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Best of Home in Progress: Historical Insights & Practical Home Improvement Tips · Repcolite Home Improvement Show

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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, thanks for tuning into the special best of
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Speaker 1: episode of Home in Progress sponsored by repcoll Like Paints
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Speaker 1: and Benjamin Moore. And I kind of figured with the
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Speaker 1: holidays all around us, I just picked some of my
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Speaker 1: favorite segments from this past year and play them today
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Speaker 1: in next week. I hope you enjoy them. And before
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Speaker 1: I say anything else, I've got to introduce or I'm
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Speaker 1: not introducing anything. Good grief. What a big letdown that is.
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Speaker 1: I was building to such brilliant, such an exciting announcement,
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Speaker 1: and I've already messed it up. I want to announce
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Speaker 1: that this is our four hundredth episode, four hundred times
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Speaker 1: I've started the show, and I still can't do it right. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: that's what I've really just shown myself. So my whole
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Speaker 1: plan is kind of thrown off. Anyway. We're not going
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Speaker 1: to celebrate, we're not going to really do anything. It's
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Speaker 1: kind of a letdown. I did want to announce it,
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Speaker 1: and I should have had a plan. That's what I
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Speaker 1: should have done. I should have gotten you know, some
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Speaker 1: special guests, Tom Cruise, Paul McCartney, mom, you know the
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Speaker 1: people who catch it every week, the big names out there.
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Speaker 1: But I didn't think to do any of that, didn't
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Speaker 1: think about it at all. So we're going to just
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Speaker 1: imagine that all of these A listers and mom are
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Speaker 1: calling in and sending me their greetings. They're thanking me,
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Speaker 1: you know, Paul McCartney, thanking me for all the knowledge
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Speaker 1: that we've instilled, you know, the thinking repcool like thanking Betsy,
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Speaker 1: thanking Haley, thanking all of us for all this knowledge
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Speaker 1: that we've instilled over the course of four hundred episodes.
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Speaker 1: You know, let's imagine that we're getting all this thanks
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Speaker 1: and think about that four hundred episodes. That's eight years
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Speaker 1: worth of stuff that we've been doing it and when
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Speaker 1: you do the math, it's pretty crazy. At about forty
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Speaker 1: minutes an episode, that's about two hundred and sixty seven
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Speaker 1: hours of stuff. I mean good stuff, I mean the best.
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Speaker 1: It's good. It's good. We always do that. I'm not
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Speaker 1: the best, but it's not the worst. It's good, stuffy,
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Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty seven hours of good stuff. And
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Speaker 1: that means if you would think about this, if you'd
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Speaker 1: listen for eight hours a day while you were at work,
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Speaker 1: just on workdays, you could start an episode on March seventeen,
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Speaker 1: this coming Monday, and you wouldn't be done listening until
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Speaker 1: April thirty. Think about that, eight hour days April thirty
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Speaker 1: from March seventeen you could listen. That's a lot of shows.
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Speaker 1: And if you do want to catch some of them,
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Speaker 1: you can go to repco light dot com and you'll
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Speaker 1: find a show archive there, and there's also a tab
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Speaker 1: right on the page where you could click that and
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Speaker 1: subscribe to the podcast. And if you do that, you'll
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Speaker 1: never miss another episode. I mean, who knows how many
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Speaker 1: more are in the can. Maybe there's four hundred more
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Speaker 1: just waiting to be released, we don't know. Go check
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Speaker 1: it out, enjoy some of those past episodes. There's a
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Speaker 1: lot of good stuff out there. Check it out. All Right,
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Speaker 1: that's enough of that, Way too much time spent on that.
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Speaker 1: Let's get onto the stuff that I've got planned for today.
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Speaker 1: And today's actually going to be kind of a history
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Speaker 1: day on the show. I've got two particular segments that
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Speaker 1: focus on some historical stuff and I'm pretty excited about it.
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Speaker 1: We're going to look at the invention of paint rollers,
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Speaker 1: you know, where they came from, which is surprisingly pretty
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Speaker 1: you know, pretty sad It's a sad little story, could
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Speaker 1: almost be a Hallmark movie with sad vibes. It's going
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Speaker 1: to get you right in the fields. I promise you
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Speaker 1: that you're gonna like it. We'll talk about that, and
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Speaker 1: then we'll talk about roller covers themselves, which ones you
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Speaker 1: should use in which situation. All of that is coming up,
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Speaker 1: But right now, let's get to the other major historical
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Speaker 1: segment that I've got for the day. And a couple
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Speaker 1: of months ago, I ran into a photo online that
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Speaker 1: caught my attention, and it was a wooden box. It
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Speaker 1: was opened up, it was displayed on a tabletop and
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Speaker 1: in the box. At my first glance, you know, as
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Speaker 1: I just scanned over the picture, at my first glance,
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Speaker 1: I saw hundreds and hundreds of gadgets and gizmos all
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Speaker 1: laid out and displayed to perfection in this box. You know,
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Speaker 1: the thing looked amazing, and I wanted to go get one,
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Speaker 1: and I wanted to put it on a stand in
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Speaker 1: the hallway of my home. It was beautiful enough to
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Speaker 1: be home decorps, you know, in my house. At least
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Speaker 1: it would have fit. It would have worked. So that
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Speaker 1: picture caught my eye. But when I read about it.
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Speaker 1: I was really surprised to learn the full story of
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Speaker 1: this item. It was the h. O. Studley tool chest.
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Speaker 1: That's really the guy's name Studley. I mean, there's so
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Speaker 1: many jokes that I could make, but times of the
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Speaker 1: essence here. So I can't dwell on the fact that
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Speaker 1: Studley is a name I'm going to say over and
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Speaker 1: over again without even once besides right now referring to
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Speaker 1: myself and my nickname in high school Studley. Anyway, h O. Studley.
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Speaker 1: He made this tool chest, and it's actually one of
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Speaker 1: the most incredible That wasn't my nickname in high school.
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Speaker 1: I mean, that's a ridiculous lie. I can't go further
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Speaker 1: without explaining that, so I apologize for having to take
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Speaker 1: a quick break to apologize. But that was lately false.
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Speaker 1: Anybody who knows me, they probably switched off the radio
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Speaker 1: because it was that ridiculous. Whatever the opposite of Studley,
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Speaker 1: that was my nickname in high school? All right, Anyway,
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Speaker 1: this HO Studley's tool chest one of the most incredible
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Speaker 1: feats of craftsmanship ever built. It's so intricate, so precise,
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Speaker 1: so mind blowingly beautiful that it's become legendary. So let's
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Speaker 1: talk about that. Let's start with the man behind the piece,
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Speaker 1: mister Studley himself. I wonder what his nickname in high
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Speaker 1: school was anyway, Who was Ho Studley? Well, he was
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Speaker 1: born in eighteen thirty eight in Lowell, Massachusetts, and he
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Speaker 1: wore a lot of different hats. He was a carpenter,
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Speaker 1: a mason. Most notably he was a piano and organ maker.
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Speaker 1: But most likely before all of that, when Studley was
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Speaker 1: twenty three, the Civil War broke out. We don't have
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Speaker 1: a lot of definitive information about him during this period.
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Speaker 1: It's a little bit frustrating, but it's generally thought that
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Speaker 1: he served with the fifteenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. The fifteenth
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Speaker 1: Massachusetts saw significant action, we know that much, and if
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Speaker 1: Studley was indeed with them, his experience in the war
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Speaker 1: would have been pretty intense. That particular unit saw a
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Speaker 1: lot of different engagements throughout the war, a lot of
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Speaker 1: heavy fighting, a lot of heavy casualties in that particular unit. Now,
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Speaker 1: what we do know for sure is that Studley was
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Speaker 1: captured and was taken prisoner during the Battle of Galveston
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Speaker 1: on January one of eighteen sixty three in Texas. And
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Speaker 1: this battle involved Union forces, including Massachusetts troops, So does
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Speaker 1: seem like he might have been in that group. They
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Speaker 1: were all attempting to hold this port against the Confederate counterattack.
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Speaker 1: The Union lost in that particular battle, and many soldiers,
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Speaker 1: including Studley, were captured. Now, after Studley's capture, he spent
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Speaker 1: time as a prisoner of war, but details you know
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Speaker 1: about where he was and how long he was held
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Speaker 1: there are pretty scarce. He was likely paroled or exchanged
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Speaker 1: later in eighteen sixty three, and then he returned to
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Speaker 1: Massachusetts after the war and ended up presuming civilian life.
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Speaker 1: And that's when he likely began, or at least fine
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Speaker 1: tuned his skills as a carpenter and mason, and eventually
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Speaker 1: as a piano maker when he joined the Pool Piano
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Speaker 1: Company in Boston. Now, this is where things get interesting,
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Speaker 1: you know, not that none of that was interesting, but
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Speaker 1: here's where it gets, you know, interesting to the story
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Speaker 1: that I want to talk about. Sometime between eighteen ninety
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Speaker 1: and nineteen twenty, we don't have an exec date, but
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Speaker 1: sometime in there, while he's working on pianos and all
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Speaker 1: of that, he also begins to build and pour his
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Speaker 1: heart into this personal project A tool chest that's not
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Speaker 1: just a toolbox, but literally a work of art. Now,
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Speaker 1: if you've never seen this Studley tool chest, this ho
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Speaker 1: Studley toolchest, I should call it that. If you haven't
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Speaker 1: seen it, you need to google it and go check
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Speaker 1: it out. It's amazing. When it's closed, it's about twenty
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Speaker 1: by forty inches, it's roughly the size of a big
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Speaker 1: wall cabinet. When it's opened up, it unfolds to forty
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Speaker 1: by forty and it reveals this incredible interior. You know,
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Speaker 1: inside this mahogany box decked out with rowe wood, with ebony,
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Speaker 1: with mother of pearl inlays. Studley somehow fits three hundred tools.
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Speaker 1: Three hundred and we're not talking just random junk here.
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Speaker 1: These are precision woodworking tools. Some of them he bought,
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Speaker 1: some of them he made himself. Now, the craftsmanship of
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Speaker 1: this box, this tool chest is absolutely next level. You've
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Speaker 1: got to check it out. Empty, when there's nothing, Empty,
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Speaker 1: when there's nothing in it. Four hundred episodes, and I'm
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Speaker 1: you know, that's what you got. This is what happens
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Speaker 1: when you pay to be on the air. I pay
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Speaker 1: to be on the air, so I'm allowed to do
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Speaker 1: things like that. The chest weighs seventy two pounds when empty,
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Speaker 1: that's what I was trying to get at one hundred
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Speaker 1: and fifty six pounds when loaded. So it's it's a
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Speaker 1: heck of a thing to move around. You need a
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Speaker 1: team of people or just one really beefy guy who
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Speaker 1: can do it. Either way, it wasn't just super easy
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Speaker 1: to move. Studley had you know, I've seen pictures of them.
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Speaker 1: Studley had to have help guarantee it. His nickname in
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Speaker 1: high school probably wasn't Studley either. Anyway. He's designed this
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Speaker 1: thing to hang on a wall. It opens like a book.
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Speaker 1: It's got these clever little hinges all of that. It's
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Speaker 1: really cool. Every little tool in there has its own
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Speaker 1: custom spot, you know, so think hidden compartments, flip up
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Speaker 1: trays and layers that all nest together. It's almost like
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Speaker 1: this three D puzzle thing. You know, you push a
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Speaker 1: tool in and it clicks into place. Even now you
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Speaker 1: know it's one hundred years old or so or more,
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Speaker 1: and the tools still click into place. It's so tight.
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Speaker 1: There's absolutely no waste in space. Now. I was listening
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Speaker 1: to craftsmen who's seen it in person, and it was
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Speaker 1: really interesting they're talking about how in pretty much every
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Speaker 1: woodworking project you can look at the end results and
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Speaker 1: if you're skilled enough in the craft, you can find,
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Speaker 1: you know, all the imperfections, the places where the woodworkers humanity,
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Speaker 1: you know, kind of shows through the mistakes, you know,
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Speaker 1: the imperfections that are in everything. They're talking about how
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Speaker 1: you can see those, and then they say, well, the
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Speaker 1: imperfections are in almost everything. Because these same people were
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Speaker 1: talking about this particular toolchest, the Aho Studley toolchest, and
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Speaker 1: they were saying that you could spend you know, basically
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Speaker 1: a lifetime looking over this tool chest that Studley built,
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Speaker 1: and you wouldn't find a mistake. It's the perfection of
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Speaker 1: the craft. It's that cool, and I think you're probably
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Speaker 1: picking it up. But it's not just a beautifully functional piece.
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Speaker 1: You know, everything's in the right place and all of that,
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Speaker 1: and it functions really well as a toolchest. It does,
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Speaker 1: and that part's beautiful, but it's also esthetically beautiful. The
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Speaker 1: inlays of ivory and mother of pearl, you know they
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Speaker 1: screen piano maker. You know clearly that was a part
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Speaker 1: of this that he brought into it, you know, a
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Speaker 1: part of his his skill that he brought into this.
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Speaker 1: There's this Victorian flair to it when you look at it.
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Speaker 1: When you see it, it really does look like a
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Speaker 1: work of art. You know, clearly Studley was flexing a
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Speaker 1: little bit and showing off all of his skills. And
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Speaker 1: he didn't do this because he had all kinds of
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Speaker 1: extra time on his hands. You know, this was a
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Speaker 1: statement piece. You know, even today, with all of our
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Speaker 1: modern storage solutions, peg boards, rolling cabinets, laser cut foam inserts,
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Speaker 1: things like that, you really be hard pressed to find
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Speaker 1: something as beautifully functional as what Studley created. I love
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Speaker 1: that name. What Studley created by hand over a century ago.
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Speaker 1: So really cool stuff. But what in the world does
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Speaker 1: all of that have to do with us right now? Well,
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Speaker 1: I think there are some real cool lessons in here
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Speaker 1: for anybody who tackles DIY or home improvement projects, or
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Speaker 1: honestly just lives in a house. I mean, there's a
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Speaker 1: lot of good stuff here, and we're going to get
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Speaker 1: to those after the break. And while we are on break,
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Speaker 1: check out the Studeley tool Chest online. Just a couple
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Speaker 1: of quick photos is really all you need to see
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Speaker 1: what I'm talking about and how cool it is. So
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Speaker 1: check that out and we'll be right back in just
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Speaker 1: a minute. Stick Around Home in Progress is brought to
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Speaker 1: you by repcole Like Paints and Benjamin Moore. You know,
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Speaker 1: people often think of paint as just another line item
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Speaker 1: on the project's supply list. But here's the thing. Everything
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Speaker 1: you do, every hour of prep, every stroke of the brush,
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Speaker 1: all comes down to the quality of the paint. The
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Speaker 1: paint is the project. Make sure it's the best. And
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Speaker 1: we're back. You're listening to a special best of episode
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Speaker 1: of Home and Progress sponsored by Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore.
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Speaker 1: And we just finished talking about H. O. Studley, a mason,
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Speaker 1: a carpenter, an organ and piano maker, a guy with
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Speaker 1: a crazy cool nickname. He lived between eighteen thirty eight
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Speaker 1: and nineteen twenty five. We just finished talking about him
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Speaker 1: and this magnificent work of art toolchest that he built.
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Speaker 1: And I'm not just throwing that phrase around lightly, you know,
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Speaker 1: work of art tool chest. Studley's toolchest spends time in
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Speaker 1: the Smithsonian on exhibit because it really is an amazing
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Speaker 1: achievement of skill and engineering and dedication to the woodworking craft.
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Speaker 1: So check it out online. You know, if you haven't
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Speaker 1: googled it already, google it, the Studley Toolchest. It's worth it.
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Speaker 1: Check it out right Now, let's dig a little deeper
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Speaker 1: into it. I love these historical stories, you know, these
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Speaker 1: deep dives into people and events and tools and all
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Speaker 1: of that. But what makes them really entertaining for me
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Speaker 1: is what we can learn, I guess is the best
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Speaker 1: way to say it. What lessons we can pull from
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Speaker 1: these you know, these these stories. So let's do that here.
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Speaker 1: What can we as everyday people who probably don't have
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Speaker 1: the skills or the crazy cool nickname of Ho Studley,
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Speaker 1: what can we learn from him and put into practice
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Speaker 1: right now? Well, here's one quality over quantity. Studley passed
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Speaker 1: away one hundred years ago or so, just over that,
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Speaker 1: and yet the tools in that chest, that tool chest
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Speaker 1: would still be considered high quality, remarkable pieces today, even
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Speaker 1: after a century. Now. I used to buy cheap tools
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Speaker 1: all the time, and I broke them, you know, all
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Speaker 1: the time. They just didn't hold up. But over the years,
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Speaker 1: I've kind of changed my philosophy. As I've matured, I've
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Speaker 1: become wiser. I've started investing in higher quality tools, and
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Speaker 1: they're not only just lasting longer, which is great they're
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Speaker 1: also performing better, which is even more important to me,
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Speaker 1: you know, and that's something that can be difficult to
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Speaker 1: wrap your brain around. If you're new to buying tools.
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Speaker 1: You know, a hammer's a hammer, right, Well, no, it's
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Speaker 1: not a good hand gammer. Literally does feel different in
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Speaker 1: your hand, It functions differently, it lasts longer, but it
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Speaker 1: also does its job better. And the same is true
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Speaker 1: for pretty much everything. Screwdrivers, saws, power tools, you name it. Now,
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Speaker 1: if it's a tool that you're only going to use
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Speaker 1: once in a while, sure, go for the budget option.
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Speaker 1: But if it's something that you're going to reach for regularly,
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Speaker 1: don't skimp on it. And that brings me to paint. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: a lot of people assume that paint is paint, that
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Speaker 1: there's no real difference between brands or quality levels. It's
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Speaker 1: just liquid in a can, right, can't be that different.
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Speaker 1: But just like with tools, the difference really can be
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Speaker 1: huge between different products. High quality paint doesn't just look
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Speaker 1: better for longer. It's easier to work with, It applies smoother,
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Speaker 1: it levels better, it spatters less, It covers and hides better.
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Speaker 1: If you've hated painting projects in the past and just
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Speaker 1: felt like you're not good at it and you struggled
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Speaker 1: through it. There's a really good chance you'll think about
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Speaker 1: what paint you used. Did you use a high quality
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Speaker 1: paint or did you cheap out and buy something that
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Speaker 1: might not out of ben the best product out there.
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Speaker 1: When you use a better product, the whole process goes
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Speaker 1: more smoothly, you enjoy it better. You know, when you
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Speaker 1: talk to people who like painting, and we all know
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Speaker 1: those people. You know, some of us are those people,
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Speaker 1: but you definitely know that you've talked to people who
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Speaker 1: just love tackling that next project, ask them what they're using.
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Speaker 1: They're going to be using higher quality paints. So a
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Speaker 1: Repcolite product, a Benjamin Moore product, it's going to make
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Speaker 1: your project easier and you're going to enjoy it better.
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Speaker 1: So quality matters. That's the bottom line. Whether you're talking tools, paint, furniture, whatever.
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Speaker 1: It's tempting to go cheap, but investing in better materials
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Speaker 1: pays off in the long run. So that's one lesson
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Speaker 1: that we can learn from mister Studley and his toolchest.
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Speaker 1: A second lesson, organization matters. You know, if you've ever
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Speaker 1: spent twenty minutes digging through a messy toolbox for a screwdriver.
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Speaker 1: You know the value of organization Studley's toolchest. It's not
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Speaker 1: just about beauty, it's also about efficiency. You know, everything
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Speaker 1: has a place, and that made him more productive. So
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Speaker 1: for any home project, taking the time to organize your workspace,
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Speaker 1: you know, whether it's a garage, a kitchen, you know,
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Speaker 1: even your junk drawer. Take that time and it's going
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Speaker 1: to make your life so much easier. Another good lesson.
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Speaker 1: Third lesson, take pride in your work and give yourself
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Speaker 1: a break. Now I love this one because it's kind
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Speaker 1: of like a two fur you know, it's two lessons
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Speaker 1: in one. Studley didn't have to make his toolchest a masterpiece,
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Speaker 1: but he did, and he did that because craftsmanship and
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Speaker 1: all of that really mattered to him. He was trying
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Speaker 1: to make a statement piece here. And that mindset is
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Speaker 1: is pretty exciting. It's inspiring. It's something that it's worth embracing.
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Speaker 1: Whether you're painting a room, building a deck, fixing a
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Speaker 1: cabinet door, whatever you're doing, doing a job well, even
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Speaker 1: if nobody notices, it really does bring real satisfaction. And
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Speaker 1: remember here's the second part, to give yourself a break.
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Speaker 1: So you actually can pull all of that off. You know,
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Speaker 1: what I'm getting at here is that we live and
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Speaker 1: die by schedules. We're driven to check things off of
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Speaker 1: our little lists and move on. And that's not bad.
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Speaker 1: You know, that's a good thing. Procrastination isn't the goal,
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Speaker 1: That's not what I'm after. But Studley's toolchest. Remember this
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Speaker 1: thing took years for him to perfect. So don't let
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Speaker 1: self imposed deadlines push you to cut corners. You know,
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Speaker 1: that's where schedules and deadlines really are, are a little
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Speaker 1: dangerous and their counterproductive. Don't let them push you to
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Speaker 1: cut corners, especially those self imposed ones that really, you know,
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Speaker 1: they're not grounded in any real serious, you know reality.
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Speaker 1: You know, sometimes time pressures are real and you have
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Speaker 1: to push through, but often the stress to finish is
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Speaker 1: just in our heads. You know. True craft isn't about speed.
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Speaker 1: It's about care and precision. So when you paint, do
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Speaker 1: the prep work, wash the walls, sand, you know, fill
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Speaker 1: the nail holes, let the spackle dry before standing. That
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Speaker 1: is one of my biggest biggest struggles. I just don't
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Speaker 1: want to wait. Let the spackle dry. Trust me, you're
17:43
Speaker 1: gonna be way happier if you do. The results will
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Speaker 1: look way better if you do. Do all of that
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Speaker 1: stuff right, don't rush your second coat. Use tape if
17:50
Speaker 1: it helps you. Bottom line, take pride in your work
17:52
Speaker 1: and give yourself a break so you've got the time
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Speaker 1: to take the pride in the work all right. Lesson
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Speaker 1: for small spaces can be used efficiently. Studley fit three
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Speaker 1: hundred plus tools into this little cabinet that he built.
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Speaker 1: And if that doesn't scream maximize your space, I really
18:06
Speaker 1: don't know what does. So if you're struggling, you know,
18:08
Speaker 1: with a tiny laundry room, maybe a cramped kitchen, a
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Speaker 1: cluttered closet, a little bathroom, Studley's tool chest proves that
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Speaker 1: smart design does make any space work better. So creative
18:19
Speaker 1: solutions exist for you. You know, whether they're through expert advice,
18:22
Speaker 1: you know, ready made products out there, or just thinking
18:24
Speaker 1: outside of the box. You know you can find these solutions.
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Speaker 1: You may not achieve Studley level perfection, but there are
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Speaker 1: esthetically pleasing ways to improve any tight space. And as
18:34
Speaker 1: we talked about a couple months ago, pain alone can
18:37
Speaker 1: transform a space in a big way. The right color
18:39
Speaker 1: can make any room feel bigger instantly, so stop out
18:42
Speaker 1: at any Repcolite Paints and let us help you with
18:44
Speaker 1: that part of your project. You know that alone can
18:47
Speaker 1: help you get that space feeling a little bigger. All right,
18:49
Speaker 1: there's some lessons from the amazing tool chest of h. O. Studley.
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Speaker 1: Go check it out. It's definitely something to dig further into.
18:57
Speaker 1: Find some pictures. All right, let's take a break, and
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Speaker 1: when we come back, let's talk about why, in this
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Speaker 1: day and age of paint and primer all in ones,
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Speaker 1: why would you ever use primer. We're going to get
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Speaker 1: to that right after. This Home in Progress is brought
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Speaker 1: to you by Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore. Think about it.
19:13
Speaker 1: You spend hours prepping, sanding, taping, and then finally painting.
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Speaker 1: Don't throw all that work away with an inferior product.
19:20
Speaker 1: The paint isn't just another supply. The paint is the project.
19:23
Speaker 1: Make sure it's the best. And we're back. You're listening
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Speaker 1: to a special best of episode of Home and Progress
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Speaker 1: sponsored by Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore. It's time to
19:31
Speaker 1: talk about primer. Buckle up, it's going to get real
19:35
Speaker 1: with all the paint and primer all in one products
19:37
Speaker 1: out there, and we all know there are an absolute
19:40
Speaker 1: boatload of these products out there. With all of them
19:44
Speaker 1: out there, why in the world would you ever, ever
19:47
Speaker 1: ever want to use a primer again, you know, just
19:49
Speaker 1: a standalone, dedicated primer. In fact, why do we even
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Speaker 1: make primer? Why do we keep doing it? Isn't it
19:56
Speaker 1: completely you know, unnecessary? At this point? You know, the
19:59
Speaker 1: whole point of a combo product is to eliminate the
20:02
Speaker 1: need to buy the product separately. Right, you know you've
20:05
Speaker 1: got shampoo and conditioner all in ones. You don't buy
20:08
Speaker 1: that and then stock up on conditioner just in case. Right,
20:12
Speaker 1: You've got the combo here. It does it all. You
20:15
Speaker 1: don't need the separate parts, or toothpaste with mouthwash built in.
20:19
Speaker 1: You know, talk about a technological advancement, talk about a
20:23
Speaker 1: time saver. You don't need the other components. At that point,
20:26
Speaker 1: you know you've got everything you need all in this
20:28
Speaker 1: one product. What other ones are out there? Oh? I
20:32
Speaker 1: should have made a list. Should have made a list
20:34
Speaker 1: ahead of time. A laundry detergent with fabric softener, that's
20:38
Speaker 1: out there, right, let's move on because I'm not sure,
20:40
Speaker 1: don't fact check me. Convertible sofa beds. I know that's
20:43
Speaker 1: a thing. It's a sofa, it's a bed, it's both, right,
20:47
Speaker 1: it's a combo. It's brilliant. You know, We've got all
20:50
Speaker 1: these amazing combos out there, and they serve double duty.
20:54
Speaker 1: And isn't Peyton Primer all in one really just as
20:57
Speaker 1: brilliant as all of those other products that I talked about.
21:01
Speaker 1: Isn't it as brilliant as those? Well? I think it is.
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Speaker 1: I think it really pretty much is exactly as brilliant
21:08
Speaker 1: as all of those And think about all of those
21:11
Speaker 1: things for just a minute. Which one of those combos
21:13
Speaker 1: that we just mentioned, Which one of those combos is
21:16
Speaker 1: better than the two parts? Separate? You know, maybe it's
21:19
Speaker 1: a timesaver. You know, I don't have to wash my
21:22
Speaker 1: hair twice go through that process. I did it all
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Speaker 1: at once, and I shampooed and conditioned. It's a time saver.
21:29
Speaker 1: But is it better? You know? I don't honestly know.
21:32
Speaker 1: That's a terrible example for me to use because I
21:34
Speaker 1: can't attest to the veracity of my statement. I don't
21:38
Speaker 1: know the truth of the question. Shampoo conditioner. Is it
21:41
Speaker 1: better as a combo? Better separate? Who knows? Let's talk
21:44
Speaker 1: about convertible sofa beds. That's something I can get down
21:47
Speaker 1: on and I know, I know the facts here, I
21:50
Speaker 1: know the truth. Who has ever sat on a convertible
21:53
Speaker 1: sofa or slept on a convertible sofa and thought? Whoa,
21:58
Speaker 1: that's something to write home about. That is the best rest,
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Speaker 1: the best most comfortable sit that I've ever had. It's
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Speaker 1: the best sleep I've ever had ever in all of
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Speaker 1: my life. You know, this convertible sofa bed. It's won
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Speaker 1: me over, It's converted me. I'm going to get rid
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Speaker 1: of all my dedicated couches and my dedicated beds, replace
22:18
Speaker 1: them all with convertible sofa beds because I can have
22:21
Speaker 1: a party in the bedroom, I can talk and have
22:23
Speaker 1: people over. Who knows who has ever done that? Nobody's
22:26
Speaker 1: ever done that, you know, sitting and sleeping on a
22:30
Speaker 1: convertible sofa bed. It's okay, comfortable, but it's not something
22:34
Speaker 1: that's as good as a dedicated couch, as good as
22:36
Speaker 1: a dedicated bed. Or what about the toothpaste and the
22:39
Speaker 1: mouth wash all in ones? Do you really think, you know,
22:42
Speaker 1: do you really think that your breath is as fresh
22:45
Speaker 1: flowery fresh, garden fresh, garden fresh after doing just the one.
22:51
Speaker 1: You know, I guess I'm only thinking about myself here.
22:54
Speaker 1: I'm not throwing casting shade or whatever you do with
22:57
Speaker 1: shade these days, you know, to make somebody feel bad.
23:00
Speaker 1: I'm not throwing that doing that towards you. I'm just
23:03
Speaker 1: talking about me. But sometimes I go to put my
23:06
Speaker 1: toothbrush away, and that little guy is wilting like a
23:10
Speaker 1: dying flower. You know, I need the second step mouthwash.
23:14
Speaker 1: Toothpaste isn't enough. I need to follow up. I need
23:18
Speaker 1: something to power through. I need that mouthwash just to
23:21
Speaker 1: be able to tolerate myself, all right. Same is true
23:24
Speaker 1: with paint and primer all in ones. They're crazy popular
23:27
Speaker 1: right now. You know, people think they're saving time and
23:29
Speaker 1: saving money, but in the end you're just not getting
23:32
Speaker 1: the best results that you could be getting by using more,
23:35
Speaker 1: you know, dedicated products. And I should mention right off
23:38
Speaker 1: the bat as we're starting this is that there really
23:40
Speaker 1: is no such thing, no special paint out there that's
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Speaker 1: a chemically formulated paint and primer all in one. Nobody
23:47
Speaker 1: adds primer to the paint mix to come up with
23:50
Speaker 1: this miracle hybrid paint and primer all in ones. Are
23:53
Speaker 1: really just good high quality paint with the phrase paint
23:57
Speaker 1: and primer all in one smacked on the label. So
24:00
Speaker 1: we've got them as well. Benjamin Moore has them as well.
24:03
Speaker 1: Pretty much any high quality paint will function as a
24:06
Speaker 1: paint and primer all in one. That's important to understand.
24:08
Speaker 1: But because the marketing is just absolutely brilliant on these
24:12
Speaker 1: and it's all pervasive. Because of that, so many people
24:15
Speaker 1: think that a paint and primer all in one is
24:17
Speaker 1: absolutely the way to go on every project. Well, let's
24:21
Speaker 1: look at where a primer excels and why a primer,
24:24
Speaker 1: a dedicated primer can make a huge difference on your projects.
24:27
Speaker 1: And first off, let's look at bonding. Primers are specifically
24:31
Speaker 1: designed to bond to surfaces like wood, drywall, even glossy,
24:35
Speaker 1: glossy surfaces, and they're designed to create a strong foundation
24:38
Speaker 1: for your finish paint. In fact, there are some specialty
24:41
Speaker 1: primers out there that take this bonding thing to you know,
24:44
Speaker 1: ridiculous levels. Honestly sticks from Benjamin Moore talk about it
24:48
Speaker 1: all the time. Stix it sticks to everything. I don't
24:52
Speaker 1: know that that's their tag for it, but you know,
24:55
Speaker 1: I'm a marketing genius and seems to work for me.
24:57
Speaker 1: So sticks from Benjamin Moore it to everything. It's incredibly tenacious.
25:03
Speaker 1: You know, it's like that that relative that just won't
25:06
Speaker 1: leave you know that sticks. We've had displays in our
25:09
Speaker 1: stores and at home expos home shows where we've taken
25:13
Speaker 1: you know, glass blocks or something glazed ceramic tiles, and
25:17
Speaker 1: without sanding them, without really prepping them, we've just primed
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Speaker 1: them with sticks. And once it's dry, once it's cured,
25:23
Speaker 1: you can scratch at it as long as you'd like,
25:25
Speaker 1: and you're only going to get tiny little flakes of
25:27
Speaker 1: it to come off, tiny tiny little flakes of it
25:30
Speaker 1: to come off. It bonds that well. Painton Primer all
25:32
Speaker 1: in one products can't match the adhesive strength of a
25:35
Speaker 1: standalone bonding primer. Second, if you're dealing with stains, a
25:39
Speaker 1: specialty primer is often your only solution. You know, water stains,
25:43
Speaker 1: smoke stains, knots, and wood other things like that. They
25:46
Speaker 1: can bleed right through regular water based paints, even those
25:49
Speaker 1: Painton Primer all in one products, it'll bleed right through.
25:52
Speaker 1: You put them on, the stain can bleed right to
25:54
Speaker 1: the top. You put another coat on, bleeds right back
25:56
Speaker 1: to the top. These things are just regular paint after all,
25:59
Speaker 1: you know, That's what we talked about at the beginning.
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Speaker 1: If you've got situations where you've got a water stain,
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Speaker 1: of smoke stain, knots, and wood, you really need a
26:06
Speaker 1: primer that's specifically formulated to block those types of stains.
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Speaker 1: It's just not going to happen with one of the
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Speaker 1: combo products. Third, when you've got porous surfaces like bear
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Speaker 1: dry wall, a dedicated primer seals and covers these better
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Speaker 1: than a combo product's going to do, and that means
26:22
Speaker 1: you're going to get a smoother, more even finish with
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Speaker 1: your paint. It's just going to look better. And Fourth
26:27
Speaker 1: kind of connected to that. While paint and primer all
26:29
Speaker 1: in one might seem convenient, seem like a money saver,
26:32
Speaker 1: you often end up spending more money and using more
26:35
Speaker 1: of that expensive product, you know, the paint and primer
26:37
Speaker 1: all in one to get your desired results. When you
26:40
Speaker 1: use a dedicated primer, it does the heavy lifting at
26:43
Speaker 1: a cheaper price, you know, a way cheaper price. It
26:46
Speaker 1: seals up the surface and you don't need as much
26:48
Speaker 1: of the more expensive finish paint, so in the end,
26:51
Speaker 1: you save money, and depending on the size of the project,
26:54
Speaker 1: it actually could be a fair amount of money. All right,
26:56
Speaker 1: So there you go. There are four quick reasons to
26:58
Speaker 1: use a dedicated primer. There are more, but that's enough
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Speaker 1: for now. I do want to take a second here
27:04
Speaker 1: to let you know that until the end of the month,
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Speaker 1: one of our more versatile primers is on sale at
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Speaker 1: all Repcolite locations for just over forty five percent off
27:12
Speaker 1: the usual price. It's actually right around forty seven percent off,
27:16
Speaker 1: like forty seven point something, but you know, forty seven
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Speaker 1: percent is close enough, right. That gets the case the
27:23
Speaker 1: point across anyway. Quicksand Multisurface Primer, it's available all month long.
27:28
Speaker 1: Like I said, for forty seven percent off. Ish it's
27:32
Speaker 1: just under twenty one bucks a gallon, so it's way
27:34
Speaker 1: cheaper than your finish paint and it's going to give
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Speaker 1: you that foundation that you want so you get beautiful
27:39
Speaker 1: results with your finish without having to use so much
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Speaker 1: of it. It's a really really smart way to go.
27:44
Speaker 1: Quicksand is recommended if you're thinking about it. You could
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Speaker 1: use it on wood, trim, doors, drywall, pretty much most
27:51
Speaker 1: interior surfaces. It bonds incredibly well, and it dries really fast.
27:56
Speaker 1: There are comparable products out there, and they usually need
28:00
Speaker 1: for about two hours or so before you can sand them.
28:03
Speaker 1: Quicksand can be sanded in as little as thirty minutes.
28:06
Speaker 1: So that's a big time saver. It means that you're able,
28:09
Speaker 1: you know, to keep working on your project with less downtime,
28:12
Speaker 1: which means you get done faster, which means you can
28:14
Speaker 1: go do you know, other work around your house, or
28:18
Speaker 1: you can go have fun quicker, you know. So all
28:20
Speaker 1: of that's really good. And I'm sure you know I
28:22
Speaker 1: just said sanding in as little as thirty minutes. Quicksand
28:26
Speaker 1: can be sanded in as little as thirty minutes. I
28:28
Speaker 1: say that, and I'm sure there's a bunch of people going,
28:30
Speaker 1: what are you talking about sanding my primer? Who sands
28:33
Speaker 1: their primer? What blasphemy is this? Well, if this is
28:37
Speaker 1: news to you, I'm sorry, but you actually should do
28:39
Speaker 1: a light sanding on your primer before you move to
28:42
Speaker 1: your finish paint if you want the best results possible.
28:46
Speaker 1: It's a little bit of a topic that needs more
28:49
Speaker 1: explanation than I can give right now, so we'll talk
28:52
Speaker 1: about that next week. Why you should do that sanding.
28:54
Speaker 1: And the good news is it's not a complicated you
28:57
Speaker 1: know step, it's not adding a lot of time. It's
28:59
Speaker 1: going to go fast. We'll talk about sanding your primer
29:01
Speaker 1: next week. Why you would do that and how to
29:03
Speaker 1: do it quickly. Anyway, back to quicksand it stands with
29:07
Speaker 1: very little clogging of the sandpaper. So that's great. You're
29:10
Speaker 1: going to go through less sandpaper. That saves you money too.
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Speaker 1: It applies well, it seals up poor as surface as well,
29:15
Speaker 1: provides an even base coat that ensures your finished paint
29:18
Speaker 1: looks great. Overall, it's a wonderful primer that covers a
29:21
Speaker 1: lot of different surfaces inside the home. And it's on sale,
29:25
Speaker 1: like I said, forty seven percent off the usual price
29:28
Speaker 1: until the end of the month. All right, Primers, if
29:30
Speaker 1: you have questions or you need help finding the best
29:33
Speaker 1: primer for your project, you can email me at radio
29:36
Speaker 1: at repco Light dot com, or better yet, just stop
29:38
Speaker 1: out or call any of our locations. Anybody there. Everybody
29:42
Speaker 1: here is happy to help. All right, let's take a break.
29:44
Speaker 1: When we come back, we're going to help you and
29:46
Speaker 1: me accomplish all of those New Year's resolutions that we
29:50
Speaker 1: made a couple weeks ago in which many of us
29:52
Speaker 1: quit on last Week Friday. That's just ahead. Stick around.
29:57
Speaker 1: You're listening to Home in Progress, where the projects are
30:00
Speaker 1: the mistakes. They're educational, sometimes painful, mostly educational. And the
30:06
Speaker 1: only thing more stubborn than that old wallpaper on your
30:09
Speaker 1: bathroom wall is your determination to get it fixed. Probably
30:13
Speaker 1: sponsored by Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore. Paint with a purpose,
30:17
Speaker 1: people who care and everything you need to get the
30:19
Speaker 1: job done right. And we're back. You're listening to a
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Speaker 1: special best of episode of Home in Progress, sponsored by
30:25
Speaker 1: Repcolite Paints and Benjamin Moore. And in this last segment,
30:29
Speaker 1: we're going to get straight to solving or saving everybody's
30:33
Speaker 1: New Year's resolutions. Now, last week Friday, I didn't know
30:36
Speaker 1: about this. I didn't know what was a thing I
30:39
Speaker 1: should say. But last week Friday was something called Quitter's Day.
30:43
Speaker 1: You know, Quitter's Day, the second Friday in January is
30:46
Speaker 1: always called that because it's the day most people give
30:49
Speaker 1: up on their New Year's resolutions. Quitter's Day comes early
30:53
Speaker 1: for me, normally earlier than that. You know, that's like
30:57
Speaker 1: a long, a long wait for Quitter's Day to get
31:00
Speaker 1: all the way to the second Friday before we give up.
31:02
Speaker 1: But that's when most people do it. Most people gave
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Speaker 1: up last week Friday. How did you do? You know?
31:08
Speaker 1: Are you still going with yours? Did you bail? Did
31:10
Speaker 1: you even start? Did you even have a New Year's resolution?
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Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't make a resolution this year, a
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Speaker 1: single one, because I know what happens. Like I said,
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Speaker 1: I already said it. I quit right away, and then
31:23
Speaker 1: I feel profoundly guilty. And let me tell you, that's
31:26
Speaker 1: the way to start a new year, with huge helpings
31:29
Speaker 1: of guilt. I will pile that guilt on naturally throughout
31:32
Speaker 1: the year. I don't need to, you know, streamline the
31:36
Speaker 1: process with resolutions that fail immediately. Now. I didn't set
31:41
Speaker 1: resolutions this year, but not because I'm lazy, not completely lazy. Instead,
31:46
Speaker 1: I made goals, and that's what I want to talk
31:49
Speaker 1: about right now. It's not just wordplay. There really is
31:52
Speaker 1: a difference between the two, between resolutions and goals, and
31:55
Speaker 1: you're much more likely to get results from goals than
31:58
Speaker 1: you are resolutions. Why is that, Well, first off, resolutions
32:03
Speaker 1: are usually vague, they're broad, and they're kind of abstract.
32:06
Speaker 1: You know, you've heard things like this before. I'm going
32:08
Speaker 1: to be healthier this year. I'm going to spend less
32:11
Speaker 1: money this year. It's really kind of like saying I
32:13
Speaker 1: want to go on a road trip this year, but
32:16
Speaker 1: then not bothering to pick a destination or exactly, you know,
32:19
Speaker 1: map out how you're going to get there. It's vague,
32:21
Speaker 1: it's abstract, hard to wrap your brain around exactly how
32:24
Speaker 1: to do it. Second, with New Year's resolutions, a really
32:26
Speaker 1: common idea is that we need to come up with
32:29
Speaker 1: some sort of sweeping, you know, huge change for our lives.
32:33
Speaker 1: And that's going against the grain of our natural inclinations
32:37
Speaker 1: as people, as humans, you know, we're not wired to
32:41
Speaker 1: make huge sweeping changes. Think about it. I hate it.
32:45
Speaker 1: I hate it more than I should, more than is reasonable.
32:49
Speaker 1: When they change the interface on you know, the Facebook
32:53
Speaker 1: or Instagram or Netflix, my life goes into this brief
32:58
Speaker 1: tail spin. Perhaps when the phone updates and things function differently,
33:03
Speaker 1: or my apps aren't in the same place. I mean,
33:05
Speaker 1: it's a mental meltdown. I struggle with little changes that
33:08
Speaker 1: are inconsequential, and yet every year I somehow think I'm
33:12
Speaker 1: going to jump into this major life change and just
33:15
Speaker 1: breeze right through it like I'm walking in the park.
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Speaker 1: We're not cut out to make big, sweeping changes in
33:19
Speaker 1: our lives. That's another problem with resolutions. Third, resolutions are
33:23
Speaker 1: often externally motivated. You know, every new year, people everywhere
33:27
Speaker 1: are making resolutions, and so we kind of feel like
33:30
Speaker 1: we should too. It's kind of like peer pressure, right,
33:33
Speaker 1: for lack of a better phrase. We're doing it because
33:35
Speaker 1: other people are all right. Fourth, resolutions are based on
33:38
Speaker 1: something that we think we should do, and they're less
33:41
Speaker 1: about focusing on what's in it for us, and that's
33:44
Speaker 1: really just not enough of a motivator to keep us moving.
33:47
Speaker 1: Long term change is tough, crazy tough, and if we're
33:51
Speaker 1: just doing something because we know we should or think
33:54
Speaker 1: we should, but not because we're focused on what we're
33:56
Speaker 1: going to gain from that change, it's really difficult to
33:58
Speaker 1: stay on track. Finally, many resolutions lack accountability or a
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Speaker 1: way to track progress, and as a result, we find
34:05
Speaker 1: we're not motivated, we get frustrated, we don't have a
34:08
Speaker 1: clear vision for why we're doing what we're doing, and
34:11
Speaker 1: then we fall off track and drop the resolution. Right.
34:14
Speaker 1: That's the problem with resolutions, So why is goals? You know,
34:18
Speaker 1: why is setting goals any better? And honestly, I should
34:22
Speaker 1: say that goals can be just as bad as resolutions.
34:25
Speaker 1: Really if they're not good goals. Good goals follow something
34:29
Speaker 1: that's called the smart framework smaart. I didn't need to
34:33
Speaker 1: spell it. I don't know why I do that. It's
34:35
Speaker 1: an acronym. There's specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound.
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Speaker 1: They're smart right. For example, they're specific, instead of a
34:43
Speaker 1: bag resolution like I'm going to spend less money this
34:46
Speaker 1: year really vague. Instead of that, when we're creating a
34:49
Speaker 1: good goal, we're more likely to say, let's save x
34:52
Speaker 1: amount of dollars every single month by eating out only
34:55
Speaker 1: once or twice every two weeks. Or instead of saying
34:57
Speaker 1: I'm going to be healthier this year, we may say
35:00
Speaker 1: something like I'm going to walk fifteen minutes every day.
35:02
Speaker 1: They're specific. They're also measurable. You know when you're on track,
35:06
Speaker 1: and you know when you've failed. You know when you've
35:08
Speaker 1: walked three days in a row but missed the fourth day.
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Speaker 1: You can see it it happened. It's easy to see
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Speaker 1: how it's going, how you're doing, how your plans are working.
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Speaker 1: If your resolution is to be healthier this year, how
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Speaker 1: in the world do you ever track that? You know,
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Speaker 1: how do you know how you're doing? Have I arrived?
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Speaker 1: Have I made it? It's only the third week in January?
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Speaker 1: Am I healthier? Maybe I'm healthier. I don't know. It's possible.
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Speaker 1: I guess to track that to some extent, but it's
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Speaker 1: really not clear cut. Good goals are going to be measurable.
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Speaker 1: You're going to see it easily. Good goals are also achievable,
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Speaker 1: and that's crazy critical here. Resolutions are usually not always,
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Speaker 1: but usually focused on bigger, you know, a bigger, wider
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Speaker 1: perfection that we're shooting for. You know, I'm going to
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Speaker 1: fix up my entire home this year, inside and out.
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Speaker 1: You know, that's perfection. That's a huge, sweeping resolution. Good goals,
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Speaker 1: on the other hand, they kind of value progress over
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Speaker 1: that perfection. You know, a good goal would say, I'm
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Speaker 1: going to have the bathroom repainted by the end of January.
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Speaker 1: Good goals are a step in the right direction. They're progress,
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Speaker 1: they're achievable, and our brains can see that they're achievable,
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Speaker 1: and you know, that's what gives us the motivation to
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Speaker 1: keep going, you know, right, an unachievable resolution. Who's got
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Speaker 1: the gumption to keep doing that? Third or fourth or
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Speaker 1: whatever are good goals are relevant. You know, you're not
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Speaker 1: just going to walk for fifteen minutes a day just
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Speaker 1: because you're going to walk for fifteen minutes a day
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Speaker 1: so you can lose x amount of pounds so you
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Speaker 1: can enjoy beach season or whatever whatever. I've never enjoyed
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Speaker 1: beach season. I would love it if we could go
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Speaker 1: back in time or bring fashion back from the twenties
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Speaker 1: and dudes could go to the beach wearing you know,
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Speaker 1: like those full body jumper suits like little onesies that
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Speaker 1: babies wear, but you know, for grown up people, I
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Speaker 1: could go for that. I don't know that I need
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Speaker 1: to stripe because the horizontal stripes just make me look chubbier.
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Speaker 1: Maybe vertical stripes that would make me look taller as
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Speaker 1: well at the beach. But anyway, anyway, the bigger point
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Speaker 1: is you're going to walk for fifteen minutes a day
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Speaker 1: to lose a certain amount of weight so you can
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Speaker 1: enjoy a certain season a little more. You know, it's
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Speaker 1: not just a naggy idea that you know, I probably
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Speaker 1: should do this because sitting on the couch all winner
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Speaker 1: is bad. You've got a positive goal in mind. Finally,
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Speaker 1: good goals are time bound. I'm going to have the
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Speaker 1: bathroom repainted by the end of January, or the kitchen
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Speaker 1: cabinets redone by March. Having that time bound puts us
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Speaker 1: on a schedule and helps us power through days when
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Speaker 1: we feel like procrastinating. Basically, goals set in this manner,
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Speaker 1: oh man, they're way easier for our brains to grasp,
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Speaker 1: and that makes us much more likely to stick to them.
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Speaker 1: So if resolutions are not working for you, and have
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Speaker 1: not worked for you in the past, it's not too
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Speaker 1: late this year. I mean we're three weeks in. You know.
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Speaker 1: Most people just quit last week Friday, so it's all
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Speaker 1: right to start up again. We've got a whole new
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Speaker 1: year ahead of us. Maybe it's time we just ditch
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Speaker 1: that whole idea of resolutions and switch to setting clear, measurable, smart,
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Speaker 1: you know, goals. Now, before we wrap up for the week,
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Speaker 1: here are three quick ways to maintain some long term
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Speaker 1: success with your goals. Start small. Break those bigger goals
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Speaker 1: into micro goals so you can experience success, which keeps
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Speaker 1: you on track. This is critical. If your overarching goal
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Speaker 1: is to have the whole interior of the house repainted
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Speaker 1: by the end of the year, you need to break
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Speaker 1: that up into many different micro goals. You know, maybe
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Speaker 1: you need to break it into by the end of
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Speaker 1: this week, I'm going to have colors for the living room.
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Speaker 1: Next week, I'm going to paint the bathroom. Maybe you
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Speaker 1: can go bigger than that and say the kitchen is
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Speaker 1: going to be done by March, the living room by April,
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Speaker 1: and so on. However you do it, set smaller goals
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Speaker 1: that work to bring your larger goal to completion. Second,
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Speaker 1: focus on habits, not immediate results. Habits are the most
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Speaker 1: important things to change as we set our goals. It's
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Speaker 1: habit that's going to call us back to the couch
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Speaker 1: from the treadmill, and it's habit that's going to help
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Speaker 1: us say no to the couch and start our daily work.
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Speaker 1: Focus on building those habits first, and keep your eyes
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Speaker 1: on that rather than looking at the bathroom scale for results.
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Speaker 1: At least in the beginning. The results will come, but
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Speaker 1: that habit needs to be formed first. Finally, track your progress.
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Speaker 1: Use a journal, an app, just a simple checklist to
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Speaker 1: measure how far you've come. You know, take photos and
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Speaker 1: chronicle the journey. It doesn't seem important at the time.
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Speaker 1: It never does, but there's always going to be a day.
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Speaker 1: It happens to me all the time, a day when
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Speaker 1: I want to look back and see how far I've come.
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Speaker 1: You know, the motivation that comes from that is great.
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Speaker 1: Be sure that you can do that. Most of the time,
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Speaker 1: I don't take those pictures along the way, and I'm
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Speaker 1: just going by memory. How did the kitchen used to look?
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Speaker 1: Is it better? I think it's better, but I don't
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Speaker 1: ever know how much better. And knowing how much better
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Speaker 1: and how big an improvement I've made, really propels you
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Speaker 1: to the next thing. So track your progress, keep those records,
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Speaker 1: and there you go. That's all the time we've got.
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Speaker 1: We're gonna have to wrap this one up. If you
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Speaker 1: paints a part of it. Have a great weekend, everybody.
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Speaker 1: I'll see you next week. I'm Dan Hansen. Thanks for listening.