No paint, no wallpaper: TheSorryGirls puts a rug on the wall

Kelsey MacDermaid gives Lindsay's bedroom a moody makeover with lace curtains, rich textiles and a plush mirror DIY.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Rug as wallpaper hack | did you trust the process?👀🤭

TheSorryGirls gave Kelsey MacDermaid a decorating constraint with real consequences: Lindsay wanted a moody bedroom, but paint and wallpaper were off the table. The answer was to borrow something from the floor.

A wall-mounted rug became the standout idea across four uploads, with the full makeover also taking in lace curtains, a chandelier, an IKEA cabinet upcycle and a plush mirror DIY. Kelsey extended the assignment into a smaller living-room restyle, too. This wasn't just a feature wall looking for a room.

The rug-focused upload, "Rug as wallpaper hack | did you trust the process?👀🤭", has reached roughly 280,000 views and is drawing the most daily viewing of any video on the channel. Underneath it, viewers are treating the project as a design discussion: some call it a modern tapestry, others suggest leaving the excess tucked behind the headboard rather than cutting it. Sound dampening comes up repeatedly as a possible bonus, while one commenter proposes turning the offcut into a runner.

The full bedroom makeover is also among the channel's busiest videos, alongside an earlier midcentury-modern balcony renovation. Across the channel, daily views are moderately above their usual pace, although the subscriber total held steady over the week. Nearby in the DIY group, ForgeCore had a particularly large week for views; TheSorryGirls' more modest week had a very specific talking point: what belongs on a bedroom wall, and what to do with the bit left over.

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The videos drawing views on TheSorryGirls right now

I almost gave up on this room makeover when she said I couldn't paint275,737 views · 2026-10-13 upholstered mirror DIY🤎34,583 views · 2026-10-14 the makeover I didn’t want to do | alt cool girl bedroom makeover♥️30,797 views · 2026-10-16 COMPLETE balcony renovation | mcm deck✨393,866 views

The numbers

Here is how TheSorryGirls' week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

ForgeCore

23,509,761

President Chay

1,655,692

Garden Answer

1,639,533

Allen Pan

1,375,324

Drew Builds Stuff

1,331,118

TheSorryGirls

1,297,239

Fix This Build That

996,219

Do It On A Dime

636,070

jimmydiresta

276,546

subscribers

2,330,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

518,146,358

views per day

329,387

typical day: 278,334

first-day views of each video posted this week

Rug as wallpaper hack | did you trust t…

105,435

I almost gave up on this room makeover …

156,066

upholstered mirror DIY🤎

18,435

the makeover I didn’t want to do | alt …

23,550

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

President Chay

2,500,000

Do It On A Dime

2,470,000

Allen Pan

2,350,000

TheSorryGirls

2,330,000

Fix This Build That

2,200,000

ForgeCore

2,180,000

Garden Answer

2,070,000

jimmydiresta

2,030,000

Drew Builds Stuff

1,990,000

As of October 18, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.