On this week’s podcast, we hear what it’s truly like to downsize thanks to Dana as well as Steve Miller from the blog House*Tweaking, who moved to a smaller house – while their family was getting bigger, no less! – as well as opened up about exactly how it helped them achieve their monetary as well as household goals (but isn’t always all roses). We also share a extremely odd morning we spent together, together with debating when you must get a tool versus renting one. plus Sherry shares her preferred quick technique for dents & scratches in wood furniture.
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Here are some of the jobs where we’ve relied on rented tools:
Renting a demolition hammer to eliminate a tile floor
Renting an auger – twice! – to dig holes for deck footings
Renting a pressure washer to clean our home’s exterior
Renting a floor nailer to set up hardwoods in our reward room
Also, here’s the wet saw we own as well as love (and plan to utilize for at least five a lot more shower room renovations)
If you wanna discover a lot more about “floating,” here’s a Wikipedia entry on it, or you can checked out the benefits page of the location we visited. But I understand you’re truly right here for the pictures…
Creepy selfie alert in 3…2…1… (yes, we got to wear purple ear plugs)
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Here’s the infographic Sherry referenced for the top value-adding exterior upgrades, however very first – right here are a few of our preferred curb charm jobs that we’ve dealt with ourselves:
Adding diy Landscape Lighting
Staining & Sealing An Old Deck
Adding window Boxes
Adding a Pergola
Painting The Front Door A fun Color
….and plenty more!
Dana Miller
You can follow Dana (and her hubby Steve) over at House*Tweaking and feast your eyes on her pretty Instagram feed.
Here’s more of her story as well as thoughts on downsizing & reaching monetary goals (and you can learn a lot more about their flip house).
If you want to peruse a few of their AirBnb-ing…
Nashville Glamping House
Toronto home With kitchen area Swing
Michigan City Bunk space House
Modern Michigan Lake House
Asheville mountain House
We’re Digging
Here are the golden Oak as well as Ebony discolor markers that we’ve utilized for floor & furniture scratches for many years (they are available in lots of other colors)
And in situation you haven’t believed about Groupon for many years (like me), you may just be shocked by some of their experience-based discounts
Psst- trying to find something we’ve dug in a past episode, however don’t keep in mind which show notes to click into? Well, here’s a master listing of whatever we’ve been digging from all past episodes.
Visit DIYZ.com/YHL to discover a lot more or download it today in the Apple app store or Google Play, and search YHL in the app for some videos featuring a few 5-step jobs that we tackled.
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