Under $300 Galaxy-Inspired Living Room Makeover _ Mr. Kate Decorates on a Budget

**Creating a Spiritual Haven: A Budget-Friendly Makeover**

Welcome to another episode of "Room on a Budget," where we transform spaces while staying within a budget. This time, we’re collaborating with Haley, a 22-year-old model and spiritual warrior who is going through a significant personal journey as her mother, Pam, battles terminal cancer. It’s an honor to help Haley create a nurturing and magical environment that will support her during this challenging time.

### **Haley's Story: A Spiritual Journey**

Haley, known for her vibrant energy and positive spirit, has always been drawn to the mystical and spiritual world. Her living room, currently filled with crystals, incense, and candles, serves as her personal altar—a space where she seeks solace and positivity. With a tight budget of $300 and only one day to transform this space, we’re excited to bring in some DIY art and other magical elements to make it truly special.

### **Style Inspiration: A Mix of Cultures**

Haley’s spiritual identity is a beautiful mix of influences, drawing from Indian and Asian cultures. This blend reflects her belief that we are all part of a larger tapestry, with no single culture defining us completely. To honor this, we aim to create a space that feels contemporary yet deeply rooted in mystical energy.

### **DIY Art: A Cosmic Collaboration**

Our first project is a giant collage art piece for Haley’s wall. We’re using Storyblocks, our sponsor for the day, to source high-quality images that align with her spiritual aesthetic. The idea is to create a cosmic lineup of planets, each representing different aspects of her life and energy. Since we’re on a budget, we’ll print these images on an 8.5x11 home printer and layer them on a hardboard cut to size (4x6 feet). For added texture, we’ll use Mod Podge for decoupage and water to thin the glue, ensuring everything adheres smoothly.

### **Repurposing the Coffee Table**

Haley’s current coffee table is functional but lacks a modern touch. We’re giving it a fresh look by decoupaging it with images of rose gold crystals and other mystical elements. By layering these prints and tearing away the white borders, we’ll create a seamless, contemporary finish. This upcycled piece will become a striking focal point in her living room.

### **Color Palette: Neutral with a Touch of Magic**

The walls are being painted in a purple-undertone gray to keep the space feeling neutral yet sophisticated. This color choice complements the spiritual vibe while maintaining a modern aesthetic. The contrast between the soft, muted tones and the vibrant DIY art will create a balanced yet magical atmosphere.

### **Intention Kit: Positive Vibes Only**

To add another layer of positivity, we’ve created an intention kit with crystals, smudge bundles, and feathers. These items will help Haley cleanse and elevate the energy in her space. We’ve chosen quartz for its amplifying properties and included sage for purification, along with a variety of other tools to support her spiritual practice.

### **Final Touches: Accessories and Ambiance**

The room is now complete with a black couch, a repurposed coffee table, and a statement fireplace featuring a quirky giraffe statue. We’ve added soft textures like rugs and pillows, which not only enhance the cozy vibe but also contribute to the overall positive energy. The final touch? A custom planetary collage that brings all of Haley’s spiritual influences together.

### **Conclusion: A Space for Healing**

As we step back and admire the transformation, it’s clear that this space is more than just a room—it’s a sanctuary. With its combination of practicality, creativity, and spirituality, Haley now has a place where she can heal, connect with her loved ones, and stay grounded during her challenging time.

Thank you for joining us on this magical journey. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our sponsor Storyblocks for all your creative needs!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enHi creative weirdos welcome to another room on a budget video living room for HaleyShe is so lovely. She's 22She works as a model, but she also is going through a big personal change with her mum having terminal cancerSo I am very honored to be here today to work on pulling her space together. She's a very magicalspiritual girl, and so we're gonna be infusing all that into the space, but of course with our constraints of300 dollars and only one day to do it. You know the drill and thank you story blocks for sponsoring this videoI'm so excited to be using some of those images today for some DIY art so start the timerAhhhAnd let's go meet Haley!Knock Knock!I'm Mr.Ka-Ohhh You don't even need the introduction. You already know who dis isI'm Mr.Kate,I'm here!I'll take a look at your place!I'll stay there for a while,and help you find your style!We'll laugh and we'll paint I'm Mr.Kaate!!Oh,I'm Mr.Kate!Ahhh!Oh my gosh I am sooo thrilled to be doing this! I love your energyWe're just already vibing togetherI think we fit perfectly. We fit perfectly, Exactly!All right so in looking at this space the thing that stands out to me first and foremost is the fact that you haveCrystals and incense and candles on your table! Yes my altarI love my altar! Is that what you call it, an altar? Yes, so I mean some people call it coffee table, I call it an altarUm,Yes! It's definitely very spiritualI think spirituality is very important to me because I work so much and I have a lot going on in my life right nowMy mum has terminal cancer andSo you know I have to be spiritual and positive for myself and for her and for my familyAnd so we're setting you up with as muchSupport and nurturing energy and beauty around you to reallyInsulate you through that processYeahDefinitely let's talk a little bit about technicalities you have this gigantic couch, YessSectional I love love love having my friends overThat's like obviously another thing that keeps me going okay, so we like the couch. It's in great shapeIt is obviously very kind of contemporary in lineSo let's talk a little bit about styleSo in my spirituality like goddesses and gods are very important to me and that just happens to associate most withIndian and Asian culture, yeah, so to me I find that influence in a lot of placesA bit of a mix I love a mix because we're all of usThere's no realYou know exact button we can ever describe ourselves with or a mix of everything so I loveCleaning with a mix of style and it makes sense. So okay, so colour wise will keep it fairlyNeutral in that will keep it kind of contemporary feeling with the wall color etcBut because you have these mystical elements like crystals and stuff like thatWe wanna complement those with some jewel tone accents right?Love the jewel tonesThe one other thing is you told me the desk in the corner is like you don't need itI thought I would use it a lot more when I got it, but I don't at all. We can get rid of itYeah, if we need to. Okay that helps with the energy flow too right taking away clutterOh yeah, having open movement and being able to have that space. It's definitely gonna helpYou manifest faster because you know there's space to work through yeah, so openness is definitely a very important keySo it's more than just painting walls and everything,Yes it's about mum! Yes mum!YesWhat's your mum's name?Pam,Pam!We love Pam*Paaaaammm*Okay, Pam is gonnaShe's gonna be representing this room! Do it for Pam! PamStarts with a P and so does paint so maybe we should paintGreat all right, so I'll see you later. YesOkay guys!I love Haley! She's so amazingSuch good vibes. She's going through so much. I really want the space to be so magical for herI want to infuse a lot of that magic spiritualityColor etc, and she has these giantWalls so we need a giant piece of art,So! I was thinking collage art for the space because it really will be a way to bring in some different textures andColors and all the things that she's into, into one piece of artAnd it's perfect because our sponsor for today's video is story blocks. Which is my favorite place to go for images, iconsvectorsIllustrations, so I was thinking how can I cover this giant wall above her couch with a beautiful statement piece of artwork without blowing our$300 budgetDawn on me collage art basically making a layout of like aplanetary lineup of you know different planets in a row but budget saving TIPI'm gonna print them on a home computer. Just a basic computer. Not go get them professionally printed like photographsJust have them be regular printouts on eight-and-a-half by 11. I love the idea of having these circularPlanet like shapes made out of something notPlanetary like flowers or a tree or a mountain scene or something like that, but then represented in an entirePlanet world shape does that make sense? I know it sounds a little wacky, but trust meI'm gonna print out all these beautiful imagesAnd then when I get to actually DIY eyeing the project you will see what's in my headOh, how pretty look at this all these individual roses like these could be some of the smaller planetOkay, that is magical that cut out in a Sur wellDownloading that and there's over400,000 images you can access its149 bucks for the year membership on story blocks which basically is like 12 ishBucks a month you can also purchase the images individually, but you do save at 60% if you do the year membershipAnd you can access all the marketplace itemsYou guys get 2x as a 7-day free trial the link will be in the description below, soAccess it to access your creativity. Oh my gosh. Who is this amazing I?Love this Freya Norse goddess of love and beautyperfectguysShould I print out more images to DIY the coffee table? We need to do something to this coffee table?Because it's like marked up underneath this clothWhat if I print out more images to decoupage the coffee table?So I'm gonna download a ton of these. I'm gonna go find Julie. We're gonna go shopping. We'll stop by the officeWe'll print these out go back here to decoupage and make planetary magic hopefullyIFound me a Joey hello, Joey hello everybody so the plan is the big?Statement feature is going to be that collage part that we're gonna make greatThat needs to be gigantic because her couch Miss gigantic shows that desk in the corner when she said she doesn't even useIt's just like kind of a clutter collector in the corner, so we should move that and try to put a chair over thereRight make more conversation area around the table because she loves to have her friends overShe loves crystals, which I love about herI love crystals, so I definitely want to celebrate those really give her way to kind of showcase then who's gonna like a crystal shopFor the art project, what do you want to do you into canvas budget-friendly?We'll get let go you know then beat the wood mounted to the wallfirst off first or next stopcoffeeOkay first door and then drivers are feeling you need coffee. I do need ah be alright furnitureThese are so magical thisTraditional eating your friend levert poof pull out a little bit, or you can put your feet up on the couchKind of like this oh that is cool throughout this dancing ladyNo no no put the swordfish back come out with the mirrorThe trick with that is just making it not look like your grandma's chairSo you want to get that do you want to get that my grandma's cool? Do you get that?Like this side table so then we just need a lamp to go on top of itLet's get itIReally love your idea about going to like a crystal store. Yep, so cuz they're right by there. We should go to pan pipesPan thanks you guys. It is like such a magical storyOkay, so I want to build her an intention kit for her new space because we're renewing it with design and since she is verySpiritual I think she would love to have also something more meaningful as well, if these crystalsQuartz horse is a good stone it amplifies. Whatever energy is in the space soOver here are all the smudge bundles of like the different stages thiscleanses the energy sort of likeResets the energy so she can use it on the floor walls and the space or to rise energy up in a way we towAnything we need feathers cuz you can burn the stage you can walk itAll right, so I gotta buy thisOkay, so we just need to go to a hardware store to get the paint and the canvas material and then a big-box store toJust get some basics right yeah, and get Curtis rug throw pillows all the soft goodsMr.. WorldwideLaughing aliens okay? We are there. We are back at Haley'sWe're ready to unload Joey about the hardware up right okay?We stopped at hardware storeand then there's just some things that I wanted to show you guys we picked up this rug you guys a 4x6 or49 Tina and then also these are gorgeousThat I love when they sell them inside you don't know Alex. I agree with plants plants bring good energy, butFluid pots can kind of be expensive so my new favorite trick is to buy inexpensive trash cans or youAll right, so let's do everything upTall ceilings all she'd what color we painting a purpley gray. I think cuz you know I like grayThis is a good neutral, but the cool thing about gray is it's veryNuanced so it's gonna be great, but like a purple undertone, so it's gonna be a very complex grape Joey JoeyHow long have we been together?You know did not just call great many years ten and a half is our decadeI don't know. I'm bad at math you're good at math, okayYeah, so we'll paint the wall a purple undertone gray curtains curtains take down those vertical blinds those verticalOnes are flooding. That's hilariousI know putting the TV on the wallYes, you young all mirror about the fireplaceAnd I have that big art piece that I need to do that then you need hang you're gonna. Help me hangI'm gonna help you hang help you paint actually cuz as room is gigantic you gonna help me paintWhy are you using the smallest roller possibleLoveYou want me to help. I don't call it on your painting technique, and how dare you body shame my roller?How dare you?We are only good lives in here. I mean. I'm very good your bacon andbody positivity and roller shapeMeans very good. Yes very none rollerYou know what you should be a lot more of a help of you plucked up your own rollerAnd you know what it can be any shape and size JoeyOkay, okayDIY artwork timeOkay, you guys so what I have in front of me is a piece of hardboardAnd that is something that you can find at the hardware store. It's normally used some construction, but it is only$7 for an 8 by 4 piece so Joey and I just picked this up from the hardware storeAnd we asked them to cut it down for us to 4x6 so I haveOur printouts from story block so some of these. I just printed out as full-page images andThen some of these I cropped in two circlesso I took for you guys if you only have a home printer that prints eight and a half by eleven pieces of paper andYou want a nice big circle you can divide it onto two pieces of paper first?I need to prep the background the deep space if you will where my planets are going to arrange themselvesacrossSo these are so gorgeous these so manyTextures and colors to play with so I need a penis deep space color which last time I checkedI think deep space is black and then I'm gonna come in withMy handy dandy Mott qoj a decoupage errs best friendAnd I'm going to attach these pieces of paper aka my planets on to the artAnd then Joey's and hang on Wallen we're gonna. Hope that it was greatOkay guys deep space is overThey're dryingAnd now I am going to cut out my beautiful planetary shades also excited about these and then I have some variousCircle stencil shapes that I'm gonna use as my round stencils for the smaller planetSo I'm hoping that this layering effect is gonna work outBut I also did print out these images in this bowl pages so worst-case scenarioMy biggest planet could just be the size of a piece of paperWhich of course if you guys are doing this artwork in a smaller scale?You will probably want to scale down your planets as well, but since that piece of hardboard is so bigI need some big planets onDeep-space has dried guysSo now I have arranged the circular shapes in the orderI want we're gonna hang it vertically so these are gonna be vertical rows of planets. I want to use a matte finishI'm gonna use a gloss for the coffee tableand I also like to have some water on hand becauseIt just makes it that much easier to thin out the glue a little bit sometimesIt's just too thick and you want to make the piece of paper nice and saturated and flexible so it really adheresTo the surface so this is when the water comes in handy because obviously this is kind of a stiff piece of paperSo I want it to be nice and flexible let's lay it downAnd this is what's so hilarious about any decoupageProject is it just looks so messy before it dries, but don't worry like I saidIt's gonna dry clearAnd then this is where you can use your fingers make sure there's no air bubbles Mod Podge also dryvery quicklyWhich is great?forour quick turnaroundprimerSo I'm just gonna wait for it all to drySee how it looks I might decide to do a coat all over the entire thingDepending on its the sheen. It's just a little bit different, sodry darling dry dry galaxy Universal systemOhHere is our collage art of Planets. I do want to add some hand-paintedstarburst shapes around and also add onsomeSmaller planets using just the color, white which I think will also unify these rows because obviouslyThere's all kinds of colors going on so I just have some basic white craft paint which of course I take everywhere with meWhen you're doing collage artIt's fun to also mix the mediumso obviously we use paper and decoupage then adding some elements of paint also create more layers andComplexity and just make it look like a higher quality piece of artYeah, that's super cool, so I plan on mountainous with standoffs, okay. I love seeing Oz very contemporary look like about darishYeahOkay, I have to go to the coffee table. You got this yeah, thanks techno ScottI got thisYou know I love it upcycle and so do you we don't really happen in the pledget to get a new coffee tableIt's in good enough shape exceptThe top is all scratched, and it's peeling and whatever obviously she was kind of concealing the peel eNOS with that clothBut I think it's gonna be a much cleaner look more contemporary if this can be a piece of furniture with a decoupage topIf you guys have been watching our videos for a while and by awhileI mean ears you will remember that coffee table at our place our old apartment. I use images from an artBook and decoupage herbal top anyway, so basically doing that theme techniqueSo look I found these two pictures of this sort of like rose goldCrystals like how gorgeous like look at that texture, and there's dimension to it?So imagine this just fall over the top of the table so basically the key is obviously printing outmultiple copies of the same imageI've got these two different images here that I'm just gonna layer all over and obviously I'm also tearing off allof the white as well because that is going toMake it look more seamless as well as we don't see any white border just shapes like thisI'm just laying down these pieces like I did before on the artworkand I'm going right up a little bit over the edge of the table so that when this is dry I can cut along theSharp blade like an exacto knife and just trim the edge to be nice and perfectly straightYou'll screw in the tops going up there yeahNice nice and sealed and I did a ton of coats of Mod Podge on this right so it'll be nice andDurable let's put together our positive intentions kitOn a table okay, all the room color candles aren't presenting all the differentWhat kind of dirty socks are you smelling?Yeah, those. Really? Your socks do not smell like this,If your socks smelt like this. I would be a much happier womanBeautiful,Prettyyyy! So you have a bunch of pillows right,Oh yeah!Pillows!Show me my pillows!Let's go,Let's go!Place them over here on the positive vibes table, our positive intention skitIt looks so magical in here you guys. What do you think?So let's talk through how this room came togetherWe have the black couchWhich obviously I could not ignore because it's gigantic so we brought in that dark color up on the wall with ourmagnificentGigantic piece of artwork I mean nowWe are really emphasizing the height of these ceilings and this coffee table is now such a statement pieceAnd then I just love how we've made the fire place. Have its moment we have the giraffe over thereYou know the giraffe only has one horn because I got it for two dollars, but hey nobody's perfectAnd then we've got your grandma's chair is that your grandma's chair, but it looks greatwe've got this beautiful textured pouf here, so she really has now a360-degreeconversation area for all of her friends, and then it's a positivity kit here to justReally bring in so many good vibes. I feel itI feel the good vibes in here, and I'm gonna go find Haley and bring her in. I hope she loves it. such a long hallwayWe need to get you into the right positionokay, close your eyes now because you'll start to see sneak peeks 1 2 3!*Haylee Gasps*oh my godoh my god! I'm like \"OH MY GAHD! I'm so excited!\"The table is likeThat's like crystal on steroidsWhole arrangement, we went to a specialty store, and we put together a positive intentions kit for youso we thought the- yeah the sage and allthe different coloured candles and the crystalsthank you oh my godyou guys are so cuteOh my god, and I love the elephant by the mirrorright with the trunk up brings good luckYes, and the elephants are carriers of messagesSo I love that there's an elephant there, that's so perfect yes.And then this is one of the crystals thatWe picked out for you it spoke to me the quartz crystal, which is the mag and amplifier, right?So it amplifies whatever energy is in the spaceyou're right on the- I'm like shakeylikeDid away with your vertical blinds to give you some curtains to just sort of blocks it up a little bit.No I love it.we didn't throw them away, so you have those as a rental so you can put it back when you need to.Obviously Kate made that.So the idea behind it was like basically creating your own solar systemSo all of the planets that-you have a beautiful mindoh thank you.She was talking to me. Thank youI couldn't have like done this in a million years. Thank you guys so much. I'm so happy!We got you a rugPattern on it, I love I feel like it's very um you know modern and freshIt was actually made in India.so its- Haley: Shut up!yeah so its got that, you know~yeah and the-that pouf- we got like that Eastern vibe going-.Thank you guys so much!Your such a lovely lovely ladyWe wish you all the best face seriously, and I hope your friends love it, and I hope they come over a lot.and Pam mama comes to see it tooShe's gonna literally be blown away. She's been texting me all dayShe was like has it happened yet? Have you seen it? I'm like no no, no, I'll let you know,I'll let you know!definitely she's gonna come get the vibes too.yay Pam!one thing-Planets for Pam!Yes!Planets for Pam!That's what that artwork is callled.oh my god, that's perfect. That's beautiful.Two days one A. we forgot that we took this on like the color. you love the wall color?I literally was like shookI was it's like it's so suttle yet, so beautiful like brings all the colors together so nicelyThat just like I couldn't have imagined thatwe also did this all for $300Shut Up!pretty good right?Cool pieces we found throughout, LA like that lamp is super nicePerfectYeahWe was have the most amazing year everI know you're going through a lot of life changes, but also hopefully there's a lot of funIt is and this is definitely gonna help bring in the new year. Yeah, thank you guys so much againMarket on the group erupted the raw oyster. Thank you. See you later. I love you. I miss you alreadyOhMy gosh. She is so specialI really really really really really hope that that Smith brings all the positive energy that we tried to infuse in it becauseShe's gonna go through the loss. She's going here a lotYou did really good your artwork was so great so inspired so pretty like youWon't they ever hang it it would just be our work on the ground if it weren't for youSo thank you for uplifting my artwork. Yeah, isn't nice guysAre you guys feeling the good vibe leave?Hailey just all the love and positivity in the comments, and yeahWe're off to dinner. You guys know the drill. It's dark out. We're heading home. Thanks Tori blocks for sponsoring. YeahAll that decoupage was really funI haven't decoupage in a while, so let us know what you guys thought of the project of the transformation andAlso, follow us on social media if you don't already definitely want to check out Joey's InstagramOh, you definitely want to check out my InstagramYou definitely want to check out case Instagram it's on more fire than moneysubscribe guysI guess you won't know when the next videos coming out if you are subscribed and please turn on that notification about guysWe are we are getting close to the end of the year. Let me just tell you 2 millionVocal 2 2 million subscribers million subscribers and as much content as we put it out get ready because 2018 is gonna be nutsWe have like some insane ohms. You're coming over is coming out. Yes. We have a lot more mr. Cade decoratesYou know some other things up our sleevesSo get ready yes 2018 is gonna be subscribeAlright guys, so that is it stay weird stay wonderful stay creative. We love youSee you next time bye granny. Love yaEverywhere we love them allOh absolutely sorry and then prop them circularly ICan't wink that was my linksSo TG what?\n"