#20: White Walls: Overdone Or Still Totally Excellent?

20 episodes! Holy moly! I mean, yeah, cool… whatever bro. Here are the show notes for Episode #20 of Turbodizin Has A Podcast. On this week’s episode we are talking about white walls. We have all seen the ubiquitous white wall trend, but do bloggers and designers simply choose them because they look good in photos? In person do they feel bright & cheery or cold & stark? We talk to two bloggers – one who loves ‘em and one who is not sold – and we weigh in with our own pros & cons on the subject. We are also spilling the beans on a new outdoor project that we are taking on, Sherry braces herself for an uncomfortable “renovation” of her own, and we continue our quest to cut down unwanted mail.

You can download this episode from iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn Radio – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos that we referenced.

What is New

Here is that sneak peek of our Operation Irrigation Installation, as promised.

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And simply as Sherry promised, she will not let me post any mouth/teeth related pictures. She says, and I quote, “nobody needs to see that.”

What is Not

If you want to learn more of those “14 Sturdy Facts About Home Improvement” over on Mental Floss.
Also, in related news – yesterday this showed up on my Facebook memories timeline coincidentally. One of my childhood friends Photoshopped it to celebrate us coming to his town on our first book tour. New hairdo for Sherry, perhaps?

Listener Question

Remember if you have a listener question you can leave us a voicemail at 571-4-YHL-HAP (571-494-5427)
We enjoyed chatting up Elsie Larson from A Striking Mess and Katie Bower from Bower Power Journal about white walls.
You can also read our round-up of the 12 Best White Paint Colors and why experts enjoy them so much.
And here are the two white-walled rooms in our house (both of which have colorful ceilings – we are realizing that seems to be one thing we like about them, that we can add color somewhere else). First we have our daughter’s room and then we have our living room:

You can also see plenty of white on the walls in the tour of our Showhouse.

You can find more info on our spaces above (like ceiling paint colors and furniture/accessory sources) over on our Shop Our House page.

We are Digging

Sherry thinks Dan Harris is hilarious. And here is his book that she’s digging (out loud to anyone who will listen).
And since I am apparently digging the act of list-making. Or perhaps I am digging not getting duped into renewing magazines that do not need renewing? Either way, Sherry suggested I share the list of magazines we are right now subscribed to: Real Plain, Runner’s World, House Striking, HGTV Magazine, Southern Living, Wired, Mental Floss, BHG, Martha Stewart, Entertainment Weekly, and House & Home.

Psst- Looking for something we have dug in a past episode, but do not remember which show notes to click into? Well, here is a master list of everything we have been digging from all past episodes.

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