Latest Midcentury modern Podcast Episodes
Mid-Century Hardscapes and Feature Elements with Ginkgo Leaf Studio
Mid Mod Remodel - July 11, 2024 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsRemember the delightful Jim Drzewiecki from Ginkgo Leaf Studio? We barely scratched the surface of all the listener landscaping questions we received last season. So, naturally, I had to bring him back on the podcast to continue our chat! Today, we’re diving in on hardscaping and adding feature ...
An Architect Chat - Dream with Della
Mid Mod Remodel - June 27, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWhen you find yourself in a remodeling time crunch, the most frequently skipped step in the process is actually the most essential part of any well planned and executed remodel. Taking time to Dream can mean the difference between your perfect remodel and a remodel that misses the mark. In T...
How do I unflip my mid-century house?
Mid Mod Remodel - June 20, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsStraight outta the DM’s “Do you have an un-flip quick start guide?” If you're wondering what there might be to salvage about your farmhouse flipped mid-century house, the short answer is there's plenty. And you may even find that the flippers did you a few favors! In Today's Episode You'll Hea...
Do you have a spreadsheet to help me manage my remodel?
Mid Mod Remodel - June 13, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIn Today's Episode You'll Hear: How to feel like the boss of your remodel, from the planning phase through the punch list. Which key tools you need to keep your remodel on track. Why spreadsheets are your remodel’s BFF. Get the full show notes with all the trimmings at https://www.midmod-...
Are skylights and light tubes too modern for a mid-century house?
Mid Mod Remodel - June 06, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsMid-century homes are often kind of light on daylight, so I get a lot of questions about whether skylights and light tubes are appropriate and feasible options. The short answer? Heck yeah! In Today's Episode You'll Hear: Why your mid-century home may seem lacking in the daylight department. ...
Should I replace my mid-century windows?
Mid Mod Remodel - May 30, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsTis the season for window replacement folks to make the rounds in many mid-century neighborhoods, sharing the "good news" of vinyl replacement windows. Or maybe a well meaning neighbor has been extolling the new maintenance free replacement windows they installed? Replacement windows may not b...
Any tips for mixing mid mod materials?
Mid Mod Remodel - May 23, 2024 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsOur season of listener questions continues! Folks ask all the time, "Della, you say a mix of materials is one of the cornerstones of mid-century design. Do you have tips for mixing materials without making a mid mod mess?" I sure do! In Today's Episode You'll Hear: A short history of 2x4’s. ...
Speedy Strategies for an MCM Remodel You'll Love (in the time you have)
Mid Mod Remodel - May 16, 2024 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratings30-ish minutes to learn to plan a remodel in 30 days? Believe it! You can check off maintenance, meet a deadline and still get a remodel that enhances your home's MCM charm and suits your life and family! Listen to my new workshop for all the speedy remodel planning skills. In today's episo...
How do I mix Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie style into my ranch? (Part 2)
Mid Mod Remodel - May 09, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsAs you plan your ranch remodel, you can absolutely dip into Wright design ideas. Your house is actually already full of them! In Today's Episode You'll Hear: How to make material choices for a Wright-infused remodel. Which colors to choose to shout about your combined love of mid mod and Pra...
Can I mix Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie style into my ranch? (Part 1)
Mid Mod Remodel - May 02, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsHere's a question I get all the time from people who live in mid-century homes. "Hey, Della, I love my mid mod house. BUT I also like Frank Lloyd Wright...the Prairie School...this amazing Usonian place I visited one time. Am I wrong to want to add some Wright to my ranch?" In Today's Episode ...
Mid-century landscaping…is that a thing?
Mid Mod Remodel - April 25, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsSo glad you asked! Let's talk landscaping with a certified mid-century landscaping expert - Jim Drzewiecki of Ginkgo Leaf Studio. In Today's Episode You'll Hear: How to let your house tell you how to design your landscape. Why hardscapes are the hardest (and most important) to get right. ...
What are the best mid-century flooring choices?
Mid Mod Remodel - April 18, 2024 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWhat is the best mid-century flooring for your house? My answer to you, to my clients, to my students and to everybody who asks me this is, it depends. Now, when I answer this way, I'm not hedging or hesitating. I do have opinions about and experience with many types of flooring in all sorts ...
How long will my remodel take?
Mid Mod Remodel - April 11, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsHow long will your remodel take? Well that depends on you, my friend. This week's episode kicks of a full season of listener questions. First up? Timelines. In Today's Episode You'll Hear: All about the remodel schedule venn diagram. Where it is easiest to exert some control over your rem...
What we can learn from HGTV.
Mid Mod Remodel - April 04, 2024 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIn the last episode of our HGTV season we’re talking about what we can learn from looking at other people’s houses. Despite its shortcomings, HGTV offers glimpses into remodeling and design processes and practical lessons for would-be remodelers. In Today's Episode You'll Hear: Why HGTV might...
White paint. STILL not the answer.
Mid Mod Remodel - March 28, 2024 07:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWhite paint on wood? Well, that depends. Today's episode is going to be a love story to the wooden elements of a mid-century home. The main takeaway? Leave your original mid-century wood alone. In Today's Episode You'll Hear: Why paneling is not the place for paint - white or otherwise. ...
Painting it white is not the answer.
Mid Mod Remodel - March 21, 2024 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsToday let's talk about why slapping a coat of white paint on your mid-century brick, stone or concrete block is never the right answer. Even if your house is entirely brick or entirely stone, there are still meaningful things you can do to change the feeling of your house without large quantiti...
A ranch is not a cottage (and it never will be).
Mid Mod Remodel - March 14, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThere are key difference between cottages and mid-century ranch homes. Your ranch is not a cottage, so steer clear of cottage style updates. In many ways American homes changed more between 1930 and 1950 than they have since. Part of the reason I find ranches so interesting is how modern they ...
Change your home, change your life.
Mid Mod Remodel - March 07, 2024 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThe culture we live in is selling us doublespeak that you must remodel your home to make it your home. You can't just take a house as it is. And there's only one right way to improve your home. Let's interrogate this modern urge to change your life by changing your home. In Today's Episode Yo...
Master Plan your...clutter?
Mid Mod Remodel - February 29, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsDo you have objects in your life in your house that you would categorize as clutter? Probably you do. I know I do. Decluttering sometimes feels like our national pastime, or problem. And HGTV has multiple shows devoted to the topic. Or if you prefer your Marie Kondo straight from the source her ...
BONUS: How to Plan an MCM Remodel to Fit Your Life (and budget)
Mid Mod Remodel - February 26, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIf you listen to the Mid Mod Remodel Podcast regularly, you hear lots about the tips and tools I recommend to help you plan and lead your perfect MCM remodel. And once or twice a year I boil down the most helpful of those tips and tools into a free masterclass that I offer live. In the past t...
Your remodel should not be a surprise.
Mid Mod Remodel - February 22, 2024 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsA surprise reveal is a mainstay of remodeling TV shows and it's basically a jumpscare. Your ideal remodel should include few to no surprises. In Today's Episode You'll Hear: Why a surprise remodel reveal is worse than your average jumpscare. When remodeling related surprises are a GOOD thin...
Trends are not your friend.
Mid Mod Remodel - February 15, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsToday I am future you’s best friend. Do you know who is not future you’s best friend? HGTV. In Today's Episode You'll Hear: Why trendy remodels mean more waste and less joy. How to stand strong in the face of before and after photos. Where to embrace trends you love for a remodel that w...
How to have a big remodeling fight with your partner
Mid Mod Remodel - February 08, 2024 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWant to know how to have a BIG fight with your partner about your remodel? Or even a series of many smaller fights that blur into each other and become frustration and resentment? Welcome to the Valentine’s Day episode of Mid Mod Remodel! In Today's Episode You'll Hear: Why all those couples...
The modern "mid-century" dream kitchen
Mid Mod Remodel - February 01, 2024 08:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThe modern mid-century dream kitchen isn’t the kitchen that Lucy Arnez or Donna Reed or Carol Brady had. It also isn’t the kitchen you might find in vintage kitchen ads. And it certainly isn’t the kitchen you’ll find in most builder grade ranches. So what exactly is it then? In Today's Episod...
Why are mid-century kitchens?
Mid Mod Remodel - January 25, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsAspirational mid-century kitchens influenced the kitchens we live in and love today. The kitchens that served as backdrops for our favorite mid-century TV families often included features missing for the builder basic kitchens of the time (and still missing in many of our ranches!). In Today's...
Cooking with gas...ads and sponcon in remodeling "reality" shows.
Mid Mod Remodel - January 18, 2024 08:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWant the most reliably biased remodeling advice around? Head for HGTV. In fact, pick up or turn on any mainstream piece of home and garden media. Now, try to separate expert advice from paid content. What you’ll find is a strong push toward well funded trends that dominate the industry. Certain...
The (main) problem with HGTV.
Mid Mod Remodel - January 11, 2024 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThis season, I'm pushing back on the default remodeling advice that we all encounter on television and in online magazines, see manifested in big box home improvement stores and hear echoed in the mouths of run-of-the-mill general contractors. But you know I'm not about negativity! Instead, ...
Cornerstones of Mid-Century Design: Applying the Cornerstones
Mid Mod Remodel - January 04, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIf you've been following along this month you know the four cornerstones of a great Mid Mod design ... but how do you make sure that you're going to bake them into your own home and plans? Before you start calling contractors and deciding what to do first ... I want you to hit pause for just a ...
Cornerstones of Mid-Century Design: Flow Between Spaces
Mid Mod Remodel - December 28, 2023 08:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWhen we think about gorgeous mid-century homes, many of us picture a glass wall separating the living room from a patio and lush backyard. Or a sunken living room that flows from the formal entry. Glass. Open spaces with exposed structure. Screens that allow a peek through to the next space. Sto...
Cornerstones of Mid-Century Design - Mix of Materials
Mid Mod Remodel - December 21, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsYour material and finish choices can make or break a mid mod remodel. Choose correctly and you'll enhance your home with lovely, long-lasting materials that feel period-appropriate and yet somehow timeless…and don't break your budget. In Today's Episode You'll Hear: When to save original mate...
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