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Title: Ep 29: Your Town is Boring, No Need to Renovate
Hot Topic: Is it Worth Renovating When You Live In a Small Town?
Show Notes: The gang discusses and mocks Preston’s process for choosing paint in his studio and then Julia drops the #1 tip for choosing a color. Our reader questions lead to talks on how minimalism and curtains can be at odds in your home.
Theme song Headphones by Preston Pugmire
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Just wanted to give a shout out from another Idahoan! We love Idaho and its fun to listen to you talk about it! :)
Thanks for the pictures of Preston’s studio – it’s fun to see where you are recording the podcasts! I can only imagine if he hadn’t redone the room – my guess is you’d all sit in that old cracked hot tub.
I have a question for the podcast and I’m not quite sure how to phrase it, but here goes. I am loving the look of white paint and would love to use it in a few different spaces in my home. We currently have one white bedroom. I feel like since we’ve used it once, I’m locked in to that color and need to use it throughout. I noticed you have at least three different shades of white in your home. Help ease me out of the paralysis that I’m in. I get that I can choose different shades based on the individual spaces, but how do I deal with the transition from room to room? (I feel the same way about grays and other neutrals that I want to repeat). Thanks and I value your opinions!
I love the podcast! Your interactions with each other are so authentic and make me laugh every episode. The advice you give is spot on, and I look forward to listening. However, I have one “complaint” — the audio fades in and out, making it difficult to listen to in the car without repeatedly adjusting the volume up and down, which is maddening. For example, in this episode, when you’re discussing reader Angela’s question, Preston’s voice is almost inaudible, except when he exclaims “Help!!” while he’s reading her question. I turn it up to hear Preston, and then Julia’s voice in response is SUPER loud. Is this an issue with the recording device — as if Julia is much closer to the microphone and Preston is further away? Or is it that Preston and Chris have lower voices that just don’t record as clearly? Help! This is not the first episode where I’ve noticed the trouble with the audio. It makes it difficult to listen while driving, which is the only time I have to listen to the podcast. And, seriously, I love the podcast, so if it’s something that’s easy to fix, I just wanted to let you know about it. Thanks for all you do to inspire us!
Lisa, Im totally on it. Thanks for the feedback.
Here are some thoughts on the average age of shoppers at different stores, from one of your “older readers/listeners (I am 57). When you are in your 20’s and 30 you are deep in the process acquiring furniture so you need to shop at stores that have significant furniture stock, like Ikea and then a bit later in life, Crate and Barrel and CB2. Once you are more established in life you are less likely to need the big furniture items, but still will purchase smaller items- for instance decorative and kitchen items and cookware from William Sonoma and Pier One.
As far as the Lowes and Home Depot average age being so much higher than the other stores you mentioned, it could be because younger people are more likely to be renters than owners and would therefore be less likely to need the typical home repair and improvement things that are at these types of stores.
Just my thoughts – I am a scientist and have to analyze everything!
Love that analysis!