You're listening to the Beautiful Mass Podcast. This week we're diving into how to add

personality to a cookie cutter home, a really fun subject. We're also sharing the little

joys that are getting us through this season. A little something having to do with organizing.

So in this episode we're talking about how to add personality to a cookie cutter home,

which is one of our favorite subjects. I am currently living in a 1990s home. I wouldn't

call it cookie cutter because I was going to say, I want to hear what you think a cookie

cutter home is. Okay. I'll say, okay. The thing about my home that falls into the cookie

cutter category is the finishes. It has standard 90s finishes. There's multiple bathrooms

where they use the exact same everything, things like that. There's not a lot of thought,

a lot of custom put into it. Contractor grade, like when you buy all your hardware in one

big pack. Right. That kind of thing. But I think that what people traditionally think

of when you say cookie cutter is a row of houses where they all look exactly the same,

which is not exactly the kind of neighborhood I live in. On the outside, our house looks

really different. On the inside, I just feel like a lot of the rooms were very like beige

boring 90s. Had it been updated at all. You know what I mean? So it kind of falls into

that category, but kind of not. But this episode is definitely for anyone who is living

in a home that is a new build. Any kind of new build where you didn't pick everything

out is going to a lot of times be somewhat standard. And then anyone who's living in a home

from the age 90s, 2000s or more recently that hasn't been updated. So new homes have

a lot of advantages. I think a lot of people, yes. Like I, you know, love cheap old houses.

I love old homes, but we ended up buying a new home. Why? When you love old homes so

much, it's because they have certain advantages in our area. They're what's available. So

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