00:00This is my dresser.
00:02Fun fact, I didn't do the best job building it,
00:05so these bottom two are out of service.
00:07I literally can't open them.
00:08They're just for show, but nobody knows that.
00:10Hi, it's Umi.
00:11I'm here with Refinery29.
00:13Welcome to my dream digs.
00:15Before you come in, let's get comfy.
00:19Perfect, come on in.
00:22Welcome to my room.
00:25The overall style of this room is peaceful sanctuary vibes.
00:29Especially in the colors.
00:34Let's start off with my bed over here.
00:37So it's made out of sustainable cotton.
00:40Both my comforter and the cover,
00:42everything is made of sustainable material.
00:44I never eat food on my bed.
00:46That is a rule that I've set for myself.
00:49The more things you do on your bed,
00:50the harder it is to sleep.
00:51So all I do on my bed is sleep or read.
00:54Oh, over here on my bed,
00:56I have my favorite stuffed animal named Bluey or Squishy.
01:00I've had Bluey since I was seven,
01:03and I carry her, them with me everywhere that I go.
01:08The quirkiest thing in my room are all the pen stains on my bed.
01:12I'll journal when I go to sleep,
01:13and I'll fall asleep while I'm journaling,
01:14and I'll wake up with like my pen on the bed.
01:17And my pillows,
01:19I learned that square pillows are actually better to sleep on.
01:22They're better for your posture when you're sleeping.
01:24So another life hack right there.
01:26Get yourself a square pillow.
01:28And then I have my two just comfy pillows back there.
01:31They're also made of sustainable cotton.
01:33Over here we have some tapestry.
01:35We have my fairy lights just to like give the room a little sparkle.
01:38And then if you can see up there,
01:40I have my dream catchers that I put on top of my bed.
01:43They say dream catchers help you to attract your dreams,
01:47your manifestations,
01:48and to really just have more peaceful, beautiful rest.
01:51Next to my bed, I have my vision board.
01:55I made this last year.
01:56Every like three years or so,
01:58I like to make a new vision board to like level up my dreams and goals.
02:02I like to wake up in the morning,
02:04look at that vision board,
02:05remind myself that anything is possible.
02:09Over here next to my bed,
02:11I have this lovely, lovely plant.
02:14This plant hasn't channeled me a name yet.
02:16Usually I'll like get to know a plant and they'll tell me what their name is.
02:19But the energy of the plant is very sweet, very loving.
02:23When I have bad dreams at night,
02:25sometimes I'll reach my hand down and just hold the plant.
02:29Welcome to this part of my room.
02:31As you can see, I have even more plants over here.
02:37Then we have my sound bowls.
02:40I love sound bowls.
02:41So apart from just singing my music,
02:44I like to incorporate different healing frequencies.
02:47I like to do sound baths for friends, families, etc.
02:51So I can give you a little sneak peek.
03:08It's nice to wake up, go to sleep to these.
03:11Like already, I feel a lot calmer.
03:13You can probably even hear it in my voice.
03:15My biggest splurge in my room is probably my sound bowls.
03:18I feel like every dollar I spent on my sound bowls has returned to me in the form of inner
03:23peace.
03:23So I'm very proud of those purchases.
03:26Next to my sound bowl is one of my favorite crystals.
03:30I got it in Hawaii.
03:32Amethyst is good for your third eye, for dreams, for healing.
03:35I like that it's a circle and it has like a little hole through it.
03:41I just feel like it's like channeling my dreams and my energy into this.
03:46Behind my amethyst, I have the selenite crystal.
03:49Selenite is good for amplification, purification.
03:53It's kind of like math.
03:54So you put this behind any crystal that you like.
03:57It helps to amplify the energy of it.
03:59Then behind here, I have some of my jewelry.
04:02I get a lot of my jewelry from the farmer's market actually
04:05and like flea markets, like the ones I'm wearing right now.
04:08Every week, I also like to go to the farmer's market and get flowers
04:12and make flower arrangements.
04:13It's been a new hobby I just started.
04:15And then right here, we have my painting.
04:18I love to just surround my space with art.
04:21This one was inspired by nature and jellyfish.
04:24So I feel like you can feel both the energies there.
04:27Right here's my little creative corner.
04:29So as you can see, I painted on my wall.
04:31About like a month ago, I randomly woke up in the middle of the night
04:35and I was like, I need to paint my wall.
04:37Started with this tree over here.
04:39And since then, my friends will come by and they'll just add little pieces
04:42to my wall, like this little jellyfish my friend added.
04:46And I also painted my mirror to kind of go with it.
04:48I feel like it brings more forest energy and fun to the room.
04:52My 10-year-old self would probably love this room,
04:55especially the painting on the wall,
04:58because I've always loved to draw.
05:00I think little Umi would love to be here.
05:03I have affirmations.
05:04So I like to keep sticky notes of affirmations around my house
05:08and in my room to just send positivity my way.
05:11I am exactly where I'm meant to be.
05:14That one hits.
05:15Every time I say it, I'm like, yes, I am.
05:17If you come down here, I like to keep like a little stack of books.
05:21I like to sit here and read sometimes or paint my wall.
05:25Over here, we have my yoga mat.
05:27Doing yoga every day helps me to stay grounded and connected to my body.
05:31The next part of my room is my closet over here.
05:34So I'm going to give you a little sneak peek.
05:36Lately, I've been practicing minimalism.
05:38I've donated about 75% of the clothes I have,
05:42and I'm working to only have clothes that bring me joy when I look at them.
05:46I notice sometimes I hold on to pieces just for the sentiment.
05:50I have a lot of really fun pieces in here.
05:53Most of these are thrifted.
05:55I have a lot of cute pants.
05:56I have a pants thing like these pants.
05:58I love pants.
05:59This side of my closet is mainly like my jackets.
06:02I love layering pieces.
06:04And I've currently been on like a patchwork face.
06:07And this hat.
06:08I'm not going to wear it right now, but this hat I got,
06:10I found on like the side of the street at this little stand.
06:13I actually have a whole collection of notebooks.
06:16My journals are very, very special to me.
06:19I have a collection of journals that I've kept since I was four or five.
06:25I really, really love sometimes to sit back and look at all the different journals that I have
06:30and reflect on how much growth I've gone through.
06:33My journals are like this time capsule of life that I get to keep and I love.
06:37I have a cute little bag collection over here.
06:40I really like colorful bags.
06:41And I went through a basket phase.
06:45So I have like a lot of cute basket bags.
06:48Over here we have my lovely guitar.
06:51I just like to have my guitar near me to remind me to just pick it up and play it
06:54every day.
06:55One thing in my room that I've had since I was little is this kimono that my grandma gave me.
07:01And she's passed it down to me.
07:03It's been in the family for a while.
07:04And it's just this beautiful black and gold kimono that I keep in my closet.
07:08And it reminds me of my grandma.
07:10So I love it.
07:12I love to write songs in my bedroom.
07:15I write a lot of songs on that rug over there.
07:18I just sit, I'll bring my laptop in here and play music and let the music just channel through me.
07:25So my new EP, Introspection Reimagined, is out.
07:30And it is such a special project to me.
07:33If you feel like you're missing live music, please give it a listen.
07:36Because everything's recorded top to bottom live to really emulate that feeling of being at a concert.
07:42And finally we have my rug here.
07:45I think this rug is like definitely a centerpiece, staple piece of my room.
07:49I love this rug because I got it in downtown and I bargained for it.
07:53And it was the first time I bargained.
07:55Every time I look at this rug, it reminds me I am a powerful woman capable of bargaining
07:59and doing many things, standing up for myself.
08:04Thanks for checking out my dream digs.
08:06Bye.
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