Welcome to the Girl Next Door Podcast. I'm Erica.

And I'm Kelsey. 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's episode is the first in our three-part everyday home series,

with a new episode coming to you every Wednesday for the rest of July.

All right.

So next week's episode will be all about affordable home tips and tricks,

and then the following week will be about our real-life homes

and just kind of the nitty-gritty logistics

of how we actually live in them. But today's episode is focused on creating a home you love.

Kelsey and I have very different homes and styles, but I think we're both passionate about

making our house as a place that we love to be with our families. So we're going to talk about

how our design taste has evolved, budgeting,

where we get inspiration, how we use it, all the things. Let's start with this. If you had to name the

style or aesthetic of your home, what would you say it currently is? And then tell me if you feel like

that's the style you aspire for it to be. Okay, I was brainstorming this. I think the phrase I'm going to go with for sort of the

aesthetic of our home is livable minimalish. Yeah. I love a minimal aesthetic. And I actually remember

reading home magazines as a teenager. Martha Stewart Living, real simple. I actually had an

analog Pinterest. I have a notebook of blank, thick paper, and I would cut or rip out photos of

homes and rooms, and I would glue it. Do you still have it? I do not know.

I wish you still had it.

I hope that I do.

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