Living The Mr. Kate Lifestyle

### A Day in the Life of Kate: A Glimpse into Her Home and Lifestyle

Hello, everyone! It’s Kate here, and I’m thrilled to give you a tour of my place. I want you to see that I actually live this “Mr. Kate” lifestyle—I’m not just talking about it or giving advice without any real experience. Let’s dive in and explore my home, room by room.

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#### The Living Room: Starting with a Color Palette

When you walk into my living room, the first thing you’ll notice is the vibrant color scheme. For me, it all started with these two carpets I had. They became the inspiration for my entire color palette. Using those colors as a base, we spray-painted some random frames and even incorporated them into my artwork.

This IKEA bookshelf was transformed by锯ing out the shelves to create space for the TV. It’s all about repurposing what you have and making it work. Oh, and did I mention how I color-coordinate my books? It might seem a bit obsessive, but I love the way it brings everything together.

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#### The Dining Room: A Total DIY Project

Next up is my dining room—a complete DIY project from start to finish. This table was built entirely from scratch using materials I had lying around. The chairs are from my old dining set, and the couch? That’s a hand-me-down from my mom.

I’ve always been resourceful, whether it’s picking up furniture on the side of the road or repurposing items to fit my space. Speaking of which, I found a frying pan recently—though I’m not sure if someone had… uh… “accidentally” used it for something else before I picked it up. Either way, it’s now sterilized and ready for action!

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#### The Backyard: Urban Gardening with a Twist

Let’s head outside to my backyard—a small but mighty urban garden. This is where we practice square foot gardening because, well, we didn’t have any soil to work with initially. Instead, we built our own bed using wood, filled it with compost and soil, and added a hidden water reservoir underneath.

You’ll find cucumbers, kale, and other greens growing here. I absolutely love kale—it’s a staple in my diet. Whether I’m steaming it, sautéing it, or adding it to pastas, it’s a constant in my kitchen. And no, I don’t call it a “diet.” It’s a lifestyle.

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#### The Bedroom: Vintage Finds and DIY Touches

Stepping into my bedroom, you’ll notice the stone carving of a naked lady I made in high school—it’s pretty hard to chisel nipples, by the way! This canopy bed was another DIY project; we removed the original canopy and replaced it with finials (those little decorations on curtain rods). We even added a piece of wood from Home Depot as the finishing touch.

I love incorporating stains and imperfections into my space because they tell a story. Just like layering flavors in food or outfitting, vintage items bring layers of personality and history to my home. It’s comforting and cool, all at once.

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#### The Office: A Workspace with a Vintage Touch

Last stop is our office, which used to be an old media unit. These shelves were cut out from the same IKEA bookshelf we modified in the living room and mounted using shelf brackets. It’s now a functional workspace for my “little person” (my granny gave me that nickname).

Oh, speaking of vintage finds, this trunk was one of my favorite Christmas presents as a kid. My granny always gifted me treasures from the Salvation Army, and this trunk became my dress-up box. It taught me to love and appreciate vintage items, which continues to inspire my style today.

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#### Final Thoughts: Imperfection and Gratitude

I’m not perfect, and neither is this “Mr. Kate” lifestyle. But I do my best every day. Whether it’s embracing a little chaos in the closet or having food in my teeth, it’s all part of the journey. And hey, thank goodness for that closet—because when guests arrive, everything just gets shoved in there. Miracles happen!

Thanks for joining me on this tour, and I hope you found some inspiration to embrace your own space and lifestyle. Until next time, Kate out!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello guys Kate Mr Kate whatever you want to call me I think I always say that okay let's start over hello guys it's Kate here I want to give you a tour of my place because I want you guys to understand that I actually live this Mr Kate lifestyle that I'm not just full of and preaching to you about like oh do this and that that I actually live it so let's take a look oh could use a little WD40 knock knock I'm Mr Kate I'm here I'll take a look at your place I'll drop by for a while I'll help you find your style we'll laugh we'll paint I'm Mr Kate y so this is my place it's a rental and um as you can tell it's decorated a lot of people don't put effort in into their rental spaces cuz they're like yeah it's a rental I'm only going to live there for like a year or two years but I say no I say put some effort into it it's your home even if you're going to live here for two years it's two years out of your life it should be cozy and mean something to you so this is my living room um I always say start with a color palette for me it was these two carpets that I had I used this as my inspiration so we took these colors up we got some spray paint my favorite thing we spray painted just these random frames that I have some of this is my artwork this was actually an Ikea bookshelf we sawed out the shelves to create this space for the TV and then I don't know if you guys noticed but I color coordinate my books full psycho this is my dining room this is a total DIY table these were chairs from my old dining room space this was a couch that my mom gave me like anything you can find kind of like on the side of the street or gifted or whatever you can make it work actually picked up a frying pan off the side of the road the other day so I don't know if someone took a poop in it or something but uh it's sterilized all right so here we are we're in my backyard space it's very Urban cuz it's asphalt so this is our garden it's actually this type of gardening called square foot gardening where you build up cuz obviously we didn't have any soil to plant in so instead we created our own um bed by building this box filling it with compost and soil and then actually underneath you can't really see it but there is a well of water we've got cucumbers we've got kale I love kale I love literally live off of kale I steam kale I sauté it I put it in pastas I love Miss kale your diet is part of your lifestyle so I never call it a diet I always just call it a lifestyle yeah I'm actually a vegan but I'm not preachy about it at all you know I've run the gamut I'm a girl I've had issues in the past with food and whatever like some women have I've been obsessive about working out I haven't worked out before you know I've I've definitely been a little head casy about it in the past so I now have my workout schedule even if I only have like 20 minutes I'll like jog around the neighborhood for 10 and then come and like do some ABS or whatever like just to be physical let me give you a little peek at my closet vintage and cheap stuff pretty much rule my life thrift store flea market thrift store Goodwill is a thrift store name name dropping my thrift store SS so cool I like forever 21 I like H&M I get cheap shoes session don't tell any so this is my bedroom this is a stone carving I made of a naked lady in high school you know it is very hard to Chisel nipples bed oh another like DIY thing we did this was an canopy bed we took off the canopy we covered up the little attachments for the canopy with finals these are finals that that you put on the end of curtain rod this was a piece of wood that we got from Home Depo and then this little decoration right here they have those for front doors so we just tacked it on painted it white and it works there's some stains but I kind of like the stains because again it's a story you know it's that layers like I love like layering flavors and food layering outfits Vint stuff has layers of personality and stories and all of that and I like having that stuff around me it's comforting and cool one last room this became our office surround the old media unit this is actually the shelves that we cut out of that bookshelf in the living room and we mounted them with shelf brackets and now it's a World Des for my little person I'm a little person my old lady my granny gave me this trunk when I was little it was actually one of my favorite Christmas presents I ever got and I think she really infused my love for vintage stuff because she would always gift me things from the Salvation Army she gave it to me in this big trunk and it became my dress up trunk I'm not perfect the Mr Kate lifestyle is an imperfect one it's just do your best and you know what if you have some food in your teeth whatever just like oh my God this SC closet thank God for this closet because I literally shove everything in here like oh my God someone's coming over and this is how it looks I'm actually really surprised that nothing fell out and toppled me to the floor so that's my tour I think that's pretty much it and I'm glad you guys came and thank you for watchinghello guys Kate Mr Kate whatever you want to call me I think I always say that okay let's start over hello guys it's Kate here I want to give you a tour of my place because I want you guys to understand that I actually live this Mr Kate lifestyle that I'm not just full of and preaching to you about like oh do this and that that I actually live it so let's take a look oh could use a little WD40 knock knock I'm Mr Kate I'm here I'll take a look at your place I'll drop by for a while I'll help you find your style we'll laugh we'll paint I'm Mr Kate y so this is my place it's a rental and um as you can tell it's decorated a lot of people don't put effort in into their rental spaces cuz they're like yeah it's a rental I'm only going to live there for like a year or two years but I say no I say put some effort into it it's your home even if you're going to live here for two years it's two years out of your life it should be cozy and mean something to you so this is my living room um I always say start with a color palette for me it was these two carpets that I had I used this as my inspiration so we took these colors up we got some spray paint my favorite thing we spray painted just these random frames that I have some of this is my artwork this was actually an Ikea bookshelf we sawed out the shelves to create this space for the TV and then I don't know if you guys noticed but I color coordinate my books full psycho this is my dining room this is a total DIY table these were chairs from my old dining room space this was a couch that my mom gave me like anything you can find kind of like on the side of the street or gifted or whatever you can make it work actually picked up a frying pan off the side of the road the other day so I don't know if someone took a poop in it or something but uh it's sterilized all right so here we are we're in my backyard space it's very Urban cuz it's asphalt so this is our garden it's actually this type of gardening called square foot gardening where you build up cuz obviously we didn't have any soil to plant in so instead we created our own um bed by building this box filling it with compost and soil and then actually underneath you can't really see it but there is a well of water we've got cucumbers we've got kale I love kale I love literally live off of kale I steam kale I sauté it I put it in pastas I love Miss kale your diet is part of your lifestyle so I never call it a diet I always just call it a lifestyle yeah I'm actually a vegan but I'm not preachy about it at all you know I've run the gamut I'm a girl I've had issues in the past with food and whatever like some women have I've been obsessive about working out I haven't worked out before you know I've I've definitely been a little head casy about it in the past so I now have my workout schedule even if I only have like 20 minutes I'll like jog around the neighborhood for 10 and then come and like do some ABS or whatever like just to be physical let me give you a little peek at my closet vintage and cheap stuff pretty much rule my life thrift store flea market thrift store Goodwill is a thrift store name name dropping my thrift store SS so cool I like forever 21 I like H&M I get cheap shoes session don't tell any so this is my bedroom this is a stone carving I made of a naked lady in high school you know it is very hard to Chisel nipples bed oh another like DIY thing we did this was an canopy bed we took off the canopy we covered up the little attachments for the canopy with finals these are finals that that you put on the end of curtain rod this was a piece of wood that we got from Home Depo and then this little decoration right here they have those for front doors so we just tacked it on painted it white and it works there's some stains but I kind of like the stains because again it's a story you know it's that layers like I love like layering flavors and food layering outfits Vint stuff has layers of personality and stories and all of that and I like having that stuff around me it's comforting and cool one last room this became our office surround the old media unit this is actually the shelves that we cut out of that bookshelf in the living room and we mounted them with shelf brackets and now it's a World Des for my little person I'm a little person my old lady my granny gave me this trunk when I was little it was actually one of my favorite Christmas presents I ever got and I think she really infused my love for vintage stuff because she would always gift me things from the Salvation Army she gave it to me in this big trunk and it became my dress up trunk I'm not perfect the Mr Kate lifestyle is an imperfect one it's just do your best and you know what if you have some food in your teeth whatever just like oh my God this SC closet thank God for this closet because I literally shove everything in here like oh my God someone's coming over and this is how it looks I'm actually really surprised that nothing fell out and toppled me to the floor so that's my tour I think that's pretty much it and I'm glad you guys came and thank you for watching\n"