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TheSorryGirls gives a bestie's whole apartment a renter-friendly reset

Kelsey MacDermaid builds the makeover around the sisters' existing belongings, with a temporary "decor store" and a dance pole on the must-have list.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 173,171 views a day, 5.8 times a normal first day on this channel (29,823).

I decorated my bestie's ENTIRE apartment | very renter-friendly

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1:35Arianna makes reinstalling the dance pole a priority for the apartment makeover.
7:34Kelsey gathers movable decorations into an entryway "decor store" to reuse throughout the apartment.
9:21Living room rearranging begins, including a curtain hack that conceals the grommets.
20:41A family-sourced vintage TV console joins the living room alongside a thrifted Parsons coffee table.
30:08Amber window film softens harsh lighting in the hallway and kitchen.
33:38Arianna and Katia return for the room-by-room reveal.

Arianna had one important condition for her best friend Kelsey MacDermaid: don't make moving out difficult. She also had a nonnegotiable addition for the apartment she shares with her sister Katia: the dance pole needed to return.

That combination sets the brief for TheSorryGirls' "I decorated my bestie's ENTIRE apartment | very renter-friendly," which drew about 86,000 views in eight hours. That's already well beyond the roughly 30,000 views a regular upload usually receives across its whole first day.

Kelsey has already made over Arianna's patio. Inside, the challenge isn't a lack of furniture or personality. The sisters have pieces they want to keep, but the rooms need pulling together. Rather than emptying the apartment and starting again, Kelsey gathers its movable decorations into an entryway "decor store" she can shop as she works.

Furniture changes rooms, curtains reshape the windows, and a vintage TV console collected from the sisters' family joins a thrifted Parsons coffee table. Kelsey creates a bar with a cowhide-topped console and a wine rack, then uses amber window film to soften harsh lighting. The video includes a sponsored art-and-frame segment from Desenio.

Viewers are discussing that emphasis on rearranging rather than replacing. Several point to the reuse of the sisters' own decor; others debate the layered rugs and the size of the mirror over the bed. Even a makeover built around keeping things can leave plenty to argue about aesthetically.

The return visit gives those decisions a personal payoff. Arianna becomes emotional on seeing her bedroom, while the sisters work their way through the details Kelsey has placed around their home.

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What viewers say

One of my favorite episodes. You worked with what they had and transformed the whole living space.
@TiaMarcia173See it on YouTube
Team pink curtains!
@EvelinKiss-e7mSee it on YouTube
I love how they noticed every detail that was so sweet to watch🩷
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I loved that you used so much of their own decor. The colours are so different but combined they give sophisticated but cozy. Amazing job! I can see the mirror over the bed as a start to a vintage mirror gallery wall. You give me hope that all I need is to look at my hoard...I mean decor, and rearrange them to find my joy, LOL!
@carolynm6836See it on YouTube
This was an amazing transformation for what I consider a very difficult space. And I really appreciate that it didn't involve "color drenching" ,or other painting , or putting huge holes in the walls that most landlords where I've lived wouldn't allow. I also love that she used what the sisters already had.
@knitbbSee it on YouTube
I love that this was such a massive makeover of so many rooms and which you must put a lot of thought into but you made it feel effortless, mostly I think
because so much of it was about repositioning what they already had into a better and more cohesive layout.
@journeytakesatripSee it on YouTube
This makeover is such a loveletter to your friends. So beautiful kelsey, well done. Super impressive
@ZackMoody-o5eSee it on YouTube
I LOVE this video format. A low cost styling centric make over is so helpful and inspiring to see
@maggiehall8501See it on YouTube