#106: What’s It Really Like To Downsize?
Young House Love Has A Podcast
John Petersik
4.9 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2018
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Sure it's fun to imagine what it would be like to downsize and live in a significantly smaller space, but this week we're talking to a family of 4 (with a giant dog!) who took the leap and moved from a large builder-grade home to a 1,200 cottage bungalow with just one full bathroom and two bedrooms. Designer Shavonda Gardner shares extremely frank details about the pros & cons - including who in her family resisted it most, what space issues they still struggle with, and what they've done to make it work a heckova lot harder. We also talk to her about designing smaller spaces (is lighter paint really the only answer? she says NO!) as well as diversifying your online inspiration sources. Plus we’ve got some exciting news about the upcoming launch of our furniture line, and we find out why most Millennials regret becoming homeowners.
Be sure to check out younghouselove.com/podcast-106/ for notes, links, and photos from this episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, this week's episode is brought to you by Universal Furniture and this week is |
| 0:05.7 | the last chance to enter their $5,000 living room furniture giveaway. |
| 0:09.8 | Why HL listeners have actually won the last two that they had, so you can't break our |
| 0:13.6 | streak. |
| 0:14.6 | Just head over to UniversalFurniture.com slash why you tell to enter now through August |
| 0:18.5 | 13th. |
| 0:20.8 | I'm John. |
| 0:24.7 | And I'm Sherry. |
| 0:25.7 | We like home stuff. |
| 0:26.7 | We like talking. |
| 0:27.7 | And we like the occasional game show sound effect. |
| 0:32.4 | So welcome to YounghouseLove as a podcast. |
| 0:34.9 | For we have deep and not so deep conversations about DIY, design, and life at home. |
| 0:40.0 | Today we've got an exciting update about our furniture line and I make a passionate plea |
| 0:43.6 | to keep vlogs alive. |
| 0:44.8 | Plus, we're talking with bloggers Shavonda Gardner about design, diversity, and the |
| 0:48.8 | realities of downsizing. |
| 0:52.8 | This promises to be very exciting week, doesn't it? |
| 0:54.8 | Yeah, we get some travel coming up. |
| 0:56.9 | So if you guys are listening to this the day that it comes out, the next day, Tuesday, |
| 1:00.7 | we are going to be traveling to North Carolina to do the photo shoot for our furniture |
| 1:04.5 | line. |
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