“This Is Motivating Us”: Gent Inspires SA With Stunning 1-Room Flat Renovation, Mzansi Reacts

“This Is Motivating Us”: Gent Inspires SA With Stunning 1-Room Flat Renovation, Mzansi Reacts

  • A gent went viral on TikTok after sharing his stunning one-room renovation that inspired many
  • The lad generated over one million views in less than a week after posting his beautiful achievement 
  • Social media users praised him for his hard work and impressive interior design skills that he put to good use
  • An interior designer, Gontse, shared tips with Briefly News on how to elevate a bachelor home

Luxurious spaces are often described as humongous buildings with fine art gracing the walls, but a Mzansi gent scraped off that narrative.

Gent shows off stunning flat
A South African inspired many with his stunning one-room flat renovations. Image: @siphiwemtshali87
Source: TikTok

A chap created his own piece of heaven in a one-room flat where he showed off his impressive interior design skills.

SA proud of gent's home makeover on TikTok

A dedicated and talented man inspired many South Africans to work with what they had regarding their living situations. Siphiwe Mtshali from Tsakane rewrote the narrative of what luxury means.

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He gave himself a soft life by renovating his one-room flat rather than saving up to build a mansion while sleeping in rags. The gent showed off his impressive interior design skills and turned his ashy space into a dream bachelor room.

Watch the video below:

Man generates over 1 million views on TikTok

Briefly News chatted with an interior designer, Gontse, to find ways to elevate a bachelor home. The expert listed:

  • Puffy cushions
  • Throw blankets
  • Artwork
  • Good light
“These are the top decorative pieces that help elevate a bachelor’s home without having it be too masculine. The atmosphere also welcomes the ladies.”

Social media users were inspired by the man's hard work and praised him in the comments:

@itu_leo boosted the man's confidence:

"That's what a man's cave should look like - keep it up, my brother."

@Masumpa Ka Ngwadi highlighted:

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"The most beautiful room I've ever seen, especially owned by the guy."

@x spoke on behalf of the guys: 

"This is motivating us as men."

@Girlinc said:

"You can tell this place is more peaceful than my four-bedroom house."

@Baltasar Engonga wrote:

"Since I don't want to get married, I'd live in a room like this even as a millionaire."

Gent flexes year-long mansion-building progress

Briefly News also reported that a luxurious gent living in South Africa showed off his hard work in a well-received. TikTok video Eddie Mdu Vilakazi shared a clip of his year-long building process that motivated many aspiring homeowners.

Social media users showered Vilakazi with lovely messages in a thread of 312 comments.

Source: Briefly News

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Chuma Nontsele (Editor) Chuma Nontsele is a human interest journalist for Briefly News. Nontsele holds a diploma in journalism and started her career working at Daily Maverick as a news reporter. Later, she ventured into lifestyle. You can reach her at: chuma.nontsele@briefly.co.za