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Battling the Winter Blues: Tips & Tricks to Brighten Your Home and Mood · Repcolite Home Improvement Show

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Speaker 1: Good morning, everybody. You're listening to the Repco Light Home
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Speaker 1: Improvement Show, the Repco lighte Home Improvement Show. I slurred
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Speaker 1: that I'm off to a bad start already. You're listening
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Speaker 1: to the Repco Light Home Improvement Show, sponsored by Benjamin Moore,
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Speaker 1: And yeah, I'm off to a bad start because it's February, right.
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Speaker 1: It's the shortest month of the whole stinking year in days,
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Speaker 1: but it is the longest month to have to endure.
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Speaker 1: You know, for me, I thoroughly detest February. I can't
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Speaker 1: think of anything good about it. And every time I
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Speaker 1: say that, my daughter Tessa objects because it's her birthday month. Tessa,
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Speaker 1: It's not not you, you know, it's not because of
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Speaker 1: you that I hate February. I hate February because it's
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Speaker 1: dark and cold and snowy, you know, all those things.
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Speaker 1: They're like crazy cozy and cool when Christmas is coming.
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Speaker 1: I didn't mind it then, or even when January was here,
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Speaker 1: you know, the snow's kind of new at that point.
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Speaker 1: I don't think I didn't hate it yet at that point.
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Speaker 1: But now now we've had it for a while and
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Speaker 1: I'm done, pretty much done with it, you know, Taking
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Speaker 1: the dogs out in the cold weather stinks. There are
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Speaker 1: fun things to do. I get that, plenty of fun
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Speaker 1: things to do, But taking the dogs out that stinks
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Speaker 1: because it's on their timetable. They tell us when we're
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Speaker 1: taking them out. We don't get to choose. They announce,
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Speaker 1: and if we don't take them out, well we all
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Speaker 1: know how that goes. The cars always frozen solid. The
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Speaker 1: windshield wipers, they've always got ice on them, ice clumps.
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Speaker 1: Can't get them off because I can't reach them. You know,
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Speaker 1: most people probably can just reach up and snap those off.
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Speaker 1: For me, No, I need a reach and stick and
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Speaker 1: a ladder and I still can't reach them. It's a truck.
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Speaker 1: I'm short, so I've got all of that to deal with, thankfully.
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Speaker 1: You know. One thing in my favor, I'm lactose intolerant.
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Speaker 1: If that wasn't the case, I'd spend all of my
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Speaker 1: February evenings sitting on the couch with an ice cream
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Speaker 1: container in a spoon. That's how I'd spend my nights.
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Speaker 1: Managed to avoid ice cream because of the lactose intolerance.
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Speaker 1: But Tessa, you know, the February birthday girl. She loves
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Speaker 1: to bake and she's been cranking out one thing after another.
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Speaker 1: You know, sometimes I wander into the kitchen. Maybe this
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Speaker 1: happens to you too. I wander into the kitchen with
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Speaker 1: good intentions and then I find, you know, baked goods,
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Speaker 1: and before I know it, you know, a half hour's
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Speaker 1: gone by. I'm sitting on the floor with a bread
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Speaker 1: pan half full of banana bread. Now I've got a
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Speaker 1: butter knife and a vat of butter next to me.
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Speaker 1: There's usually a pile of cookies nearby, and I'm surrounded
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Speaker 1: by dogs who are looking at me like hungry wolves
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Speaker 1: as I try to protect my snacks, you know, from
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Speaker 1: their greedy eyes. Now, some nights, if the house is silent,
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Speaker 1: I am one hundred percent convinced that I can hear,
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Speaker 1: you know, if I really listen, I can hear the
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Speaker 1: fat growing, you know, around my stomach. Kids say, I'm
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Speaker 1: nuts about that, but I don't know anyway. There you go.
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Speaker 1: That's just a little bit of insight into the insanity
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Speaker 1: that occurs in my brain when I've been shutting the
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Speaker 1: house for a lengthy peer of time. And I'm sure
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Speaker 1: you probably don't feel exactly the same way, but maybe
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Speaker 1: parts of that are familiar. What we're dealing with is
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Speaker 1: seasonal effective disorder, or SAD as i'll call it the
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Speaker 1: rest of the show. Most likely this is going to
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Speaker 1: be the saddest episode of the year, So just buckle
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Speaker 1: up for that. But bump bump jing anyway, SAD. I'm
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Speaker 1: sure you've heard about it ad nauseum over the last
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Speaker 1: week or two, but I'm going to just pile on.
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Speaker 1: You know, it's what everybody's talking about right now. It's
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Speaker 1: a mood disorder. If you're completely living under a rock
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Speaker 1: and you have no idea what SAD is, it's a
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Speaker 1: mood disorder that kind of leaves you feeling blah and
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Speaker 1: down during certain times of the year, most often during
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Speaker 1: the fall or winter when daylight hours are shorter. You know, basically,
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Speaker 1: it's the good old winter blues, just relabeled. I'm dealing
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Speaker 1: with it. I'm betting a number of you are as well.
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Speaker 1: Maybe you don't have full blown SAD where you're seriously down,
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Speaker 1: but I'm betting most of us are feeling a little
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Speaker 1: bit of a pinch around this time of year. And so,
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Speaker 1: like I said, that's going to be the focus of
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Speaker 1: the show this week, and we're going to talk about
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Speaker 1: some of the ways out of these February doldrums, you know,
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Speaker 1: the winter blues, Ways to stop being sad. That's the
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Speaker 1: whole point today. So all of that's coming up, but
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Speaker 1: let's start with a deeper look at SAD seasonal effective
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Speaker 1: disorder SAD. And honestly, I was kind of surprised to
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Speaker 1: find that the concept goes back to ancient times. Hippocrates
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Speaker 1: an ancient Greek physician who's often referred to as the
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Speaker 1: father of medicine, you know, the Hippocratic oath, right, Hippocrates
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Speaker 1: noticed how the seasons affected mental health. He was probably
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Speaker 1: sitting around, you know, eating ice cream on the couch
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Speaker 1: one February, and he thought, Man, wait a minute, this
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Speaker 1: isn't normal. This isn't me. I'm grumpy, you know, Normally
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Speaker 1: I'm the life of the party. I'm Hippocrates. Everybody wants
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Speaker 1: to hang around with me. Why am I down in
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Speaker 1: the dumps? But it's got something to do with the seasons.
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Speaker 1: And I'm pretty sure something like that happened. He came
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Speaker 1: up with the idea fourth century BC. In the second
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Speaker 1: century BC, Greco Roman physicians treated depression and lethargy by
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Speaker 1: directing sunlight toward the eyes, you know, and that was
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Speaker 1: an early form of light therapy. Additionally, the Greek philosopher Possidonius,
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Speaker 1: I have no idea if that's right. Who cares, he's
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Speaker 1: been dead for a long time. It's close enough. Possidonius
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Speaker 1: observed that there's melancholy occurring in autumn and there's mania
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Speaker 1: in the summer. You know. That explains my entire life.
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Speaker 1: Melancholy in the autumn and winter, many of the rest
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Speaker 1: of the time. But still, even with all of those
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Speaker 1: early observations, it wasn't until nineteen eighty four that the
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Speaker 1: term seasonal effective disorder SAD was formally introduced by psychiatrist
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Speaker 1: Norman E. Rosenthal and his colleagues at the National Institute
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Speaker 1: of Mental Health. They described SAD as a syndrome characterized
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Speaker 1: by recurrent depressions occurring annually at the same time each year.
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Speaker 1: All right, so that's SAD. SAD affects a significant portion
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Speaker 1: of the population, and of course it gets worse and
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Speaker 1: more widespread depending on your location. Makes perfect sense. In
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Speaker 1: the United States, the national average of people affected by SAD.
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Speaker 1: What do you think that is? National average of people
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Speaker 1: affected by SAD in the US. What percentage give you
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Speaker 1: a second to think about it, it's six percent. Six
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Speaker 1: percent of the people nationally on average are affected by SAD,
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Speaker 1: So that's not really that bad, right. Ninety four percent
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Speaker 1: of us are unaffected or only mildly affected, so that's
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Speaker 1: pretty good. Our chances are good. But hold on, that's
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Speaker 1: the US average. We live in Michigan, and while Michigan
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Speaker 1: is absolutely a splendid place to live most of the time,
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Speaker 1: it turns out that, according to research from Michigan State University,
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Speaker 1: between twenty and forty percent of Michigan residents experienced SAD
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Speaker 1: symptoms during the winter months. So it's a huge bump
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Speaker 1: over the national average. But really, you know, it shouldn't
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Speaker 1: surprise us. Our geographical location results in shorter daylight hours
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Speaker 1: and prolonged, prolonged periods of overcast guys during the winter,
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Speaker 1: so obviously we're going to see an uptick in SAD
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Speaker 1: cases in Michigan. On top of all of that info,
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Speaker 1: one last thing to throw at you. Women are more
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Speaker 1: likely to be affected than men, So Michigan women, look out.
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Speaker 1: And by saying that, Michigan men, you be on your
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Speaker 1: guard as well, because things could get dicey, just be
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Speaker 1: careful out there, all right. So that's sad and a
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Speaker 1: tiny portion of the history behind it. The common symptoms,
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Speaker 1: they're no surprise to us. In fact, this list pretty
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Speaker 1: much reads like a journal entry. For me. Symptoms are
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Speaker 1: persistent low mood, loss of interest in activities once enjoyed,
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Speaker 1: low energy and fatigue. Changes in sleep patterns such as oversleeping,
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Speaker 1: changes in appetite, you know, normally changes in the positive direction,
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Speaker 1: meaning I want more food, I want more carbs, difficulty concentrating.
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Speaker 1: I have no idea what I was even talking about.
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Speaker 1: You know, see it's happening right now. Feelings of hopelessness
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Speaker 1: or worthlessness. We should just pull the plug on the show.
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Speaker 1: There's no point anymore. I don't have it anymore, you know.
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Speaker 1: That's sad. That's all of what's going on now. When
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Speaker 1: it comes to treating sad, there's a lot of different options,
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Speaker 1: including light therapy. There's cognitive behavioral therapy, medication, you know,
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Speaker 1: all kinds of different things. But today what I want
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Speaker 1: to focus on and talk about are some things that
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Speaker 1: you can try without medicating. I mean, really some simple
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Speaker 1: things that you can do today that might help you
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Speaker 1: a lot. If you're feeling bummed out by winter at
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Speaker 1: this point, and the first thing that I want to
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Speaker 1: highlight is the importance of maximizing the natural light that
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Speaker 1: you're getting. You know, natural light helps alleviate sad because
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Speaker 1: it directly influences several biological and psychological processes that regulate mood, sleep,
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Speaker 1: and energy levels. And really, to me, that all sounds
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Speaker 1: like mush, you know, so let's break it down. It's
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Speaker 1: really pretty fascinating when you dig into it and you
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Speaker 1: see how our bodies are designed to work. Anyway, First,
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Speaker 1: natural light helps regulate circadian rhythms. Circadian rhythms sounds like
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Speaker 1: an Enyu song, But here's the scoop. Our bodies have
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Speaker 1: an internal clock or circadian rhythm, and that regulates our
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Speaker 1: sleep cycles, It regulates hormone release, it regulates other other
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Speaker 1: bodily functions. You're picking up what I'm putting down, you know, Grandma,
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Speaker 1: Grandma always reverted to coleslaw as the solution for that.
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Speaker 1: Maybe she just needed more natural light, who knows. Who knows? Anyway,
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Speaker 1: circadian rhythms regulate a lot of things in natural light
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Speaker 1: is the primary queue that keeps this rhythm synchronized. You know,
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Speaker 1: in winter, shorter days and reduced sunlight disrupt circadian rhythms,
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Speaker 1: and that leads to fatigue and mood swings, difficulty concentrating,
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Speaker 1: on and on and on. Exposure to natural light, especially
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Speaker 1: in the morning, helps reset that circadian clock and then
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Speaker 1: it realigns us, you know, with the day night cycle,
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Speaker 1: and it improves our overall mood and energy. So all
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Speaker 1: good stuff, All right, that's just one thing natural light does.
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Speaker 1: There are tons more. For example, it also stimulates the
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Speaker 1: brain's production of serotonin, which is a neurotransmitter that plays
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Speaker 1: a key role in regulating our moods. Low serotonin levels
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Speaker 1: are linked to depression, anxiety, lethargy. All of that sunlighting exposure,
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Speaker 1: particularly through the eyes, activates areas of the brain that
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Speaker 1: control serotonin production, and then we feel a little bit happier,
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Speaker 1: so that's all good. Third, it reduces overproduction of melatonin. Now,
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Speaker 1: melatonin is a hormone that helps regulate sleep. It's naturally
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Speaker 1: produced when it's dark, signaling the body to prepare for rest.
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Speaker 1: In winter, Longer nights and reduce daylight cause an overproduction
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Speaker 1: of melatonin, and all we want to do is rest
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Speaker 1: and sleep. Exposure to natural light during the day suppresses
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Speaker 1: this melatonin production and it helps us feel more wake
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Speaker 1: you know, more energized. Fourth, and finally, sunlight triggers the
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Speaker 1: skin to produce vitamin D, which is essential for all
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Speaker 1: kinds of things. We know how good that is, So
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Speaker 1: sunlight helps, but how often do we get that in Michigan. Well,
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Speaker 1: there's good news that I kind of found surprising. It
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Speaker 1: turns out out that while sunlight, of course, really is
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Speaker 1: absolutely the ideal here when dealing with sad, even being
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Speaker 1: outside on a gray, cloudy day can be profoundly helpful.
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Speaker 1: So you don't have to wait for that one sunny
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Speaker 1: day every other week, you know, to get out there
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Speaker 1: and get some benefit from this. Get outside today even
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Speaker 1: if it's gray. And last thing I'll say in this segment,
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Speaker 1: if the outdoor exposure isn't feasible for you, you just can't
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Speaker 1: get outside. Not gonna happen. Try to increase your natural
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Speaker 1: light indoors by opening blinds, sitting your windows, stuff like that.
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Speaker 1: You know that alone, even those things can help improve
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Speaker 1: your mood a little bit. So try those things. All right,
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Speaker 1: that's the beginning of our super Sad episode. We're going
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Speaker 1: to take a break. When we come back, we're going
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Speaker 1: to look at the power of paint to help influence
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Speaker 1: your mood and cheer up your home. That's all next
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Speaker 1: stick around and we're back. You're listening to the Repco
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Speaker 1: Light Home Improvement Show sponsored by Benjamin Moore, and we're
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Speaker 1: working our way through the saddest episode of the year.
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Speaker 1: It's our deep dive into sad seasonal effective disorder. And yeah,
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Speaker 1: pretty much every week on the show. You know, the
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Speaker 1: way I roll is, I tend to try to want
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Speaker 1: to solve my problems, you know, the problems that I'm
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Speaker 1: encountering at home and in life, and I want to
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Speaker 1: do them on work time. It just really really works
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Speaker 1: well for me to do that. This week's no different.
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Speaker 1: You know, I generally love Winner, but this part of
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Speaker 1: it right now, February especially, it starts to hit me,
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Speaker 1: you know a little bit. I get a little grumpy,
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Speaker 1: a little bit sad, a little slumpy, you know, and
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Speaker 1: all I want to do is eat stuff. I know
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Speaker 1: that's a common experience, and as we saw last segment,
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Speaker 1: up to forty percent of Michiganders suffer to some degree
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Speaker 1: or another from the winter blues. Now last segment we
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Speaker 1: talked about what it is, you know, what's sad is
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Speaker 1: the history behind it. We also talked about how natural
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Speaker 1: lighting is incredibly effective at how helping us feel better
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Speaker 1: in the long dark month of February that's now looming
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Speaker 1: in front of us. All right, that's what we talked
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Speaker 1: about last segment. Now let's look at another tool at
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Speaker 1: our disposal when it comes to fighting sad paint. And
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Speaker 1: of course it sounds self serving, but it's actually just
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Speaker 1: good community service. You know that I'm dishing out here.
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Speaker 1: You know, I'm endlessly selfless and giving. Those are truly
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Speaker 1: my biggest character flaws. You know, I just care and
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Speaker 1: I love too much. It's how I am. And I
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Speaker 1: want everybody out there to just realize that paint is
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Speaker 1: the answer to pretty much most of life's dilemmas. So
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Speaker 1: just remember that paint heals all wounds. In fact, you
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Speaker 1: probably you know, I'm not bossing you, but it probably
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Speaker 1: wouldn't hurt if you would repeat that phrase to yourself,
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Speaker 1: you know, forty fifty times an hour, you know, throughout
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Speaker 1: the day, paint from Repcoalite heels all wounds. Just kind
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Speaker 1: of chant it to yourself. It's not weird. You know,
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Speaker 1: you don't even need to question it. It's not a cult,
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Speaker 1: nothing to worry about. It's just good mental health. So
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Speaker 1: think about it, you know, you do you anyway, it's
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Speaker 1: mostly a joke, mostly a joke, but paint and color
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Speaker 1: really do play a vital role in influencing our emotions.
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Speaker 1: You know. Colors, for example, hold remarkable power over our emotions,
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Speaker 1: and the right hues can really counteract the downer moods
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Speaker 1: that we feel, you know, around this time of year.
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Speaker 1: And we talk about it all the time on the show,
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Speaker 1: and I know for a fact that some of you
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Speaker 1: are nodding your heads and you're completely you know, in agreement,
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Speaker 1: agreement with what I'm talking about here. Others are thinking
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Speaker 1: that this whole thing's a little silly, you know, it's
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Speaker 1: color psychology, and you think it's a little nuts, And
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Speaker 1: I get it. You know, that's usually usually my knee
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Speaker 1: jerk response to stuff like that as well, you know,
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Speaker 1: normally that's how I roll. It feels fo fou, it
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Speaker 1: feels weird. But in this case, it's you know, really true. Businesses,
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Speaker 1: marketing experts, designers, all of them, you know, and more
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Speaker 1: take advantage of color psychology. All the time, in products,
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Speaker 1: in packaging, in color schemes and advertise. Colors have an
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Speaker 1: impact on us, a huge impact on our behaviors and
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Speaker 1: our moods, even though we don't always clue in to
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Speaker 1: what's happening. It's a thing. So take advantage of it
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Speaker 1: and use it in your home and in your space
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Speaker 1: to help create the mood and atmosphere that you want.
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Speaker 1: You know, for example, warm colors like yellow, orange and
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Speaker 1: light red, they radiate energy and happiness. You know, you
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Speaker 1: just feel pumped, You're in a good mood when you're
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Speaker 1: surrounded by those colors. It just works for you. It's
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Speaker 1: like when you eat potatoes. You know, at least at
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Speaker 1: my house, we can all sit down at the table
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Speaker 1: in a grumpy mood. But if we have potatoes of
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Speaker 1: any kind, you know, boil a mash them, stick them
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Speaker 1: in a stew, any kind of potato. Whenever we eat that,
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Speaker 1: there's just something magical, you know, that happens in me
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Speaker 1: and in the children, and everybody becomes pleasant and strangely jovial. Afterwards,
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Speaker 1: allow me to clear the dishes for you, father, whilst
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Speaker 1: you draw your bath. You know, it happens. I don't
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Speaker 1: know why, they should serve potatoes every time world leaders
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Speaker 1: gather to discuss peace. Potatoes, healing root. I don't know
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Speaker 1: what exactly they're a root anyway. Anyway, Warmer hues are
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Speaker 1: like potatoes, let's get back to that. They bring the
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Speaker 1: happy and the energy. You know, picture of soft buttery
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Speaker 1: yellow on your walls. It doesn't have to be a bright,
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Speaker 1: crazy yellow, just a warm, soft yellow. It gives the
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Speaker 1: vibe of sunshine. You know, the room feels happy no
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Speaker 1: matter what's going on outside. It's like you painted, you know,
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Speaker 1: some sunshine on your walls, and even the most extreme
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Speaker 1: Michigan weather can't take that away, right, it can't steal
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Speaker 1: that from you. It's yours, You've got it. These warmer
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Speaker 1: tones are particularly effective in shared spaces like kitchens, living rooms,
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Speaker 1: you know, maybe dining rooms even, you know, places where
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Speaker 1: vibrancy and cheer and energy are usually what you're going
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Speaker 1: for a right. On the other hand, cool colors, such
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Speaker 1: as light blues, soft greens, and lavenders, they provide a
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Speaker 1: sense of calm and relaxation that helps ease anxiety and stress.
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Speaker 1: You know, blues, for example, they're considered almost universally calming
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Speaker 1: because we associate them with the sky and with water.
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Speaker 1: Blue bedroom can help promote tranquility and restless sleep, you know,
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Speaker 1: an escape from the ironically named winter. Blues. Soft greens, lavenders,
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Speaker 1: they do the same kind of thing. They bring calm
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Speaker 1: and peace, and one of the reasons they do it
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Speaker 1: is because they're linked, you know, permanently in our minds
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Speaker 1: to spring, you know, plants and trees coming to life,
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Speaker 1: flowers blooming. You know. Try it. Picture a muted lavender
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Speaker 1: color and green in your mind, and chances are you
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Speaker 1: feel kind of a spring vibe happening right up there
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Speaker 1: in your noggin right now. And there's just no way
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Speaker 1: that a spring vibe in your brain is going to
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Speaker 1: play out in a negative manner this time of year.
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Speaker 1: You know. It's an infusion of hope. That's color psychology,
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Speaker 1: and there's way more to it, but we've only got
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Speaker 1: so much time. Just remember how it works and how
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Speaker 1: it plays out when it comes to choosing your paint colors.
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Speaker 1: But also one other thing to remember here is that
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Speaker 1: a specific color on a wall can literally help you
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Speaker 1: brighten up a space. You know, not just impact you psychologically,
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Speaker 1: but literally help you brighten up a space. Lighter tones
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Speaker 1: off whites, pastels, light neutrals. All of those can reflect
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Speaker 1: natural light, making rooms feel you know, more open, more expansive,
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Speaker 1: more inviting. Pairing a warm white on the walls with
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Speaker 1: light colored furniture, all of that works really well to
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Speaker 1: create an airy, fresh environment that kind of feels spacious
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Speaker 1: and full of possibility, even when the days are short
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Speaker 1: and gray. All right, sounds like me, short and gray.
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Speaker 1: I'm getting older after all. Anyway. The power of paint
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Speaker 1: to help lift moods, I told you it was a
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Speaker 1: real thing, you know, whether it's through color and atmosphere
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Speaker 1: or whether it's just helping you brighten up a dim space,
18:34
Speaker 1: paint can help you lift the mood a little bit.
18:36
Speaker 1: So keep that in mind. But what if you don't
18:38
Speaker 1: want to paint an entire room or large sections of
18:41
Speaker 1: your home. What if that's just not in the budget
18:43
Speaker 1: right now? What if you don't have time to do that. Well,
18:45
Speaker 1: let's take a break. When we come back, we're going
18:47
Speaker 1: to talk about some small projects that will help you
18:49
Speaker 1: infuse a little happy and warmth into your home without
18:52
Speaker 1: breaking the bank or taking days to accomplish. That's all next,
18:55
Speaker 1: and stick around. Well, winter can be a lot of fun.
19:03
Speaker 1: You know, I feel a little bit bad I've been
19:05
Speaker 1: kind of trashing winter in the last little bit here.
19:07
Speaker 1: But winter can be fun. I want to try to
19:10
Speaker 1: redeem it a little bit and maybe redeem myself. You're
19:13
Speaker 1: listening to the Repco Lighte Home improvement show sponsored by
19:16
Speaker 1: Benjamin Moore, And yeah, winter can be fun, you know, hiking, sledding, skiing,
19:21
Speaker 1: all of that's fun. Just resting with a book, you know,
19:25
Speaker 1: maybe a cup of coffee, a mug of coffee, some tea,
19:29
Speaker 1: you know, maybe just resting with an entire plate of
19:31
Speaker 1: cookies while you stream the Lord of the Rings movies
19:35
Speaker 1: back to back to back and then start them over again.
19:37
Speaker 1: You know, winter can be great, but it can also
19:40
Speaker 1: be a little bit rough, right, a little bit rough.
19:43
Speaker 1: That's not news to anybody. I'm not going too far there.
19:46
Speaker 1: The days are shorter, the skies are often gray, and
19:49
Speaker 1: for tons of us, you know, it kind of just
19:51
Speaker 1: feels like the energy has been sucked out of our soul.
19:57
Speaker 1: But what if there was a way to brighten things up,
19:59
Speaker 1: you know, literally and figuratively, to suck that energy back
20:04
Speaker 1: into our soul somehow. That's what we're talking about in
20:08
Speaker 1: the next couple segments, small creative projects that can help
20:11
Speaker 1: you combat you know, seasonal effective disorder or sad and
20:15
Speaker 1: kind of suck some of that energy back into your soul.
20:18
Speaker 1: These projects are meant to be quick, inexpensive, and perfect
20:21
Speaker 1: ways to bring vibrant, uplifting colors into your home. I
20:24
Speaker 1: know right off the bat that they're not going to
20:26
Speaker 1: be for everybody out there. You know, not every single
20:28
Speaker 1: one of these is going to be, you know, a
20:30
Speaker 1: winner in your book. But I am thinking that everybody's
20:33
Speaker 1: going to find one or two that might spark your
20:35
Speaker 1: interest and use these projects as jumping off points, right,
20:40
Speaker 1: don't just consider them complete solutions. And you know what
20:43
Speaker 1: I just said, what Dan just said is no good.
20:45
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't care about that. Take the concepts
20:48
Speaker 1: or the ideas in each project and see if you
20:50
Speaker 1: can apply it to a space or situation in your
20:52
Speaker 1: home where it could work. You know, get creative. And
20:55
Speaker 1: that's truly half of the medicine here is getting creative.
20:59
Speaker 1: All right. My first first recommendation is to paint the
21:01
Speaker 1: inside of your closet. And there's just something cool about
21:05
Speaker 1: this project that makes it worth considering. Even though I
21:09
Speaker 1: know it probably sounds dumb, right, paint the inside of
21:12
Speaker 1: your closet. Why in the world would you do that?
21:14
Speaker 1: The color's mostly hidden, you know, it's completely counterintuitive. I mean,
21:18
Speaker 1: most of the time the door is shut, you never
21:20
Speaker 1: see it. What's the point. Well, the point is that
21:22
Speaker 1: because the color's hidden most of the time, you're free
21:25
Speaker 1: to experiment with colors that you might normally not want
21:28
Speaker 1: to try, you know, throughout the rest of your home.
21:31
Speaker 1: So you can go bold and you can pick something
21:33
Speaker 1: that makes you happy regardless of how it plays out
21:37
Speaker 1: in the rest of the room. You know, something that
21:38
Speaker 1: might give you energy in the morning, and then every
21:40
Speaker 1: time you open that closet door, you get this quick
21:43
Speaker 1: burst of that color setting the tone for your day.
21:46
Speaker 1: You know, it's like the color therapy thing every morning,
21:50
Speaker 1: and then you just close the door and then your
21:52
Speaker 1: room goes back to its usual look. It's a great
21:54
Speaker 1: way to try something new without worrying about how it's
21:57
Speaker 1: going to blend with everything else in your space. I
21:59
Speaker 1: like it for that reason. And the second reason I
22:01
Speaker 1: like it and think it's such a great project is
22:04
Speaker 1: because it's personal. You know, it's yours. It's really personal.
22:07
Speaker 1: It's your closet. It's not something that your guests or
22:11
Speaker 1: even most of your family members probably see. It's just
22:13
Speaker 1: for you. And why is that a big deal? You know, again,
22:16
Speaker 1: maybe that sounds kind of dumb, but you can think
22:19
Speaker 1: of it as kind of something, you know, extravagant, that
22:22
Speaker 1: you did just for yourself. And I know how ridiculous
22:25
Speaker 1: maybe that sounds. But we had a designer on the
22:27
Speaker 1: show last year or the year before, I can't remember.
22:30
Speaker 1: You know, I'm getting older and everything bleeds together. We
22:34
Speaker 1: had this designer on the show who went all out
22:37
Speaker 1: and wallpapered the inside of her closet, and she loved
22:40
Speaker 1: how every single time she opened the door she'd see
22:43
Speaker 1: this little, unexpected touch of design. She said it was
22:46
Speaker 1: like adding a layer of thoughtfulness to a space that's
22:49
Speaker 1: usually just practical and boring and playing. She said it
22:52
Speaker 1: made her feel good about the whole room because even
22:54
Speaker 1: these overlooked little spaces were getting some love. So think
22:57
Speaker 1: about that. I don't know if that's right for you,
22:59
Speaker 1: but it is an interesting concept, especially when we talked
23:02
Speaker 1: about how the early part of your day, you know,
23:05
Speaker 1: getting that energy right off the bat, right at the
23:07
Speaker 1: beginning in the morning is helpful. What's better than the sun,
23:12
Speaker 1: you know, the face of the sun in your closets
23:14
Speaker 1: when you open the door, you know, it just beams
23:17
Speaker 1: out on you and gives you third degree burns. Now,
23:20
Speaker 1: we don't want that. That's extreme and exaggerated. But you
23:22
Speaker 1: get the idea, all right. Painting the interior side of
23:25
Speaker 1: your entry door. That's another fun way to add a
23:27
Speaker 1: pop of color and boost the visual interest of your space.
23:31
Speaker 1: And I know, like the other one, this isn't something
23:33
Speaker 1: that works for every home. You know, some spaces are
23:36
Speaker 1: just already busy, they got a lot going on. Adding
23:40
Speaker 1: another color to the door might seem like overkill. It
23:42
Speaker 1: might drive you nuts. So maybe this one isn't for you.
23:45
Speaker 1: But if your entryway could use a little personality, this
23:48
Speaker 1: is a really quick, high impact project to try. And
23:51
Speaker 1: one of the nice things about painting an interior door
23:55
Speaker 1: is that you can have some fun with it. Right,
23:57
Speaker 1: You're not committing to a whole room, so you can
24:00
Speaker 1: go bold. You can experiment with colors that energize the space.
24:03
Speaker 1: You know, maybe a soft green for a sense of calm,
24:06
Speaker 1: and a pale yellow, you know, touch of warmth, something
24:09
Speaker 1: like that. Something unexpected. You know, an aqua, a bold
24:12
Speaker 1: coral color. Who knows, I don't know. You know your space.
24:16
Speaker 1: Color psychology can guide you here. Just pick a tone
24:18
Speaker 1: that'll help set the mood for your space, and you
24:20
Speaker 1: can brighten things up every time you walk through the door.
24:22
Speaker 1: That's pretty cool. Another great thing about the project is
24:25
Speaker 1: that it's low commitment. You know, you only need a
24:27
Speaker 1: quart of paint to do this and an afternoon, you know,
24:30
Speaker 1: an afternoon's worth of time to get it done. And
24:32
Speaker 1: if you decide a few months down the road that
24:34
Speaker 1: this is not quite the vibe you were going for,
24:37
Speaker 1: it's a relatively easy fix. You know, it's just a
24:39
Speaker 1: few more hours, a little more paint, Just grab a
24:42
Speaker 1: different color and change it up. It's a simple way
24:44
Speaker 1: to keep your space feeling fresh and inviting without a
24:47
Speaker 1: lot of hassle. Not a lot of work there. And
24:50
Speaker 1: while you're considering paint colors, don't forget to dig into
24:52
Speaker 1: the different finishes orchines that are also available. Sometimes we
24:57
Speaker 1: forget about those as we're looking at colors, but sheen,
25:00
Speaker 1: you know how shiny a finishes can really make a
25:02
Speaker 1: big difference with how a color is perceived. Shining your
25:06
Speaker 1: finish on the door, then you typically might use can
25:08
Speaker 1: really have a huge impact, you know, from a design
25:11
Speaker 1: point of view, So keep that in mind. Don't forget
25:13
Speaker 1: it's not just about color. The finish can also play in.
25:16
Speaker 1: All right, here's a third idea, and this one's really weird.
25:20
Speaker 1: I mean, if you thought the other two were weird,
25:21
Speaker 1: buckle up, this one's really nuts. If painting an entire
25:25
Speaker 1: door just isn't your thing, you don't want to do that.
25:27
Speaker 1: You know you don't have a door. You know that's
25:29
Speaker 1: possible too, where a bold new color might make sense.
25:32
Speaker 1: What if you just paint the edge of a door.
25:35
Speaker 1: It's an odd male idea, I get that, but it
25:37
Speaker 1: can add a surprising little detail, you know, to your
25:40
Speaker 1: space without completely changing the look of the room. You know,
25:43
Speaker 1: here's what I'm getting at. You just paint the inside
25:46
Speaker 1: or outside edge of your door. So when the door
25:48
Speaker 1: is closed, it looks like any other door. I know
25:51
Speaker 1: it's weird, but just picture it. When you open it,
25:54
Speaker 1: you get this unexpected hint of color. You know, it's
25:56
Speaker 1: a subtle accent. It's way out of the ordinary, and
26:00
Speaker 1: it's in an incredibly unusual spot. So it's got a
26:03
Speaker 1: lot going for it. It'll make a big impact, even
26:05
Speaker 1: though there's not much of it there. I know it's
26:07
Speaker 1: not for everybody. I don't have a door. I don't
26:10
Speaker 1: think where I could use this effectively. I'm thinking very
26:14
Speaker 1: quickly here. It's not my strong suit. Nothing's coming to mind.
26:18
Speaker 1: I can't picture a door in my home where I
26:20
Speaker 1: could do this and have you know, good results. But
26:23
Speaker 1: maybe you do and could give it a try. When
26:25
Speaker 1: it's done right, it can be really cool, and it's
26:27
Speaker 1: a creative way to add a little personality, a little
26:30
Speaker 1: extra personality to your home. Now, the best part, it's
26:33
Speaker 1: super quick, it's inexpensive, crazy, low commitment. If you don't
26:36
Speaker 1: love it, you can always repaint it, you know, and
26:39
Speaker 1: return it to normal or go another direction, very very easily,
26:43
Speaker 1: very very quickly. But when it does work, it's a
26:46
Speaker 1: great way to add, you know, just a little extra
26:48
Speaker 1: happy to your home without spending hardly any time or
26:51
Speaker 1: money on it. And this is one of those projects
26:53
Speaker 1: that I talked about earlier. I alluded to earlier where
26:56
Speaker 1: I said, grab the idea of it and be creative
26:58
Speaker 1: and make it your own. This idea here is using
27:01
Speaker 1: an unexpected color in tiny proportions in an unexpected place.
27:05
Speaker 1: That's the core concept here. If this particular project putting
27:09
Speaker 1: it on the edge of the door, like I talked about,
27:11
Speaker 1: if that's not cool with you at all, I mean
27:14
Speaker 1: you're ready to throw the radio out the window. Just
27:16
Speaker 1: put the radio down. Just take that concept and apply
27:19
Speaker 1: it to something else in your home, some other place
27:22
Speaker 1: where you could apply that exact same concept. All right,
27:24
Speaker 1: let's take a break, and when we come back, I've
27:26
Speaker 1: got a few more simple projects to tackle before we
27:29
Speaker 1: wrap things up to the week. Stick around, and we're back.
27:36
Speaker 1: You're listening to the Repcolite Home Improvement Show sponsored by
27:39
Speaker 1: Benjamin Moore, and we're working our way through an episode
27:43
Speaker 1: devoted entirely to the winter blues, to seasonal effective disorder,
27:48
Speaker 1: to sad. It's been a sad episode, the saddest episode
27:53
Speaker 1: of all time. I could go on forever. You get it.
27:56
Speaker 1: Last segment, I started talking about some projects that you
27:59
Speaker 1: can tackle that might help you bring some color into
28:01
Speaker 1: your space, kind of bump your mood up a little bit,
28:05
Speaker 1: make you feel a little better. And I got through
28:07
Speaker 1: I think three of them. Something like that. I've got
28:10
Speaker 1: a lot more so let's just keep going right where
28:12
Speaker 1: I left off. How about this one color block a wall.
28:16
Speaker 1: What I'm talking about is you basically take two or
28:18
Speaker 1: three complementary colors and you use them to create a
28:22
Speaker 1: geometric or abstract design on your wall. You know, it's
28:25
Speaker 1: a bold choice, but it can instantly energize the space
28:28
Speaker 1: and make it visually stimulating, which is perfect for areas
28:32
Speaker 1: where you want to add a little creativity and fun.
28:34
Speaker 1: And the beauty of this project, like a lot of
28:37
Speaker 1: these other ones, is its versatility. You can go as
28:40
Speaker 1: simple or as intricate as you really want. In this instance,
28:43
Speaker 1: maybe it's a series of triangles or rectangles in complementary colors,
28:47
Speaker 1: or maybe you lean into some abstract, free flowing pattern
28:52
Speaker 1: And the best part of all of this is it's
28:54
Speaker 1: really personal. It's really creative. You get to design something
28:58
Speaker 1: unique to your space that reflects your own style. On
29:02
Speaker 1: top of that, it doesn't need to take over an
29:04
Speaker 1: entire room. You know, a single accent wall or even
29:07
Speaker 1: just a small section of a wall can make a
29:09
Speaker 1: huge impact without you know, feeling overwhelming. And like a
29:13
Speaker 1: lot of the other projects that we talked about, it's
29:15
Speaker 1: low commitment for the most part. If you tire of
29:18
Speaker 1: the design, or you decide to try something new down
29:20
Speaker 1: the road. It's really pretty simple to do a quick
29:23
Speaker 1: sanding and paint over the whole thing. But for now,
29:26
Speaker 1: it can be a great way to infuse your space
29:28
Speaker 1: with energy, creativity, and a little extra you know, a
29:32
Speaker 1: little extra happy, which I think we all want that
29:35
Speaker 1: little extra happy, especially since we're heading into February, the
29:40
Speaker 1: unhappiest month on the calendar. If you're going to go
29:43
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29:50
Speaker 1: you haven't used it before. It's chemically formulated to give
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Speaker 1: you a razor sharp edge when you make your designs
29:57
Speaker 1: and paint up to it. It's over four dollars off
30:00
Speaker 1: per role, so check that out all right. If you've
30:03
Speaker 1: got stairs in your home, here's a fun and unique
30:06
Speaker 1: project to consider. What about painting the risers. It's a
30:09
Speaker 1: simple way to turn a functional part of your home
30:11
Speaker 1: something you don't even really pay attention to, to turn that
30:14
Speaker 1: into this you know, kind of cheerful focal point that
30:17
Speaker 1: adds personality and energy and pizzazz just a wonderful word.
30:22
Speaker 1: It's very fun to say, I recommend it. Everybody say
30:25
Speaker 1: it pizzazz, adding pizzazz to your space. The idea is,
30:30
Speaker 1: you know, ridiculously straightforward. You choose, you know, a series
30:33
Speaker 1: of colors that either flow, you know, seamlessly from one
30:37
Speaker 1: to the next, kind of like a gradient. You could
30:39
Speaker 1: do that. A lot of different colors work in their
30:41
Speaker 1: way up. It takes a little more, a little more
30:44
Speaker 1: thought there to pull that one off, but it can
30:45
Speaker 1: look really cool. Or you can just go with a
30:48
Speaker 1: single color on each one, you know, the same color
30:50
Speaker 1: on each stair you know, that's still really cool. What's
30:53
Speaker 1: great about this project is that it works in all
30:56
Speaker 1: kinds of staircases. You know, if you've got an enclosed
30:58
Speaker 1: staircase in need of a refrah, it works. If you've
31:01
Speaker 1: got a more open design where the risers are already
31:03
Speaker 1: on display, it can work in that space. And because
31:06
Speaker 1: you're only painting the risers, you know, not the treads,
31:09
Speaker 1: not the walls or anything, it's manageable, it's low cost,
31:12
Speaker 1: hardly takes you anytime at all the complete and yet
31:15
Speaker 1: it's got this really cool payoff at the end. All right,
31:18
Speaker 1: So there's another idea, another fantastic way to add a
31:22
Speaker 1: pop a color to your home. One of my favorites
31:24
Speaker 1: is by painting, you know, just a small piece of furniture.
31:27
Speaker 1: You know, think of that old desk or table or
31:30
Speaker 1: whatever it is collecting dust in your attic. You know,
31:33
Speaker 1: maybe it's something you picked up at a thrift store
31:35
Speaker 1: with a little bit of potential. You know, it's a
31:37
Speaker 1: fun project that can completely transform a piece into a
31:40
Speaker 1: statement piece while adding personality to the space, you know,
31:43
Speaker 1: to your home. The great thing about this, one of
31:45
Speaker 1: the great things about this is that you don't need,
31:48
Speaker 1: you know, to paint the whole piece to make an impact.
31:51
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes painting just the drawer fronts or the
31:53
Speaker 1: top in bold or cheerful colors while leaving the rest
31:57
Speaker 1: of it wood stained or natural. By just painting the pieces,
32:01
Speaker 1: you can create this really striking contrast that can feel
32:04
Speaker 1: really fresh and modern in the space. Even if the
32:07
Speaker 1: piece you know, is quite old or antique or whatever,
32:11
Speaker 1: it's got a really cool vibe. You know, you're bridging
32:14
Speaker 1: multiple periods by bringing in modern colors with an older piece.
32:18
Speaker 1: A lot's going on, you know, a sunny yellow desktop
32:20
Speaker 1: paired with rich wood tones or teal drawer fronts on
32:24
Speaker 1: a walnut dresser. All of those things can add just
32:26
Speaker 1: the right amount of vibrancy without overpowering the room. And
32:30
Speaker 1: the project is perfect for experimenting with color because it's
32:33
Speaker 1: on such a small scale, you know, and it's low commitment. Again,
32:36
Speaker 1: if you love the result, great, If you don't, you
32:38
Speaker 1: can always repaint it or try something different down the road.
32:41
Speaker 1: It's also budget friendly. It's going to require just a
32:44
Speaker 1: small amount of paint and a little bit of time.
32:46
Speaker 1: It's ideal for a weekend project. And yet again, the
32:49
Speaker 1: payoff is so huge. You know, you're going to be
32:52
Speaker 1: posting pictures of this thing all over social media because
32:55
Speaker 1: it's just got that cool of a look going. So
32:58
Speaker 1: think about that, look into that And if you don't
33:01
Speaker 1: have that piece of furniture to paint right now, just
33:03
Speaker 1: sitting waiting, ready to go, well, you can add to
33:06
Speaker 1: the fun of the whole process, the journey of it,
33:10
Speaker 1: the adventure of it by heading out to various thrift stores,
33:13
Speaker 1: antique stores, whatever, you know, go on the search to
33:16
Speaker 1: find the piece that you can bring in and who
33:19
Speaker 1: knows what you can do with it. Get creative, all right.
33:21
Speaker 1: So that's another idea, another simple project with A huge
33:24
Speaker 1: impact is to brighten up shelving or open cabinets by
33:28
Speaker 1: painting the back panels. Right. We talk about this a lot.
33:31
Speaker 1: I'm sure you've seen it everywhere. It's a quick way
33:34
Speaker 1: to add vibrancy to your space while also making your
33:37
Speaker 1: decor stand out. You know, there's a lot of cool
33:39
Speaker 1: stuff going on. Even though this is an older idea,
33:41
Speaker 1: you know, I love it because you don't need to
33:43
Speaker 1: commit to painting an entire room or even a full
33:45
Speaker 1: piece of furniture. You're just focusing on the back panels
33:48
Speaker 1: of your shelves or your cabinets, you know, those often
33:51
Speaker 1: overlooked spots, and then you're transforming them. It's super straightforward.
33:55
Speaker 1: The project works really well in kitchens, living rooms, you know,
33:59
Speaker 1: home office can be really cool pretty much anywhere you've
34:02
Speaker 1: got shelving or open storage that could use you know,
34:05
Speaker 1: a little bit of personality. And because you're only painting
34:08
Speaker 1: this small area, it's an easy, easy, easy afternoon project
34:12
Speaker 1: that requires minimal paint again, you know, in fact, most
34:15
Speaker 1: of these are probably a quart of paint. I would
34:18
Speaker 1: think it the most. I don't think maybe the color
34:21
Speaker 1: blocking on the wall depends on how big you make
34:24
Speaker 1: your patterns. But most of these are really just a
34:26
Speaker 1: quart of paint and then a few hours worth of work,
34:29
Speaker 1: so very minimal buy in, but a huge impact and
34:32
Speaker 1: payoff down the road if you do it right, and
34:34
Speaker 1: do it well, bring in the right colors. It's a
34:37
Speaker 1: good way to go, all right. One last paint idea.
34:40
Speaker 1: It's been around for ages. I still think it's kind
34:43
Speaker 1: of cool. I think it really could be especially cool
34:45
Speaker 1: in a kid's room. But paint the headboard directly under
34:49
Speaker 1: the wall in the bedroom. You know, it's quick, it's
34:51
Speaker 1: low cost, you don't need hardly any paint or time. Again,
34:54
Speaker 1: it's just a quart of paint, but the impact can
34:56
Speaker 1: be huge, and you've got this opportunity to be really
34:59
Speaker 1: creative and to stretch boundaries. You know, you can go
35:02
Speaker 1: in any direction here, you know, any color. It's a
35:05
Speaker 1: small area. A lot of fun you can have with this,
35:08
Speaker 1: and it's easy to change down the road if you
35:10
Speaker 1: do decide to update the core or you know, go
35:13
Speaker 1: with a different look entirely. You know you've got no
35:15
Speaker 1: commitment there quick standing and you're ready to go and
35:18
Speaker 1: repaint over it. So there are a bunch I don't know,
35:22
Speaker 1: eight maybe paint projects for you to think about. And
35:24
Speaker 1: if you're looking to refresh your space and brighten your mood,
35:27
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35:30
Speaker 1: choose colors that are tailored to exactly what you need
35:33
Speaker 1: for your home and your situation, but which will also
35:37
Speaker 1: help you achieve the atmosphere and the vibe that you're
35:40
Speaker 1: trying to achieve in your projects. So definitely stop by,
35:43
Speaker 1: talk to us, Bring pictures, you know, whatever you've got
35:46
Speaker 1: that will help us envision your vision and then will
35:49
Speaker 1: help you bring it to life. Now, maybe none of
35:52
Speaker 1: these little projects really speak to you, Maybe none of
35:54
Speaker 1: them have an appeal, you know, maybe you've got something
35:57
Speaker 1: bigger down the road that you really need to budget for. Well,
36:00
Speaker 1: if that's you, you can still use this time. Here's
36:03
Speaker 1: something you can do. I use this time to plan
36:06
Speaker 1: for that upcoming project. Now, I keep saying it, but
36:09
Speaker 1: it's not just about putting paint on a wall. That's
36:12
Speaker 1: not what's gonna you know, that alone isn't what's going
36:14
Speaker 1: to help you break out of this winter blues thing.
36:17
Speaker 1: You know, part of it is just being mentally stimulated
36:19
Speaker 1: and challenged and doing something. You know, being active mentally
36:23
Speaker 1: and physically helps get us feeling better. It just naturally
36:26
Speaker 1: does it. So do the research that you need to do,
36:28
Speaker 1: and do it right now for that upcoming project. Make
36:31
Speaker 1: you notes, you know, make your supply lists. If you've
36:33
Speaker 1: got something to build, you can get a handle on
36:35
Speaker 1: what you need. You know what cuts you'll need to make.
36:37
Speaker 1: That's kind of fun to plan out. You know how
36:39
Speaker 1: you're going to get that done. You can price out
36:41
Speaker 1: your lumber, your supplies. Hopefully that will hold steady or
36:45
Speaker 1: maybe go down, we don't know yet, but you can
36:47
Speaker 1: price it out, kind of get an idea. You can
36:49
Speaker 1: work on a schedule, you know, for when the project
36:52
Speaker 1: should start. All of those things you know they need
36:54
Speaker 1: to be done at some point when you're tackling a project,
36:57
Speaker 1: and it's never much fun to do them, at least
36:59
Speaker 1: you know, personally speaking, it's never fun for me to
37:02
Speaker 1: do them when I'm literally ready to start the work.
37:05
Speaker 1: So now's a perfect time. If you can't jump into
37:08
Speaker 1: the project now, do that preliminary stuff. It's going to
37:10
Speaker 1: help you out by giving you something to focus energy
37:13
Speaker 1: on and brain power on. But it's also going to
37:15
Speaker 1: help you out when you've actually got to start the
37:18
Speaker 1: work and you've already accomplished it. You're not going to
37:20
Speaker 1: feel inclined to speed through it and kind of short
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Speaker 1: change the planning because you just want to get to
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Speaker 1: the work. You can spend your time on the planning
37:28
Speaker 1: now and do it right. And maybe that's not you,
37:31
Speaker 1: maybe that's not how you roll, and you would have
37:33
Speaker 1: done it right anyway. I am speaking to me there,
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Speaker 1: and I always shortchange the planning. I would be much
37:39
Speaker 1: better off to do the planning now so that when
37:41
Speaker 1: I'm ready to go, I've done it all right. There's
37:43
Speaker 1: lots more. I mean, look around your house. There's all
37:46
Speaker 1: kinds of projects. You could start your spring cleaning early.
37:48
Speaker 1: You could start planning out your garden for the spring,
37:51
Speaker 1: figure out what you need to do and when to
37:53
Speaker 1: get those things moving. Lots of things you can tackle.
37:56
Speaker 1: If painting isn't on your calendar now. Whatever you're going
37:59
Speaker 1: to take though, I'd love to know what it is.
38:01
Speaker 1: You know, let me know what you think you're going
38:03
Speaker 1: to do to get through the winter blues and to
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Speaker 1: get through February. You can email me at radio at
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Speaker 1: whatever you do today makes your paints a part of it.
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Speaker 1: Have a great weekend everybody, and I'll see you next week.
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Speaker 1: I'm Dan Hansome. Thanks for listening.