#130: Can Science Help Us Make Our Homes Happier?

Young House Love Has A Podcast

John Petersik

Homeimprovement, Decorating, Arts, Blog, Diy, Younghouselove, Petersik, Interiordesign, Doityourself, Home, House, Decor, Design

4.9 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Can the colors, furnishings, and accessories that we choose for our home actually make us feel quantifiably happier? Today we dive into the science of joy and learn how some tried-and-true design tricks might actually be affecting our daily moods (and how to make tasks that we don’t love a little more enjoyable). We also pin down a few ways that we’ve unknowingly added joy to our house, and a few others that could still use some work. Plus, the lesson we learned from waiting too long to give up on a piece of furniture, and a big dollhouse fail.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, this week's episode is brought to you by the Annie Selkie companies.
0:05.3	Their big president stays sale kicks off later this week, meaning you can score 20% off
0:09.0	anything on their site.
0:10.3	Rugs, furniture, the works.
0:12.0	Start shopping now at AnnieSelkie.com slash YHL and then snag the sale starting February
0:16.5	14th.
0:21.7	I'm John and I'm Sherry.
0:23.4	We like home stuff.
0:24.4	We like talking.
0:25.6	We like the occasional game show sound effect.
0:30.3	So welcome to YounghouseLove as a podcast, where we have deep and not so deep conversations
0:35.1	about DIY, design, and life at home.
0:37.6	Today, we're digging into the science of joy and how certain design choices might not
0:41.4	just be for looks, they might actually make our homes happier.
0:44.1	Plus, the lessons we learned from waiting too long to give up on a piece of furniture and
0:47.7	a big dollhouse fail.
0:51.0	Some of the more eagle-eyed people on Instagram have noticed that we have a new coffee table
0:55.6	in our living room and that our big white poofy ottoman that we've had for years is no
0:59.8	more.
1:00.8	And everyone's like, what's the story, Morning Glory?
1:01.8	Where's the blog post about that?
1:03.6	And I said, I didn't know we were going to talk about it, but everyone's asking me.
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