#PowerWash hashtag

[navyageethikao7]

The Top 8 High-Pressure Washers for Shiny, Spotless Surfaces

Using the right high-pressure washers for the job, you can achieve shiny and spotless surfaces in a variety of outdoor areas. We will discuss some of the best high-pressure washers available on the market.

Big businesses often require professional cleaning services. They need their cars, carpets, and other equipment cleaned on a regular basis. So, as an entrepreneur, investing in the best high-pressure washers can be one of the business strategies you can employ if you are offering cleaning services.

However, always follow safety guidelines and read the manufacturer’s instructions for your specific pressure washer model to ensure safe and effective use.

Most pressure washers come with adjustable pressure settings. You can tailor the pressure to the specific surface you are cleaning. Be cautious when using high-pressure settings on delicate surfaces, as it can cause damage. Pressure washers typically come with different nozzles that produce various spray patterns. Use a wide-angle nozzle for large areas and a narrow-angle nozzle for more focused cleaning.

There are so many high-pressure washers that can help you achieve shiny, spotless surfaces. You can always use social media to advertise your business and showcase how your cleaning services will leave your clients’ equipment clean. As an entrepreneur, you should be aware that social media has helped big businesses grow.

Below are the top 8 high-pressure washers to consider investing in:

1. Sun Joe SPX3000 Electric Pressure Washer

The Sun Joe SPX3000 is a budget-friendly electric pressure washer with a robust motor that can tackle a wide range of cleaning jobs. It’s also known for its dual detergent tanks.

2. Generac 7019 OneWash Gas Pressure Washer

The Generac 7019 OneWash is a versatile gas pressure washer that allows you to adjust the pressure with a simple dial, making it convenient for different cleaning projects.

3. AR Blue Clean AR383 Electric Pressure Washer

The AR Blue Clean AR383 is a compact and affordable electric pressure washer that is perfect for smaller jobs like cleaning vehicles, patios, and outdoor furniture.

4. Greenworks 1500 PSI Pressure Washer

If you need a lighter-duty pressure washer, the Greenworks 1500 PSI model is a budget-friendly option for basic cleaning tasks. It’s compact and easy to store.

5. Briggs & Stratton 20667 Gas Pressure Washer

The Briggs & Stratton 20667 is a gas-powered pressure washer with a durable build and high cleaning power. It’s great for tackling tough outdoor cleaning chores.

6. SIMPSON Cleaning MSH3125 MegaShot Gas Pressure Washer

If you need more power and are willing to invest in a gas-powered model, the MegaShot from SIMPSON Cleaning is a robust choice. It’s ideal for tougher cleaning jobs.

7. Ryobi RY142300 Electric Pressure Washer

The Ryobi RY142300 offers a good balance between performance and affordability. It’s compact, easy to store, and delivers impressive cleaning power.

8. Husqvarna 3200 PSI Gas Pressure Washer

If you need a high-powered gas-pressure washer for demanding cleaning tasks, the Husqvarna 3200 PSI model is a reliable choice with durable construction.

[geniusphilester]

i kind of really want to play this powerwashing game???

powerwash simulator is great! i've had it since it was in early access, and what you saw in the dnp video is what you get: jobs in various sizes and durations, you buy better nozzles and cleaners as you go to help you tackle the big ones (they get a lot bigger than the garden), and repeat. you can also do two-player on career, which helps a lot on the big missions if you have a friend to play with.

why i would rec this specifically for dnp mutuals: it's perfect to play while watching youtube videos. the bigger projects are long, but you don't have to listen anything to do them, and you can pause whenever you want to look at the screen.

also there's background lore! the cat that appeared in the video is part of it. but you can completely ignore it if you don't care

[tea-with-evan-and-me]

Anyone else who was around back when Evan still had Insta a few years ago remember how he followed the #powerwashingporn hashtag? LOLOL I remember clicking on it to see what it was all about and getting really into those satisfying powerwashing videos as a result. It was the only hashtag he followed on there IIRC… good taste Evan👌

someone told me this a while back, when i only recently realized you could follow tags on IG, sad that evan peters was more technologically advanced than me 😭😭 but big YES, i love power washing videos lmfao

[mrsquidsealcoating]

SWIPE to see the huge transformation Mr. Squid performed on this very neglected driveway. This was a very extreme case with oil, gas & chemicals that required an extensive deep cleaning. Even the worst of driveways can have another chance at looking great! BOOKING✔️starting now for the spring season ☀️ #sealcoat #asphaltsealcoating #sealcoatingcontractor #drivewaysealcoating #sealcoatlife #asphaltsealcoat #asphalt #drivewaysealing #wegotyoucovered #pressurecleaning #pressurewash #driveway #sealing #powerwashing #residental #drivewaycleaning . . . Created by Inflact Hashtags Generator (at North York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAy0XBONZu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[guttertex]

Lots of 📷 to look at but the transformation was just too amazing not to share. If you don’t think you need to clean your driveway, sidewalk, and walkway maybe these will change your mind! We offer 2 easy ways to schedule a free estimate! 1. Self scheduling on our website https://GutterTex.com 2. Call ‪512-410-0290‬ or ‪210-247-0244‬ #clean #pressurewashing #powerwashing #realtor #curbappeal #drivewaygoals #driveway #wednesdaymotivation #guttertex #hashtag #austintx #landscaping #homestaging (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8wFAFRJguM/?igshid=xvl38k47vfd5

[endlessarchite]

#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

And this is our vacuum cleaner that Sherry mentioned you can switch from carpets to hardwoods with your foot. We love this vacuum so much we bought another one for the beach house.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person – Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

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[truereviewpage]

#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

And this is our vacuum cleaner that Sherry mentioned you can switch from carpets to hardwoods with your foot. We love this vacuum so much we bought another one for the beach house.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person �� Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

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[billydmacklin]

#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

And this is our vacuum cleaner that Sherry mentioned you can switch from carpets to hardwoods with your foot. We love this vacuum so much we bought another one for the beach house.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person – Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

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[interiorstarweb]

#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person – Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

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#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person – Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

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Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person – Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

*This post contains affiliate links*

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#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person – Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

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#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person – Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

*This post contains affiliate links*

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#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person – Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

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#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person – Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

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#114: Did We Almost Just Buy Another House?!

Our duplex renovation isn’t even close to being done, but we can’t help but think about the next house we’ll transform – because there will be another one. So today we’re sharing our hashtag goals to own more rental properties through retirement, and the story of how we almost did more than just think about the recent one we toured. What caught our eye? What were our plans for it? And why did we ultimately pass it up? We’re also explaining why we took a large saw to our front porch – and how a break-in scare turned into a highly embarrassing moment involving a police officer. 

You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, and Spotify – or listen to it below! Then use this page to check out any links, notes, or photos we referenced. Note: If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may have to click through to the post to see the player.

What’s New

First, if you missed all of our talk about painting our brick house’s exterior white, you can catch up by listening to Episode #101 with another update in Episode #105 (spoiler alert: the mineral paint we found allows brick to breathe and has an awesome warranty).

That photo above is the inspiration picture (source) that we’ve been staring at while pondering what our front porch could be. You may have seen it already if you subscribe to our email newsletter. And if you don’t subscribe, here’s a box where you can sign up. It’s basically a free bonus post from us that comes right to your inbox each week, with sneak peeks of upcoming projects & extra tips/tutorials.

As a reminder, this is what our porch has looked like for most of the years we’ve lived here:

Now that we’ve removed the Chippendale railings, it’s looking much more open – and a few steps closer to our inspiration image (but still VERY much a work in progress!). Doesn’t the brick porch floor look a lot wider in the shot below than the shot above?!

It’s amazing what a difference just taking down those railings made (code in our area doesn’t require them since the porch floor is so close to the ground). They were almost cage-like, kinda like our old deck in the back of the house before we removed it.

We’re planning to add a clean iron hand rail on the steps eventually, just to make them easier to navigate for someone who prefers a railing.

I also forgot to mention in the episode that cleaning the railings was the bane of our existence each spring. They collected mildew, pollen, and spiderwebs in every nook and cranny, but because they’re just painted metal, we couldn’t powerwash them without removing the finish. It’s going to be so much better to have them INSIDE at the duplex so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

As we mentioned in the episode, the process of taking them down was remarkably easy. After we removed a few screws that were holding the railings up (you can see one in the photo above that’s painted over, but was still simple to get out) we just needed to run a box cutter along the paint around the seams and they came out with a couple of wiggles. Then to remove the extra posts – which were not loadbearing! – I just cut right through the middle and wiggled them out from the top and bottom.

As luck would have it, we were able to send them to Cape Charles when Sean The Contractor sent one of his guys over to pick up the replacement diamond door (remember that whole thing?!). So they were off to live their new lives as interior stair railings in no time.

And the most exciting part is that the crew has already started installing them in the duplex!! We’ll share a peek of them in this week’s email newsletter if you wanna see how good they look in their new home.

Lastly, here’s what we did to our previous home’s front porch columns. You can read our process for chunking them out here, and see the final look after we painted the siding too.

Well That’s Embarrassing

Not much to add here about our embarrassing story of the cops getting called, except that in this old photo of our kids’ toy closet in the foyer you can see the offending motion detector up in the corner on the crown molding.

Buying Another House?

None of the houses pictured here are the one we talked about touring and briefly considering as our next renovation/rental project. In fact, these aren’t even anywhere near our neighborhood (these are from Richmond’s Fan District – named for the way the streets fan out from a park on one end), which is a place we LOVE to walk around because of all of the beautiful houses.

The ones shown here are already super nice and ridiculously out of our price range, but a recent walk there inspired us to consider a location like this as another potential place for our next project after the duplex is done. Whether it’d be a long-term rental or maybe another vacation rental will depend on the place we find, but these would be tempting to Airbnb because they’re in great walkable locations for anyone visiting Richmond. Plus, there’s plenty of colorful painted brick!

We’re Digging

As promised, here’s that picture of Sherry buying that new trimmer at the same time as the tubs we talked about in Episode #105.

Since they discontinued my old trimmer (which I use here in Richmond) she ended up grabbing this new trimmer/edger. And below you can see the two new features I really appreciate. The foot pedal for switching from trimming to edging mode is so much faster than twisting the pole with your hand.

You probably don’t need to be told how to see the movie Crazy Rich Asians or how to read the nationally bestselling book trilogy (Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems), but we wanted to shout out the author – and all around super nice person – Kevin Kwan, who we were table-mates with during the Cincinnati stop of our 2015 book tour (more photos here).

I also double-checked and you can see Gillian Flynn’s inscription at the bottom of this recap from our other book tour stop in Cincinnati in 2012. Memories!

Also, as a side note, the star of the movie Constance Wu is from our town! And we second her feelings about it. :)

If you’re looking for something we’ve dug in a past episode, but don’t remember which show notes to click into, here’s a master list of everything we’ve been digging from all of our past episodes. You can also see all the books we’ve recommended on our Book Club page.

And lastly, a big thank you to Agility Bed for sponsoring this episode. Remember to score $150 off your hybrid mattress order with the code YHL150 at AgilityBed.com. They’ll ship it to you for free and if you don’t like it, you can return it within the first 100 nights, no questions asked!

Thanks for listening, guys!

*This post contains affiliate links*

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