#131: The Surprising Side Effects Of Going TV Free: a

We were both fairly shocked about the results of going fully without television for a while – especially Sherry. So today we are sharing what we learned, what was hard, and the side effects that even we did not see coming. Not to mention the big question of how it will impact our viewing habits moving forward. We also tried a new paint picking method to see if it could solve a wall color conundrum at the beach house. Plus, Sherry updates you on her “tooth jail” sentence and I bask in the nerdy glory of pairing paint with geography.

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What is New

There are some of the pink swatches we tested for the beach house living room (sorry the shot’s not strong – it was a swift phone picture on a cloudy day). Those removable vinyl paint color decals above are from Clare and we got them for free using a discount code they were running on Twitter. They are typically $2 each, but as of typing this I noticed there is a “5 for $5 & free shipping” code at the top of their site.
Our original discussion of Clare Paint is in Episode #109 from last summer if you want to hear more about why it piqued our interest.
The three colors we got were Wing It, Baby Soft, and Rosé Season. And honestly, looking at the photos again I am tempted to think they were better than we remember… but alas, it was fairly immediately clear in person that they were not 100% right.

And below is a picture of the package we got a few weeks ago from Backdrop, their competitor in the online paint space.

The four decal samples we picked up (also $2 a piece) were Harajuku Morning, Rose Quartz, Modern Enjoy (below) and Not So Delicate (above).
I did not get pictures of all of the swatches on the wall (we did not even put one of them up because it was clearly too dark) but this one view gives you a sense of how we are trying to balance what works with the undertones of the chimney (and the gray trim) – so it is kind of a tall order.

We have not gotten a good shot of our new couch in the beach house living room yet, but we will share a picture soon. It is the Mellow Sofa from our furniture line, which is right now sold out (thank you folks!!) but we are working on getting it back in stock.
We also used some “Hands-on” paint sample decals to pick the color at the duplex a while back. We talk about it more , but here are the decals we used. You have to buy your paint samples separately and paint two coats onto the decals yourself – so it is not a faster or cheaper process, but it is strong for choosing a color with confidence.

Lastly, if you’ve missed Sherry’s other Invasalign updates (rants?), here is where you can catch up:
- Getting them back in 2016 in Episode #20
- Adding elastics to the lively in 2017 in Episode #62
- Her “tooth jail” sentence getting extended well into 2018 in Episode #84

State Your Colors Quiz

Here is where you can find all of the State Your Colors paint trios that Sherwin Williams puts together:

And it turns out my suggestion of Chesapeake for Virginia is in fact an exterior stain color and Sherry’s “made up” Dogwood White is not that far off – there is a White Dogwood (that is in fact pink)!

TV Free Week

If you missed the original mention of a TV free experiment, it came up during our Joshua Becker interview in Episode #128.
Sherry also mentioned this Glad Salmon game we have been playing with our kids a lot this past week. We have also been hitting up Life Jr. and Tenzi.
You also may want to check out our post about cutting the cable (aka: ditching cable TV). In addition to saving us plenty of money each year (around $1000!), it led to a lot of positive impacts on our viewing habits because not all of our regular shows were available in our new streaming package, so it was an opportunity to realize we did not truly miss all of the TV we had been watching.

We are Digging

Our furniture is on sale at Joss & Main this week (!!!) so if you’ve had your eye on anything in our line, this is a strong time to snag it.
And if nothing else, it is simply been lively to see the random names Joss & Main gave everything. Liverman? Singita?? PREGLO?!?!

And here is the Radium Girls book that I read during our TV free week. I forgot to mention that the enraging part of the story is that these women were in fact told radium was good for them when they were dipping it in their mouths.
And if you want to enjoy flossing like Sherry (she lives life on the edge, what can I say?), these are the biodegradable floss picks she’s been weirdly into (found them on amazon – now they are out of stock, but I found them here).

If you are looking for something we have dug in a past episode, but do not remember which show notes to click into, here is a master list of everything we have been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we have recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. During their Presidents’ Day sale, enter the code PRESIDENT at AgilityBed.com to get $150 off any size mattress plus a free pair of Therapedic TruCool Memory Foam Pillows!