Latest Houselove Podcast Episodes
#120: The Big Fight We Had Over A Microwave
Young House Love Has A Podcast - November 19, 2018 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsRemember when we got into it over a refrigerator back in Episode #74? Well, the location of an appliance recently had us battling over two different kitchen layouts - this time for the duplex. So this week we’re sharing our competing perspectives on form versus function, and how we finally came ...
#119: What Almost Derailed Our Painted House Makeover
Young House Love Has A Podcast - November 12, 2018 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsNow that we’ve completed our big brick house painting project, we’re sharing all the behind-the-scenes twists & turns of the previous week (believe me, the hits kept coming). A big task like this can veer off course pretty quickly… which it did... more than once! We’re also sharing why it turned...
#118: The Not-So-Calm Before The White Brick Storm
Young House Love Has A Podcast - November 05, 2018 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsAmidst all the excitement of getting our brick house painted white last week (!!!) there was some behind-the-scenes stress leading up to the big transformation. So this week we’re sharing the realities of a major undertaking like this, including the fears we have about what happens next. We’re a...
#117: The Downside To Decorating One Room At A Time
Young House Love Has A Podcast - October 29, 2018 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsWe recently passed the one year anniversary of moving furniture to our beach house, so this week we’re looking back on how we kept our sanity while decorating an entire house all at once. It made us realize that there are some flaws in our usual method of taking things slow and going one room at...
#116: How To Get More Style At Home With Less Stuff
Young House Love Has A Podcast - October 22, 2018 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsNow that we tested out the process to achieve “Cozy Minimalism” in our house (and loved the result!), we’re taking it straight to the source and talking with Cozy Minimalist Home author Myquillyn Smith about how she realized she could merge these two seemingly opposite ideas to create a step-by-...
#115: The Trouble With Master Bedrooms
Young House Love Has A Podcast - October 15, 2018 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsAfter a quick video of Sherry’s sparse closet sparked hundreds of questions on Instagram, we’re breaking down her process for creating a wardrobe that saves space, money, and energy. So if you want to tame your overflowing closet, cut your clothing budget, or take the stress out of getting yours...
#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!
Young House Love Has A Podcast - October 08, 2018 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsOur duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform - because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just...
#113: What You Don’t See In Photos Of Our Living Room
Young House Love Has A Podcast - October 01, 2018 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsOur week of living Furniture Free is over and it went… wellllll… differently than we expected. So today we’re talking about what we liked, what we didn’t, what we screwed up, and what lasting impacts it may have on how we use our home. We also confess an annoying side effect of a feature in our ...
#112: One Week Of Living “Furniture Free”
Young House Love Has A Podcast - September 24, 2018 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsHave you heard of the Furniture Free movement? Well, it piqued my interest so much that we’re challenging ourselves to try it for seven days (Sherry reluctantly agreed). So what does it mean? And how does it promise to improve our lives and homes? Will it make us happier or just annoyed? Plus, w...
#111: Can Minimalism Be Cozy?
Young House Love Has A Podcast - September 17, 2018 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsAs much as we love to simplify and declutter, we're not aiming for that ultra sleek and sometimes sterile look that’s often associated with minimalism. So we’ve been trying out a step-by-step process for creating a minimalist space that still feels warm, cozy, and inviting. Spoiler alert: Sherry...
#110: And Then The Bathroom Started Flooding
Young House Love Has A Podcast - September 10, 2018 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsWhat started as a straightforward sink swap in the beach house master bathroom ended with a big hole in the wall and a face full of water. And the cause was something we had never heard about before (and just about the weirdest thing ever). We share what happened and how we fixed it - plus we sp...
#109: Just When You Thought The Diamond Door Saga Was Over
Young House Love Has A Podcast - August 27, 2018 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsWe’ve been on a rollercoaster with those diamond paned doors that we hunted down for our duplex renovation. There was a pretty disappointing low followed by a surprising high, so we’re looping you into the whole thing this week. Also, how come some home improvement professionals seem to be playi...
#108: Science Says These Rooms Are A Waste Of Space
Young House Love Has A Podcast - August 20, 2018 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsWelp, it’s official: new research shows that we aren’t using all of the square footage in our homes. But we sure are paying for it (and then paying to heat & cool it, decorate it, plus spending time cleaning it). Why are we doing that?! Well, this week we're diving into a study that shows what s...
#107: Are We All Getting Sick Of Watching Big Renovations?
Young House Love Has A Podcast - August 13, 2018 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsWe can’t be the only ones noticing that all of the renovations on TV and online seem to be snowballing. Whatever happened to those budget decorating shows and use-what-you-have makeovers? And who remembers when a blog post might have just been "I ordered some new art" instead of "here's the enti...
#106: What’s It Really Like To Downsize?
Young House Love Has A Podcast - August 06, 2018 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsSure it's fun to imagine what it would be like to downsize and live in a significantly smaller space, but this week we're talking to a family of 4 (with a giant dog!) who took the leap and moved from a large builder-grade home to a 1,200 cottage bungalow with just one full bathroom and two bedro...
#105: Sherry Vs. The Bathtub, Duplex Edition
Young House Love Has A Podcast - July 30, 2018 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsWe seem to have a sore spot with tubs, and the duplex renovation has proven to be no exception. So today we’re sharing how a strategic money-saving decision saved us 30% off a huge renovation line item, but sent us on a tub-induced stress spiral. We’ve also got some exciting updates about painti...
#104: This Is How You’re Annoying Your Contractor
Young House Love Has A Podcast - July 23, 2018 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsWe’ve turned the tables today and have asked dozens of contractors - including our own! - what THEY wish we, their clients, did differently. We learned their biggest client pet peeves (we’re certainly guilty of some!) and got great advice for how we can all help renovations go smoother, progress...
#103: Regrets From Our Beach House Reno
Young House Love Has A Podcast - July 16, 2018 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsIt turns out that restoring a vintage stove isn’t all cupcakes & rainbows, so this week we’re revealing some of the quirks that you can’t see from a pretty picture. We’re also spilling the beans on several mistakes, regrets, and missed opportunities from our beach house renovation. What tile cho...
#102: Are Islands Ruining America's Kitchens?
Young House Love Has A Podcast - July 09, 2018 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsIslands are a staple of most modern kitchens, but this week we explore why not everyone is a fan (including what we realized is a negative about the island situation in our own kitchen). Plus, we’ve tiled our fair share of backsplashes, but our recent project at the beach house kitchen taught us...
#101: Should We Paint Our Brick House White?
Young House Love Has A Podcast - June 25, 2018 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsOur urge to paint the exterior of our brick house white has been growing lately, but there are still some concerns holding us back. So today we’re diving into the pros & cons that we’ve been tossing around (for years now!) as well as some new stuff we've learned - plus we're asking for your opin...
#100: So We Had To Quarantine The House…
Young House Love Has A Podcast - June 18, 2018 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsNothing like an infestation to drive you from your home for a few days, am I right? We’re sharing the whole itch-inducing story, including why we had to leave, and what we did to resolve the issue (for significantly less trouble than we originally thought). Plus, we vent some strong feelings abo...
#99: Our Latest (And Grossest) Home Experiment
Young House Love Has A Podcast - June 11, 2018 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsWhen you put a lot of time or money into a project, you’ll go to great, weird, and sometimes gross lengths to protect it. We’ve got all the details in this week’s episode, along with a story that shows why renovating a house that's over two hours away isn't always a smooth process. Plus, we gath...
#98: Why Some Houses We Designed Never Saw The Light Of Day
Young House Love Has A Podcast - June 04, 2018 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsA few years ago we embarked on a design project with a local company that we were very excited about… but it fell apart for reasons we could’ve never expected. We’re sharing that story this week, along with the surprising way Sherry scored an incredible secondhand find for the beach house. We al...
#97: What We Learned (And Saved) From Our Shopping Ban
Young House Love Has A Podcast - May 21, 2018 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsOur month-long shopping hiatus came to a close last week, so today we’re sharing our results! What was the most difficult part? How did it change our habits? What were we dying to buy first after it ended? And - most importantly - how did it impact our bank account? We’re sharing all those detai...
#96: Our Complicated Relationship With Stuff
Young House Love Has A Podcast - May 14, 2018 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsRight in the middle of our own month-long shopping ban, we jumped at the chance to have a deep conversation with the author who started it all: Cait Flanders. She shared fascinating insights, regrets, and explained how her “Year of Less” had a lasting change on her relationship with “stuff." She...
#95: Our House Is Too Big. There, We Said It.
Young House Love Has A Podcast - May 07, 2018 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsWe’ve recently had a realization that we just don’t need as much space as we have. So how'd we end up buying a too-big house? What has made this so clear to us now? And what square footage do we think would be just right? We’re sharing all of that in this episode, including the exact moment we n...
#94: Just When The Duplex Was Going So Well…
Young House Love Has A Podcast - April 30, 2018 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsJust when we thought the duplex renovation was finally rolling along smoothly, we found ourselves in the midst of an ordeal that required an emergency trip to Cape Charles, and another hot-seat meeting with the Historic Review Board. We're sharing all the details, along with an update on our mon...
#93: One Month. No Superfluous Shopping. Can We Do It?
Young House Love Has A Podcast - April 23, 2018 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsCan we go a whole month without buying anything we don’t need? That’s the challenge we’ve handed ourselves as part of a self-imposed month-long shopping ban. So this week we’re sharing how we were inspired by Cait Flanders’ “Year of Less” and how we’re adapting her rules for our own lives. Plus,...
#92: The Household Staples We Never Buy
Young House Love Has A Podcast - April 16, 2018 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsDo you reject certain “household staples?” We do! And it turns out a lot of other people do too - to the point that experts are saying they might someday disappear. So this week we’re breaking down how and why the typical home (and its contents) might be changing, along with revealing what moder...
#91: When Is A House Change You Made Bad For Resale?
Young House Love Has A Podcast - April 02, 2018 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratingsThis week we're talking about when you should undo a personal or customized change that you made to your house that might turn off potential buyers (and when we'd recommend leaving it the heck alone). We're also getting into store returns and how they're changing, because the ability to return d...