home in hawaii | working on house projects, painting, local event, chatty vlog.
I hope you enjoy this more chatty of a video! If you wanna chat in the comments I'll be reading them :)
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curtain rod: https://rstyle.me/+DUCUO0ICkwX4qn8SX4Trcw
coffee cabinet: https://rstyle.me/+5l0szL1hZZvCcTi482f1pQ
Local Businesses Mentioned:
fighting eel: https://fightingeel.com/
aokai swim: https://aokaiswim.com/
yay hawaii: https://yayhawaiijewelry.com/
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Links to My Outfits: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/avajules
Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/avajules
the music I use ➭ epidemic music library: http://share.epidemicsound.com/tpvJc
for business inquiries: ava@select.co
I hope you enjoy this more chatty of a video! If you wanna chat in the comments I'll be reading them :)
links!!
curtain rod: https://rstyle.me/+DUCUO0ICkwX4qn8SX4Trcw
coffee cabinet: https://rstyle.me/+5l0szL1hZZvCcTi482f1pQ
Local Businesses Mentioned:
fighting eel: https://fightingeel.com/
aokai swim: https://aokaiswim.com/
yay hawaii: https://yayhawaiijewelry.com/
insta @avajules_ ❀
Links to My Outfits: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/avajules
Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/avajules
the music I use ➭ epidemic music library: http://share.epidemicsound.com/tpvJc
for business inquiries: ava@select.co
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00:00Hi guys, welcome back to the vlog to Home in Hawaii episode 2.
00:19Hopefully you can hear the beautiful rain that's happening outside right now.
00:24It was literally so sunny, blue skies like 5 minutes ago, but I feel like that is so
00:28typical.
00:29Especially winter here is so like that where one day it'll be perfect and the next day
00:34it'll be storming or even within the same day like the weather will just change.
00:38Welcome back to the vlog if you're new here.
00:40Hi my name is Ava, I'm 24, I grew up here on Oahu and now I'm a homeowner here which
00:46is crazy and actually in this video we have a lot of fun, exciting home things going on.
00:51I'm really excited because for the longest time I was feeling really unmotivated with
00:55doing house projects and stuff and so we kind of put a halt on everything.
00:58I feel like if you've ever moved you know that you have maybe 2 weeks to a month to
01:03pour everything into moving, into getting your space the way you want it and then I
01:07feel like you just hit this wall where you're like I can't do anything else.
01:10So it's honestly been maybe 8 or 7 or 8 months since we've like actually done house
01:16projects here but I actually already have a few things to share with you.
01:20First thing, I finally added a curtain to my room which I feel like it needed so freaking
01:26badly because everything is so, I don't even know how to explain it, but stiff and I didn't
01:31realize this room was so stiff until we added the curtains and I feel like it just softens
01:36the space so much and I also feel like because of the height that we put the curtain rod
01:41which my dad hung for me, so nice, it just adds a lot of height to the room which is
01:46really nice.
01:47And then we did some stuff out in the patio which I'm really excited about because obviously
01:51with spring and summer coming I want it to be a space where I just love the way it's
01:55decorated, where we want to like hang out and spend a lot of time so I'll show you what
02:00we did.
02:01Actually I filmed it so you'll see here but we basically built this little cabinet to
02:04store all of our like grill stuff.
02:06It was basically just really messy before and then we also added a little area rug which
02:10is really really cute.
02:11So those are the patio updates, I still really want to paint this wall green, I've been talking
02:16about it for so long and I just haven't done it yet.
02:18I do have the paint, I bought the paint so I just need to do it but I feel like once
02:22I paint it I'm going to like it a lot more, I think the red just really throws me off.
02:26Eventually too I would love to finish this cement just because clearly it's unfinished,
02:30I think it'd be really nice to finish it with like a tile or something, I think that would
02:33just make the space look a lot nicer.
02:35But it's coming together, the backyard is growing, I don't know if you guys saw my Instagram
02:39but we literally hand plugged every single little patch of grass.
02:43You see, my family, Micah's family, we put in so many hours into getting the grass done
02:48and it's growing in, it looks great.
02:50Okay, I think we're all caught up to speed now, let's get into this vlog.
02:53Hello, hello, we're out and about again, I'm with Micah, we're wearing matching clothes
02:57this time.
02:58Which is not something we do often, I swear we're not like, let's match, I do love to
03:02color coordinate.
03:03Anyway, we're wearing our matching Aloha wear because we're going to an event today for
03:07Fighting Eel which is a local brand here which I'm so excited about.
03:10One, because obviously love them and it's so cool, I feel like there's never opportunities
03:15as much here as in like LA or New York to do events like this so they invited us, they're
03:20opening a store here in Manoa which is a town here that I just love so much, it's so green,
03:26you can't see.
03:27Lush, beautiful, there's some really, really beautiful older homes in this area.
03:30But yeah, they're opening up a new store here and we're getting to go shop around and they're
03:35kind of hosting like a little welcoming event I guess you could say, so I'm really excited.
03:39I'll show you a better overview of my outfit in a little bit but got on all my favorite
03:43local brands, Fighting Eel, my favorite Hawaiian jewelry from Yay Hawaii, super cute ring from
03:49them too, just a Tahitian pearl.
03:51So we got on all the goodies and yeah, it's going to be a really fun morning, I'm super
03:54excited.
03:55I don't really do stuff like this often so it'll be really fun.
04:20So we just finished at the event, we're having a little town moment.
04:24I always say this but like if you're going to come to town from where we live all the
04:28way over there, we're going to make a day out of it.
04:29So we're getting our favorite sandwich, did you show me Sprout?
04:34It's a sandwich shop in, what is this area, Wailai, I think?
04:37I think it's Wailai.
04:38Wait, so it's the co-head in Mexico?
04:40Yeah, but I think, listen, I don't really know where I am but it's in town which is
04:46like so broad.
04:47But yeah, it's really good sandwiches so we ordered that but the event was so fun, we'll
04:51do a little haul when we get back home of what we got from Fighting Eel because Micah
04:54got something so exciting, Fluencer Boyfriend.
05:00And I got two things, I'm very excited about it and they also took us to this local chocolatier
05:07business, which was really cool.
05:08If you're ever in Manoa and you want good chocolate, go to Chocolaya.
05:13Really really cool.
05:14It's just like behind the scenes of how they make their stuff.
05:17Anyway, would you rather have this?
05:19I want this.
05:20Oh, you might want the pistachio one, huh?
05:22Yeah.
05:23Solid dark chocolate, they have like strawberry, matcha, you gotta go closer, I fear, you gotta
05:32make sure it focuses, I fear.
05:33What do you want?
05:34Nothing!
05:35Oh, his personality's coming out!
05:36Who sent you?
05:37So you don't have to call me out, I'm a little nervous that you said that.
05:45Here's the thing, I asked to put myself on the internet because I do this, but like,
05:49he doesn't, right?
05:51So, the co-worker's watching sends me, it's okay though.
05:54It doesn't send me, like I don't care, but like I guess when your freaking captain is
05:58watching these videos, it's like oh my god, okay anyway.
06:02They're gonna be like, why is your captain watching your girlfriend's YouTube videos?
06:05At Micah's old station in Maui, one night they listened to our podcast and you just
06:10like walked into the, what happened?
06:12Well, if you know the fire service, making fun of the new guy is like part of being the
06:18new guy.
06:19Anything that you can find to make fun of someone is used to make fun of you.
06:24When I was in Maui, of course everyone knows who Ava is, everyone's girlfriend's daughter's
06:29watcher, so they knew me as the influencer's boyfriend, so they were actually gonna buy
06:35Ava's merch and wear it on my first day.
06:38Okay, but they shouldn't.
06:39And then on the station PA, they played the podcast that I was on with Ava, and of course
06:45everyone's making fun of me, and it's all light-hearted, but they played every YouTube
06:51video that I was in, they played on the TV in the day room, so I don't know.
06:57It's just a little different now, I guess.
07:00And then like, there's been many times where my superiors in the service will be like,
07:04my daughter watches your girlfriend's YouTube videos, you're that guy, you're the influencer
07:09guy.
07:10And I'm like, no, I'm not the influencer guy.
07:11Influencer guy's crazy work.
07:13So if you're wondering why Micah doesn't speak in my videos anymore, that's why.
07:18Crazy work.
07:19Hope he soaked that up, because he's probably never gonna speak again.
07:21Well now, I'm probably gonna get made fun of for this too, like this'll definitely...
07:24That feels like an attack on me.
07:25Anyway, are we gonna eat this chocolate or what?
07:26Oh.
07:27Oh, that's crazy buddy.
07:28Oh my god.
07:29Oh, there's a coconut one.
07:30What a beautiful thing, that on day one of my period, we get free chocolate.
07:39Sorry, I'm thinking of something else that someone said.
07:44What?
07:45One of his like, superiors was like, why do you always look mad in her videos?
07:50Yeah.
07:51One of my captains was like, dude, you look, in every single one of your videos, you look
07:55grouchy as f***.
07:56Oh, I can't swear.
07:57I'll bleep it out.
07:58I'll bleep it out.
07:59And I was like, yeah, I just don't know what to say.
08:00He goes, yeah.
08:01He goes, you're terrible on camera.
08:02No, I'm like, I am trying my best out here.
08:05I go, look.
08:11Let's pay these bills.
08:16Okay, let's get our sandwich.
08:21We're having a beach day with friends.
08:23I'm picking out a swimsuit.
08:25I wanted to show you this.
08:26I forget who to give credit to.
08:28So if you know, help me out.
08:30But I saw someone on TikTok literally give the most insane organizing hack for like swimsuits
08:36and stuff.
08:37Because obviously this will just be heinous to dig through.
08:39But basically you tie your swimsuits together.
08:43So you just take the clasp and then put it around the matching bottom, especially if
08:47you like to wear matching sets a lot, which I do.
08:49I hardly ever wear things mismatched.
08:51So if I see something, I know that the matching bottom is attached to it.
08:55And I wish I could remember who I learned this from, but I thought it was genuinely
09:00one of the most genius things ever.
09:02I think I'm going to wear this purple one today.
09:06It's from Alkai Swim.
09:08It's two of my friends, their sisters, Sally and Tina.
09:12It's their brand and they live here.
09:14They're from here.
09:15So obviously love to support them.
09:16But this swimsuit is really cute.
09:18It's a bandeau.
09:19I do have like period boobs right now.
09:23So we'll see how this works.
09:24But yeah, it's one of my friend's birthday today and she wanted to go to the beach.
09:28So we're going to the beach.
09:30Mike is actually getting tattooed as we speak.
09:33He's finishing the tribal on his leg.
09:36And so that's where he is.
09:38Super goop.
09:39One of my favorite brands recently dropped mineral glow screen radiance drops, which
09:44is very exciting because obviously it's safe.
09:46I look naked.
09:48I haven't tried these out yet.
09:50That is so pretty.
09:53This one's in the shade golden hour.
09:56I'm definitely at my, not tannest, but we're getting there.
10:01I have been, the hat hair is so humbling, in the sun a lot lately.
10:06And so definitely gotta always take care of the skin, of course.
10:10Today's a good day.
10:11I picked up my favorite food from Paniolo's, which is honestly kind of like Hawaii's version
10:15of Chipotle because we don't have that here.
10:17But it's honestly kind of like the same concept.
10:19I get the bowl with white cilantro rice, romaine, chicken, red onion, lime, guac.
10:26Honestly, just so much good stuff.
10:29And it's delicious.
10:31I crave this so often.
10:33It is so freaking good.
10:35I love coming here.
10:36They have one in Kailua and Kahala Mall, I think.
10:40I don't know if there's anywhere else.
10:42And then Kapolei, obviously.
10:43But yeah, Paniolo's, check it out if you like this vibe.
10:47They also have tacos, of course, and those kind of things.
10:50Their chips and queso is also the most insane thing I've ever had.
10:53And it was so hard not to get it today, but I was just hungry for this.
10:58Also, fun fact, not that you come to my videos to learn something, because what do I have?
11:04A high school degree, at most.
11:06But Paniolo means cowboy in Hawaiian, so the more you know.
11:11Gonna grub on that, finish it all probably, and let's head to the beach.
11:17♪♪
11:44I wanted to show you the things that we got from Fighting Eel.
11:47The shirt you guys saw Micah try on.
11:49They actually had the women's matching pieces to this in different styles, so that would be super cute.
11:54But he got this shirt, which is such a nice aloha tee.
11:57I ended up getting this romper, which is honestly a little out of my comfort zone color-wise.
12:02But I feel like it's just so fun, perfect for spring.
12:04I really like the way it fit, so I'm excited to have this.
12:07And they also gifted us this beach mat, which the print is so cute.
12:11It'll be perfect for picnics, sitting on the beach.
12:14So thank you so much to Fighting Eel, because they gifted us those pieces, and that is so sweet.
12:20And then, with my little eye, I spotted this PJ set, which is so freaking cute.
12:26You guys know I love to wear matching pajamas, because it just makes me feel like I have my life together,
12:30even if things are falling apart.
12:32Anyway, it's so soft, it's so cute, and I'm very excited to wear this.
12:37I will have Fighting Eel linked down below.
12:39If you want to check them out, support a local Hawaii business.
12:43I'm actually about to get into quite an exciting house project that I've been wanting to do for so long.
12:48Thought I'd bring you along. How's that sound?
12:50Probably good.
12:51So over here is where we usually keep our trash can, but I've been wanting for so long,
12:55I had the idea to do a little coffee cart situation.
12:58Right now, as you know, this is where all the coffee stuff is.
13:02So the matcha things, all the mugs and stuff, and this is just where we keep everything.
13:07And honestly, this is like the perfect little nook for it,
13:10but I just thought it'd be cute to have it on a bit of a display,
13:14and then whatever, do something else with this area.
13:16So I got this cute sideboard kind of thing.
13:21It's like a little, it's not a cart, it's not on wheels, but a cabinet.
13:25I got a cabinet to go right in this area, and I think it's going to be really cute.
13:31It has been so long since I've built something, honestly, since we moved in,
13:35which at this point is almost a year ago, which is crazy.
13:38But imagine that, you just follow the directions and apply yourself, and you can do it.
13:43Anyway, this is looking really cute.
13:45I'm almost done, but you can start to get a feel for the vision.
13:49I think it's going to be so cute.
13:51So I'm going to go ahead and put this in here.
13:53This is looking really cute.
13:54I'm almost done, but you can start to get a feel for the vision.
13:58I think it's going to be so cute.
14:00Moment of truth.
14:03She's cute.
14:04Okay, you can probably start to get a better feel for the vision that I have here.
14:07Espresso machine, all my cute little matcha supplies.
14:11I want to put something above.
14:12I just think that would be really cute, add some height,
14:14whether that's like a sign, some artwork.
14:17And then I was thinking maybe hanging my handmade ceramic mugs somehow,
14:21maybe getting like a mug hanger.
14:22And then it's really nice because I can store like all of our coffee supplies in here,
14:27which is amazing.
14:28This is from Wayfair.
14:30We have a lot of really good pieces that we got from Wayfair.
14:33I would suggest just reading their reviews, but I'll link this down below.
14:36I feel like this would be really cute, honestly, anywhere in the house,
14:38but as like a little side cabinet.
14:40I don't know.
14:41It does come with legs.
14:42I just thought it was going to be too high with it.
14:43So here she is.
14:46Honestly, pretty cute.
14:53I feel like it'll be even better once I can like hang the mugs and then add
14:57something cute just because I think this wall space will definitely need
15:01something, but I'll show you from farther away.
15:04It's so cute.
15:06Let me know your thoughts of what would look cute up here,
15:08but very excited about this.
15:10Now what I'm thinking is like, what do we do?
15:13What do I put over here?
15:14I need to organize this a bit and like organized,
15:17but this is where all my coffee stuff was before.
15:19It's nice to have a room because I think it's just cute displaying the coffee
15:22stuff like that.
15:23Plus the coffee and matcha montages are about to be really good.
15:26But yeah, this will be empty.
15:27So we'll see what we do with that space.
15:34I have put this off for too long.
15:36We're getting this thing painted today.
15:44I've done it.
15:55Well,
15:56I've halfway done it because I don't feel like dismounting the TV.
15:59But let's just like pretend.
16:02Let's just pretend.
16:03I finished a little over half of it,
16:05which I'm very excited about because it wasn't even on my bingo card that I
16:07was going to be doing this in this video.
16:08But I was like, you know what?
16:09I have the paint.
16:10Let's just do it.
16:11And so I did,
16:13and it looks really good.
16:15I'm excited.
16:16I think if I'm not mistaken,
16:17if the color is sustainable,
16:19I got it at home Depot,
16:20but it's this really beautiful green color.
16:22And I really,
16:23really liked the way it looks.
16:24I think it adds a lot of light because the red was obviously very dark.
16:27I feel like you can even see in this side by side,
16:29just how much of a difference it makes,
16:31but I am so in love with this.