Welcome to the show notes for Episode #2 of Young House Love Has A Podcast. In this episode, designer and TV host Sabrina Soto reflects on nine years in design television—what she loves, what has frustrated her, and moments that moved her to tears. She also talks about how motherhood has influenced her style and gives a candid look behind the scenes at the Home Shopping Network. Plus, we share updates from our lives, play another round of “What’s Not,” and highlight a surprisingly resilient plant we use both indoors and out.
You can listen to this week’s episode on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn Radio, or play it using the embedded player below. Use this page to find the links, notes, and photos we referenced during the show.
What’s New
- If you want to see the Craigslist dresser we had such an “adventure” getting home, check the before and after in our post on hiding TV wires and again in the final reveal of our bonus room.
- Here’s the older post about my harrowing hardwood floor trip that I mentioned on the show, complete with stick-figure illustrations.
- That’s Chloe, our cheerful betta fish, shown above.
What’s Not
- For the paint color quiz, here are the colors that inspired the animal choices: Otter, Hamster, Beaver, and Chipmunk.
- All ten homes featured in PBS’s 10 Homes That Changed America are worth checking out.
- The country songs we mentioned on the episode are listed below. I played the David Frizzell song for Sherry, and in a surprise twist she loved it.
- “Flushed From The Bathroom of My Heart” – Johnny Cash
- “I’m Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home” – David Frizzell
- “Billy Broke My Heart At Walgreens (And I Cried All The Way To Sears)” – Ruby Wright
- “You Can’t Pull A U-Haul To Heaven” – Hobson Smith
Main Segment
- Read HGTV Magazine’s feature on Sabrina Soto’s home in their June 2016 issue or view it online for photos and details from her space.
- Sabrina’s designs are available through Target and HSN. Sherry’s favorites mentioned on the show include the anchor sheets and pineapple bedding.
- To see Sabrina in action at HSN, watch clips of her live presentations or view the recorded product demos where she demonstrates her products and approach.
- Follow Sabrina on her website, Instagram, and Facebook to see more of her work and updates.
We’re Digging
- If you want to see the large outdoor ferns we use on the back deck, one of our posts shows them in place—at the time, a few were even decorated with flamingo balloons.
- We recommend the Surprisingly Awesome podcast. Recent standout episodes include the one about mattresses (episode #12), and earlier shows on pigeons (#9) and adhesives (#7) are also particularly engaging.
Psst—Looking for something we’ve recommended in a past episode but can’t remember which show notes to open? Here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from past episodes.
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