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#136: Maximizing House Joy (Meant for Minimal Money)

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#136: Maximizing House Joy (Meant for Minimal Money)

This week we are talking to Joyful author and expert Ingrid Fetell Lee about some plain ways to inject joy into your home without breaking the bank. She also explains why joy is easier to achieve than happiness – and how seeking it at home can in fact assist you unlock your decor style. Plus Sherry marked her recent birthday by getting a long-awaited tattoo (in fact, two of them!) so she’s explaining the meaning behind them, how much it hurt, and what at last convinced her to go for it. We also share our latest escape room attempt, how we are battling car clutter, and a BIG change to the podcast that you will not want to miss.

You can also find this episode on your go-to podcast listening app, like Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, and Spotify.

New Intro Song

  • And now, for the MUCH AWAITED DEBUT of our new podcast intro song in video form. This is a must watch (especially if you’ve followed us for a while):

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  • And below you can catch some of our previous forays into hip hop stardom. Here is the original rap from waaaay back in 2013:

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  • And this is the follow-up we premiered the following year, under the guise of a “Hands-on Craft Challenge.” This one was filmed when Sherry was simply few weeks away from giving birth to our son in 2014.

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What is New

  • That is a little birthday decor the kids and I surprised Sherry when she turned 37 last month (phew, we are at last the same age again). But while we do not have pictures to share of our Escape Room escapades (photography is not allowed, and you know we are rule followers), you can hear more about our first experience with one in Episode #43.
  • If you are local, the place we go is Escape Room RVA. They also run the VR version where you get “kidnapped” to Warehouse 29 AND the kid-friendly version at Stony Point called Gnome & Raven.
  • And if you missed the “unveiling” on Instagram, here are the tattoos Sherry got for her birthday (thanks to the talented Amy Black).
  • As Sherry described in the episode, the 7-leafed laurel is because 7 is a significant number in our relationship and family, and the letter “V” is for two essential women in her life, her grandma Victoria and strong-grandma Vincenza.
  • There are more photos and details in these archived Instagram Stories too.

Ingrid Fetell Lee, Joyful

  • If you missed our previous discussion of Ingrid’s book, Joyful, you can hear it in Episode #130.
  • And as we mentioned, you can find a lot more info & tools (worksheets!) on Ingrid’s website: Aesthetics of Joy – including the Resources section, which features videos, worksheets, and more.
  • You can see the cottage she described in the episode here on RealSimple.com.
  • Speaking of colorful books, we talk more about decorating with books (including color coding & facing them backward) in Episode #127 and Episode #85.
  • You can also hear about Sherry’s closet in this closet tour post and in Episode #115.

We are Digging

  • I will not show you a picture of our messy car, but here is the mini trashcan we got to assist us keep the inside a little neater. It is all about having a system that you can stick to, right? So for under $10 we went for it. We got the all black one (surprise) and we store it in the passenger side door’s cup holder.
  • And if you’ve got an iPhone, you can find the “Do Not Disturb” options right near the top of your Settings. You can see how we have ours scheduled for nighttime hours, and how it still allows calls from our “Go-to” contacts to break through – and how “Repeated Calls” can assist anyone get through if they call twice within three minutes.

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 Cree LED Light Bulbs for sponsoring this episode. Find out why better lighting matters at CreeBulb.com and learn more about why they’ve become our go-to bulb in our light bulb resource post.

Thanks for listening, folks!

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