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home is a really safe place for me it's warmth and comfort it's a place that you can play aroundand no one can judge you for it i'm mila kunis,and this is "my houzz" i grew up in a very small townin ukraine and i literally had no clueof a different continent let alone a different language,or people or diversity and when i was seven,my parents moved us to los angeles

it was all very jarringand very shocking but by the age of eight... ...boy, did i acclimate perfectly fine when i was nine,my family moved into the condo... ...that my parents still live in i graduated high schoolin that condo i got my first dog... ...without my parents' permissionin that condo everything as far as my careerhappened there

i have the greatest momon the planet never will i understandhow she was able to raise... ...my brother and myselfwhile working full time my mom was there every morningto take me to school somehow, magically, we had dinneron the table every night my dad's awesome he is one of the most prideful menyou'll ever meet he would never ask for help he would never ask for a handout

and when times got tough,he just worked. knowing how hard i work nowfor what i have... ...puts things in perspectivefor how much harder... ...my parents had to have worked... ...to have given my brother and ithe life that we had i would like to do this renovationfor my parents... ...mark and elvira kunis... ...because they've done so many thingsfor my brother and i and so i desperatelywant to give them something...

...that i think they deserve you cannot get my parentsout of that condo they are never going to move they love it their friends live on the same floor i feel like they're the presidentof the condo like, everybody knows them there so here's why the housedoesn't really work my family all descends upon the family room,kitchen, dining room area

and my mom's always in the kitchen and whoever's in the kitchen isalways isolated from everybody else... ...because you're surrounded bythese weird walls constantly people yellingback and forth like... ..."what'd you say?" but you're in one room it shouldn't be that hardto hear one another spatially speaking, the furnituredoesn't equal out in size and the house kind of looks likemiami vice...

...circa 1994 lots of leather couches green and pink wallswhich, you know... ...you wouldn't think belongin the same room... ...but according to my parents,they do my parents know they'regetting kicked out of the house but they're not 100% surewhat's going to happen thank god for houzz i'm still working full time,i'm very pregnant

and i know i personally, could neverhave done this by myself houzz is a website and an appwhere you can get inspired you can find a professional,you can shop your heart out... ...all in one place i did a search for la designers i was able to find thousandsof designers on houzz i found breeze she had incredible reviews... ...and i loved her style,everything about her...

...and i knew that she was rightfor this project breeze and i talked on the phoneand it went very well now we're going to meetto discuss this project - hi- it's so nice to finally see you i'm very excited to get started i'd love to hear more aboutwhat you have in mind i think the problem with the spaceis it's so not cohesive it's just very... - it's very compartmentalized- yes

you know, ideally i'd likea great room where you walk in and there'sthe family room... ...and the dining room and... ...i guess what you would calla kitchen it looks like a giant closet to me and she cooks all the time - so it should be a chef's kitchen- yes and it's like my dadhas stuck her in the corner... ...and he was like "you just get thistiny corner in the living room"

and he gave himselftwo giant leather couches and a televisionthat's the size of the wall so these are the thingsi'd like to change okay, so however we can achieve itwe wan to open up the space... - ...as much as possible- yeah. i'd love to take a lookat some of your ideas. an ideabook is a place whereyou can store all your ideas... ...for the house and products you can share your ideabook withother people involved in the project

it really helps you collaboratewith everyone that's working with you i like this kitchen and i think this may be similarin some ways... to how the flowand the layout go... ...in that you havean l-shaped kitchen here then you have dining,opposite the window which is nice what kind of storageis she most in need of? i'd say, definitely pantry... ...like spices, dry goods,things like that

everything she needsfor all the yummy meals. so we did the kitchen... - yes- now the dining room's the problem we have massive dinners, all the time so i think the seatingis really important and the lightingis really important... ...and the chandelier that they havenow is a little dated the table is lacquered as it is so i liked this becausei thought that it was...

...maybe it might bea little too traditional? for sure, but the chandelierreally is striking... ...and i think it couldbelong in the space that's a great idea because it's long it's long, it's sculptural,it's transitional... and i think we're goingin that direction but what's nice about houzz is... ...you can actually click on the imageand it leads you to the houzz shop and lets you knowif that item is available

so, it's as simple as this - add to cart- and you can check out now and you can check out let's buy it i love it,i'm so excited about this what are you thinkingfor the table then? it's a rustic farmhouse table... ...but with great extendable leaveson each side oh, i love that table

so this is an idea of the couches i love thisas a seating configuration yeah, i can see my dadtaking a lot of naps on that couch let's get it okay, oh good,look at us making progress and if they keep their floors... ...maybe, maybe not it cannot stay the way it is the finish is very dated

the glossiness and the yellowneed to go let's change their floors i'm very proud of us we talked a lot about blowing outall of the walls... ...and just making it one great room one idea is keepingpart of the entry wall so you can preservethe feeling of enclosure and entry but the idea is actually to leavethree or four feet of wall... ...so you could havean entry mirror...

- a full wall? like floor to ceiling?- floor to ceiling i don't know if i like this i'm not against it... ...i trust you so as far as thingsthat should stay in the space... ...there are three paintingsthat are important to my parents they brought themwith them from russia the triptych paintingsare like my dad's pride and joy they represent past, present,and future

and that to my dad,represents our family the paintings need to stayin this space because... ...i really want to make sure thatthe space represents them... ...and doesn't lose their touch okay, so just to reiterate... ...comfortable, comfortableand very family friendly and as open as possible - okay- you can maybe have your three foot wall but just keep it as open as possible

we'll do what we can i am so excited and so relievedthat you're doing this... ...and not me, you have no idea i trust you don't mess this up i know where to find you today, breeze and i are meetingat my parents' condo... ...to finalize the plan - hey- hi, nice to see you again

welcome, welcome so we covered a lot of territoryin our last meeting... ...and maybe we should run throughsome of the things that came up... like this beautiful television? oh my gosh honestly, i'd like to considermounting it to the wall i think that's a solid plan what do you think of... - the couches?- these beautiful couches

the couches are going,i'm sorry to say although we talked aboutsome of the things... ...that they'd like to stayin this space - and i'd love to see them...- okay ...in person - so we like that painting- we like it - okay- for sure this was an interpretationof chernobyl, right? yes, exactly

it's one of my favourites they love those. - the triptych?- yeah and it has that sort ofwarm colour scheme... ...that we were talking aboutin the meeting i don't love the framing of them i feel like they're suffocated yeah, re-framing the art, for sure - so the kitchen- yeah

this i'm really excited about this whole wall behind meis getting blown away so although it is load-bearing,we're able to remove almost all of it... ...and just leave a small postat the end of the kitchen - so excited, breeze- i am too your parents are going to love it oh my god, not as much as i now that breeze has seen the place,in person and i've heard her ideas,it's time to get started

i have been wanting to knock downthis wall for twenty years listen, i might benine months pregnant... ...but if anyone is knocking downthat wall, it's me - okay, ready?- okay i'm standing back yes listen, one hit was enough this is really goodletting a pregnant lady hit a wall i'll let the professionals do the rest

it's been a couple of weekssince i've seen this... ...so i'm coming by todayto meet with breeze to talk about... ...where we are in the spaceand if they need my advice... ...because everybody needs my advice but i would love to go over... ...design and floors,and accent pieces... ...and whatever else you can show me how about we start with flooring? i always like to look at flooron the floor

- i have a favourite of these two- which one is it? well, how about we do this this is option one,and that's option two i'm going to say "one, two, three"... ...and then you tell meyour favourite... ...and i'll tell you my favouriteat the same time, ready? - okay- one, two, three - one- two the one that breeze chose wasa little bit more my parents friendly

i am going to let her decide there's a snapshot of... ...the soft greys that we were goingto bring into the space it's so pretty breeze and i both agreed we wanta really clean-looking kitchen so it was versions of white and then today, she threw a littlewrench in the plan... ...which is glass cabinetsand open shelving and... i love that idea

i think we did everythingwe need to, though i'll get it rolling - let's get out- okay i think she just wants to,in a really great way... ...make my parents happy i haven't been able to connectwith breeze in weeks... ...because i had a baby i'm very excited but today we have a lotto get done at my parents' condo the new floors are going in

the kitchen cabinetsare being installed and all the itemsthat we've purchased on houzz... ...are being delivered so i'm going to reach outto breeze... ...and see how the renovationsare coming along - hi, breeze- hi congratulations on having your baby thanks, we created a human how's it going over there?

we're actually makinga lot of progress did you get the picture? i did, and i loved it with houzz, you can virtuallyplace products into your space that way, you can preview thembefore you buy them just tap "view in my room"under the product picture... ...and it automatically launchesa camera isn't it cool to actually seethe furniture in the space... ...before it's installed?

- no buyer's remorse- no, none thank you for sending it to me the chandelier looks amazing we just have a few weeks to gobut i think we're right on track oh, i can't wait good luck with everything,i'll see you later - bye- bye i can't wait to see the reactionon my parents' faces i hope they love it

i'm heading to my parents' condo... ...and am draggingmy husband along... ...to do the heavy lifting i'm very excited to show my parentsthe final project let's do this - hi- breeze... - welcome- oh my god congratulations, first of all thank you

- you've been busy producing- we produced your lighting is really,really pretty, i have to tell you it's just so much brighter and open this is 100% the vision that i thinkbreeze and i had i think that she tookwhatever we did put together... ...and made itnot only just come to life... ...but made it a million times better in the design meeting,i really pushed to keep this wall... ...so that you that you didn't enterinto the kitchen

and now seeing the space,do you agree? are you kidding?i think it’s great - i think it’s fantastic- that looks a lot like me i think it’s the best wallin the house, so i like it... ...naturally good job, babe, good job okay, we do have a lot to do - let’s go- let’s get it done - let's start- it's time to work

it feels really good to do this i got this, you got that yeah, bringing the might it feels nice,because it also feels permanent it’s not like a superficial gift,so i love it i got it, there goes my back i think that they deserve it i hope that they grow in the space... ...and i hope that they love itas much as we do

- can you put this over there?- voila now we just have to populate it that’s like designer codefor “get the booze” they absolutely deserve and needa fresh beginning they’re nearly retired,they need a little “jeuge” in their life okay babe, i think we’re done now we’re done okay, now get out,both of you, get out - but i was just going to sit down...- no, get out, don't dent the couch

i was just going topopulate my hand with a… - no, get out- okay i’m going to wait for them... ...and then i’ll bringyou guys back in - go get 'em, babe- thanks baby - bye guys- bye we’ve lived herefor over twenty years and we've been out of the housefor six weeks when you’re after a certain age...

...it’s not easy to move outand do the changes... ...and we didn’t know what to expect i was scared, actually i didn't want to go what do you think? oh my gosh, what do i think?i don’t know do you like it? yes, i do come here, come and look

aw mommy, don't cry you're like"don't move my hair" seeing my parents' reactionto their condo for the first time... ...made everything worth it all the stress, the timing... everything and anything becamenull and void when mom started crying so, what do you guys thinkof the space... ...we took all the walls down... ...so there's no more pantry,it's just one large space

- it's nice, right?- it's nice okay, so you're ready to go lookat the kitchen? - yeah- you go first - i really like it- do you? go ahead, go in so now you actually have a kitchen a big one so we gave you tons of spice racksover here... ...and then i really wantedthe glass here... ...because i thought that it wouldmake it seem bigger

- do you like it?- i love it it's so pretty, right? i didn't even know that you canmake it bigger than i... come this way so here's your new table because we have a growing family,you can take this... ...and it extends on both sides it's easy it's enough spacefor the six grand children here

- how many?- six don't spread rumours, dad don't start spreading rumours look, and your paintings,do you like the new frames? i love it we knew that thesewere really important to you guys... ...considering they've beenhanging here my whole life we love it, it looks beautiful - i like the way it is now...- the frame?

it's nice because it hasthe same brass as the chandelier yes, it's matched when we were looking atideabooks on houzz... ...we saw this and instantlyi fell in love with it - and then the couch, you can...- this is your dad's couch the couch is perfect it's perfect - it's so good- my kitchen, his couch when you're angryand you don't like something...

...you have a lot of wordsto explain why you're angry... ...but if you're happy,you're just happy, that's it it's not much wordsto explain your happiness it was really importantto make sure that... ...there was still youin the space it still looks like it's from...it looks like my stuff i know, it's really great, yeah. i would like for you to meetmy little elves sit right here, i'll bring them out

hold on breeze was an unbelievablehuman being to work with this is breeze, the designer,she did everything - it is such a pleasure...- thank you …i feel like i know you a little bit - hey- how are you? - you did a wonderful job- thank you thumbs up, love it i'm just really happyto be involved...

...with creating something beautifulfor a beautiful family let's do a little toast, come on come mom, come dad my parents were a little resistantto the idea of change... ...and i hope that this somehowevokes a spark in their life i would like to make a toastto my parents... ...and to you guys for working hardyour whole life... ...and never taking the timeto do something for yourselves and so we wantedto do something for you...

...as a thank youfor always being there for us kids and we love you, so thank you mommy, i love that you're crying give her some more champagne,she won't be able to stop crying i don't need more you know guys, we love you very much - we love you both, very much- we love you guys but mostly we love our grandchildren - fine, me too- that's the truth

through the technology of houzz,i was able to pull off... ...and incredible surprisefor my parents... ...because being able to doeverything from my computer... ...while being nine months pregnant,it's made this entire experience... ...so much easier you know, when you haveyour own family... ...and you come intoanother family... ...you always thinkthat no other family will be as... ...connected and loving and caringas your own family...

...except for you guys i couldn't ask for better inlaws,like, we're family and there's no distinctionbetween mila's family... ...and my family and now, i feel likewe have a space... ...that is as befitting as the lovethat this space holds - so...- thank you, thank you as much as we argue constantly,we love you anyway there is just so much more airand light in that room...

...and i think that will translateinto their whole life i think that my brother and i,and all our kids... ...are going to be thereway more often... ...which is either a good thingor a bad thing, i don't know but i definitely think there's going to bea lot more sunday dinners there

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