Episodes

Nov. 5, 2024

2025 Home Design Trends: The Good & The Bad

EPSIODE 53: What’s hot in 2025 for home design? To sum up, it’s getting loud! Home designer and stager Krisztina Bell joins Melissa Dittmann Tracey on The Housing Muse Podcast to break down the hottest home trends for 2025 ... …

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July 17, 2024

A Home Remodeling Disaster: Don’t Let It Happen to You

EPISODE 52: Jody Costello was eager to start a two-story addition on her 1940s home that would include an owner’s suite and upper deck. But she quickly learned hiring the wrong contractor for the job can be a costly mistake. …

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June 19, 2024

Find Your Home's Chi: How to Feng Shui Your Space

EPISODE 51: What is feng shui? Can it actually make you feel good and make you like your home more? Could it even help you sell your home? Feng Shui expert and author Steve Kodad joins The Housing Muse Podcast …

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May 23, 2024

You’ll Never Look at Your Home’s Clutter the Same

EPISODE 50: The overstuffed closets, cluttered counters and piles of unopened mail may be more than just household annoyances. It may be hurting your mental or physical health—maybe even more than you know. Professional organizer Linda Samuels joins...

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May 10, 2024

Is That Home a Money Pit or Hidden Gem?

EPISODE 49: A fixer upper--that is, a home in need of some TLC--could help you strike real estate gold, allowing you to possibly even double or triple the home’s value. But to get that type of ROI, you need to …

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March 22, 2024

You're Cleaning Your Home All Wrong!

EPISODE 48: Many of us are making mistakes in cleaning our homes, and it could be hurting our home—and even our health. Yikes! Cleaning expert Debbie Sardone joins The Housing Muse Podcast to tell us the right way to clean. …

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Feb. 21, 2024

5 House Problems That Will Make You Want to Move

EPISODE 47: A lot can go wrong with a house. It’s the less glamorous side to homeownership. But if you ignore some key signs, you could find small problems quickly turn into really BIG problems that may even make you …

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Feb. 12, 2024

From Discounts to Decluttering: How Estate Sales Can Help You

EPISODE 46: You may have never given much thought to estate sales, but they could prove to be a “home rescue,” no matter if you’re the seller or the possible buyer. Estate sales can help you quickly clear a home …

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Jan. 12, 2024

The Best Time to Buy Home Stuff for Deals

The money-saving episode! Home appliances and household purchases can really bite into a budget. But how would you like to save potentially hundreds of dollars?

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Nov. 29, 2023

Beat the Mom Stress: Hacks for 3 Home Cleaning Styles

EPISODE 44: It’s the merriest, most stressful time of year! Nearly 60% of Americans say they’re stressed out about the holidays, and that’s mostly due to preparing and decorating the home, according to a new survey from Thumbtack. After all,...

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Nov. 9, 2023

The Real Deal on 2024 Home Design Trends

EPSIODE 43: What’s hot in 2024 in home design? Time to find out! From “dopamine décor” to sculptural and darker home elements and some wild color schemes, home designer and stager Krisztina Bell joins The Housing Muse Podcast to break …

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Oct. 17, 2023

True Crime in Real Estate: 5 Situations to Fear

EPISODE 42: Every crime has a setting, and sadly too often, it plays out inside a home. Even if you’re a law-abiding citizen, you could face the fallout from crime in real estate. In this episode, we unpack five fearful …

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Sept. 27, 2023

Pickleball in Real Estate ... P-NIMBY at Play?

EPISODE 41: Pickleball is serving up some serious wins in real estate, like revitalizing once-abandoned shopping malls into booming pickleball hubs. Developers are in a race to bring more pickleball courts to more places all across the country. But...

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Sept. 8, 2023

Quiz Time! Test Your Real Estate Smarts

EPISODE 40: It’s one of our favorite regular segments on The Housing Muse: Quiz Time! Take our interactive quiz to test how smart you are when it comes to the latest real estate and home design trends, home maintenance and …

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July 17, 2023

How to Clean Your Home’s Indoor Air

EPISODE 39: Just like you clean your home on a regular basis, you can clean your home’s air, too. More research is showing why you should. Consider, this stat: Indoor air can contain two to five times more pollutants than …

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June 9, 2023

I Binge Watched HGTV ... Here's What I Learned (Part 2)

EPISODE 38: In part 2, we continue to highlight HGTV-inspired home design tips and tricks to make your home look as pretty as they do on TV. We also cover a few trends that may best be reserved for TV—and …

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June 8, 2023

I Binge Watched HGTV ... Here's What I Learned (Part 1)

EPISODE 37: Home buyers are overwhelmingly disappointed at homes they tour for-sale. Why? Because they don’t look as pretty as they do on TV. The HGTV-effect is skewing our impressions of how a home should look. But there are some …

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May 8, 2023

Allergy-Proof Your Landscape

EPISODE 36: Seasonal allergies can be a nuisance. Your home’s outdoor plantings may be making it worse. Joining The Housing Muse Podcast is gardening guru Linda Vater to share which plants may be more prone to triggering allergies, and how …

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April 6, 2023

Renovating to Sell for More Money

EPISODE 35: The top concerns from homeowners recently surveyed about selling their home: They fear their home is in need of too many repairs, has an outdated interior, not trendy enough fixtures and lacks curb appeal. Sorry to say, but …

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March 7, 2023

The Mooch Strategy to Real Estate

To get into real estate today, do you need to adopt a “mooch strategy?” Possibly. Young adults have been moving back home in record numbers—and even well into adulthood. Parents are footing the bills, and even helping their adult...

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Feb. 7, 2023

The Real Deal on 2023 Home Trends (with special guest Krisztina Bell)

We take on the good, the bad and ugly of the latest home design trends.

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Jan. 30, 2023

Why It's Now OK to Have a Messy Home

Enter a judge-free zone with the Housing Muse. After all, even organization guru Marie Kondo recently said it’s acceptable to not have a spotless, perfectly organized home all of the time. Maybe tidy doesn’t always spark joy. As you adopt …

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Jan. 12, 2023

The Worst Trendy Home Trends EVER

You have some of these in your home. We all do. In this episode of The Housing Muse Podcast, we question some mainstream design trends that may be doing more to make our lives harder than easier. Listen in as …

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Oct. 28, 2022

5 DIY Tasks Home Inspectors Want You to STOP Doing

The pandemic ushered in a DIY craze, as homeowners armed with YouTube tutorials and power searches on Google went to work on their homes in high numbers. But they may have taken on more than what they should have in …

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