Welcome to the Girl Next Door Podcast. I'm Kelsey. And I'm Erica. In every episode, we bring our different

perspectives to honest, funny conversations that feel like chatting with good friends. We started this

show years ago when we were next door neighbors and still haven't run out of things to talk and

laugh about yet. Today, we're continuing our everyday home series talking about our best tips and lessons learned

for saving some money around the house, which is something everyone loves.

We'll talk about our favorite home improvements and decor for under $100 and how to shop

for affordable home products, including our favorite brands plus we'll share

specific ways we each save money around the house and a couple places where we think it's worth

saving up and spending a bit more before we dive into our topic we want to remind you that for our

friends of the show book club we will be reading and discussing the novel tomorrow and tomorrow and

tomorrow in mid-August. So you've got some time. We hope you'll read the book and join us on Patreon.

Okay, let's talk about ways to stretch your dollars around the house while still creating an inviting

and functional space. So let's go back and forth and each give three ways to make a big

impact on the way your home looks or functions for less than $100. Okay, number one, add accent

lighting. Never use the big light. No, unless you really, really need to, but like, you can't

only depend on the big light agree so add a lamp

to as many spaces as you can these can be really affordable ikea target all kinds of places it does

not have to be fancy but the difference that that little ambient light will make in the warmth of your

space how it feels if you look at like a designer

whole, like if you go through a model home, there are so many lamps. So many lamps. So many lamps.

So that is my number one tip. And a bonus add on to that is make sure you are using the warm,

white light bulbs. Preach. Get out of here with your daylight.

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