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Young House Love » Podcast » #29: An Unexpected Con To Calling In A Pro

| By Young House Love | December 19, 2016 |

#29: An Unexpected Con To Calling In A Pro

Happy Holidays everyone! We got you a little something to celebrate. It’s the show notes for Episode #29 of Young House Love Has A Podcast. On this week’s episode we talked about hiring out renovation work in your home. Specifically, that it can be exciting and awesome.. and sometimes it can be deflating and frustrating… which was the case recently for us. So we’re sharing some red flags to look out for and some tips to try to avoid that issue along with a few more ways that we’ve cut down on holiday stress (and gift excess). Plus we dive into our favorite design books, dig up John’s old journal, and enjoy some holiday tunes from a very special guest.

You can download this episode from iTunes, Google Play, Stitcherand TuneIn Radio – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos that we referenced.

What’s New

Ep29 John In Baby Chair

  • Above you can see that pic of John in the “baby chair” that we promised. It’s about 12″ off the ground, and he’s 6′ tall.
  • Below we’ve included a look at our Christmas card this year, which we bought on Minted (it was this design)

Ep29 Christmas Card

  • Here’s that recap of holiday gift themes we’ve used in our exchange:
    • Travel Junk (things you pick up while on trips or vacations)
    • Say Cheese (photo or cheese related gifts – we got a Wisconsin-shaped cutting board for our cousins who live in Madison)
    • The Good Ol’ Days (vintage items like these retro-style Scrabble and Sorry game sets)
    • On The Road (gifts good for road trips or travel, like this travel art kit we received)
    • The Year of Granny (to honor grandma’s 90th birthday we chose gifts that reminded us of her, like an automatic card shuffler)
    • Be A Good Sport (sports-related gifts like memorabilia for your favorite team or actual games to play together)
    • Feeling Green (eco-related gifts, or things that were literally the color green)
    • Across State Lines (local gifts from the town of the gifter)
    • We also did more general categories like “Music” and “Entertainment” in past years
  • And you can check out the poll we referenced about devices like Google Home, Amazon Echo, or Amazon Echo Dot in the show notes for Episode #25

What’s Not

  • Here are all of those holiday-inspired paint colors: White Christmas, Sleigh Bells, Holiday Wreath, Reindeer (on second thought, it may read more pink than peach), Santa’s Beard, Egg Nog, December Eve, Elf and Winter Snow.

Ep29 Holiday Paint Color Names

Listener Call

  • Here’s another post (scroll halfway down) that tackles some common questions we get about working with contractors or hiring pros.
  • Also, tips for negotiating with contractors!
  • Don’t forget – if you’ve got a DIY, decorating, or house question for us: leave us a voicemail at 571-4-YHL-HAP (that’s 571-494-5427)

We’re Digging

Ep39 Home Book We Love To Give

  • Here are links to the design books Sherry mentioned:
    • Absolutely Beautiful Things by Anna Spiro
    • My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living by Jonathan Adler
    • Styled by Emily Henderson
    • Domino: The Book of Decorating
    • Domino: Your Guide To A Stylish Home
    • Young House Love and Lovable Livable Home (figured we’d toss ours in for good measure ;)
  • And check out the Grown-Ups Read Things They Wrote As Kids podcast for plenty of adults-relishing-their-younger-weirdness hilarity

Psst- Looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into? Well, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all past episodes. 

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