Episode 54 - Do you live in a HOUSE or a HOME?- Building a Legacy or Just Breaking Your Back?
Woodworking is BULLSHIT!Show Notes
What is a house to you? An investement? A place that offers shelter to keep your belongings while you figure out where to move next? or is it something MORE? A symbol of family, a collection of rooms and objects where entire lives of family members have been lived, objects that have been with us through some of the best time and also our worst. Today we take on the question of WHAT IS A HOME REALLY, and how does that impact how we fix it and work to improve the home. Do we do it ourselves or do we hire out the work? What about the quality of materials we use for it?
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