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Fashion Forward: Elevate Your Style and Home Improvement Game--PLUS! One Tool Every DIYer Needs! · Repcolite Home Improvement Show

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  Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, thanks for tuning in. You're listening to Home
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin More. And how are you all doing? You know,
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  Speaker 1: I want to know how everybody did with this first
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  Speaker 1: snowfall of the season. I didn't handle it that badly.
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  Speaker 1: I did, okay, But man, what it did really make
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  Speaker 1: me realize is how many leaves I've still got in
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  Speaker 1: my trees. My goodness, you know, I've got two huge
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  Speaker 1: maple trees in the backyard that I think have to
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  Speaker 1: be I mean, I can't do the math on this,
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  Speaker 1: but they seem to be almost ninety percent fall right.
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  Speaker 1: The leaves still seem green up there for the most part.
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  Speaker 1: I think they're going to be falling well well into December.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm hearing coworkers saying that I think I think
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  Speaker 1: they were saying that November fifteenth, So today is the
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  Speaker 1: cutoff day for putting leaves on the road for them
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  Speaker 1: for city pickup. I don't know what the rules are
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  Speaker 1: like where you're at, but I'm pretty sure that's what
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  Speaker 1: a number of my coworkers are dealing with. Fortunately, I
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  Speaker 1: mulch mine, so I'll get through them eventually. But I
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  Speaker 1: do like them to be dry. When I do that,
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  Speaker 1: it's a lot easier, and it's really nice when there's
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  Speaker 1: no snow on the ground when you do it. All right,
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  Speaker 1: let's get to the show now. This week, I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to be stepping way outside of my comfort zone. I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to be talking about fashion, and not just fashion.
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  Speaker 1: It's almost embarrassing to say this out loud. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to be dishing out fashion advice to men. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to help you guys be better dressed people. It is
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  Speaker 1: literally an insane concept. You should see what I'm wearing
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  Speaker 1: right now. Jeans with holes, an old sweatshirt. I think
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  Speaker 1: there's salt sustains on it, or it's blood, I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: probably a combination. But I really do have some good
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  Speaker 1: stuff that I'm going to convey, and of course I
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  Speaker 1: got it all from doing a lot of research. Don't worry,
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  Speaker 1: this is not coming from me alone. It's not that
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  Speaker 1: I know any of this stuff. I researched it and
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  Speaker 1: it's good stuff. And if you've ever wished that you
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  Speaker 1: could dress with just a little more style, a little
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  Speaker 1: more panache, you know, or whatever that word is, I
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  Speaker 1: can help. And of course as we do all of that,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna make each point. You know, I'll talk about
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  Speaker 1: clothing styles and fashion, but of course I'll be making
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  Speaker 1: a complimenting point about home improvement stuff. Now it sounds
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  Speaker 1: weird maybe, but it's gonna work. Trust me, it's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be good. So hang out for that. But right now,
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  Speaker 1: before we get to all of that brilliance, I want
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  Speaker 1: to talk about one of the most underrated tools in
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  Speaker 1: any homeowner's arsenal, or what should be in any homeowner's arsenal,
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  Speaker 1: the circular saw. And I'm gonna be straight up honest.
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  Speaker 1: For years, I was like freaked out by these things.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they're loud, they're aggressive, you know, they look dangerous,
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  Speaker 1: crazy dangerous, So I avoided them like the plague. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: I'd use my little bench top table saw or my
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  Speaker 1: little mitersaw for everything, even when it made zero sense.
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  Speaker 1: But here's what I've learned through all of my many years,
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  Speaker 1: you know, my many years of accumulating wisdom. I've learned
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  Speaker 1: that if you spend time around professional carpenters or even
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  Speaker 1: really well established di wires, people who know what they're doing,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to notice that a circular saw is a
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  Speaker 1: tool that they're reaching for all the time, and there's
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  Speaker 1: a reason they're doing that. And that's what I want
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  Speaker 1: to talk about today, all right, Before I jump into
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  Speaker 1: all of that, I want to get this out of
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  Speaker 1: the way right away because I don't want the emails.
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  Speaker 1: I know that a good table saw is going to
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  Speaker 1: give you the most precise cuts, you know, especially for
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  Speaker 1: repeat work. And yes, a track saw another option, and
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  Speaker 1: a track saw system, you know, like something from Festool
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  Speaker 1: or Mikita, it's going to deliver laser straight accuracy for
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  Speaker 1: breaking down sheet goods. I get all of that, but
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  Speaker 1: those aren't the tools that most di wires own or
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  Speaker 1: can afford to buy. Now. Lots of us have small
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  Speaker 1: benchtop or contractor saws squeezed in to the corner of
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  Speaker 1: a garage. And if that's what you've got, and you've
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  Speaker 1: ever tried to push like a four by eight sheet
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  Speaker 1: of plywood through one of those things, you know how
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  Speaker 1: awkward and death defying that can be. You know, I've
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  Speaker 1: had sheets bind and kick back on me. It's terrifying.
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  Speaker 1: All right. That's where the circular saw changes things. It's portable,
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  Speaker 1: it's versatile, and with the right accessories, you know, guide rails,
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  Speaker 1: straight edges, things like that. It can be ridiculously accurate.
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  Speaker 1: You know, maybe not furniture grade accuracy, but you're still
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  Speaker 1: going to get more than enough accuracy for pretty much
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  Speaker 1: everything you do around your house. Now, let's talk about
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  Speaker 1: types before we get into some of the things that
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  Speaker 1: you can do with a circular saw. There's two main
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  Speaker 1: types out there. There's a sidewinder and a worm drive. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the sidewinder it's lighter, you know, maybe seven to nine pounds,
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  Speaker 1: and the motor sits beside the blade. It spins fast,
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  Speaker 1: usually maybe five to six thousand RPMs, and it's the
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  Speaker 1: most common homeowner saw. It's what you think of most
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  Speaker 1: likely when you think of a circular saw. The worm
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  Speaker 1: drive circular saw has the motor in line with the blade,
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  Speaker 1: so it's in the back a little bit. It's a
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  Speaker 1: heavier saw, maybe ten to thirteen pounds. It runs slower,
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  Speaker 1: not as many RPMs, but it's got a lot more torque.
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  Speaker 1: The inline design also gives you a much clearer view
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  Speaker 1: of your cut if you're right handed. If you're left handed,
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  Speaker 1: it's a little harder to see. But if you're right handed,
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  Speaker 1: you've got a really nice straight on look at the
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  Speaker 1: cut that you're making. Now, both of these different types
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  Speaker 1: have their place for most homeowners. A sidewinder is going
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  Speaker 1: to be perfect lighter, less fatiguing. But if you're ripping
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  Speaker 1: through heavy lumber or engineered beams or things like that,
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  Speaker 1: that worm drives torque is a real advantage. Now, either way,
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  Speaker 1: getting a saw, look for a seven and a quarter
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  Speaker 1: inch blade. That's the standard size. You can get littler
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  Speaker 1: ones that are for more intricate work, but if you're
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  Speaker 1: looking for a good all around circular saw, make sure
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  Speaker 1: it's that seven and a quarter inch blade size. It's
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  Speaker 1: going to cut clean through a two by four at
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  Speaker 1: any angle. It's just going to be the most convenient
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  Speaker 1: to work with, all right. So those are circular sauce.
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  Speaker 1: Those are the main options out there. Let's talk about
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  Speaker 1: some of the specific things that they can do. First off,
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  Speaker 1: they're great with crosscuts. You know, grab a speed square
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  Speaker 1: as a guide and you can make perfectly square crosscuts faster.
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  Speaker 1: Then you can walk aboard over to a miter saw.
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  Speaker 1: Now let's talk about rip cuts, you know, running the
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  Speaker 1: length of a piece of wood. This is where the
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  Speaker 1: circular saw really really shines, and I think for ripping
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  Speaker 1: big sheets of plywood, this potentially could be even safer
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  Speaker 1: than a big table saw. It's for sure safer than
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  Speaker 1: a little bench saw, especially if you're working alone or
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  Speaker 1: in a tight space. You know, I've fought full sheets
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  Speaker 1: through a bench top saw. I've even done full sheets
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  Speaker 1: through a table saw, and I've had them bind and
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  Speaker 1: then they can kick back, and they can kick back hard.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's terrifying when this happens. If you don't
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  Speaker 1: have all the safety mechanisms in place, which of course
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  Speaker 1: we do. With a circular saw. You just lay the
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  Speaker 1: plywood on a few sacrificial two by four, clamp your
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  Speaker 1: guide down, and then make the cut right where it sits. Again,
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  Speaker 1: you're not wrestling with it. You're not worried about kickback.
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  Speaker 1: You're just making clean, controlled cuts. Every circular saw, they're
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  Speaker 1: going to let you tilt the base for bevels. You
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  Speaker 1: can usually get up to like forty five degrees. You
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  Speaker 1: can even make shallow datos or notches by making a
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  Speaker 1: few careful passes, you know, if you had to. It's
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  Speaker 1: not a substitute for a table saw, dato stack or
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  Speaker 1: anything like that, but for quick rough carpentry. It does work.
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  Speaker 1: You can make it work now. Finally, because the saw
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  Speaker 1: goes to the material. You know, you're bringing the saw
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  Speaker 1: to the project, you can cut boards or siding right
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  Speaker 1: in place. You're not walking back and forth to your chopsaw.
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  Speaker 1: So this is perfect, perfect for deck projects, siding projects,
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  Speaker 1: you know, building a shed or anything like that. Now,
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  Speaker 1: all right, as we get to the end of this
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  Speaker 1: something that really is going to help you elevate your
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  Speaker 1: experience of using a circular saw, are going to be
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  Speaker 1: some add ons. I've talked about some of these all
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  Speaker 1: segment long, I just kind of drop names, but I
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  Speaker 1: want to point them out specific just for a minute,
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  Speaker 1: because they're really really valuable. You know, first off, a
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  Speaker 1: speed square, you know, a good seven inch rafter square
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  Speaker 1: is your best friend for you know, quick accurate cuts.
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  Speaker 1: You hook it up, you line it up, and you've
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  Speaker 1: got a perfect ninety or forty five degree cut every time.
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  Speaker 1: So a speed square, get one of those. Second, a
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  Speaker 1: straight edge or a track guide, this is how you
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  Speaker 1: get pro level accuracy. You know, you could buy commercial tracks, Mikita,
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  Speaker 1: DeWalt and others. They make them. They start around you know,
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  Speaker 1: one fifty to two hundred something like that. Craig kr
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  Speaker 1: e G has a number of offerings and I've seen
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  Speaker 1: those starting as low as fifty bucks. You know, somewhere
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  Speaker 1: in that range you can buy tracks that will help you,
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  Speaker 1: you know, make sure you're getting straight, consistent cuts. Or
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  Speaker 1: if you don't want to make that purchase, you can
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  Speaker 1: always make your own. If you've got some scrap plywood
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  Speaker 1: line around, you know, there's a lot of plans online
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  Speaker 1: that will walk you through the process what you need
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  Speaker 1: to do. I'll link to one of them, one particular
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  Speaker 1: one in the show notes if you want to check
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  Speaker 1: it out, and that one talks about how to make
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  Speaker 1: your circular saw into a di why tracksaw. It's definitely
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  Speaker 1: worth checking out, So I'll put that link or that
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  Speaker 1: video in the show notes. Dig into that afterwards a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. Another add on that you want or need
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  Speaker 1: are quality blades. You know, the blade that you saw
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  Speaker 1: came with it's really going to be for rough framing
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  Speaker 1: lumber period. If you want cleaner cuts, you're gonna want
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  Speaker 1: to step up to a forty tooth carbide blade for
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  Speaker 1: general work, or even a sixty to eighty tooth for
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  Speaker 1: plywood and finish cuts. And remember a dull blade is dangerous.
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  Speaker 1: You know. It binds, it burns, it kicks, So keep
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  Speaker 1: it sharp or replace it when needed. And if you
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  Speaker 1: aren't aware, you know there are places all around that
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  Speaker 1: will offer blade sharpening services. You know. I didn't realize
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  Speaker 1: that and did a quick google, you know, I just
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  Speaker 1: ran it through the goog and I found a number
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  Speaker 1: of places near me that will sharpen blades. I had
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  Speaker 1: no idea, So keep that in mind. Fourth thing, you're
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  Speaker 1: going to want to make sure you've got our clamps.
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  Speaker 1: You know, don't try to hold a guide with one
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  Speaker 1: hand and cut with the other. Do not do that.
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  Speaker 1: Just don't even picture it because it's going to give
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  Speaker 1: you the willies just picturing that process. Use clamps, barclamps,
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  Speaker 1: seat clamps, whatever you've got, but use clamps, all right.
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  Speaker 1: Last thing I want to talk about, of course, is safety.
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  Speaker 1: Gotta be safe, eye protection, ear protection, you know, watch
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  Speaker 1: out for the cord as you're cutting. I've seen people
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  Speaker 1: saw through cut right through their extension cords. Don't be
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  Speaker 1: one of those people. It's avoidable, It's dramatic and it's avoidable.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want that, so watch out for that cord.
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  Speaker 1: If you're using a corded device. Another thing, let the
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  Speaker 1: blade stop completely before you set the saw down. And
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  Speaker 1: here's where some newer saws really shine. Many of them
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  Speaker 1: have electric brakes that stop the blade in about a
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  Speaker 1: second or two after you release the trigger. Now they
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  Speaker 1: cost a little bit more, but they can be worth it,
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  Speaker 1: you know, especially if that blade guard. You know, every
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  Speaker 1: saw has a blade card that will swing back. It's
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  Speaker 1: spring driven and it will pop back into place once
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  Speaker 1: you're done with your cut. Every now and then that
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  Speaker 1: guard can stick and it doesn't cover the blade again.
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  Speaker 1: So you've got to be mindful to let that blade
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  Speaker 1: stop completely before you set it down. Or invest in
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  Speaker 1: a circular saw that has one of these electric brakes,
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  Speaker 1: but still make sure that the blade stopped before you
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  Speaker 1: set it down. Keep both hands on the saw. That
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  Speaker 1: front handle on it is there for a reason. And
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  Speaker 1: if the saw starts bogging or binding, just stop. You
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  Speaker 1: got to figure out why it's doing that before you
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  Speaker 1: force it through the cut. That's how you keep things safe. Basically,
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  Speaker 1: treat it with respect, stay alert, and you'll be fine.
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  Speaker 1: I know they're intimidating a little bit, but if you
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  Speaker 1: treat it with respect, stay alert. You'll be fine, all right,
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  Speaker 1: circular sauce. If you don't have one, look into it.
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  Speaker 1: You'll use it for so many projects throughout the years
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  Speaker 1: around your house. All right, let's take a break, and
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  Speaker 1: when we come back, I am going to be dishing
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  Speaker 1: all kinds of brilliant information for the better dressed man
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  Speaker 1: out there. If you want to be one of the
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  Speaker 1: better dressed men on your block, I've got the scoop
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  Speaker 1: and that's all coming up next. Stick around Home in
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  Speaker 1: Top to your paint expert advice. Your next project is
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  Speaker 1: way easier than you think it's going to be. All Right,
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  Speaker 1: it's time for me Dan Hansen to dish out fashion
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  Speaker 1: advice to the well dressed men out there, the people
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  Speaker 1: who want to be well dressed men. You know, hopefully
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  Speaker 1: you're scooting your chair just a little closer to the
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  Speaker 1: radio box and you're listening with rapt attention to all
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  Speaker 1: the gold that is going to be dripping from my mouth.
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  Speaker 1: I guess I don't know anyway, let's get on with it.
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  Speaker 1: A few weeks ago I talked about how my daughter
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  Speaker 1: got married. You know, recently she got married, and of
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  Speaker 1: course for the wedding, everybody got dressed up right, and
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  Speaker 1: for the first time in probably twenty years, I found
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  Speaker 1: myself wearing a suit. I felt like a very short
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  Speaker 1: and a little portly version of James Bond, but still
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  Speaker 1: I did have that James Bond feel. It was kind
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  Speaker 1: of fun. But on top of that, I also got
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  Speaker 1: to see my sons dressed in suits or tuxes or
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  Speaker 1: whatever they were for the first time, really for the
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  Speaker 1: first time. But my daughters looked great and all of that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not dissing on them. It's just that we're talking
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  Speaker 1: men's fashion here, so I'm focusing on the dudes. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: my kids looked great. My sons looked great. My girls
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  Speaker 1: look great too. Just in case they listen. They never
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  Speaker 1: listen to the show, but just on the off chance,
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  Speaker 1: they were amazing. They were beautiful. But my sons they
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  Speaker 1: looked great too, and they looked a lot better than
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  Speaker 1: I did. In fact, at the reception, as we're all
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  Speaker 1: hanging out, kicking back, having a big time, somebody walks
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  Speaker 1: up to my middle son and compliments him on his clothes.
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  Speaker 1: And in fact, this person said something that really stuck
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  Speaker 1: with me. He said, lots of people can put a
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  Speaker 1: suit on, but not as many people can really wear
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  Speaker 1: a suit or something like that. It was really smart.
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  Speaker 1: And then he told my kid that he was one
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  Speaker 1: of those people who were really able to wear a suit.
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  Speaker 1: That was a great compliment, and it got me thinking,
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  Speaker 1: I just wish I knew what it took to dress well,
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  Speaker 1: you know, because honestly, and I'm sure this will come
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  Speaker 1: as a profound surprise to pretty much everybody listening, but
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  Speaker 1: I don't dress well at all. You know. I've got
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  Speaker 1: some decent things, you know, a couple of nice sweaters,
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  Speaker 1: I've got some khaki pants and all. But I don't
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  Speaker 1: dress well. I just don't know what to do, you know.
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  Speaker 1: That's the idea anyway, And most of the time that's okay, right.
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  Speaker 1: It's not like I've got loads of reasons to dress impeccably,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I mean, for starters, I work in a warehouse,
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  Speaker 1: largely by myself. There are mice, two less mice than
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  Speaker 1: there were earlier in the week thanks to some well
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  Speaker 1: placed mouse traps, But really I work with mice machinery
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  Speaker 1: and that's pretty much it. Not many people, and when
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  Speaker 1: I go home I go home to the kids who
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  Speaker 1: really don't care if I'm wearing sweatpants or jeans with
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  Speaker 1: holes in them, as long as I'm not just sitting
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  Speaker 1: around in my underpants. Right, So, I don't have a
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  Speaker 1: huge pile of reasons for wanting or needing to dress impeccably,
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  Speaker 1: But there is something inside that says, wouldn't it be
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  Speaker 1: nice if you didn't look like your clothes were all
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  Speaker 1: hand me downs? And yes, yes, it would, internal Dan
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  Speaker 1: internal monologue voice, it would be nice if I didn't
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  Speaker 1: always look like a hobo. So I'm thinking about all
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  Speaker 1: of that, you know, that's on my mind. And then
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  Speaker 1: right on the cusp of having those thoughts, Benjamin Moore
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  Speaker 1: comes out with their Color of the Year for twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six, Silhouette, and all of the literature that they
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  Speaker 1: release about it, or most of the literature that they
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  Speaker 1: release about it, talks about how a silhouette and their
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  Speaker 1: choice is tied to the fashion world, you know, they
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  Speaker 1: talk about how color and fashion go hand in hand.
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  Speaker 1: And then in one of the release videos, I can't
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  Speaker 1: remember it might be on most of them, but one
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  Speaker 1: particular one for sure that I saw, they talked about
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  Speaker 1: dressing a room in the same way that we dress ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: And I really, really really liked that connection. I thought
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  Speaker 1: that was great. But since I have no idea how
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  Speaker 1: to dress myself to look good, I know you put
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  Speaker 1: your legs through the legholes of the pants and stuff
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  Speaker 1: like that. You put your underwear on first, then your pants.
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  Speaker 1: I know that much about dressing myself, but I don't
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  Speaker 1: know great things, great huge things about dressing myself. Well.
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: Apparently I don't even know great huge things about talking well.
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  Speaker 1: But anyway, since I don't know all of those things
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  Speaker 1: you know, and I'm not fluent in them, how can
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: I talk about dressing a room well? That finally brings
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: me to the bigger point that I want to make
• 16:30
  Speaker 1: in the next few segments. You know, I've taken a
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: deep dive into the world of fashion and the art
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: of dressing well, and I've uncovered many, many things, many
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: profound things that could help me if I implement them.
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  Speaker 1: They can help you dress better men out there and
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: women too. Maybe maybe you're gonna have to do the
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: groundwork on that to fill in the gaps. I'm talking
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: to the dudes at this point. But not only have
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: I uncovered all of these hidden truths, these secret wonders
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: about dressing well. I've also cataloged a number of home
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: improvement points and lessons that we can learn from these
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: same fashion points. So with all that said, let's get started.
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  Speaker 1: The first lesson that I've got is this, and I
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: should highlight right off the bat that this is coming
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: from this brilliant article that I found online. It's an
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: article in or on the Essential Man dot com. It's
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: written by Peter guyan N g u y e N.
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  Speaker 1: And I'll link to this article in the show notes.
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  Speaker 1: All right, The first lesson that the article has is this,
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: You've got to realize that dressing is a skill, and
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: it's a skill nobody's born with it, you know, knowing
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: how to dress, nobody's born with it. We don't spring
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: from the womb with some perfectly tuned intuition regarding how
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: to dress well. It's a skill you get better with practice.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: And that's so important for me. You know. It's such
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: a real life, down and dirty place to start because
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: as smart as I tell myself that I am, and
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: make no mistake about it, I tell myself I'm pretty smart.
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: As smart as I tell myself, I am There are
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: a large number of things, you know, skills that I
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: convince myself are somehow innate. You know, dressing well is
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: one of them. I feel like I'm utterly clueless when
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: it comes to this. You know, it's an innate skill.
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: It's something that you just have or you don't have.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: And because I don't have it, I pretty much write
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: it off as something I'll never be able to do.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: I don't have what it takes. Now. Some people do.
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: They just know what kind of clothes to put with this,
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: or that they've got a superpower, this inherent ability. That's
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: what I tell myself, but it's not the truth. Nobody's
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: born with it. We all start in diapers. It's a
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: developed skill learning to you know, wearing diapers. It's not
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: a developed skill you can just fall right into that.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: Dressing well is a developed skill. You learn it with practice.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: And that's really good news, you know, because if you'd
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: like to dress better, to know what to put with what,
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: if you want to look intentional in what you choose
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: to wear, it's something you can learn. It's going to
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: take time, it's going to take practice and all of that,
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: but you can get there. I can get there. That
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: ship hasn't sailed. You know, that's the bottom line and
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: all of this in this first lesson, that ship hasn't sailed.
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: It doesn't matter how old you are. That ship is
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: still in port, you know, honking its horn or no
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: blowing its whistle, whatever ships do, it's doing it and
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: you can still get on. And I'm sure that you
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: can see the paint in the design and the home
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: improvement connection in all of that. Right, it's a connection
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: to almost everything related to life in general. But let's
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: just keep it to home improvement. You know, painting well,
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: Let's get specific. Painting well is a skill that you
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: can learn using saws and tools and constructing cabinets and
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: installing trim. All of those things are skills you can learn.
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: Putting together color combinations that look great, that capture the
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: mood and the atmosphere that you're trying to create in
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: a space. All of that is a skill. You know.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: I couldn't tell you percentages, but so many people, you know,
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: way too many people write themselves off on way too
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: many things. You know, I hear it all the time,
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: I do it all the time. I've done it in
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: the open part of this show. You know everything. Preceding this,
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: I've talked about how I'm not good at dressing well, right,
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: we write ourselves off all the time, and I really
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: hear it. In regards to home stuff. That's one of
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: the most common areas that I hear this happening. You know,
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: people say they're not skilled with painting, they're not skilled
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: with home repairs in general, they're not mechanical, they're not
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: good with their hands. All of that. You've heard it too,
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: hundreds of times. You know, everybody out there listening knows
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: exactly what I'm talking about. Maybe you've said it for sure,
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: you've heard it. But here's the thing to take out
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: of this. First. Lesson all of those things that people
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: are talking about, well most of them. I can't say
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: all of them, but most of those things that people
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: are talking about that they're not good at. Our skills
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: and all skills, I think I can say all there.
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: All skills are learned, they're developed, they're fine tuned. And
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: everybody who's good at those things, whatever they are. Everybody
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: who's good at those things right now, every master craftsman,
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: every master painter, whatever you want to imagine, every master
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: of their craft was new at it and stunk at
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: it at one point. You know, we don't spring from
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: the womb with fashion sense, and we don't spring from
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: the womb with this inborn knowledge of how to paint ceilings,
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: cut in around trim, or to install tile on our backsplashes.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: You know. Yes, some of us maybe have certain characteristics
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: that we're born with that make us a little more
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: inclined to be able to learn certain things quicker, you know,
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: pick things up faster than other people. But everything is
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: within your reach, you know. So if you find yourself
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: sitting around like I was after that wedding, you know,
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: my daughter's wedding, And if you find yourself thinking, man,
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: I wish I knew how to dress better. If you
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: ever do that with anything, you know, with design and decorating,
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: with painting, with woodworking, plumbing, automotive repair, any thing, if
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: you have a desire and a wish to be better
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: at something like that, remember almost all of those things
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: that you're thinking about, our skills, they can be learned.
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: So don't waste your time wishing when you can actually start.
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: That's the first point. You can learn this stuff, all right.
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: Second point, after saying all of that stuff about dressing
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: well being a skill, and interior design being a skill.
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: I can already hear some of the objections out there,
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: you know, I've already hinted at some of them. But
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: let's sum up some of these objections with a simple phrase.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: I'm sure you've heard it, and it's possible you've used it.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: I can learn certain hands on skills, but personally, I
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: just don't have the eye for choosing colors and putting
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: things together in that regard, right, I don't have the
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: eye for it. Let's go back to clothes for a minute,
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: fashion for a minute, because I've said the same thing
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: many times in regards to fashion, I don't have the
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: eye for putting together clothing articles that just look good together. Well,
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: if you're in that boat again, let's just keep it
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: at clothes at fashion for this moment. If you're in
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: that boat and you're thinking those thoughts, the author of
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: our Essential Man article says, there's something to try. He
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: explains that he gets these objections all the time when
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: he's trying to help guys get better at dressing, you know,
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: to dress better. You know, like I said earlier, we
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: all know how to dress ourselves. Most of us do.
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: We just don't know how to dress ourselves. Well, not
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: all of us do. So when he's got people that
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: he's trying to help and they say things like that,
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: he says he gets the objection all the time. I
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: just don't have the eye for it. He tells them,
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: take five minutes and list off a few people that
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: you think look good. You know, other guys who dress well.
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: You know, who maybe have looks that you'd like to
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: emulate to some extent, actors, musicians, you name it. Now,
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: he tells his clients that when he's working with him.
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: But I'm telling you to try it right now. If
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: you don't think you've got an eye for fashion, just
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: mentally list off some people that you think do have
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: a good eye for fashion, people that you've seen who
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: you think really look good in their clothes. Even if
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: you don't think you could pull off the look, just
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: create a list very quickly of a few people that
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: you think look great. Well, here's the thing, and this
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: is really kind of fun. It's like a little parlor trick.
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: If you created a list of people in your mind
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: and in your head that you think look good in
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: their style choices, you've just completely debunked the entire assumption
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: that you don't have an eye for fashion. You do
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: have an eye for fashion. You know what looks good.
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: You may not know why it works or how to
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: do that yourself, but you do know what looks good
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: to you. You do have an eye for fashion. So
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: the second lesson, or whatever you want to call it,
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: is to challenge your assumptions the stories that you tell yourself.
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: The article points out that the stories we tell ourselves
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: are often invisible barriers that we put up to keep
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: us in our comfort zone. So challenge those things. You
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: think you don't have a good eye for fashion. Chances
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: are you do have a better eye for fashion than
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: you think. Don't let an excuse stop you from moving ahead. Now,
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: let's translate that into the world of design and color choices,
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: and I'm sure you can already connect the dots here.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: You can see where I'm going. People all the time
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: fall back on the story, you know, because we're challenging
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: our assumptions, we're challenging the stories that we tell ourselves.
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: People often fall back on the story that they don't
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: have an eye for choosing colors. I have been in
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: so many conversations about this. It's impossible to count them all.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: And I'm sure you've been in conversations like this too.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: People say, or you say, or I say, I don't
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: have the eye for putting colors together, not like my sister,
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: not like my friend, not like this or that person
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: on Instagram. You know, their rooms are amazing, their spaces
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: and their color choices are mind blowing. Right, they're perfect.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: You know, everything they put together is like magical, and
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: I don't know how they do it. I don't have
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: an eye for doing that. We've all heard those things said,
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: and of course that's where you're wrong. You know, the
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: fact that you know this or that room, or this
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: or that color palette looks great means you've got an
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: eye for it. You get it, You know what looks good,
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: you know, but you, like you may not know how
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: to do it yet. You may not know all the
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: formulas for finding the right proportions of colors and textures
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: and patterns in a space, but you do have an
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: eye for it. So, just like with clothing and style,
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: challenge your assumptions. Don't let a false conclusion keep you
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: from accomplishing things that are easily within your reach. All right,
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: Another clothing lesson in our Essential Man article that we're
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: referencing here. Another lesson is that fit matters more than
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: everything else. You know, getting the right fit solves almost
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: all of your wardrobe problems. You don't need designer labels,
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: you don't need fancy fabrics whatever. When clothes fit, even
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: something simple looks good. Remember my example from the wedding.
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: I talked about it at the beginning. I was in
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: a suit. My son was in a suit or a
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: tux or whatever it was, and he got the compliment.
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: You know, he was told that he was truly wearing
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: that suit. Now what about me? I looked at myself
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: and him a little more closely after that comment, and
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: here's what I found. My suit coat was longer than
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: it should have been, and the shoulder in the sleeves
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: and the shoulders didn't sit exactly right. And it's because
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: it came from the thrift store. Right, it was five bucks.
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: I was thrilled to have found this thing, but it
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: wasn't made for me. I fit into it kind of,
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: but it wasn't, you know, truly fitted to me. It
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: didn't sit exactly right. The pants that I wore, they
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: were just cheap O's that I snagged on Amazon. The
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: pants were touched shorter than they should have been. And
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: my shirt it was just one that I had at home.
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: So I looked fine, you know, for the most part,
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: I looked okay, I looked decent. My kid, on the
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: other hand, had to go right because he was standing
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: up in the wedding, so he had to go and
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: get fitted for his suit, and it was adjusted so
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: that everything was designed for him, and that made a
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: huge difference in how we carried off the look. All right. Now,
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: I'm not saying that everything has to be professionally fitted,
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: but when I think about my wardrobe, most of the
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: stuff that I've got, it's too big, you know. And
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: lots of guys have the same issue. The bag ear clothes. Yeah,
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: they just feel more comfortable, right, We're not stretching the
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: seams or stretching against or fighting against the constraints of
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: the clothing. They're big, they're baggy, they're comfortable, but they
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: throw off our proportions, right. They can make it look shorter,
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: they can make you look heavier. These are all absolute
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: deal breakers for me. I should not be made to
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: look shorter and heavier. I am really working against things.
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: When I allow my clothing to do that, I mean
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: I'm already behind the eight pall on some of these things.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: I don't need help. So fit is important with clothing,
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: but it's also hugely important for interior design. Now in design,
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: the fit and I love this point is this is
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: one of those aha moments that was really fun for
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: me to think about. In design, the fit that we're
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: talking about is how color, furniture, and balance, you know,
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: all work together. So take the sixty thirty ten rule
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: for example. It's a basic color guideline that designers use
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: all the time. Sixty percent of your space should be
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: your main color. The walls are biggest pieces. Thirty percent
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: should be a secondary color, maybe the drapes, you know,
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: a rug, furniture, things like that. Ten percent is your
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: accent color, so the pillows, the artwork, other little touches. Now,
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: when you keep those proportions largely in check, your space
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: feels calm, and it feels polished, and it feels well
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: put together. When you don't, you know, when every color
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: is fighting for equal attention, it feels busy and it
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: feels off balance, no matter how nice the paint or
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: the furniture is so keep that sixty thirty ten rule
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: in mind when you're putting your color schemes together. And
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: just like close, furniture has to also fit the room.
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: You know, Furniture that's too big for a space isn't
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: a good look. And also conversely, furniture that's too small
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: for a space, it just feels awkward and weird. It's
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: got to be the right fit. So a good rule
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: of thumb is this large pieces. They should take up
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: about two thirds of the wall that they're on, and
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: that's going to leave breathing room and keep the space balanced. Now,
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: on top of all of those things, you know, there's
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: visual weight. You know, every room needs a mix of
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: heavy and light pieces to feel comfortable. If you've got
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: too many dark colors, too many chunky items. You know,
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: like if I'm sitting in the living room now, it's
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: maybe one too many chunky items. But if you've got
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: too many chunky items, they can make a room feel
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: closed in. Too many delicate or light elements in the
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: room can feel empty. All of the magic happens in
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: the mix of the right amounts of things. Solid anchor
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: pieces paired with lighter materials textures or open space. Now,
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: in the end, whether you're getting dressed or choosing pain
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: colors or furniture for your home or whatever, the principles
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: the same. When things fit right, when the proportions make sense,
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: everything is going to fall into place. All right. Now,
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: we're onto our fourth tip, and it's this, don't let
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: trends drive your choices. Start with classic styles that are
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: timeless and proven. You know, trends in clothing, as in
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: everything else, they catch the spotlight for a bit, they're
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: everywhere you look, right, and then before long everybody's moved on,
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: and there are new trends out there that are capturing
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: everybody's interests. Now, if you want to avoid the money
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: pit and the exhaustion of trends, opt for clothing styles
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: that are classic. You know, items that are timeless. A
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: leather jacket, you know, dark jeans and boots all looked
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: good in the fifties. They all still look good. That's
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: what our article says about fashion. Avoid the trends, stick
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: with the timeless stuff. Now, the paint connection is really
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: really obvious here. If you're trying to improve your design
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: skills and you don't want to be repainting all the time.
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: Then watch out for trends and stick to the classics.
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: You know, when I had my first house, the trend
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: at that point was bright colors, you know, lime greens, yellows, blues.
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: It was a crazy time, right, maybe some of you
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: remember it. But those bold colors, they were everywhere, everywhere
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: I looked anyway, and I was so tempted to opt
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: for this funky line. I'm green in one particular space.
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: You know, I was convinced it was going to be fun.
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: You know, it was gonna be something new, It's gonna
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: be different, not the same old thing. My kitchen, my
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: dining room, whatever space it was, was going to be unique.
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: In the end, fortunately, I decided to skip the trend
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: and I went with something much more classic. And as
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: a result, I painted the kitchen dining room whatever it was,
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: and I didn't have to change anything for the next
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: five years or so. And even then when we changed it,
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: it wasn't because the color wasn't really working for us.
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: We just wanted to go in a new direction, right.
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: Benjamin Moore's new Color of the Year, silhouette. It was
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  Speaker 1: chosen with literally this concept in mind. You know, it's
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  Speaker 1: a trending color, right, it's color trends, that's what we're
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  Speaker 1: talking about. This is a trend, but it's a color
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  Speaker 1: that they chose specifically so you can live with it
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  Speaker 1: for a long, longer period of time than a typical trend.
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  Speaker 1: It's not something that's going to be here today and
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  Speaker 1: gone tomorrow. You can work with silhouette confidently and know
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be working for you years down the road.
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  Speaker 1: So keep that in mind. With clothing and colors, timeless
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  Speaker 1: combinations and color schemes and styles are really going to
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  Speaker 1: help you achieve great results quickly, and you won't find
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  Speaker 1: yourself changing them out when the next trend drops. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the fifth point or the lesson or whatever you want
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  Speaker 1: to call it about dressing well is called the swap
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  Speaker 1: swap trick, and it works just as well for your
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  Speaker 1: wardrobe as it does for your home. And here's the scoop.
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  Speaker 1: Let's say your go to outfit again. This all comes
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  Speaker 1: from the Essential Man article that I'm going to link
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  Speaker 1: to in the show notes. But let's say your go
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  Speaker 1: to outfit is something like a linen button down shirt,
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  Speaker 1: navy pants, and white shoes. It's classic look, it's clean,
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  Speaker 1: it's safe, it's reliable, but maybe you're getting a little
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  Speaker 1: bored with it and you want to change things up
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  Speaker 1: without going full fashion experiment. Now, instead of overhauling everything,
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  Speaker 1: just swap out one piece, that's the recommendation. Lose the
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  Speaker 1: linen shirt, let's say, and replace it with a light
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  Speaker 1: blue one. Suddenly the outfit feels a little bit fresh.
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  Speaker 1: It's still you, but it's got new energy behind it.
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  Speaker 1: And once that feels comfortable, maybe you swap out something else,
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  Speaker 1: maybe a patterned your shirt next time, or pants in
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  Speaker 1: a different color. You build confidence. That's the idea. One
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  Speaker 1: small change at a time, and before you know it,
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  Speaker 1: your look has evolved without jarring your senses or you know,
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  Speaker 1: more likely having a moment when you walk out of
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  Speaker 1: the bedroom all dressed in your new wardrobe and you
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  Speaker 1: find all the kids staring at you with open mouths
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  Speaker 1: before they run off laughing. You go slow. It's better
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  Speaker 1: for you, it's better for everybody. Well, that same idea
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  Speaker 1: applies when you're working with color in your home. If
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  Speaker 1: your rooms have always been beige, gray, white, neutral, whatever,
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  Speaker 1: and you're craving something new, don't start by repainting every
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  Speaker 1: wall in some new funky color that you're jumping into.
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  Speaker 1: Just make one swap, you know, bringing a new accent
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  Speaker 1: color with throw pillows, with artwork, with a rug, and
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  Speaker 1: once that feels right, then you can take the next step.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you paint a single wall, maybe you add a
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  Speaker 1: colorful piece of furniture, you know, whatever. But bit by
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  Speaker 1: bit you kind of expand your comfort zone. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you swap one thing out for something that's a little bolder,
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  Speaker 1: Your eye adjusts to it, you get used to living
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  Speaker 1: with it, and before long you find you can make
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  Speaker 1: bolder choices with your colors. And maybe someday down the
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  Speaker 1: road you're even painting the trim a color other than
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  Speaker 1: white or an off white, and maybe you're wallpapering the ceiling.
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  Speaker 1: Who knows. Those big dramatic changes can be incredible, they
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  Speaker 1: can be game changers, but they're going to look and
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  Speaker 1: feel best when you've eased your way into them, all right.
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  Speaker 1: Last thing I'll bring up from the article is this,
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  Speaker 1: buy the best quality that fits into your budget. You know,
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  Speaker 1: the best quality whatever it is that fits into your budget.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's not much reason to expand on this point.
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  Speaker 1: It's really obvious in regards to clothes. The better quality
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  Speaker 1: products are going to look better and lasts longer. They're
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  Speaker 1: just made better and it matters and it shows. And
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  Speaker 1: the same is true with paint, with brushes, with tools
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  Speaker 1: and all of that. And I'm not necessar i's really
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  Speaker 1: talking brand name stuff. I'm not saying by brand names
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  Speaker 1: necessarily there's a difference between quality and name brand items,
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  Speaker 1: or there can be a difference. I've seen plenty of
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  Speaker 1: name brand goods that really aren't all that great at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the day, not in terms of quality.
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  Speaker 1: I'm talking about good stuff. Buy the best stuff that
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  Speaker 1: your budget will allow. You know, investing in good brushes,
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  Speaker 1: good paint, good tools, whether it's a saw or a
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  Speaker 1: socket set, or you know, even something as basic as
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  Speaker 1: a hammer. Good tools make every project easier, They last longer,
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  Speaker 1: and they end up saving you money down the road.
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  Speaker 1: You know, good paint, it applies easier, it covers and
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  Speaker 1: hides better, and it lasts longer. If you don't want
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  Speaker 1: to be replacing stuff regularly by the best quality that
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  Speaker 1: your budget allows. All right, that's it for my fashion
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  Speaker 1: fashion slash home improvement tips. Hopefully i helped some style
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  Speaker 1: impaired men out there. Myself first and foremost, and hopefully
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  Speaker 1: you all had some home improvement connections and takeaways that
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  Speaker 1: you you pulled out of that. All right, once again,
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  Speaker 1: that article that I referenced came from The Essential Man
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  Speaker 1: and it is really worth a read. It's a really
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  Speaker 1: good article and I've got links in the show notes
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  Speaker 1: if you want to check it out. All right, one
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  Speaker 1: note of business before I wrap everything up officially, Today
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  Speaker 1: is your last day to get entered into our big
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  Speaker 1: Color of the Year giveaway. We're gonna be giving away
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  Speaker 1: four two hundred and fifty dollars Repcolite gift certificates and
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  Speaker 1: to get entered, you just need to leave a comment
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  Speaker 1: on a Color of the Year post that we've got
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  Speaker 1: on Facebook and Instagram. The easiest way to find these
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  Speaker 1: posts is to go to Repcolite dot com and then
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  Speaker 1: click the contest banner on the homepage. From there, I've
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  Speaker 1: got links to the posts that I'm talking about. And
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  Speaker 1: then all you need to do is tell us which
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  Speaker 1: color trend color from Benjamin Morreri's twenty twenty six Color
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  Speaker 1: Trends Palette moves you, Which color moves you and which
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  Speaker 1: room in your home it moves you to paint. That's it.
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  Speaker 1: Lots of people picked rain dance for their bathrooms or
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  Speaker 1: silhouette for their bedrooms. You know. Just tell us which
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  Speaker 1: color moves you and which room you're inspired to paint,
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  Speaker 1: and you're entered into the contest. Every comment you make
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  Speaker 1: is an entry, So go to repcoll Light dot com
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  Speaker 1: and click the contest banner on the homepage. Get entered.
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  Speaker 1: You've got till the end of today to do that,
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  Speaker 1: and then we'll draw winners and I'll post them and
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  Speaker 1: get a hold of you next week. All right, that's
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