00:00I'm Sarah Ashley and welcome to Salt House headquarters. I mean, my sweet digs.
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00:09I live here with my fiance, Jared, and we're in Brooklyn, New York, so we're right on the border between
00:15the neighborhoods of Boreham Hill, Cobble Hill, and Carroll Gardens.
00:19We pay $46.75 in rent, which is a lot, but if you know the New York City marketplace, we
00:26actually are getting a lot of value for what we're paying.
00:28So we live in a duplex, so there's two different levels. There's one bedroom, two and a half bathrooms, and
00:34we also have an amazing outdoor space that has two levels as well.
00:40Here's the kitchen. This used to be the least favorite room in the apartment, but I've made a lot of
00:46changes to it.
00:47I actually changed the look of all these counters. They're not really marble. This is all done with contact paper.
00:54And then we also did something similar with the cabinets, which are fine. They're just a wood, darker cabinet, but
01:00in order to sort of brighten everything up, I put this wallpaper on it.
01:04Also, the open pantry and the spice rock, both of those sort of speak to form and function because they're
01:10both really beautiful to look at, but it also creates so much more storage space, which I'm definitely lacking.
01:16Everything looks super neat and organized, but if you guys were to take a peek in some of my drawers
01:21and cabinets, you would not see such a pretty picture.
01:25So I, too, caught the Marie Kondo bug and just took everything out, threw away everything that was already expired
01:31or just things that I honestly wasn't using that much.
01:34It's made every part about being in my kitchen such a better experience.
01:39I feel like our environment impacts the way that we feel so much, and if I want to feel inspired
01:43to cook, then I need to be in a space that I love.
01:46I was on the first season of a TV show called The Taste that was on ABC, and it was
01:51a competitive cooking show, and it was a super fun experience.
01:54I learned a ton, and that led me to move to New York City and start my company, Salt House,
02:00which is a lifestyle brand all about helping people tap into their own creativity and find more joy in everyday
02:06living.
02:06I think that my favorite thing to cook is a perfectly roasted chicken just because it's so easy to do.
02:12So I always like to recommend that for beginners because it's a really great way to build confidence in the
02:17kitchen, and even if you ask top chefs, that's often their answer is just perfectly simple roasted chicken.
02:23And this is the dining room.
02:25I really love this table.
02:27It has this really beautiful copper base, and it's also very special to me.
02:30Every week, I like to do a little date night, Jared and I, so I'll cook a special dinner for
02:35us, and towards the end of the meal, he always kind of just motions over, and I always go and
02:39sit on his lap for a little bit, and that's actually where we got engaged.
02:43I also really love to collect dishware, all different kinds of plates, and serving bowls, so I needed a place
02:48to put everything.
02:49So I think this IKEA piece is really great because it has so much storage space, and I love that
02:54it displays, as well as has the drawers that you can pull out, so you can store stuff in there,
02:59too.
02:59Another feature about this room that I love is the Lucite bar cart.
03:02It's locally made and available on our website, SalthouseNYC.com, and it's really cool that we have a bar upstairs
03:09and downstairs.
03:10And this is the bedroom.
03:12This bed is definitely the centerpiece of the room.
03:16I knew that I wanted a canopy bed when we were moving in here, and Jared actually was not into
03:21the idea at first, but I convinced him, and he ended up loving it.
03:25I got these nightstands, which were a little bit of a challenge to find just because the bed is so
03:30high, and most nightstands today are built pretty low.
03:33Initially, I was going to get the dresser that matched these nightstands, but it ended up coming damaged, and it
03:38was going to be months to get another one, so I picked out this black dresser, and I actually ended
03:43up liking it so much more just because I don't typically love the matchy-matchy look.
03:48We have a no screens policy for the most part in the bedroom.
03:52We don't have a TV, and I definitely try to avoid being on my phone.
03:55Jared and I met because he was my lawyer.
03:58He was starting my business for me when I was starting my LLC, and yeah, I guess you could say
04:04I was definitely his favorite client.
04:06When we were moving in together, this was his first time moving in with a girlfriend, and he was definitely
04:11having a little bit of an identity crisis because I was just getting rid of all of his stuff.
04:16He ended up trusting me. He loves my aesthetic, so rest in peace to Jared's old stuff.
04:21This is our master bathroom, which is one of three.
04:24We have another one on this floor, which has a little tiny tub in it, and then there's another half
04:30-bath downstairs.
04:31All the bathrooms pretty much look the same, so to spice things up, definitely into some accessorizing.
04:36I got this fun rug from Urban Outfitters, and then a little pop of color in the towels from H
04:42&M.
04:42And like this little soap dish, which is a bracelet that I wouldn't actually wear, but it just kind of
04:48worked under this gemstone soap.
04:51This is the living room.
04:55I had a huge laundry list of all these things I wanted in a place.
04:59I wanted two levels and stairs and tons of natural light and an outdoor space and all these things.
05:05Jared's dad thought that I was totally nuts, and he was like, there's no way that you're going to find
05:08an apartment with all those things.
05:10And I have to say, we hit almost all of the boxes.
05:13The only thing that I want in my next place is a fireplace.
05:16The first thing that I did when we moved in was painted this wall blue.
05:20Just because I knew that it would be an accent sort of focal piece for the room, and then I
05:25wanted to create a gallery wall on top of that.
05:27It's really interesting, I think, to create your own art for a gallery wall.
05:31It's a way that you can do it a little bit more affordably, and you can also tailor pieces in
05:36that way to match the aesthetic of your space.
05:38My favorite splurge item is definitely this sectional sofa.
05:43It's made by a maker named Kristin Drohan, and it's just so deep and comfortable.
05:49Sometimes sofas are really beautiful, but you do not want to sit on them for an extended period of time,
05:55and this one, you do.
05:57The bar underneath the stairwell is also one of my favorite pieces.
06:00I knew I wanted to utilize the space underneath the stairs.
06:03We love entertaining, so it's great having this down here.
06:06And behind it is my home office.
06:09Truly, being at home is one of my favorite ways to be inspired, and that's why I feel like having
06:15an environment that really lights you up is so important.
06:18I've even found a way to turn this little corner of my home into a miniature art studio, so I
06:24have my easel and so many different art supplies.
06:26Cooking was my first love, and from there I went into home decorating, and later on I got into painting,
06:33and I realized they were all just methods of expressing myself through creativity.
06:38I love painting in particular because I feel like it's a way that I can truly turn my mind off
06:43and really get into the present moment, even more so for me than with cooking.
06:47I really think that the home is one of the most powerful ways that we can find more joy in
06:52our lives.
06:53Just waking up in a space that feels inspiring to me, something that really reflects who I am, it's something
06:59that brings me so much joy.
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