EPISODE 54: Should you paint that red brick—white? Which is more on-trend: Gray or beige for that all-over color for your home? And could your home’s wall color actually help boost your mood? Color forecasters Sue Wadden and Emily Kantz from Sherwin-Williams join The Housing Muse Podcast to talk paint trends. Visit the Housing Muse’s home: housingmuse.com https://www.housingmuse.com/ Housing Muse Podcast was named one of the “40 Best Housing Podcasts to Listen to in 2025”! https://podcast.feedspot.com/housing_podcasts/?feedid=5380682&_src=f1_featured_email
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2025 Home Design Trends: The Good & The Bad
EPSIODE 53: What’s hot in 2025 for home design? To sum up, it’s getting loud! Home designer and stager Krisztina Bell joins Melissa Dittmann Tracey on The Housing Muse Podcast to break down the hottest home trends for 2025 ... the paint colors, the interior and exterior home trends, all of those arches, kitchen trends and more. Find out the trends they like--and the ones you may want to avoid. Check out The Housing Muse Blog: 2025 Colors of the Year: The Paint Trends to Watch View the colors mentioned on the episode—and see what you think. Listen to more Housing Muse Podcast episodes featuring Krisztina Bell: https://www.housingmuse.com/guests/krisztina-bell/
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A Home Remodeling Disaster: Don’t Let It Happen to You
EPISODE 52: Jody Costello was eager to start a two-story addition on her 1940s home that would include an owner’s suite and upper deck. But she quickly learned hiring the wrong contractor for the job can be a costly mistake. A leaky roof, shoddy work, surging costs, and a constantly MIA contractor eventually resulted in a lawsuit and a three-year battle to try to recoup costs and get her project completed. Costello is now the creator of the website “Contractors From Hell,” where she helps homeowners remodel smart. Listen to her story and tips so that you never have to face a home remodeling nightmare, like she once did. Learn more about Jody Costello: https://www.housingmuse.com/guests/jody-costello/ Contractors From Hell website (download her “7 Mistakes Homeowners Make That Lead to Disasters”): https://contractorsfromhell.com Listen to more episodes of The Housing Muse: https://www.housingmuse.com
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Find Your Home's Chi: How to Feng Shui Your Space
EPISODE 51: What is feng shui? Can it actually make you feel good and make you like your home more? Could it even help you sell your home? Feng Shui expert and author Steve Kodad joins The Housing Muse Podcast to breakdown the principles of this ancient art to spatial arrangement and building design, and offers insights on its potential real estate impact. Learn more about Steve Kodad (https://www.housingmuse.com/guests/steve-kodad/) and TheFengShuiCure.com (https://www.thefengshuicure.com/) Listen to more episodes of The Housing Muse Podcast: https://www.housingmuse.com/
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You’ll Never Look at Your Home’s Clutter the Same
EPISODE 50: The overstuffed closets, cluttered counters and piles of unopened mail may be more than just household annoyances. It may be hurting your mental or physical health—maybe even more than you know. Professional organizer Linda Samuels joins The Housing Muse Podcast to offer up some helpful clutter cures to take back control over your home—and possibly your sanity! Learn more about Linda Samuels: https://www.housingmuse.com/guests/linda-samuels-1/ How Clutter Creates Stress and Anxiety: Strategies for Decluttering (HouseLogic.com, by Melissa Dittmann Tracey) https://www.houselogic.com/organize-maintain/cleaning-decluttering/how-clutter-creates-stress-anxiety-decluttering-strategies/ Follow @housingmuse … On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/housingmuse On X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/housingmuse Listen to more episodes of The Housing Muse Podcast, including “How You’re Cleaning Your Home All Wrong!” and “5 House Problems That Will Make You Want to Move.” https://www.housingmuse.com
About The Housing Muse Podcast with Melissa Dittmann Tracey
Your home to real estate and home design inspiration. We strive to make your house look good ... so you look good! Find ideas to spruce up your space, countdowns to the latest design trends, fun interactive quizzes, and how to grow your most valuable investment—your home. Follow The Housing Muse's host Melissa Dittmann Tracey on Instagram and X @housingmuse
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