WEBVTT - Go shopping in your own home

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to go shopping in your own home. Often,

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<v Speaker 1>when there's something we'd like, we already have something that

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<v Speaker 1>might work, we just may not realize it. By looking

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<v Speaker 1>around our homes with open eyes, we might be able

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<v Speaker 1>to save time and money. A lot of people have

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<v Speaker 1>more stuff than they need and then end up buying

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<v Speaker 1>still more stuff because they don't know what they have.

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<v Speaker 1>There are many reasons for this, and over stuffed and

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<v Speaker 1>under organized attic or storage closet, or just a lack

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<v Speaker 1>of attention to things you see every day. Either way,

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<v Speaker 1>it can be wise to examine what you have before

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<v Speaker 1>you go shopping in search of something new that you

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<v Speaker 1>may not actually need. For instance, after rearranging your guest bedroom,

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<v Speaker 1>you might decide that you'd like a comfy chair for

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<v Speaker 1>the room. Before you start perusing furniture websites, take a

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<v Speaker 1>walk around your home, including through your attic or basement

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<v Speaker 1>if you have one, and see if you have something

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<v Speaker 1>that fits the bill. Even if you spot a chair

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<v Speaker 1>that's already in service elsewhere, don't assume it's off limits.

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<v Speaker 1>Often rooms can stand to lose a piece or two,

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<v Speaker 1>so if you pluck a chair from your living room

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<v Speaker 1>to put it in the guest room, you may not

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<v Speaker 1>need to replace the living room chair. The space may

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<v Speaker 1>actually be more comfortable and attractive when it's a little

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<v Speaker 1>less full. You can go shopping in your own home

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<v Speaker 1>for clothes you need for particular occasions too, whether you're

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<v Speaker 1>looking for something silly to wear to a costume party

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<v Speaker 1>or a nice outfit to wear to an important event.

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<v Speaker 1>It helps to actually look at the clothes you own,

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<v Speaker 1>just like you'd flip through the rack at a boutique.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't just think about what you have, or you'll fall

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<v Speaker 1>into the trap of believing that you have nothing to wear. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>brows your own closet and drawers to see whether anything

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<v Speaker 1>catches your eye that you might not have thought about.

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<v Speaker 1>This is one reason that professional organizers sometimes style closets

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<v Speaker 1>to look like clothing boutiques. It makes getting dressed see

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<v Speaker 1>more doable and fun. When it comes to purely decorative objects,

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<v Speaker 1>you can really win by shopping in your own home.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps you want to create an attractive vignette on your

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<v Speaker 1>entryway table. I am guessing that almost no one actually

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<v Speaker 1>needs to go shopping for more stuff that is just

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<v Speaker 1>pretty to look at. Somewhere in your home, you already

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<v Speaker 1>have an interesting vase or a piece of pottery that

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<v Speaker 1>can catch your guest's eyes as they come in. Take

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<v Speaker 1>a look in your kitchen and around your house to

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<v Speaker 1>see whether you can find a tray for keys and such.

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<v Speaker 1>Then perhaps you can grab some art books to add

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<v Speaker 1>a little height under the lamp that's already there. Voila.

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<v Speaker 1>Without spending a dime, you have restyled your entryway. It

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<v Speaker 1>probably only took half an hour or so, which may

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<v Speaker 1>be less time than you'd waste looking through all the

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<v Speaker 1>potential decorative objects in the world, because guess what, the

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<v Speaker 1>world has a lot of decorative objects. Unfortunately, some of

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<v Speaker 1>them are probably already within your walls. By going shopping

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<v Speaker 1>in our own homes, we save money and get more

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<v Speaker 1>use out of the stuff we have, which sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>a big one to me. In the meantime, this is Laura,

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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