America's Pettiest Houses, Two-Tone Cabinet Secrets, and Why Your Deck Coating Is Doing It Wrong

About this episode

Dan discusses spite houses, two-tone kitchen cabinets, and deck coating issues in this episode.

Episode Summary This week on Home In Progress, Dan starts off with one of the more entertaining detours the show has taken in a while: spite houses. Real buildings, built by real people, for the sole purpose of making someone else miserable. Then he gets into a deep dive on two-tone kitchen cabinets, answering six questions that almost always come up when people consider taking on that project. And he closes out with deck season, including why most product claims about longevity don't hold up in Michigan, and why RepcoLite's Deck and Dock Wood Protector works differently than most of what's out there. In This Episode [00:00] -- Show Preview [00:54] -- Spite Houses: When Homebuilding Gets Personal [15:26] -- Two-Tone Kitchen Cabinets: Six Common Questions Answered [41:25] -- Deck Season: What You Need to Know Right Now Segment 1: Spite Houses -- When Homebuilding Gets Personal [00:54] Most people who've had a bad run-in with a neighbor or a family member haven't responded by constructing an entire building. But spite houses are real, they show up throughout American history, and they're exactly what they sound like: buildings put up primarily to annoy, block, or inconvenience…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Hansen

Topics covered

• spite houses
• two-tone kitchen cabinets
• deck coating
• home improvement
• interior design

Keywords

• spite houses
• two-tone cabinets
• deck coating
• home improvement
• RepcoLite

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RepcoLite

Products: Deck and Dock Wood Protector

Places: Frederick, Maryland

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