E03: All About Modest Makeovers: Swapping costly renovations for meaningful upgrades, finding the right materials, and how to manage your budget
“A remodel or a renovation for a kitchen, you’d likely be replacing the flooring, doing a backsplash, replacing the countertops, new cabinetry, all new lighting, maybe new layout. It costs a lot of money. For a modest makeover, you aren’t going for a radical transformation of the space in that same way, instead the goal is meaningful and valuable upgrades.“
E02: Happy accidents, the ups and downs of building your own home, and value-centered design.
“The island was not supposed to be that big. It’s fourteen or fifteen feet. But after living in so many houses, I know everybody just lives in the kitchen so I can have a party and everybody is just in the kitchen, hanging out.”
E01: Our First Episode! Context, practical home design, and the origins of Lived In
“When I am looking for inspiration, I go to Veranda, I go to Architectural Digest, I go to Elle Decor. The incredible thing about these sources is that you get so much diversity of design, but the challenge with that is when you compare those to real life.”