We live in, objectively, one of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the country, with several remote, quiet vacation towns within one hour car drive. So naturally, we’re looking to renovate a cabin!
We talk about how that process has been going, some ups and major downs for us, as well as a major down for Zillow right now in the litigation department. Hint, the Z-Estimate.
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What We Screwed Up This Week: The Pocket Doors
A little insider information on something we messed up with the pocket door recently added to the laundry room that almost had Chris ripping out the freshly added trim.
Listener Question: Choosing an Exterior Paint Color
• Considerations for the style of your home, and the homes around you
• Subdivisions, covenants, HOAs
• Light vs. Dark and the impact on scale
• Bob Villa: The Do’s & Don’ts of Choosing an Exterior Paint Color
• Don’t Wing It
2017 Trend Check-In
We discuss this article from Elle Decor, written December of 2016, regarding top trends that were expected to make a splash in 2017. Some have panned out, others not so much.
Can’t Get You Outta My Mind
Julia:Â We bought a discount mirror in a time crunch and have regretted it ever since. Julia talks about this little piece of decor that has done more to lower our self-esteem than any other item in our home.
Theme song Headphones by Preston Pugmire
Hi, we are amateur diy’ers definitely not not on your level however just painted very faded yellow aluminum siding and it turned out so good everyone is very impressed lol we used Sherwin Williams and it is a medium gray called summit gray. I love your blog !! Karen
*my last comment got formatted so crazy! so here it is again*
I just had my faded yellow aluminum siding painted too! I went with Sherwin Williams Seaworthy, a dark teal color, and I’m in love! I definitely wish I painted it myself though, the process was very frustrating with my painting company.
http://andthenwetried.com/2017/06/dark-teal-house-paint-reveal/
http://andthenwetried.com/2017/07/ten-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-house-painters/
Way to go!!!!
I loved the mirror situation. I have the BEST full length mirror that my grandma got at a garage sale maybe over 30 years ago. The frame around it is cute, but it is broken in 3 places, and the frame has detached from the mirror at the bottom. I refuse to fix it because I know in doing so I would destroy the magical qualities of the mirror–my legs always look long and my stomach flat.
Hello, could you please sing your own theme music for each section of the podcast? Like the ‘can’t get you out of my mind’ theme song by Julia. I think there should be theme music sung by Chris and Preston as well.
Here! Here!
Love the podcast and found this week’s discussion about Zillow interesting. I asked my dad, who is a Realtor, about it. Apparently the zestimate is notoriously incorrect by a large margin. He told me that every time he lists a house on Zillow, he opts to not have the zestimate included. I guess that is an option for anyone looking to list on the site. He has also had clients ask to not have their home listed on Zillow due to their dislike of it.
haha that pocket door mistake sounds like something I would do! Glad to fixed it easily enough. Love your podcast!