've got a couple of different filter kits. And this one is my favorite at the moment. It is like this nice handmade steel one with little bronze rivets and stuff. It's very cool.

Kettle and grinder behind me. This is

from Bario. extremely well-made products and it just really elevates that whole coffee making experience that I do every single day. I can't live without it.

single day. I can't live without it.

Being on the second floor, it gives us a bit of space from the main road that we are next to, but it also gives us an eyline view with the trees. I personally

can't live without good lighting and nature especially. So having both of

nature especially. So having both of them right in front of my eyes as I work, as I cook food, as I relax, it is such a great thing. I'm very aware how lucky I am with this situation here,

moving into a place that has already been semi-furnished, not having to start from scratch. And yeah, this has been a

from scratch. And yeah, this has been a great place that I've been staying at for the last half a year. You guys seem to love it as well, and I'm glad to be able to share it with you guys through

today's video.

The lighting is much nicer here, isn't it? If you've been subscribed watching

it? If you've been subscribed watching the channel for a long time, then you'd already know that I love interior decor.

All of these furniture items and stuff.

It has really become a passion of mine.

I think especially as I'm home a lot, I just want to make my home feel comfortable, feel very cozy, and also quite aesthetic. I think I thrive in

quite aesthetic. I think I thrive in that sort of environment. And I love looking online, finding new purchases and stuff, especially vintage finds when I get the chance. But if you've noticed,

I haven't really been buying anything recently for the house. And there is a good reason for that. And is because we are going to be moving out. I love

waking up every single morning watching the sunrise just over through the window and then enjoying the evenings with our ambient lights and cooking food here.

It's really a dream come true. And

living in Sydney, I've been here my whole life, but I am half Japanese as you guys may know. And my other half of my heritage, it's over in Japan. I spend

a lot of time there for work and I've got my friends over there, too. And we

figured that it'd be a fun time to try living over there. So,

sad news, but exciting news. I'm going

to be moving to Tokyo, Japan next year.

Hopefully, everything goes smoothly. But

because that is already decided, I haven't been purchasing anything for the apartment here, which it has taken a lot of self-control. But I know Tokyo, the

of self-control. But I know Tokyo, the environment there is already an incredible place. I've been there so

incredible place. I've been there so often recently, especially just to build connections and hang out with my friends who also do similar things. Gaku and

Peace, I'm sure you're watching this, shout out to you guys. I don't think any of this would be possible without you two. You guys watching the videos as

two. You guys watching the videos as well, I'm sure you know of them. They're

like my best buddies that are over in Tokyo. They are they inspire me to work

Tokyo. They are they inspire me to work harder to make videos with higher quality and to share my stories. And

without my friends and a support system, moving over there without any sort of foundation would have been really difficult. But having that makes it a

difficult. But having that makes it a lot easier for me mentally at least. I

haven't actually done the move yet. You

guys have any suggestions for furniture pieces and stuff, please let me know because I'm going to start researching, putting together mood boards, trying to figure this stuff out because this will be the first apartment or house that I

move into where it is completely my control. Well, with Mi, of course, but

control. Well, with Mi, of course, but from scratch. We're going to be building

from scratch. We're going to be building our new home, and I'm very excited for that. Anyway, that has been enough

that. Anyway, that has been enough rambling and chatting for one video, I think. So, I'm going to leave you here.

think. So, I'm going to leave you here.

I hope you have a nice day or night wherever you are and I will see you in the next video. Peace.