33: DIY Debate: Is There Really Such A Thing As A Budget Renovation?

(Psssstttt.... BIG NEWS! Ya gotta listen!) If you've ever dreamt of dabbling in furniture making or woodworking, this episode is for you. Kathleen Heaney got the chance to chat with the incredibly talented Rebecca Janis from BuiltByBec.com and @BuiltByBecDesigns about the building blocks beginner woodworkers need to know before getting started. From her nightstands to her bathroom vanity, Rebecca can turn a quick trip to Home Depot into a family heirloom piece of furniture. Get out your marble notebooks, there's lots to learn! Follow Rebecca Janis: @BuiltByBecDesigns builtbybec.com Check out her coffee table furniture plan! Her tool recommendations: Sliding Miter Saw + Kreg Jig Listen to Kathleen Heaney on the "Bad Behavior Podcast" with Sterling Mulbry and Balir Peyton: "Going Into Her Phone”  - Sept. 27, 2023 Swap Tips With Fellow DIYers: Join our Facebook Group Follow Kathleen Heaney: @KathleenLovesColor Follow Kathleen Martin: @CreateAColorfulLife Email us: [email protected] Follow the pod: @KathleenCanDoIt

Kathleen Heaney and Kathleen Martin are Eras Tour level excited to share their conversation with interior designer (and Instagram superstar) Dabito. They sat down to chat about his FABULOUS new book, Old Brand New (out now). His deeply touching story about living in a small, multi-generational apartment in Los Angeles and turning his love of IKEA into a full-fledged design career will send you running to the store for a gallon of magenta wall paint!  PLUS, the group plays the naughtiest DIY version of F*ck, Marry, Kill ever... plop down in your recliners and kick back in style, this episode is a good one! Shop The Book: Old Brand New: Colorful Homes for Maximal Living [An Interior Design Book] Social Shout-Out: @Dabito Download Our Canva E-Book: Get our BRAND NEW e-book about expert-level mood boards: 'Designing Your Home On Canva': KathleenCanDoIt.com Swap Tips With Fellow DIYers: Join our Facebook Group Follow Kathleen Martin: @CreateAColorfulLife Follow Kathleen Heaney: @KathleenLovesColor Email us: [email protected] Leave us a voicemail: 201-378-3378 Follow the pod: @KathleenCanDoIt

When it comes to color curation, Nicole Gibbons, founder and CEO of millennial-favorite paint brand Clare Paint, is the hue guru we all need in our lives. This week Kathleen Martin and Kathleen Heaney got the chance to chat with Nicole about the secret to picking a good paint color name, exactly which Clare colors she has on her walls, and why DIY paint color matching can backfire! Bring on the moody jewel tones, we're ready y'all! Check out all the colors we talked about at clare.com. Social Shout-Out: @NicoleGibbonsStyle @ClarePaint Download Our Canva E-Book: Get our BRAND NEW e-book about expert-level mood boards: 'Designing Your Home On Canva': KathleenCanDoIt.com Swap Tips With Fellow DIYers: Join our Facebook Group Follow Kathleen Martin: @CreateAColorfulLife Follow Kathleen Heaney: @KathleenLovesColor Email us: [email protected] Leave us a voicemail: 201-378-3378 Follow the pod: @KathleenCanDoIt

Did Kathleen Martin's husband cut off his finger?! Oh no! Speaking on blood... Kathleen Heaney had her first major DIY injury that sent her to Urgent Care! Kathleen M has been hitting the theoretical interior design books over her curtain/drape conundrum. Then the ladies phone their friend, Jenasie Earl aka @MsViciousDesign, to tap into her superhero-level skills for scoring the most amazing vintage furniture on Facebook Marketplace and beyond! Download Our Canva E-Book: Get our BRAND NEW e-book about expert-level mood boards: 'Designing Your Home On Canva': KathleenCanDoIt.com What We Talked About: -10 Interior Design Tricks That Will Make Your Home Look More Expensive - Martha Stewart Phone A Friend: @MsViciousDesign Swap Tips With Fellow DIYers: Join our Facebook Group Follow Kathleen Martin: @CreateAColorfulLife Follow Kathleen Heaney: @KathleenLovesColor Email us: [email protected] Leave us a voicemail: 201-378-3378 Follow the pod: @KathleenCanDoIt

Kathleen Heaney and Kathleen Martin discuss a highly controversial article that came out in the Washington Post about HGTV. Are we all more depressed when we follow the trends we see on HGTV and other interior decor tv shows? Does it make our homes more boring? The ladies dig in. Then the Kathleens get into Martha Stewart's tricks for making your home look more expensive and phone their friend @TheSouthernGail to get all of her best high-gloss paint tips!  Download Our Canva E-Book: Get our BRAND NEW e-book about expert-level mood boards: 'Designing Your Home On Canva': KathleenCanDoIt.com What We Talked About: -HGTV is making our homes boring and us sad, one study says - Washington Post -10 Interior Design Tricks That Will Make Your Home Look More Expensive - Martha Stewart Social Shout Out: @MsViciousDesign @TheSouthernGail Swap Tips With Fellow DIYers: Join our Facebook Group Follow Kathleen Martin: @CreateAColorfulLife Follow Kathleen Heaney: @KathleenLovesColor Email us: [email protected] Leave us a voicemail: 201-378-3378 Follow the pod: @KathleenCanDoIt

Kathleen Heaney and Kathleen Martin explain why they took a small hiatus from podcasting (we missed you!) and reflect on their amazing time at the Meridian Experience for Home DIY Content Creators in Seattle. Kathleen M. is in the middle of a messy dining room makeover and it's putting a little bit of a strain on her relationship. The ladies dig into why doing anything DIY is hard on the whole family. And two people from the Kathleen Can Do It Facebook Group get a big shoutout!  Download Our Canva E-Book: Get our BRAND NEW e-book that goes into more depth about learning to make mood boards on Canva: KathleenCanDoIt.com Social Shout Outs: @David.QuarlesIV @ToolsAndTransformations @KimLucian @DesignConfetti Swap Tips With Fellow DIYers: Join our Facebook Group Follow Kathleen Martin: @CreateAColorfulLife Follow Kathleen Heaney: @KathleenLovesColor Email us: [email protected] Leave us a voicemail: 201-378-3378 Follow the pod: @KathleenCanDoIt

Last week we attended a design conference and found out an insider secret about what professional interior designers use to do mock-ups for their clients: CANVA! In this episode, we go over the exact steps you need to know to design your own home using Canva. It's the easiest way to make your house look like you spend BIG BUCKS on a decorator. Sssshhhhh... we won't tell! Download Our Canva E-Book: Get our BRAND NEW e-book that goes into more depth about learning to make mood boards on Canva: KathleenCanDoIt.com Social Shout Out: @StudioDuggan Swap Tips With Fellow DIYers: Join our Facebook Group Follow Kathleen Martin: @CreateAColorfulLife Follow Kathleen Heaney: @KathleenLovesColor Email us: [email protected] Leave us a voicemail: 201-378-3378 Follow the pod: @KathleenCanDoIt

The Kathleens are sharing their tips for saving yourself time and money when redesigning a room (or designing it from the ground up) with the help of making a mood board for your vision on Canva! Kathleen Martin reveals her tastes have changed since she first started designing her kitchen and multiple mood boards have really helped her hone in on her vision. Kathleen Heaney says she never buys anything new for her home until she plugs it into her mood board first. Stay tuned for next week's part 2 of our mood board series where we'll be giving you tips and tricks for using Canva. Woot woot! Social Shout Out: @want.zamora Swap Tips With Fellow DIYers: Join our Facebook Group Follow Kathleen Martin: @CreateAColorfulLife Follow Kathleen Heaney: @KathleenLovesColor Email us: [email protected] Leave us a voicemail: 201-378-3378 Follow the pod: @KathleenCanDoIt

Looking for interior trim ideas that aren't white? The Kathleens are dusting off their monocles and studying a stack of home decor magazines to bring you the cold hard truth about the baseboard and window casing colors that are trending right now. Plus, the ladies introduce some fun new sound effects and segments to the podcast: Did anyone have a DIY Fail this week? Don't forget to turn over the compost heap and check under your cabinets! Swap Tips With Fellow DIYers: Join our Facebook Group Follow Kathleen Martin: @CreateAColorfulLife Follow Kathleen Heaney: @KathleenLovesColor Email us: [email protected] Leave us a voicemail: 201-378-3378 Follow the pod: @KathleenCanDoIt

Put away your texts books... sometimes the school of life has the better curriculum! The Kathleens discuss the unusual paths they took to working as creative content creators. Do we use our 4-year bachelor's degrees? Definitely not! Then they jump into all the new and interesting ways people can work in creative industries that weren't around 5 or 10 years ago. If we could turn back the clocks and change our educational paths, would we? One Kathleen says YES and the other says No! Swap Tips With Fellow DIYers: Join our Facebook Group Follow Kathleen Martin: @CreateAColorfulLife Follow Kathleen Heaney: @KathleenLovesColor Email us: [email protected] Leave us a voicemail: 201-378-3378 Follow the pod: @KathleenCanDoIt