MAKE SPACE with Cara Newhart // home design & diy

In this episode, we discuss all things cozy and sit down to explore what your kind of cozy means for the spaces you create. Blogger, interior designer and author of Cozy White Cottage, Liz Marie Galvan shares real life advice, amazing insight, and some of her best tips for creating a cozy home.
We also talk all about how to learn to love your home, not matter what season of life you're in. We discuss tips for making your home a haven and some ways your home can be a cozy escape to help you recharge and weather some of life's big challenges. Liz draws from her experience and gets personal to talk about her infertility journey and how home design supported her season as a military wife.

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What if your home was a living breathing ecosystem? It’s possible, with plants and lucky for you, the plant coach is in for this episode to help us create a space in our home that delivers on that promise. Nick Cutsumpas is a “plantrepreneur” who is passionate about all things green. As a full-time plant coach, urban gardener, and award-winning landscape designer, Nick’s mission is to leave the earth greener than when he found it - giving people the knowledge and confidence they need to create their own green spaces in the pursuit of environmental action and social justice.

Nick walks us through how it all started with experimenting with one seed, shares his tips on what plants you may want to start with, how to look at your space before you buy, and shares some epic stories about clients and being on Netflix that’ll inspire you to grab a shovel and get your hands in the dirt asap.

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Cara sits down with a scroll saw artist to talk about how to DIY gorgeous home decor & wood signs for your home using a scroll saw. We talk about why the scroll saw is an approachable power tool & why its so versatile. We also cover tips for designing a piece and how to create stick-on stencils for cutting out wood pieces. You'll learn some tips for just starting out with a scroll saw.
We also dive into how the creative process can be therapeutic and even healing, plus the deeper meaning behind making that can help make your pieces amazing.
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I am so excited for these next two episodes. I am doing a two-part series and I feel like it is exactly what so many of us need as we wrap up this holiday season. When it comes to the home in the holidays there is so much focus on decorating, cleaning, and hosting, and it can be overwhelming if you are not actively making sure you are doing things intentionally and creating balance for yourself. In these episodes, I am going to dive into space care. I hope these next couple of episodes give you a break and help you get quiet and intentional about your house in a way that is really going to support you in this season of busyness and fun. You can download this episode from Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify – or listen to it below! listen now in this episode [01:35] What is space care? [06:06] Phase 1: Releasing [08:48] Limiting beliefs we have around our home [14:32] Phase 2: Cleansing [16:19] 3 questions to focus on in the cleansing phase links Make Space Podcast Website Cara on Instagram Cara on Twitter Color Curator Workshop DIY Coaching Session Design Consultation connect with cara: Cara on Instagram Cara on Twitter [01:35] What is space care? The idea of space care is that caring for our environment and intentionally setting up spaces that support our everyday life is a form of self care. [06:06] Phase 1: Releasing Phase number one of four is the releasing phase. Think of this as fall and this phase is all about letting go of what is not working. It is important to do this first. It can be items that are not working but it can also be like deeply rooted limiting beliefs, other people's opinions, or maybe physical items. In this phase, we're identifying what we're holding on to that's not serving us and then we're giving ourselves permission to let it go so that we can make space for something even better. [08:48] Limiting beliefs we have around our home 10:14 When we look at something that's not working well in our house, we tend to look at the physical thing, like the pile of junk, or the room that doesn't function well. These negative feelings can actually be affecting this a lot and they're really hard to kind of identify and call out because they're thoughts and feelings that come and go. Having these negative feelings about our spaces is natural so I don't want you to shame yourself, or feel bad for not liking things about your home. I want you to understand that when we dwell on them and when we don't use them as a tool to inform actual action steps that we can take to make things better, that's what's not serving us. Let's bring these negative thoughts and emotions up to the surface so we can get clear on what needs to change. [14:32] Phase 2: Cleansing Number two is our winter phase and cleansing phase. This phase is all about clearing away smaller things that are unpleasant or unwanted. This can be things like a little negative thought that comes up or just cleaning your house kind of like maintenance cleaning. With the cleansing stage, the most tangible version of this principle is in cleaning your house and looking at your approach and how you're creating a sustainable cleaning routine. It can also encompass daily homecare, and making little small tweaks to your space. [16:19] 3 questions to focus on in the cleansing phase The three questions from the journal that I would say to focus on are, number one, if you avoid cleaning your house at times and this feels difficult for you to have a strong routine, why is that happening? Are you overwhelmed? Do you just hate cleaning? Then how does a clean home make you feel? Because if you are comfortable in the mess you don't have to change that. You can live however you want. But if it does make you feel uneasy, uncomfortable, unsettled, to have your home not be clean,

If you’re struggling to create a clear vision for your space, this episode is for you. Erika Ver of Peony and Honey has a passion for peaceful spaces and luxury looking DIY’s. She worked as a talk radio host for iHeartMedia in Cleveland for 10 years and part-time TV host for Cleveland 19, and now she's a full-time content creator in the home, diy, and lifestyle space.

Erika walks us through what life was like to completely change careers when she developed a chronic illness, finding her own signature style, how it evolved over time and how you can experiment with your own DIY projects. She shares her journey of finding balance when it comes to living with a chronic health struggle and still wanting to tackle big projects and create an intentional home that reflects her style.

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