MAKE SPACE with Cara Newhart

EPIC DIY PROJECTS: How to plan + tackle home projects in your space

MAKE SPACE with Cara Newhart

Show Notes

If you want to really plan and execute amazing DIY projects, but aren’t sure exactly where to start, this is the episode for you. I walk you through how I plan DIY projects from the idea all the way to doing them and even revisiting and reworking them later; because it's like you're never really done with a project. Inside the episode, we get into the step by step nitty gritty about how I plan DIY projects in the hopes that it gives you insight into how to have a process to do it along with the permission to mess up and be messy at it.

There's a lot of,intentionality and thought and nuance and pivoting and rethinking that goes into what makes DIY projects good. Like, really really good where you've made something that fits your life. So inside this episode we dive into how to pick a project to start with, where and how to gather your inspo, establishing function, making an optimal plan, and attacking it in phases.

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