Latest Midcentury modern Podcast Episodes
Plan your remodel like your last perfect vacation
Mid Mod Remodel - May 18, 2023 07:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsI'm often asked, "What does it cost to remodel a kitchen right now?" Wow! That depends on so many factors. I might as well ask you, "What does it cost to go on vacation?" There are as many types of home remodels, as there are different ways to travel away from home! But there are shortcuts a...
Ask Me Anything (Mid-Century)
Mid Mod Remodel - May 11, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsHow can you make sure the choices you make for your mid-century home RIGHT NOW will be ones you don’t regret in the future? Ask the right questions! In Today's Episode You'll Hear: How to roll back remodeling choices you made in the past to get a home you’ll love for decades to come. Plus, ...
What Happens After the Master Plan?
Mid Mod Remodel - May 04, 2023 07:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWe created the Mid-Century Master Plan Package to get you from “I want to remodel” to “let’s call up contractors.” The masterplans we create for our clients include floor plans and images to help clients visualize the remodeling possibilities. We also share a style guide with project specific...
Architect Office Hours: pendant lights, mid-century doors, and how to focus your plans
Mid Mod Remodel - April 27, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsMovies love to show architects creating away at a drafting table or sitting picturesquely at a cafe, sketchbook in hand. It’s romantic, this vision of a endlessly creative mind conjuring beautiful buildings from some eternal, internal well. But *SPOILER ALERT* no one uses a drafting table anymo...
Micro-Spaces Make the Most of Your Home
Mid Mod Remodel - April 20, 2023 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWhat is a micro space? A micro space (also know as a "nook") is an area within a room that does one specific job. A few examples: a reading chair in the corner of a larger living room, an eat in area in the kitchen, a closet repurposed as an office or crafting space. Today I’m going to teach...
The Style Guide System (will save your sanity.)
Mid Mod Remodel - April 13, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsYou need a masterplan approach to be able to a) get started in the first place , b) keep going with a minimum of unpleasant expensive surprises and c) end up with a home that looks and works the way you want and need it to. Making changes to your home’s layout and flow is how you make sure it i...
You Don’t Need a Mid Century Mood Board
Mid Mod Remodel - April 06, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsYou don’t need a mid century mood board…but feel free to make one, if it feels like fun to you. It's just not the tool that is going to destress and simplify your remodel decision making. For that, you’re gonna need a style guide. In Today's Episode You'll Hear: Why a mid century mood board w...
Steal Your Mid Century Style
Mid Mod Remodel - March 30, 2023 07:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsToday let’s talk about the right way to steal mid-century style ideas. There is actually a right way and a wrong way to find your mid mod home improvement inspiration. Done right, you can light up your mind with great ideas. You can connect with mid-century homeowners who have walked the path y...
Name Your Mid Century Remodel Era
Mid Mod Remodel - March 23, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWhat's your mid century remodel era? Do you love 40's fab or 50's sputnik-space-race or sunny, earthy late 60's vibes? Today's episode is all about naming your favorite mid century era, then using that information to create the perfect style guide for your remodel! Get the full show notes wit...
Modern House Numbers for an MCM house – Interview with Brandy McLain
Mid Mod Remodel - March 16, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsOne of the easiest ways to make your front door shine is to upgrade your house numbers. I've been a big fan of one particular company, Modern House Numbers, for quite a while. I've got their numbers on my house, and I recommend them to a lot of my clients. But I didn't even know how much I love...
Your Perfect Mid Century Front Door 3 Ways
Mid Mod Remodel - March 09, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsMid-century modern is so in right now, people are popping neutra type house numbers and modbox mailboxes onto just about any house type. You are in luck, Ranch Owner, because the mid-century front door was made for your house. I'll break down how you can get or make your own perfect mid centur...
Modern Mudrooms for Mid-Century Homes
Mid Mod Remodel - March 02, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsOne thing most mid century homes lack is a modern mudroom…or any practical dedicated entry/exit space designed to catch those things that belong to the outside edge of your life. If this sounds like your home, you're not alone! Helping our one-to-one design clients to solve this challenge is p...
Best of: What’s the Right Color for My Mid-Century House?
Mid Mod Remodel - February 23, 2023 08:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThis week we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes! Choosing a color scheme for your home is one of the most effective ways to put your stamp on a house and start the process of making it your home. But before you “pick” the “right” color for your home … I want you to ask yourself a few mo...
TV vs Fireplace (AKA: how to fit your flat screen TV in a mid-century living room)
Mid Mod Remodel - February 16, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWhere are you supposed to fit your flat screen TV in a mid-century living room? Especially is you also have a lovely fireplace! Here's what the internet generally recommends: that you plop your TV on the wall right over the fireplace opening. And here's what I have to say to that ... nope. ...
Please Don’t Paint Your Mid Century Brick
Mid Mod Remodel - February 09, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsBrick has been used as a building material since long before the three little pigs. But mid-century brick is particularly well suited to the ethos of modernist designers: it is humble, honest, tactile and capable of both great simplicity and great variety. There are a number of problems with p...
Find Your Mid Mod ReMod Squad
Mid Mod Remodel - February 02, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWhat is a mid mod ReMod Squad and what can it do for you? Your ReMod Squad is the team you rely on to give you advice specific to your love of mid century style. In Today's Episode You'll Hear: Why it’s so important to find you mid mod folks. How big a difference finding the right experts ...
Become Your Home’s Historian - Interview with Atom Stevens
Mid Mod Remodel - January 26, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsEvery home has a story and every homeowner can benefit from becoming their home’s resident expert! When Atom Stevens bought his house in Harvey Park, he had no idea it would lead him on a journey to becoming a local Cliff May historian and advocate for mid-century preservation. Not only did Atom...
Cliff May Homes - Interview with Atom Stevens
Mid Mod Remodel - January 19, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsDella chats with Denver area mid-century realtor, photographer, designer, and advocate Atom Stevens about becoming an enthusiast and then an expert on Cliff May homes in Denver ... and across the country. When Atom Stevens bought his house in Harvey Park, he had no idea it would lead him on a ...
Micro-masterplan Your Way to Your Perfect Kitchen
Mid Mod Remodel - January 12, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsMy masterplan process was created as a path to managing a full house (or at least very significant) remodel. You begin by dreaming about your ideal home and the life you envision in it and move through each step until you have a full vision for your home. The five steps follow in order and you a...
The Lazy Genius Kitchen
Mid Mod Remodel - January 05, 2023 08:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIn her fantastic new book, The Lazy Genius Kitchen, Kendra Adachi lays out a system for creating a kitchen that has and does everything you need. The lazy genius kitchen isn't really a book about remodeling. Nor is it explicitly a cookbook or an organizing book or a lifestyle guide. It's some of...
Mid Mod Kitchen Update Essentials
Mid Mod Remodel - December 29, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThe five Mid Mod Kitchen Update Essentials are key to creating a fabulous and functional kitchen regardless of style, but are extra important when updating a mid century kitchen. We love mid century homes for many reasons - they are right sized, they were made with quality materials, they tend...
New Year, New Remodel Philosophy
Mid Mod Remodel - December 22, 2022 08:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsFind a new, lazier remodel philosophy in 2023. One that understands perfectionism is a perfect way to prevent yourself from making remodel progress. Real talk folks…it's more important to begin than to do it perfectly. Today’s episode is an end-of-year pep talk about setting yourself up for su...
Best of Our 25 Days of Design
Mid Mod Remodel - December 15, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThis week we’re revisiting the best of our 25 days of design in hopes of sparking your sense of wonder about your home, boosting your remodel confidence and providing concrete advice on making your 2023 remodeling dreams come true. 'Tis the season! Around the holidays, everyone likes to add a...
Use the Holidays to Focus Your Remodel Plans. Yes, really!
Mid Mod Remodel - December 08, 2022 08:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsI want you to use your holiday prep time to plan your remodel. Okay, Before you tell me, Della, that's crazy. The holidays are when I'm busiest. I can't be picking out tiles and solving problems and calling contractors during this period. You're right. Of course you can't. You know me. I would...
Double Your Remodel Dollar with Design
Mid Mod Remodel - December 01, 2022 08:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsDesign used properly can double your remodel dollar. Focusing on design can make every purchase more effective and every change more magical. Using design means considering everything you could do as part of an update or project that might improve your home down the line, bring it back to into...
Support Mid-Century Small Business this holiday season ... and all year long
Mid Mod Remodel - November 24, 2022 08:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsBuying from small businesses is about more than just making yourself feel good about yourself to support small businesses, to keep jobs and dollars local. It’s straight up fun, but it also comes with the real benefit of building your community of design resources. So while you’re hunting for...
Best Of Mid Mod Remodel: Why You Need a Design Before You Make a Budget
Mid Mod Remodel - November 17, 2022 08:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsThis week's episode is a classic from the Mid Mod Remodel archive. The common wisdom is that you should save up money for a remodel and then plan one that fits your budget. Wrong. I want to pitch an alternate plan. It os better to let the design drive the budget, rather than the other way ar...
What You Can Decide in an Hour
Mid Mod Remodel - November 10, 2022 08:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsIn just one hour you really can make big or small decisions that put your remodel on the path for success. Taking a whole remodel from start to finish is a big undertaking. Just planning to start your remodel sometimes feels like it's taking forever…and it really can be a black hole that seems...
Interview with Adrian Kinney: Why MCM Homes “Live so Well.”
Mid Mod Remodel - November 03, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsToday’s podcast is a chat with Denver Area mid-century Realtor, designer and advocate, Adrian Kinney, on what he’s learned restoring SEVEN Cliff May Homes and helping match mcm homeowners to so many more. Adrian shares his mcm origin story, all the deets on his favorite projects and some surp...
Lead a Stress Free Remodel
Mid Mod Remodel - October 27, 2022 07:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsStress-free is a big promise. Of course, there will be some stress in a remodel. You can worry about labor and material costs. You will feel the pressure of timing. You might rack yourself over design details. But you can cut stress out of the remodeling process in as many places as possibl...
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