Winter DIY: Transform Your Space with Wendy Glaister

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Good day, sir.

This is gonna be a lot of fun.

We got Wendy Glacier back in the studio again.

WENDY glacier, Interiors welcome back, Wendy, to around the House.

Thank you.

Hello, friends.

This is going to be fun.

We are talking about one of my favorite subjects, and I love DIY projects for the winter.

Wendy, this is a good idea.

You brought this to the table, and I'm.

This is going to be a lot of fun.

I feel like your guys's skill set for DIY is probably much greater than mine.

Let's just, let's put that down as like a baseline understanding the difference between.

Difference between skill set and ambition for DIY as well.

Let's be clear, let's define these terms.

Let's be clear about that.

I think the one thing about DIY is the hardest thing is, is not only getting it started, but I think it's 10 times harder to get it finished.

No matter what the project is.

This will be the fun part of this.

So DIY projects in the wintertime can be interesting because you know John, his wintertime as well, he's down in South America, so he's got 78 degrees and sunny every day.

I'm in Portland, Oregon, and It could be 50 degrees, but it could be 20.

And Wendy, here in California, which it could be anything these days, depending on what day of the week it is.

Very true.

Yes.

But inside projects are usually a safe bet no matter what the weather is for those projects and whether you're in North Dakota or South Florida, sometimes those inside projects are a thing.

What did you have, Wendy, to start us off with some projects that you like to do or at least you're dreaming of doing for DIY projects.

Well, this year where I live in California, it has been gray for a month and a half solid.

We've had maybe three days where we've seen the sun, so it's pretty dreary.

And on top of that, I am not particularly a football fan, but My husband and my son both play multiple fantasy football leagues, so I have to find something to keep myself occupied.

So I think the caveat here is I'm not allowed to touch power tools as well.

That just took all the fun right out of anything you're about to build.

No, but I'm just a horrible, horrible klutz.

And I've sent myself to the hospital just making minestrone soup.

So not good.

Okay, fair enough.

So I have tame DIY that I like to do during the winter so that I don't interrupt anyone, like watching a football game, saying, oh, by the way, I'm hopping in an ambulance to take me to the hospital, because that wouldn't go over very well.

I get that.

I think a lot of times for me, the DIY in the beginning of the year, in the winter, too, is about feeling better after you take all the Christmas decorations down.

And how does that happen?

And I feel.

This year, I really got into organizing, I think, because I wanted to feel a sense of control.

I don't know, it might have something to do with the entire world climate and what's happening in the.

But I just wanted to have control about a few more things and have more of a routine.

And so I said about that, and it was actually a lot of fun and kind of like gardening in the summertime with the diy, there's an instant success that you get to experience because everything looks pretty and everything's organized, and it boosts your spirit and your.

Your mood and your spirit right away.

So I had fun with that.

That was my first one.

How about you guys?

One.

That's a good.

And, you know, here's the thing.

Know your abilities and what you're doing, right?

That's important.

Knowing your ability.

Because what I see happening is.

I mean, my girlfriend, I could be sitting there working, and I hear the circular saw going off in the garage, and I'm like, what is she doing?

Oh, wow, tools.

She grew up.

Good for her.

She's awesome that way.

But at the same time, I'm like, what is she building?

I want to go play with that.

Whatever she's doing, you know, it's like, all right, I'm gonna go jump in on that project because she's doing something fun.

But knowing what your abilities are and what you can and can't do, I mean, it's okay to grow and learn, right?

You know, but just do so safely.

I just watched the.

I was just watching some clown on.

I don't know if it was TikTok.

Or whatever.

He had his contractor tabletop table saw sitting there and it was sitting on these really hokey stacked up pieces and he's sawing.

It kind of kicks back a little bit.

He didn't have the table saw right.

It falls back onto his lap as and just it catches his tool belt just in time that he almost lost anything.

And I'm like, all right, guys, safety first.

No, no, no.

That one this morning I was like, yikes.

Okay, that.

Never seen that before.

But know what you're doing with tools and know your limitations before you start any DIY project.

Yes.

I like to say humility is never far from me.

And that is this.

That is the truth.

When I get all excited and I get going, I think it's going to turn out perfect.

Nope.

Something happens.

And oh, my goodness.

So, yes, organization, though, is such a key because I'll say this, us Americans are really great at clutter.

Generally speaking, if I'm going to talk about the United States as a general, usually we've got a clutter issue of too much stuff.

And you can see that by just going on to real estate listings and see how people have their homes after they've cleaned them up.

And you can say, wow, you still have 40% too much stuff in this.

Well, I have to say, for organizing, I think my two most fun locations are the kitchen and especially the first of the year, because we all want to be more healthy.

Let's up that protein quotient.

Let's, you know, where's the fiber?

Give me those chia seeds.

But if you decant it all into these beautiful little things and you see it all right there, so you're less likely to forget.

And it looks so nice and pretty.

And you could even do like ascending colors, like start with a sesame seed and then go to flax and then go to Chia and also closet.

Because I know that you guys don't know this about me yet, but I do really love beautiful clothes.

And so going through all of them and having fun and putting outfits together and having all the shirts from like light to dark and jackets and it just makes you feel like you've set your own tiny world, Right?

This sounds very, very shallow, actually, as I'm hearing myself.

You know, it's self care though, right?

Like, it's.

Yeah, it's absolutely self care.

I mean, even putting, you know, the chia seeds in a cool jar, you're like, now I want to use them because it feels like I'm doing something cool and neat instead of like Oh, I have to be healthy, you know?

Yeah.

Well, great example of one of the first things when I started, you know, dating Elisa, that I walked into her closet and I looked at the closet organizer that the builder put up, like six years ago, and I went, you know that closet system over there in that end wall has days to live in its current location.

Like, it's coming out of the little hook, Right.

The little marks on the plastic clips that are stressed, you know?

And I'm like, that's not going to end well.

She goes, oh, it'll be fine.

It's been there for years.

And I'm like, babe, that's not going to last.

48 hours later, we come back to the house and she goes upstairs and goes, come here.

It looked like the avalanche had occurred.

It had just torn out and come down, and six foot of closet system had hit the ground.

And I was like, yep, saw that one coming.

I've seen it too many times as a designer walking into closets going, we now have a hundred pounds put onto something that was designed for 75.

Yes.

What's your favorite closet organizing system, you guys?

I'm interested to know.

I like custom stuff.

I like stuff that's made.

Here's what I don't like, and this is, I don't like a lot of the wire systems that aren't made to go into the studs.

They go into the drywall.

They have these expansion things, and they just don't hold up for what they look great for what you'd put in the pictures in the closet organizer thing you'd get at the home center.

But realistically, if you put all your clothes on it, you jam it up like everybody's gonna do in the closet.

It doesn't have a hope and a prayer to hold together.

Yeah, you need a stud.

You gotta have a stud.

It's gotta hold things.

Yeah.

Know something?

And here's another little rant about this.

Our new lighter drywall.

That's, you know, the whatever light drywall has air put in the middle of it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

For the guy to carry around because it's 10 pounds lighter.

But if you take a look at the technical drawings on it, you got to put twice as many screws in when you hang it up.

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We have been chatting with our friend and interior designer Wendy Glasester from Wendy Glacier Interiors.

We have been talking about those late winter DIY projects that Wendy loves to tackle this time of year.

Now, let's get back to the conversation.

If you're going to meet fire code.

So it's interesting, those drywall systems that are.

That are meant to hold in the drywall.

Never seen them hold up.

What's yours, Wendy?

What do you like?

Here we go.

I do a lot of family homes, and so a lot of the primary closets are custom or custom.

Ish.

Yep.

And then, like, the kids and the pantry and things are.

The Container Store.

The ELFA system, which is a wire system, but you do screw that top rail into the studs.

Yeah.

And so it does hold up pretty well.

And if you get them on sale, because they go on sale a lot, it can look really pretty for not too much.

I just.

I'm.

I'm the designer who says, you know, I want to spend where it's worth it and save where I can.

So, yeah, I don't mind an Alpha system.

And a kid's system doesn't make sense for most people.

Yeah, I get that.

Yeah.

You know, with the 16 glass doors and the inlet, you know, the drawers that are lit from the inside.

I mean, do you mean the Lisa Vanderpump closet from Real Housewives at Beverly Hills where she.

Or.

Oh.

Who.

She has a little bell and she can hit the bell and someone brings her champagne.

Are you Heather Dubrow?

Is that what you're talking about?

Yes.

Yeah.

Those.

Never heard of that.

Never heard of that.

Exactly.

That's the thing.

No jealousy happening here.

I'd love to have it.

I just haven't had that.

You know what I mean?

Right?

Yes.

So.

Yes.

But yeah.

No.

And I only.

Ripping on the wire stuff is just what you see.

Walking into the.

Into the orange or the blue store and getting the stuff that's off the shelf there.

I mean, you're right.

Container Stores got way better stuff than that.

That.

Because you do dance on the edge of.

I don't know.

I'm gonna sound a little bougie.

Here.

I know, but you know.

Okay, that's good.

I understand.

I'm gonna cross your educated professional.

I'm gonna crush you both and say, I'd rather be outside scuba diving.

And I have a wood.

I have a wood pole that goes across my closet with five black T shirts and five white T shirts.

And I don't like decisions, so I don't need that much stuff.

He's part of the minimalist camp.

That's my favorite closet.

Read the book Essentialism.

But right now maximalism is back in.

It is.

So you need to really learn that time to grow is a human.

That's a fun DIY in the middle of winter, take everything off your shelves and group things in like groups with textures and heights all different.

And then maybe put some wallpaper at the back of your bookcase so you have another layer of dimension and texture.

And then you lay those items in there.

That's really fun because then you get some depth and some interest in those shelves and again, bang for your buck in a small amount of time.

So you feel like you've gotten something done, you've moved something forward, which is good smart.

One thing I want to bring up in that one, Wendy, is all wallpaper is not the same.

If you jump on Amazon and buy that stuff, that is your grandmother's shelf paper that they put down on the inside of drawers.

Now if you want to actually go to a place and maybe pick something up that carries wallpaper, I would recommend starting there.

But the Amazon stuff is vinyl and you go to put it on something and it will stretch and you will never ever get that pattern to match.

There is really good vinyl though out there.

There is like I'm just, I just so be.

I just so happen to be sitting next to my, my wallpaper display.

There we go.

Client, this is Fabric Hunt.

This is a family owned company out of Tulsa, Oklahoma and they do the most beautiful vinyl wallpaper.

This looks like real grass cloth and it has that beautiful texture and a lot of color and interest in there.

And I just think it is so good looking and it's really, really well priced too.

And you can just buy one roll.

But man, this at the back of a bookcase.

Can you imagine?

Gorgeous.

So much more sophisticated and interesting looking.

I love it.

It is.

And one thing I've noticed with wallpaper, the stuff, I must have expensive tastes in wallpaper.

Oh, not you.

Not me.

I love this black in white pattern that I was going to use in my entryway.

I mean, it was literally an eight Foot wall, eight foot wall and a six foot wall.

And I'm like, I'm not spending fifteen hundred dollars on wallpaper for that.

That net or retail.

That was.

Oh, no.

Yeah.

I'm like, no, that was my.

Yeah.

Oof.

So anyway, don't get scared by wallpapers when I'm.

Don't be scared.

It's back.

But there's stuff out there that's really cool.

I would just say if you can just.

Just be aware of the material.

So if it's a really thick, high quality vinyl, that's one thing.

If there's silk in it, I would avoid it.

If it's fabric of any kind, I would avoid it.

Because if you get the glue, any little bit of glue on there, it will show and you'll be so disappointed.

So get something that's wipeable and cleanable so you can enjoy it and not have that hang over your head, that extra stress.

Nice.

And some of the other stuff you could do too.

India that I love is LED strip light kits and stuff are so fun now and they're so DIY friendly.

You know, you can get those at your latest home center now and you can, you can backlight those shelves.

You can, you know, hide it up behind the face frame on them.

There's so many things you can do now.

And it's literally peel and stick and plug it into a wall.

Mm.

Yeah.

And it makes a huge difference.

And they're dimmable too, most of them.

So in the evening you have this beautiful ambient light.

It's nice and soft and in the dead of winter, it makes it a little more cheerful, which all of us need, of course, except for John, who lives in the tropics.

But that's.

Yeah, it's 65 degrees.

We do a show and he's got a parka and a stocking cap on.

Yeah.

Below 70, I'm like, man, it's freezing.

But you know, it's funny because I used to.

I did some, you know, when I did my kitchen, what, five years ago, I used those LED strip lights and I actually put.

Me being the overachiever, I put two different systems underneath my.

So I wanted to test them out in my kitchen.

I put two different systems in that were all remote controlled.

You didn't have to turn the lights on to go down into.

And if you wanted to go in and get a glass of milk, you could walk in there safely.

But it was just dim enough that you could get in there without turning every light on.

Cool.

But then I had those.

I Had ones that I could color adjust.

That was not really so much.

I could go green, brew, red, you know, whatever.

You know, I mean, that kind of thing.

And so it was kind of fun to play around with because that whole house was a test bed to see what I liked and what I did.

Sure.

And so there was a lot of things I had.

At one point, I had six or seven different brands of light switches in there that were just testing out.

Some of them were horrible, some of them were great.

You know, that's the fun part with that is that was a whole kind of test bed to see what worked and didn't.

But LED lighting, sheesh.

Game changer for projects like you guys.

It's funny.

We in the Pacific Northwest, unfortunately, I've had three weeks of sun out here, which is horrible for us in that summertime.

It's going to be awful because our mountains here, it's been like fall here the entire time.

I mean, we had the 20s for the first time this last week and a half ago or so, but really we haven't.

Our snow in our mountains are horrible.

So we should have like 8ft in some places and it's 8 inches.

So yeah, it's gonna be rough a.

Lot of places right now, you know.

But you're getting our, our, our kind of wintertime gray, which I noticed because what happens when I went to California over New Year's, rain the whole time.

So I get it.

It's our dreary phase.

Yep.

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Welcome back to the around the House show.

We have been chatting with our friend and interior designer Wendy Glaster from Wendy Glacier Interiors.

We have been talking about those late winter DIY projects that Wendy loves to tackle this time of year.

Now let's get back to the conversation.

Other projects.

Let's talk about some other stuff.

You can do that.

It's.

I tell you what, there's so many fun projects this time of year because you're right.

It's.

We're outside of the holidays.

We're starting to dream of springtime.

Yes.

But I like nice to get this stuff done.

Since I'm not allowed to touch power tools, I can still use a wrench and plumber's tape.

Nice.

You know, when it's just really bone chilling cold, A really great shower is so nice.

So, you know, if you just have like a regular shower head, boring builder, basic shower head.

If you go and get another, the kind that has the shower head and the wand that is worth every penny.

It has like the massage function and it has all kinds of different levels of pressure.

And then if you're the person who cleans at home and you have a wand.

Yep.

Then you're not crying every time you go to clean your shower.

And it's really a nearly painless thing, but it really makes a huge difference.

And it's not terribly expensive either.

But you'll notice a major change in your morning routine.

So much better than Johnny's in Colombia.

Here, because you should see what they do for water heaters down there.

They don't heat water to the bathroom.

They have an instant water heater that goes in line to the shower head that they run a 20amp electrical circuit over to.

And the wires are exposed, including the connectors.

And you just stay in the shower and the hot water comes out of there.

And it makes it right at the shower head.

And it looks like some kind of Jack Kevorkian shower system.

It's not good.

People don't get electrocuted.

I mean, I hope to God no, but like, that doesn't seem okay.

Nah, it just tingles a little bit.

No kidding.

It'll change your morning routine.

No, it's, it's.

And it's not everywhere.

I mean, there are water.

The place I'm in now has a actual water heater.

Right?

Gas.

But yeah, there's a lot of them.

And what I was gonna say, Eric, is we gotta post a picture of one of these on.

We talk about this every time anything shower related comes up.

So it's a core memory for Eric.

So people can really just go, oh, oh, yeah, that's.

That's not good.

I'm in El Salvador too.

So you jogged a memory when you talked about it that time I went, oh my gosh, that was the scariest thing, Jumping in the shower because I'm like.

It's like someone's gonna throw the toaster at me.

You know what I mean?

It's like a bad movie.

It is exactly like that.

And you were just talking about when I was in the parka and the.

And the beanie cap.

I was up in the mountains for one month.

I stayed up there and just too cold.

But I did manage to make the.

So the wires come out and then you plug in the shower head and the outlet is literally in the shower with you.

And I.

And I watched the box turn orange.

And I'm like, that's a lot of smoke coming out of that electrical box that I'm in the shower with.

This is maybe a.

A good time to stop showering.

Yeah.

They do malfunction.

California, we have more rules than anybody.

And thank God after hearing that story.

That's why I'm thankful we have building code.

But everything I own.

There's less accidents down here in this dangerous, crazy, no rule living situation in Colombia than there are in half of California.

Like, people pay attention.

You know, there's big holes in the street.

There's rebars sticking out of buildings.

Like, nobody gets hurt.

So because their life is constantly.

You get very alert.

And if you do get very alert, it's your own fault.

You don't sue anybody.

You just suck it up and go.

You live in a constant cycle of trauma.

That's the last time I'm gonna step in the hole or get caught by rebar not paying attention because I was on my phone.

Like, you just learn.

You get better.

Yep.

Accountable.

I think it's good for people.

I think we need more of it.

Instead of these bougie closets with frosted doors and champagne or whatever the heck.

Don't you knock that Real Housewives of Beverly Hills closet.

No, no, no.

To our audience out there.

I guarantee you this will not be the last time you hear this.

Absolutely.

Oh, my gosh.

But yeah, I mean, it's.

You know, it's.

You're right.

And even.

You don't have to bougie on this.

Just even like a brizo or something decent is going to be great.

Briso is.

Briso is the high end Delta.

And all of the plumbing professionals love it.

It is very lovely.

Every plumber loves Delta.

Period.

Yeah, that's right.

I'm just saying.

Yeah.

I love a good.

You have to go out and spend fresh.

Bronze finish.

Yeah.

You know, we don't need one of those government shower heads.

We just.

But you can go to a red or a blue store and get it and you're still going to be okay.

Probably.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

And yes.

And one of the tip on this plastic is really smart.

Even though I want something a little better.

When you drop it, you're less likely to break anything in the shower.

If.

If the Hose is long because people go, oh, I don't know.

If I don't want a plastic.

I'm like, you want plastic because that's what you want to break.

You don't want your.

For the wand and stuff.

You wanna.

You know, having plastic is okay in that.

And especially even the shower head, if you.

If that's too heavy.

I don't want you seeing you ruining the.

The acrylic shower system you have in there or busting up tile on the floor.

You know, having something quality is good, but you don't have to get crazy on the.

On the handhelds, you know, it'll be nice.

All right.

Or just make sure that I'm not.

Bougie, but I'd rather have metal and break the tile.

Like I'm.

I don't want a plastic shower head.

The hose doesn't reach the floor.

Very true.

Then you're good.

There you go.

See, look.

See how I can collaborate with contractors on the wall?

Okay.

And I will have to say, for the house builders out there, I'll stay at my buddy's house in California for the people that put shower heads in for people that were five foot one.

I detest you.

Where I walk into the.

I'm six foot.

I'm not seven foot tall.

It's their custom home, though.

It's okay because it's designed for them.

It is.

But when I can look down at the shower head, it's not something that's neat to me.

But later, if you make it your home, you could put in the beautiful brizzo bar, you know, the slide bar, and you can slide it up.

See, there's always a workaround.

We never have to.

Solution, huh?

That's right.

Never, ever give up.

Never, never, ever give up.

That's right.

In war and in renovations.

It's so true, though.

It's so true.

And again, you know, you don't have to spend a ton of money on these.

And it's.

And yeah, pay attention to what the water output is.

The nicer ones give you a better spray pattern and a more comfortable spray pattern with the lower ones.

And as somebody that used to field modify these for more water flow, it doesn't always work well because they're designed for specific.

And I'm talking from potential experience here.

I don't know what you're talking out.

And take the center thing out of it for water consumption because you want a better shower head.

Sometimes that doesn't work.

I drilled holes in a few of those.

I'll just say it Yep.

So I, I have and I've thrown a few away doing that because they're not designed for that flow.

No, they are.

Don't mess with the science.

Don't mess with the side.

That's a good one, Wendy.

And again, these are things though, too.

And, and while you're doing that stuff, you can have some fun so many times if you've got like a, let's say it's a moen shower system.

I'm just going to grab a brand.

Sometimes you can go around and change out the trim on that and go, I'm getting rid of the chrome and I'm gonna go brushed gold in here.

And you can really do some upgrades to that space with a Phillips screwdriver.

And some caulking and then pair it with the hardware on the cabinetry and it's like you have a brand new space.

Absolutely.

So speaking of that, what is your thought, Wendy, on when you're doing that for.

Maybe it's the powder room.

Do you think the hardware should match for the entire house?

If somebody's a brushed nickel person versus a.

There's so many multicolor finishes out there.

Now, what's your take on making it all sing within that house?

I think it was a time when it was very important to people that all the metal matched because I remember as a designer working people's homes, it was, that was a major priority.

The hinges on the doors, the doorknobs, the lighting, the fixtures, the faucets, everything.

That is pretty limiting though, and I think now we see that and it feels like that must be a tract home because you just bought a package.

Now for more custom homes and a more elevated experience, you want to mix metals and you want to blend things.

And the sign of an excellent designer is how many different colors and textures and patterns can you mix and still have it look like a hundred million dollars and not spend that much?

So there is, there's like an art to all of that that I think, I really appreciate that now people are open to that.

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I was still thinking about my start.

My design career started in the mid-90s, going, I couldn't wait to throw this stuff in the recycle bin.

And now we're coming back with a new version of it.

And there's probably three months that I was doing it with.

Reluctantly.

Yeah, I was.

I was reluctant at best, but I let go of that.

It's.

It's.

That was kind of my first experience of.

For my career, of something coming back around again, and I had to.

Everything comes back.

That was really kind of the first one.

I went, okay, I gotta let go of that.

And that's always, as a designer, been my thing, John.

And you know, this too, is that I don't.

I want the designer, when I'm done with the project, to have no idea what my favorite style is.

Agreed.

That's talent.

That's.

It's hard sometimes, you know, especially when you're going into a style that you personally don't like.

But it's like, I know what it is.

Let's do it.

Let's go.

Yeah.

That'S it.

But it's talking about projects.

You know, some of the other things I think that are smart out there that you can do too are just some of those health and wellness things.

Maybe it's that bidet toilet seat, maybe it's mounting some, you know, some air quality monitors around the house, maybe swapping out that bath fan to put something in.

Like a few weeks ago with Panasonic here that we had on the show, you know, just upgrading things and making them so you've got just a better chance of.

Of being healthier in your home the next year.

And I think those are things that, one, they pay off.

But two, it just adds to your general health and well being.

Even upgrading your switching in your home.

The LeGrand system has this beautiful system that you can program it all from your iPhone or your iPad and you can set scenes and.

Because I love lighting in a house, but what that usually means for my clients is an awful lot of switches, and it can get frustrating.

So if you can set scenes for outdoor and indoor and all of that, it really makes your life a lot easier.

It saves a ton of time, energy, and it's something that you can get done over multiple football weekends without much problem.

There we go.

See, I've been trying to fit in my football weekends because, you know, I'm a Seahawks fan.

So it's been a good year for us.

Yeah, big time.

Yeah.

So it's good for us.

So.

But, you know, it's one of those things, I'm a Seattle sports guy.

When that rare chance we get there, we have to enjoy it.

You do have good uniforms, though.

Pretty colors in those uniforms.

No, we.

They stick around.

John's just shaking his head over here going, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I never paid attention to that.

Well, every time I did, you guys would mess it up at the end.

Like, every time we get to the playoffs, we would be all excited all year.

Yeah, go Hawks.

And then every time.

Yeah.

So I had to stop.

For the sake of my heart, I had to stop.

Yeah, John was definitely the music guy for sure too.

So we both were.

But.

But, you know, these kind of projects, I think it's really smart.

And, you know, just like you were saying, Wendy, without getting the power tools out, sometimes just having some fun with color paint, you know, texture inside the house, something can, you know, just repainting that living room or the master bedroom could be just such a relieving fresh look coming into spring.

Contrast molding is really coming back.

I don't know if you've seen a lot of that, but in a lot of the new.

Yeah, it's really beautiful.

And it's like, it's probably a semi gloss eggshell to semi gloss finish, but it's not that hard once you get the hang of it.

When you have the right brush and you tape it all off.

I like that purdy P U R D Y angled brush.

They're the best.

Yeah.

And you can just put on a podcast or put on some music and change all the trim in your room.

And it's so stunning and it makes such an impact.

And again, no power tools, no risk of hurting yourself, but a major impact.

That's super stylish and really fun and makes things feel fresh right away.

That's kind of a good idea too, if you have the time.

This episode's really gonna speak to my mom because she will repaint any wall in the house.

I don't know, it seems like once a month, she's like.

And I get the call, right?

Should I go with this kind of this or this kind of.

I'm like, mom, you just painted.

You just paint.

No, I gotta.

I gotta paint something.

I gotta paint something.

But speaking of the power tools and the safety issue the other day, she's like, I'm.

She's finally sick of the magnolia tree.

It's making a mess everywhere.

I'm just tired of.

I'm cutting it down.

900 quote to cut down this magnolia tree.

I'M like, what?

Next thing I know, I don't know.

Five days following, mom shows up, sends me a photo on WhatsApp.

I just bought a new chainsaw.

No.

No, you did not.

No, you did not.

I am not flying up there right now because you decided chainsaw was a good idea.

Oh, no, I know better than that.

Like, 10 inch, 12 inch.

I don't know.

Probably a battery thing.

It's like a toy that, you know, chop down that tree.

I'm like, oh, Ma.

And then a few days later, she's like, I took the chainsaw back.

I'm like, thank you, you.

God, there are channels on YouTube just meant for homeowner fails with chainsaws.

Yeah, well, I don't want one of them to be my mother, please.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Heck, there's professionals that mess that up.

I mean, we've all seen the.

The crane where they were cutting the tree down, and that crane got overloaded and it's bent over on the house or something.

And.

And this is not a DIY project.

No, that's not in this category.

No, it's not.

You know, but that's again, you know, just some of that health stuff think.

It's one thing that I think is important, too, that, you know, you look at.

Here's something that I see, and we were talking with Caroline the other day about this, who's our friend and former co host on the show.

She's America's healthy home expert.

A lot of our carbon monoxide detectors and stuff, they go off.

When you get a nearly fatal dose of that in your home, they don't tell you that you might be having a problem soon, you know, so really checking to see how there's a lot smarter ones out there as well.

You can go into these smart ones and they'll tell you what the.

Hey, we have a low limit.

You know, there's a low coming out, you know, so many parts per million versus the 20 times that, which is.

They're saying to get out of the house sometime.

Just adding to that health and safety stuff can be a really big deal to make sure that you've got that stuff dialed in.

Yeah, a rainy day outside.

It's a great thing to do.

Swap out those.

The smoke alarms and upgrade those.

They only last for 10 years anyway.

So if you've been in the house for 20 years, here's a little secret that I've learned too, from interviewing enough fire departments out there.

If you like, John, if your Mom's got a one that's 12ft high in the living room and she's like, I'm gonna get the ladder and go for it.

I bet you if you call down to your local fire station that they'll be more than happy to come down with a ladder and swap that out for you when they have time.

Most of the time they will come down and do that.

And then your mom gets to see all the hot firefighters, so she's happy too.

Yep.

But there are, there are.

There are things for that.

For people that, that, that know that maybe I shouldn't be getting 10ft up on a ladder.

Or you're just scared of smiling it.

You know, nothing like free help to do those DIY projects.

Yes.

Also, just one little other thing that I like to do too, because it's something that people don't always remember to do is swap out your lamp shades.

I have a store not far from my house that is just lampshades.

Really?

Yeah, still there.

It's kind of like the old sewing machine shop or the old vacuum cleaner repair place.

Right.

You see him in the shoe repair place and you go, oh, across the street by a block is still a one hour photo drop off photo place as well.

So it's kind of a time capsule in there.

But they do business.

They.

It's.

And you can walk in there and touch and feel.

Kind of rare, but cool.

Yeah, that's great.

One thing, though, I would advise people, if they want to swap out lampshades because, you know, they get dingy and you don't notice until you just take a minute and you look at it.

Seriously, look at it.

Take your lamp with you so that you get the scale right.

Because if you guess, you'll likely get it wrong.

And it's kind of a pain in the neck because you're going back and forth and back and forth.

So smart call.

Yeah, I hadn't thought of that.

But you're right.

You get it and you're like, I thought that was much smaller than it was.

And then it's a fun little outing and you can meet a friend for lunch and then you miss the football game completely.

I think I'm going to watch a football game on this one.

I love it.

I love it.

Oh, we are running out of time here, Wendy.

We just keep cranking through these things.

And I love that we just.

We have such a great time on this.

It's just like, where did the.

I look at the time ago?

Where did the time go?

Yeah.

I really appreciate you guys.

Thank you so much for inviting me back and it is really nice to be able to talk about the things that we care about as designers and contractor, because sometimes the care and concern and the thoughtfulness that goes into that is sometimes missed.

And it's nice to be able to share these things with you guys because that way, it always comes back around.

Yeah.

So if people want to find you, they're like, all right, Wendy's fun.

We need to have her on our next project because we have no idea what color we're supposed to be doing in this space or.

Or.

Oh, my gosh, I can't.

Right?

Yeah, Wendy.

Wendyglasterinteriors.com and Glacier, spelled G L A I S T E R. And on Instagram, it's Wendy Glacier Interiors.

We'd love to have you follow along.

There you go, guys.

Follow along for all those design tips and see what cool projects she's doing, because I do.

You know, you do some great stuff out there.

There's some fun projects on your.

On here.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

All right, John Dudley.

This has been fun as always.

Wendy Glacier.

Thanks again.

I appreciate you.

Thanks for having me.

See you guys soon, hopefully.

Take care.

We gotta make it happen.

I'm Eric T. You've been listening to around the House.