A messy week renovating my Paris apartment 

just got a haircut+colour, got a coffee in a bookshop cafe and settling down to watch a purple palace video, life is amazing 💕

While i'm sorry to hear you're dealing with so many unpleasant suprises, I do adore this series. Keeping the living room white for now does feel right in some way, like a true blank canvas where all your art work and wonderfull style can truly shine. You got this!

i didnt look to see if anyone else commented about the tape on your ceiling and i'm no professional but i think thats drywall tape. used where 2 pieces of drywall meet to join them. so don't peel it off! i'd go over it with the wall putty and sand until smooth. hope this helps

Enjoy the journey! There is no rush... it is an art project too :)

Fellow American - caring for an old french apartment here 😊. I would spray vinegar on the dark damp spots on the molding. It will show through the French primer 😒. Also tips: use plaster of Paris for the ceiling - it’s best to use the old artisans materials. Concrete is your enemy on an old rock building - make sure you use lime mortar. Never ever use an acid, bleach or vinegar on old tiles they will cause bloom (white spots). think of them of living breathing things ❤. You can sand the top layer of the tiles. The tape is there to hold 2 pieces of plaster together. Sand, sand, and sand some more- then add plaster. Adding weight on cracked parts will cause it to fail sooner. Keep the plaster ad light as possible- slowly add layers. If the apartment is damp and it needs a good dry out - the oil filled portable heaters are amazing at drying out the stone. Love this series 😍

Shayna! Your attitude and resilience against negative thoughts, situations and energy is very inspiring to me. I'm so excited for this chapter and enjoy watching and learning and growing alongside you. Thank you for sharing!

Does anybody not love this girl?! 😂 Love the affirmations and then "bitch" just has to come into the vlog somewhere, such LOL moments. Loving everything about these vlogs, Shayna, just showing your real life in Paris is such an inspiring dream. Your apartment is going to be just magnificent when fully "Shayna-fied" Rocking it so far! 😁🥰

these ppl being late and not showing up and not even prevenir-ing triggers me so much. major flashbacks to my building repairman who would tell me a time then just not show up, call, then get mad when i call him out. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT PLACE??? right on brand. ANYWAY IT’S ALL TEMPORARY! (till the next time) 😅

This video dropped 6AM for me local time, just started work, listening and watching with my morning iced coffee. Perfect start to a calm day

Shayna, as hard it might be, but these series are giving me so much joy! It feels like I'm partaking in this myself to make the home My home. It gives me so much inspiration to someday own my own home

I bought an old home and I love the charm and character. Your apartment has so much of that. The thing about an older place is it doesn’t have to be perfect, that’s what makes it cozy ❤

I'm loving this series! I believe in you and you can do this!!

i love the lil phrases et mots français in between hehe helps build my vocabs

Congratulations Shayna! your apartment is beautiful, is your own purple palace in Paris! Good luck with the renovations!

Mad respect for all the work you put into renovating your place. I am sweating just by looking at you painting the ceiling 🥵avec les doigts yeah 🤘

Congratulations!! You’re doing great. “Kam kam, Ruz be ruz “ little by little day by day 🙏

I always look forward to my Tuesday mornings with Shayna. 🥰 Thank you for taking the time to share with us what you’ve been up to, despite your busy schedule and all of the stressors as of late! The models for the music video look so cool and are very you- I think it’s going to turn out amazing!

Your videos bring me so much comfort. I've just bought my very first apartment in an old building and all the "surprises" that come up can be so overwhelming

What an exciting time and project for you, your own home that will nourish you. God Bless.

Just an FYI, I also thought it was illegal to use a fireplace in Paris, but the law was changed in 2015 and you now can use them as long as they are not your primary chauffage and you get the ramonage done every year. (And I'm sure you've figured it out by now, but the tape is likely drywall tape - it can start showing through sometimes after a few years depending on how many coats of paint were put on).

You are GREAT INSPIRATION, Shayna! I admire you a lot carrying that ladder home!

Thank you for showing us your renovations Shayna, you're literally the coolest and the most inspiring person! So happy to be on this earth at the same time as you are : )

Thank you for sharing your life happenings……..the renovation is especially interesting to me. It is in the way that you share that interests me. Sometimes I feel like I am watching a foreign film with subtitles and love hearing the beautiful French language. Such a treat!

French-American in the suburbs of Paris here, doing a summer of home renovations. I get it how you become more familiar with the French bricolage words than the English ones, but girl your Franglish is at another level 😅.

Favorite part: “sparkling water hoe” I’m in that club but feel bad about the cans even though I recycle. Love that you are now an apartment archeologist 🤣

Thank you for sharing with us. Im very happy you made that beautiful tiles come to the Surface, they give so much character to the space.White walls is a wise choice, white can become very magical if you play with it with the light, also you can inject color to it with all the stuff you will put in your apartment, the white also will give you a feeling of airy and free space, the space will look bigger and more relaxing. Also the white fits with the classy elegant style from your apartment. Yellow is tricky combined wrong or the wrong tone can give you a a stressing feeling instead or sad instead of happy, also it can make the space look smaller and more saturated, and I dont think it fits with the green pine tone from the fireplace. The brown shelves are beautiful but in your case and the case of your apartment they cut the space, the intention is to make the space look more airy, bigger and relaxing, the brown shelves would look better in white, and it is because the fireplace is white as well, they will make the space look more classy and it keeps the feeling and character form your apartment and the harmony. I also would recommend you to paint white the brown wall besides the shelves and the frame of the window that opens to the kitchen, the brown of the frame also break the space in a way that make it feel smaller and less harmonic. I also recommend you to hang from the height of the ceiling, long wide white translucent Curtins that hang to the floor in the window that opens to the kitchen, you can open them or close then when you want, you can hide the mess in the kitchen but at same time the light will go through from the window of the kitchen and will give you the feeling of a extra window, you can open them and close them when you want but they will give a extra cozy feeling to the room and the sensation of more space, but it is important to paint white the frame of the window, it will look more classy bigger and airy the space, in fact will gove you more feeling of freedom and relax when you paint it white than now that is brown

definitely paint the shelves and the brown wood corner and window frame- it will look so much classier!!! im so sorry to see your roof leaking, i have lived in a home where the roof leaks and it made me dread rain which is sad. i hope u find a solution for it! love your videos and look forward to them!

❤ i would Paint them White :)

you are allowed to use chimneys in Paris if they are safe and if you get them cleaned once a year :)

definitely i would color the wood maybe a bit darker if youre feeling it. I think it would look cute and vintage

I haven't been this early in months. I'm so proud and excited for you ❤

You are amazing, handling multiple projects all the while dealing with issues regarding your new apartment. It's very inspiring seeing how you tackle them with positivity and resourcefulness. Thank you for sharing, and sending nothing but good vibes towards you!

My favorite part is when you are decorating the apartment, and yes, there is always some kind of challenge that presents itself! But you have a great attitude. I also can't wait to see how that video turns out with the tiny art gallery spaces. So cool!

You're so awesome and resourceful!!! Your new home is going to turn out amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Those little rooms your friend crafted are so intriguing - I'm super curious about the song and the video now!

Trop contente de travailler avec toi!!! Hate que le clip vidéo sorte❤️

evertime I watch one of your videos, I know everything will be ok. Watching you face these challenges with your apartment and keeping a positive attitude is really helping me with my own obstacles. I live in a foreign country and have many challenges with my visa and apartment right now, but I know I can conquer this! Thank you Shayna!!

What I enjoyed most of this video is well, everything! I love sharing your experiences with renovating, hearing the ups and downs of your new Paris home, your street scenes, background music and conversations as we walk about-sometimes carrying heavy objects!, love sharing your music journey and all the creative ideas that flow to you and through you to find expression, love how easily you attract new friends and have social gatherings that feel so warm and genuine, love seeing the cool clothes you wear and all your positive affirmations... I could go on and on Shayna❤️ I hope the ceiling leak is an easy and inexpensive fix!! Everything is perfect just as its meant to be!!💖🤗🎯💕🌈🦋💝

i lived at cité fleurie in the 13th when i was studying abroad and it gives me so much joy to see you walking the same streets i used to and i can live it all again thru your videos! i even passed you on the street once and was so upset with myself for not saying hello lol best of luck with all your renovations its so beautiful so far

Leave the wood as it is!

Shayna, you look so at ease walking in the street en route to the DIY shop- it's really nice to see😊 Also, recommend getting an angled brush for 'cutting in' when painting skirting boards- I did my friends apartment last year & the right tools made it so much easier x

Enjoying my wine while watching.. beaming with joy for you!!!

i think the shelves would look amazing white

Very excited to see the future potentially "mood-boardesque" process and experimenting for deciding on the colours and decor! Hope the nasty suprises stop !!

What great art project and there is no rush... enjoy your journey :)

What I like most in your videos at the moment is all the bricolage and your explanations, shopping for DIY, paint etc, as I'm planning to sell up my London flat (so make it look nicer), and buy in France. I'm now dealing with freehold stuff, which doesn't exist in France, ça donne de l'anxiété ces trucs. So, it's all very relevant to me at the moment.

Loving this beautiful developing home renovation story, bonne chance!

You should watch some youtube vids on plastering. The tape goes over the seams of the drywall to create a seal then the plaster goes over that as flat as possible and then is sanded when dry. They obviously didn't put enough plaster to cover the tape.

your apartment will always need your care, hopefully never too serious! I have been in my house since 2008 and I don't think we'll ever finish repairs. It was built in 1890 and there's always something! Just enjoy the ride!

Joint compound is magic babe! You can do it! Joint compound all holes and cracks, let dry, sand, then you can add whatever texture you want your walls to be. Edit: I can see you are already on this track, I didn’t wait long enough in the video to get to that part lol ❤

You’ll feel so accomplished. Thank you for letting us into your story.

Paint the shelves! Make it match the wall and look built in

I love watching you create your space. I'm doing the same thing in my New York space.

Leak from the roof? Cela est un vice caché, n’est ce pas? Donc, this should have been disclosed at the time of sale. (Here in ⚜️🇨🇦, we have a law whereby u can go back to seller and impose he pay for repairs as …un vice caché should have been disclosed at the time of sale. Perhaps they have a similar Law in 🇫🇷? On sais jamais? 🤷‍♀️ Get in touch with your Realtor and look into this pls. Good luck hon. You are doing an amazing job avec ton apart…je te souhaite une très bonne journée ma belle. 🙏

Just grates my gears when workmen ar elate or no show , so disrespectful of Your Precious Time and Creativity !! So good to learn new skills though and seeing You have fun in between ... WOOHOO on actually having Your Own Sacred Space ! The Universe had the painters do the tiles white JUST so You could uncover the Treasures beneath lol

She collects Rocks

Thanks for taking us along on your journey in renovating your beautiful apartment!! So jelly!!! Much love ❤️🎉✨✌️

having sublet neighbors isn’t bad actually because they sort of operate in a grey area, so mine have always been quiet and considerate. it will all work out with the renovations! all the best 💜

I really loved this 🤗

I would stain the wood darker rather than painting it :))

I would absolutely love a video on your journals! ❤

SHAYNA you’re killing it ❤❤❤❤❤ xoxo

By the way I love watching you working on your beautiful home. You are something girl. You are inspiring me to clean🍷

❤white living room..striking canvas..love it

the idea of buying the space on the roof is great , you could have your bedroom there and get more space and it can be very cozy

this series is amazing love!!! thank you so much for sharing the whole process!! you are doing such a good job with the apartment as well!!! and your energy is infectious💗💗💗

so interesting your apartment updates! 😄

I love these renovation videos so much!!☺️✨ so inspiring!! I am also loving how you’re including more French in recent videos. As someone who hopes to be fluent someday it’s so helpful and fun to learn all these new vocabulary words :) mercii beaucoup !!💗

The set design has a hole in the roof like your home which is actually perfect!

Paint the shelves white! :3

Love watching the Reno. Keep it up

The tape: bet it's a base for putting the filler, so the cut that they used (to run wiring maybe?) winds up forming a channel, that the tape seals. There's actually a kind of mesh tape used here in the states to go under plaster or drywall mud or filler, called, drywall tape or mesh tape. Could it be that?

I'm going to guess and say that the tape on ceiling is "drywall" tape. Sometimes a mesh, sometimes a paper that is placed where the two pieces of drywall are connected. Usually you use joint compound to spread over tape area and then sand it down to smooth/blend level to the wall. I don't know what material your ceiling (or walls) are made up of, but try to get experts opinion if joint compound will work on adhering to the areas you need to fix (cracks, etc.). If it looks like tape is holding - I would just use a putty knife/spackle tool to appy a layer over it and then let it dry and sand it down with drywall mesh "sandpaper". Best of luck.

you have been looking extra gorgeous lately ❤

You can EASILY do this !! Painting a walls, ceiling and molding is so simple . You can even repair wood moldings with wood spackle or wood filling paste - tons of RU-vid vids. Also you can usually buy replacement moldings at a utility store or used building supply store. They are just either wood that u nail up or glue it. Also ask your neighbors for handyman refferal s or a hardware store clerk or owner - they know all people as they shop there Best wishes - LOVE your new shelves. Plumbing, electrical, gas or any Window replacement should be outsourced. I just redid the framing and siding on my garage with youtube and it was easy. You can you do it 😊

Love seeing this process and excited to see what’s to come. And.. hope there might be a meetup this weekend then! Visiting Paris this week and would love to come! All the best

I’m actually going to be in Paris for the first time ever this October between October 17th and the 22nd!! Does anybody know if there’s a Patreon meet up happening around then? If so I would definitely sign up to be a supporter and come meet this Faerie 💜

Loving this journey with you

So happy you’re releasing “f*ck the art world”… it’s a banger😎

This is so exciting.🥳

It is rather frustrating when contractors don't show up or even bother to let you know what's going on. It happens where I live, and you wonder if there are anyone out there to help lol. Beside the few flaws in your apartment, it is still an amazing beautiful space and by decorating and fixing things will bring you closer to it. You're journey always inspires me to try new things too. Have fun and always see the light at the end.

Such a cute place, and all of that natural light! I’m 100% jealous! You did good :0) My friend in the 9th is having some plumbing work done and 4 plumbers have given her the run around, including each of them being late…every time hahaha Sorry about your roof issue. Bonne chance!

Really love following your journey! Would you mind doing more videos in French?

Nice affirmations.

damn you been looking so good lately. nice work on your apt too.

Purple plaster of Paris palace

Did you not get a survey done before you bought it to find out if there were any issues with the flat? Its a norm in the UK to do that...

The patreon meet ups make me wish I lived in France 😭

Girl you’re awsome.❤

Looks lovely! What's the size? I'm trying to get inspiration for mine eventually!

J'ai pas fini de regarder ta vidéo mais pour ton parquet peint, je sais pas si tu as vu que Aline Dessine a fait des vidéos rénovation et dedans elle a essayé plusieurs techniques pour enlever aussi de la peinture sur du bois elle-même, peut-être que ça pourrait t'intéresser :) Courage et bonne rénovation!! 💪💚

I can't wait to see those tomettes (sp?) En tant que québécoise j'ai jamais entendu ce nom...

I'm really excotied for this house project, maybe because you are fulill a dream that i will never make True. I didn't put my roots anywhere, i plan to travel Europe jumping form place to place, and i don't intend to buy an apartment anywhere, especially not with a loan. To me an apartment would be a burden right now and în close future, don't know about the distant future yet, but i don't seem myslef buying one. Yet i love decorating and i love working on it, and i am always fascinate when people start decorating the place they own 🤩 i know you had this dream and i love seeing you fulfil one more of your wishes ❤️ thank you for giving us an insight of this entire project, step by step ❤️❤️❤️

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❤️❤️❤️ love ya shayna

26:48 me af🤣

I don't think the cable is coming through the wall, its the mesh they use to hold the filler from falling inside the wall. Just put some more filler over it and you should be good.

Leave the shelves unpainted! Looking good

Bonjour, pas cool pour la fuite. Vice caché ?! Ça y ressemble en effet. Ne pas tarder à entamer une procédure si c'est le cas. Bon courage pour la suite 💪

Hey would you consider getting a stabilizer of sorts for your camera? Hard to focus on all your great words and thoughts with soooo much shaky-ness! 💙✨