56: Interior Design at Your Fingertips with Palette Archives' Amanda Hamilton

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back to the Kelowna Real Estate
Podcast, everybody.

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Thanks for tuning in.

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Matt, what's going on Another

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beautiful day in the Okanagan.

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It is gorgeous out there, dude.

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Loving this.

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It's still like minus Yeah, it's

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warm inside my house.

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So Bank of Canada announcement

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today.

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This will obviously be airing a

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few days after this intro.

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Holding rates as unfortunately as

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expected.

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Yeah, we, as expected 48 chance

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that one cut will happen 15 chance
that two cuts will happen if i was

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a betting man i would say we won't
see two cuts but i do think we

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will definitely see our first cut
by june so you don't think think

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april 10th there's another cut i
don't know i hope so much that

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there is but i think it's going to
be june 5th yeah to see the so

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we'll update you guys obviously
everyone follows us and you guys

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will probably know the same time
we do So we'll update you guys.

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Obviously everyone follows us and
you guys will probably know the

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same time we do, but we'll try and
get our intros pretty in sync with

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that.

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No way, man.

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We're breaking news here, dude.

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We got But with the cost of

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borrowing staying high, we are
seeing projects being delayed in

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terms of construction.

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Matt, you have a couple of

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projects that you wanted to
highlight.

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Yeah.

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One varsity, which we've talked

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about quite a bit on the show has
been delayed due to low pre-sales

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because of the interest rate,
because of the short-term rentals,

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because of the lowering prices.

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Just doesn't make sense to build

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these projects.

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The developers put a lot of money

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in, a lot of time.

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And if you don't know for sure

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that you can sell them and make a
profit at the end, how much of a

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risk are you willing to take on
that?

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So you've seen one varsity, the
Stober Group had a development

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plan for the original Joe site on
Pandozzi, which has been paused.

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There's a few other things going
on that have been paused.

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So it's interesting, you know,
like the projects being built

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today are going to affect the home
prices years from now, right?

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So like we're almost setting
ourselves up for a boom in a few

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years because of this low supply,
high immigration, high growth in

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the Okanagan.

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So I think the long-term aspects

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of real estate prices are really
good, but in the short term,

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waiting for those to drop.

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Yeah.

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We're kind of fighting a battle on
both fronts in terms of trying to

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put units on the market and trying
to bring down inflation and make

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it affordable on the rate side.

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They kind of counter each other.

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Something that is going up in
value incredibly fast, Bitcoin,

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which Matt and I know nothing
about really, but it's pretty

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impressive that so essentially in
the States, they've kind of

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allowed for regulations to pass
for ETFs and other type of funds

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that allow this investing to be
done more accessibly.

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And a lot of larger companies are
getting involved.

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So as soon as that happened,
Bitcoin soared off to a record

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high of nearly 70,000 US Bitcoin,
which equates to over $90,000

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Canadian.

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And there is a halving that's

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supposed to happen, I think it's
in April.

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So that's going to, again, kind of
continue to decrease the which

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supply, is going to increase the
So that's price.

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going kind to, again, of continue
to decrease the supply, which is

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going to increase the price.

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So yeah, pretty interesting to see

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that happen.

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That is interesting.

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What brought that on?
Do you have any insight to why

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that's happening?
Yeah, it was like the ETF.

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So basically you can buy and
exchange trade funds for Bitcoin,

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you know, so it's like a cheap
mutual fund that you're allowed to

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invest in now.

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And you don't actually have to buy

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Bitcoin.

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You're buying in these funds that,

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you allowed to invest in now and
you don't actually have to buy

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bitcoin you're buying in these
funds that and manage in bitcoin

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yeah just makes it seem safer
everyone the average person to get

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in yeah yeah i don't know if i
would ever use the safe word with

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that technique just perception i
mean perception like it just seems

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like it well it the point that
like i think one of the biggest

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battles cryptocurrency is seeing
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I mean, much like housing, as soon
as the government signs off on

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something that they agree with, a
lot of people kind of back it and

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the cost goes up.

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purpose-built rental incentive

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programs, that's where developers
put their money.

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So if we could also see government
incentivizing developers on just

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these type of projects that are
developing single family houses or

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condo units that are not just
purpose-built rental, we would not

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just see the price stabilize
there, but we'd see the confidence

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come back in the market.

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So yeah, the government plays a

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massive role in this stuff yeah no
doubt going to our guest today

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amanda hamilton she is an interior
designer author serial

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entrepreneur has a bunch of
different companies you know yeah

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she basically project manages and
renovates and you can buy like

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cookie cutter type kits or maybe
that's the wrong word and from an

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interior designer point of view
but you can buy like kits cutter

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type or maybe kits, that's the
wrong word from an interior

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designer point of view, but you
can buy like kits that just ship

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out to you that have the right
color palette.

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So somebody like me who's
colorblind, it adds a lot of value

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to it.

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the Yeah, we go into pretty a lot

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of depth in all these things and
it was a good episode.

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you're planning on show, Amanda.

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Great to have you for having me.

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I love doing these types of
things.

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I can already tell you guys are
going to be so fun.

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It's the name of the game for us.

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How?

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Yeah.

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I don't know.

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I just, I got a gut feeling.

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I'm a woman, right?

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I have that like women's
intuition.

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So I have a feeling about it.

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it.

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Yeah.

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You can tell by looking at the art

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behind Taylor.

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I'm just a bobblehead.

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That's Taylor always wanted.

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out my art.

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that's yeah, Those risque.

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are two naked I didn't people.

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a bobblehead.

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That's Taylor always Check wanted.

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out my Oh art.

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that's yeah, risque.

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Those are two naked people.

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I I didn't even notice.

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Yeah.

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But see, like I just arranged it

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so you can barely see it.

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like I just arranged That's a nice

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trick there.

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Yeah, we need to get this on

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YouTube now so people can actually
see what we're talking about.

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see what we're talking about.

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And I should have cleaned up my

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desk a little bit, right?
Busy entrepreneur, you know, like

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I Busy entrepreneur, you know,
like I think it goes with the

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territory.

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Yes, totally does.

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Okay, well, we'd like to ask our
guests to connect with our

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listener just by telling us about
your kind of perfect try what do

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you do to be productive and
leading into the weekend for sure

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so i'm really big on routine in
the past i used to be like far

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more loose with my schedule like
kind of a bit of a disaster i was

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that person that that was like,
late for everything.

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But I was finding it was bringing
me a lot of stress.

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So as my businesses grew, and
demands on my time have increased,

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I've just like really leaned into
discipline and routine and

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rituals.

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And they sort of allow me to

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perform at a really high level.

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I think, you know, physically,

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mentally, spiritually, all those
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So I kind of had a rule for this
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And I started late last year to
been working on like slowing down

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my mornings and making them more
intentional to set myself up.

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So I start my day with something
called 10, 10, 10.

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So 10 minutes of meditation, 10
minutes of journaling, 10 minutes

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of reading, and I hit the gym for
an hour, then I take my doggo for

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a walk.

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And then I'm like, I got to get

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the protein in the morning.

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So I usually have like a protein

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shake or whatever.

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And then I rush into the studio.

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So evenings are kind of the same,
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So it's like, I love cooking.

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So I'll make like a really

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beautiful homemade meal.

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I really loved half-baked harvest.

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If anybody cooks from her, she's
amazing.

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And this is like, I'm not getting
paid for this.

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I'm just telling you it's so good.

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And then again, walk the dog

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again, you know, this theory that
like you eat and then you walk

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it's supposed to help your
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chill like a stretch and then i
usually unwind with like a book or

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a show sometimes i do lego or a
puzzle that's quality time there's

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usually lots of candles i know is
like, I'm not getting paid for

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this.

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I'm just telling you it's so time

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there's i know it sounds so boring
no it doesn't at all that sounds

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actually all that sounds actually
wicked yeah it's during the week

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it's like I need that routine.

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And then the weekend, I allow

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myself to be like way more loose.

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And so I'm really big on time

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blocking, like everything goes
into my calendar.

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And when people see my calendar,
it scares the shit out of them.

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But honestly, it increases my
chances of completing things.

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But I also think that part of that
is like allowing some grace and

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flexibility, like within framework
so like you have the time block

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but you move things around so what
I'm saying is I have trained

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myself to be very disciplined and
it's allowed me to really reduce

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my stress so those like rituals
and habits and stuff have been

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like really beneficial for me as
an entrepreneur yeah did you start

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your morning routine with the
miracle morning did you read that

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yeah it's really similar like
every single book on habits I've

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pretty much read it.

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I actually spent a quarter a

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couple of years ago, like just
digging into every habit book.

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And I think the thing is, lots of
us are readers, but we don't

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always execute these things.

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And so I started being like, no,

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we actually actually execute these
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So, you know, Miracle Morning,
Robin Sharma has one, I think it's

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called the 5am Club.

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There's lots of books like that.

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Visit Aubrey Marcus's On the Day
When You're Life or something like

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that.

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Like, you know, the H2O cocktail

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in the morning with the Himalayan
salt and the lemon.

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So I think all of these things,
everybody's different.

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Like you have to choose what your
ritual is.

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But that's the ritual that works
for me.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I've kind of I And I so I yeah.

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I've kind of just had this
epiphany lately, too.

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You always know this, but like you
read books, it's not about the

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amount amount of books it's like
if you just took to heart one book

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you're probably better off than
just reading a hundred books and

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not doing anything in them right
100 percent 100 100 percent 100

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percent and I'm a big reader so
like you gotta have the

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highlighter and the notes in the
back because I think going back

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and referencing that stuff again
and actually even if you the back

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from the book yeah and execute, to
me, the eight to 12 hours or

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whatever it took to read it is
totally worth it.

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to read it is totally worth it.

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Right now, I'm doing a double

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whammy where I read it and listen
to the audiobook at the same time.

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Okay, I think that that's
brilliant.

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And if somebody, I feel like this
should be a business thing or an

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app or whatever, but when I buy
the I the audiobook for free with

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it because I agree that sometimes
you have to audio book.

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Sometimes you want to read it.

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I find fiction is easier on audio

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book.

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Business is tough on audio book.

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You should just get both.

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And so sometimes I buy both.

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because I agree that sometimes I
buy both.

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Okay.

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Can I hold you accountable then?

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You have a book, like we haven't
touched on this yet.

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You've released one.

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Yes, I do have a book.

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Do you have an audio book on that
as well?

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Can you do both?
I do have an audio book.

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you have an audio book on well?
Can you do both?

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I do have an audio book.

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Do you?

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Did you do the narration for that?
Oh yeah.

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I used to do musical theater
voice.

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I was so excited to do the audio
book.

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It's actually a really cool
process and it's a memoir.

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So like, it is weird to me that
somebody else would read my

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memoir.

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Cause what if they say it in a

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way?
And I'm like, well, that's not the

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tone of voice that I would have
used.

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And that's not how I would have
said it.

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So I actually loved it.

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It was so I do you sell yours as a

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package?
A two for one?

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No, no, because this is what I
want.

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Yeah, this is a new business idea.

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I'm an entrepreneur, shiny object,

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new concept.

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But what I learned too, is for

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anybody who is looking to write a
book is the publishing industry.

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And they'll say this about
themselves too, is very old

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school.

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It is like very behind.

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So I did a hybrid model.

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So it wasn't self-publishing and

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it wasn't traditional publishing.

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It was in no, because this is what

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I want.

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Yeah, this is a new business But

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what I the way that it set up on
the platform, I don't even know if

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I could do that.

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Like, it's not even up to me.

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Like my audio book is basically
like owned by like, well, it's

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not, Oh, it's owned by me, but
it's on the audible platform.

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So I don't Right.

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unless like, I gave it know, away

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for but got to make $0, Hey, like
owned by like that, well it's not

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oh it's owned by me but it's on
the audible platform right so like

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I don't know unless I gave it away
for zero dollars but hey gotta

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make $0, Hey, like owned by like
that, well it's not oh it's owned

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by me but on the dollars and 33
cents would audible let you do

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that because they do have a free
section like if you get audible

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prime there's actually a bunch of
free books but they tend to be

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more like classics and things like
that a bunch of free books but

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they tend to be more like classics
and things like that yeah the old

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ones yeah but now you're asking me
to give up my three dollars and 33

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cents and I don't know if I want
to do that.

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Nobody's making money writing
books unless they're like a hugely

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popular author.

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Yeah.

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You're I want to do that.

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Nobody's way to do.

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One day, one day.

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What is your book about?

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Can you highlight that a little
bit?

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Yeah, it's called Not That
Likeable and Other Stories I Told

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Myself.

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So it kind of gives it away a

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little bit.

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but it's my childhood all the way

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up to grade 12.

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And I was like pretty, can I swear

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on this Yes.

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I pretty fucking weird.

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I was pretty fucking weird.

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So like some of the stuff I

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brought on myself, but I was
bullied quite a bit.

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And I think honestly, it's just
because I was like going through

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life the way that I thought like,
this is my personality and these

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are the things that I loved.

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And I was super involved with

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extracurricular activities.

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I was a bit of like an A type

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student.

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And you know, those things were

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not working to my advantage from a
popularity scale.

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So it kind of goes through that
story of finding myself through

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that.

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And also to I mean, I've had to

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navigate that as an adult, you
know, when you as a kid, you grow

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up and you think like, no one
likes me, right?

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This then becomes the story you
tell yourself.

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And like, how do you work through
this?

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And then recognize, you know,
later on that, like, that's just

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stuff that happens to you when
you're a kid, I would never go

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back and change any of those
experiences, because they totally

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made me who I am today.

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And I grew up in a non traditional

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home, my mom had me when she was
18.

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I grew up with my grandparents, my
mom and her three younger siblings

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in a bungalow with one washroom.

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Oh Where did you grow up?

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Edmonton, the city of the growing
up at the time of the city of up

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at the time of the city of
champions.

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I was.

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I mean, come on.

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It was Wayne Gretzky.

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I was born in 1982.

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Like they renamed like Wayne
Gretzky drive, which was like near

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my house so you know i always say
is if everyone had a memoir how

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much more empathy and compassion
and grace we might have for people

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when we know their story I was so
right like it's really easy for us

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to make a judgment on somebody but
like if you read their memoir you

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might be like oh that's why
they're like that that's why

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taylor's like that that's why
matt's like this like yeah the

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good the bad and ugly i the good
the bad and ugly i got a lot of

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explaining to do you guys got guys
got lots of explaining to do.

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You got a podcast.

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I'm sure you've told everybody

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everything already now.

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guys got lots of explaining to do.

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You got a podcast.

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I'm sure you've told everybody

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everything already now.

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Getting there.

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There's a few tidbits we left out,
a few tidbits we left out, but.

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Oh, I'm going to get the money you
on this one then.

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Everyone's got to listen for us to
exactly.

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We'll get you there.

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So your book, you're also a serial

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entrepreneur like what other
businesses yeah so amanda hamilton

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interior design is my core
business we're celebrating 15

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years since incorporation this
year 17 years since i started it

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off the side of my 17 and i also
started three foot nothing which

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is a construction company that was
what my grandfather used to call

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me when i was little three foot
nothing yeah i'm now like four

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foot or five foot nothing in a
little but small but mighty and so

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we just saw that there was a big
gap in the market I was tired

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honestly of dealing with like
crappy contractors and there's

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lots of really great ones but
there's also lots of not great

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ones and also the construction
industry is very traditional so

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found the right person to run that
business with me.

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And she manages the day-to-day.

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And I'm very high level on that.

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But it adds a ton of value to our
interior design clients who have a

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combination of interior design and
construction needs.

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So now we can do that in-house.

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I also have an e-commerce business

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called Palette Archives.

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And so that ultimately services

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the clients who may not be in a
position to hire an interior

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designer.

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may not be in a position to hire

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an interior designer.

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They're doing a smaller project.

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They're doing a smaller project.

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And so it's pre-curated interior

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designer palettes online where you
get all the finishes and materials

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shipped to your door.

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So now we And then I just

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incorporated a company last week.

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I can't quite say the name yet

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because I'm in the sort of final
stage of determining what name

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we're going to go with and also
negotiating buying a domain from

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somebody.

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So I'll keep it on the low down

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for now, but it is going to be
e-commerce retail So I'll Gifting

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is like one of my love languages.

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I've been told I'm good at it.

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I want to curate these like
beautiful gifts and retail

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products for people.

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And I'm definitely an early

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adopter.

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So I love discovering new products

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and then being able to like share
those products with other people.

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So it's kind of a bit more of a
passion project, but I'm excited

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because it's a new challenge.

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I haven't really done like the

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retail world, right?
Like a lot of my business is very

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service based.

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that is really cool.

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Yeah.

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The curating like home

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renovations.

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How did that come up?

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And how do you do Palette Archives
is like my baby.

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We're still kind of in startup
phase with it.

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I was honestly on a beach in the
US and this like idea came to me.

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I was reading this book and it
kind of just like got me out of my

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own industry and thinking about
how other industries have

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disrupted their own industries.

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And so what I found is I often get

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calls from people and they're
like, this is always the sentence.

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I know what I like, but I don't
know how to pull it all together.

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Right.

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And so the problem is, is I would

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meet all of these really cool
people, but then we wouldn't be

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00:15:44,728 --> 00:15:47,471
able to take all the projects on,
you know, like just sometimes the

496
00:15:47,471 --> 00:15:51,200
initial cost, the startup costs of
just getting a project going, you

497
00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:53,618
know, just don't make sense when a
client has a smaller budget.

498
00:15:53,618 --> 00:15:55,506
So we're actually first to market.

499
00:15:55,506 --> 00:15:58,340
And as I know it, we're the only

500
00:15:58,340 --> 00:16:01,926
one doing this concept, which is
actually not working in our favor,

501
00:16:01,926 --> 00:16:03,436
right?
When you're first to market, you

502
00:16:03,436 --> 00:16:05,540
have to teach everybody like what
And so But ultimately I wanted to

503
00:16:05,540 --> 00:16:07,699
democratize design and provide
everyone with access to good

504
00:16:07,699 --> 00:16:07,860
design.

505
00:16:07,860 --> 00:16:09,828
So these pallets, you know, if

506
00:16:09,828 --> 00:16:12,191
somebody's flipping a house or
doing a small rental where they're

507
00:16:12,191 --> 00:16:16,689
going to do it on their own,
they're now able to protect their

508
00:16:16,689 --> 00:16:20,031
investment by being like an
interior designer who has 20 plus

509
00:16:20,031 --> 00:16:23,090
years of experience, picked all
these finishes materials.

510
00:16:23,190 --> 00:16:24,750
I can use them.

511
00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:26,760
I can match them through another

512
00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:29,380
supplier who's even like, you
know, more cost effective and then

513
00:16:29,380 --> 00:16:32,116
do this renovation on their own
with their contractor or, you

514
00:16:32,116 --> 00:16:32,984
know, family or whatever.

515
00:16:32,984 --> 00:16:34,111
And then obviously, as you guys

516
00:16:34,111 --> 00:16:36,554
know, having a house that an
interior designer has been

517
00:16:36,554 --> 00:16:39,508
involved in, they generally sell
for more.

518
00:16:39,408 --> 00:16:40,453
Everything just feels more pulled
together.

519
00:16:40,453 --> 00:16:43,296
So ultimately, I just wanted
everybody to have access to good

520
00:16:43,196 --> 00:16:43,396
design.

521
00:16:43,385 --> 00:16:43,480
Cool.

522
00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,231
So do people give you like square
footage measurements, like send

523
00:16:45,228 --> 00:16:48,343
you a bunch of or how does that?
I wanted this to be pretty

524
00:16:48,443 --> 00:16:50,086
hands-off, right?
Because the notion is as soon as I

525
00:16:50,086 --> 00:16:52,340
get involved, that becomes a very
expensive process for the client

526
00:16:52,340 --> 00:16:54,890
and also very expensive on our end
in terms of profitability.

527
00:16:54,890 --> 00:16:56,312
So there's like 35 pallets.

528
00:16:56,312 --> 00:16:58,079
You can go on and you can pick

529
00:16:57,979 --> 00:17:00,240
your pallet based on sort of the
inspiration images and things like

530
00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:00,902
that.

531
00:17:00,902 --> 00:17:03,184
And so ultimately, they do it on

532
00:17:03,184 --> 00:17:03,549
their own.

533
00:17:03,649 --> 00:17:05,517
They get the boxes, they get the

534
00:17:05,517 --> 00:17:08,082
specifications, and they can go
right to the supplier and purchase

535
00:17:08,082 --> 00:17:08,554
those goods.

536
00:17:08,554 --> 00:17:10,003
Or they could, as an example, take

537
00:17:10,003 --> 00:17:13,722
the blonde heart, what we've
recommended and go to Home Depot

538
00:17:13,722 --> 00:17:16,807
and go, okay, this is as close as
possible.

539
00:17:16,807 --> 00:17:19,578
And here's the tile and that's as
close as possible.

540
00:17:19,578 --> 00:17:20,060
Right.

541
00:17:20,060 --> 00:17:20,115
Right.

542
00:17:20,115 --> 00:17:22,471
So really empowering them to
protect sort of the money that

543
00:17:22,471 --> 00:17:23,393
they're investing in their house.

544
00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:25,547
And as you guys know, for most

545
00:17:25,547 --> 00:17:28,086
people, that's one of the largest
investments they make in their

546
00:17:28,086 --> 00:17:28,396
life.

547
00:17:28,396 --> 00:17:28,520
Yeah.

548
00:17:28,620 --> 00:17:30,420
Well, I love that idea.

549
00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:31,398
And speaking about large

550
00:17:31,498 --> 00:17:33,952
investments, then I'm going to put
you on the spot.

551
00:17:33,952 --> 00:17:36,528
What is the best investment you
can make as DIY, home renovation,

552
00:17:36,528 --> 00:17:39,109
anything?
What do you kind of see as the

553
00:17:39,009 --> 00:17:40,745
trend right now that people are
doing?

554
00:17:40,745 --> 00:17:42,955
What do you see the fails that are
happening?

555
00:17:42,955 --> 00:17:45,324
You going know, this is such a
great question.

556
00:17:45,424 --> 00:17:47,976
And it's one that I get asked
quite a bit.

557
00:17:47,976 --> 00:17:51,587
But when people are renovating, I
know it sounds so simple, but man,

558
00:17:51,587 --> 00:17:55,388
does paint go a long way?
People will be like, oh, my house

559
00:17:55,488 --> 00:17:56,857
doesn't feel fresh.

560
00:17:56,857 --> 00:17:58,186
It feels dark or whatever.

561
00:17:58,186 --> 00:17:59,795
And I mean, designers love white
paint.

562
00:17:59,795 --> 00:18:04,442
And I know sometimes we get a bad
rap for it, but it is amazing what

563
00:18:04,342 --> 00:18:06,091
that does to a space.

564
00:18:06,091 --> 00:18:07,791
So, you know, painting the walls

565
00:18:07,791 --> 00:18:11,839
or as an example, if a kitchen is
laid out beautifully and you're

566
00:18:11,839 --> 00:18:13,987
okay with it and the cabinets are
still really good quality and

567
00:18:13,987 --> 00:18:16,461
still in good condition, you can
spray them out.

568
00:18:16,461 --> 00:18:19,411
I don't know, forest green or pink
or cream or whatever you want.

569
00:18:19,411 --> 00:18:21,494
And you're looking at maybe
spraying out a kitchen might be,

570
00:18:21,494 --> 00:18:23,992
you know, $7,500 to $15,000
depending on the size of your

571
00:18:23,992 --> 00:18:27,387
kitchen, or you could get a new
kitchen, which could run you 30 to

572
00:18:27,387 --> 00:18:28,600
$50,000 plus, plus, plus, right.

573
00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:29,816
So plus it's incredibly disruptive

574
00:18:29,816 --> 00:18:32,188
to your house in terms of having
to replace our cabinet.

575
00:18:32,188 --> 00:18:34,647
So I think paint goes a long way.

576
00:18:34,647 --> 00:18:37,002
And then I think things like small

577
00:18:37,002 --> 00:18:38,749
upgrades, like cabinet hardware,
lighting, right.

578
00:18:38,749 --> 00:18:41,145
That type of stuff starts to date,
especially because, you you know

579
00:18:41,045 --> 00:18:45,322
our provinces are not that old
that means we have a lot of like

580
00:18:45,222 --> 00:18:48,410
1980s vibes with that golden oak
so those houses are still

581
00:18:48,410 --> 00:18:50,295
beautiful but they're just dated
right so spraying things with

582
00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:55,331
paint and like updating the brass
hardware and the lights and stuff

583
00:18:55,231 --> 00:18:58,324
goes a long way what designs are
we doing today that we're gonna

584
00:18:58,324 --> 00:19:02,040
look back in 20 or 30 years and
think what were they thinking i

585
00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,060
always think about this when i
walk through houses like when you

586
00:19:04,060 --> 00:19:06,229
go through mckinley beach yeah
right you see all these beautiful

587
00:19:06,229 --> 00:19:10,040
houses and i always think how are
these gonna age you know like they

588
00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,884
look beautiful right now but i
about this when i see all know so

589
00:19:13,984 --> 00:19:17,195
i think probably the biggest
mistake that either clients or

590
00:19:17,095 --> 00:19:19,680
let's say some designers make is
that we capture onto these trends

591
00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:20,632
and we go hard on them.

592
00:19:20,632 --> 00:19:22,034
So I'm not like that in fashion

593
00:19:22,134 --> 00:19:22,485
either.

594
00:19:22,485 --> 00:19:24,079
Like I buy cool pieces with the

595
00:19:24,079 --> 00:19:30,982
intent that I can mix and match
with a few other things and have

596
00:19:30,928 --> 00:19:31,658
them for years to come.

597
00:19:31,658 --> 00:19:32,879
So obviously we were kind of in

598
00:19:32,861 --> 00:19:34,758
this like espresso era and then it
was gray, gray, gray, gray on,

599
00:19:34,758 --> 00:19:35,947
gray on, gray on, drab on.

600
00:19:35,947 --> 00:19:38,567
Oh my God, I don't want to ever

601
00:19:38,567 --> 00:19:39,373
see gray again.

602
00:19:39,373 --> 00:19:39,843
Right.

603
00:19:39,843 --> 00:19:44,166
So now we're in that era where
nobody wants to see gray and white

604
00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:44,911
anymore.

605
00:19:44,811 --> 00:19:46,180
And we've moved into this like

606
00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,904
warm era where we're talking about
caramels and cognacs and things

607
00:19:49,904 --> 00:19:50,789
like that.

608
00:19:50,689 --> 00:19:53,322
So now I always think the best

609
00:19:53,322 --> 00:19:55,365
thing to do is like take touches
of that.

610
00:19:55,465 --> 00:19:57,943
If brass is still popular right
now, but don't do brass door

611
00:19:57,943 --> 00:19:59,991
hardware, brass cabinets, brass
plumbing, brass lighting, because

612
00:19:59,991 --> 00:20:04,253
then when brass isn't cool anymore
or you get tired of it, it's

613
00:20:04,352 --> 00:20:05,591
freaking everywhere in your house.

614
00:20:05,591 --> 00:20:06,803
I love mixing metals.

615
00:20:06,803 --> 00:20:08,332
This idea that you can't mix
metals is BS.

616
00:20:08,332 --> 00:20:09,774
You can totally mix metals.

617
00:20:09,774 --> 00:20:11,615
I also think you shouldn't just

618
00:20:11,615 --> 00:20:14,413
have one millwork color in your
entire house.

619
00:20:14,413 --> 00:20:16,656
There should be maybe three
different millwork colors.

620
00:20:16,656 --> 00:20:18,752
There can be different colors of
paint.

621
00:20:18,752 --> 00:20:23,043
And I think that will make houses
age better than when you go into

622
00:20:23,043 --> 00:20:25,420
these brand new houses and it's
the same countertop throughout the

623
00:20:25,420 --> 00:20:26,460
house, same cupboards, same paint.

624
00:20:26,460 --> 00:20:27,760
And there's like what five

625
00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:28,800
finishes in the entire house.

626
00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:29,525
It's just boring.

627
00:20:29,525 --> 00:20:31,420
Right?
So I do think adding some of this

628
00:20:31,420 --> 00:20:33,684
character in and layering these
things will make houses have more

629
00:20:33,684 --> 00:20:36,695
longevity and we won't look back
being like oh my gosh why did we

630
00:20:36,695 --> 00:20:39,751
do So I do it's as good as though
like you know the client drives it

631
00:20:39,751 --> 00:20:45,386
often i mean we joke all the time
it's like if we see one more white

632
00:20:45,386 --> 00:20:47,975
kitchen but i'm also not gonna
like poo-poo on a client that

633
00:20:47,975 --> 00:20:51,021
likes a white kitchen if you love
a white kitchen it's your house

634
00:20:51,021 --> 00:20:53,714
all the time yeah well i was gonna
ask actually if somebody like

635
00:20:53,714 --> 00:20:57,467
right yeah proposes their idea and
it's terrible are you like like,

636
00:20:57,467 --> 00:20:59,490
Hey, maybe you shouldn't do that.

637
00:20:59,490 --> 00:21:01,525
I'm just, I'm asking for myself

638
00:21:01,525 --> 00:21:04,144
because like, I know my well i was
is No.

639
00:21:04,044 --> 00:21:05,087
It's a really good question.

640
00:21:05,087 --> 00:21:06,800
I'll tell you what my perspective

641
00:21:06,860 --> 00:21:07,570
of this might vary.

642
00:21:07,570 --> 00:21:08,947
I think there's a lot of designers

643
00:21:08,947 --> 00:21:11,976
that have a specific aesthetic and
their clients go to them for a

644
00:21:11,976 --> 00:21:12,488
specific aesthetic.

645
00:21:12,488 --> 00:21:14,920
That is not what we are about.

646
00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,943
The only thing that I say is that
we don't do bad design, but I'm

647
00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:21,405
willing to do, you know, design
that maybe it wouldn't be my first

648
00:21:21,305 --> 00:21:26,400
choice or it wouldn't be something
I want to live in, but it's your

649
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:26,665
house.

650
00:21:26,665 --> 00:21:28,849
So it's our job to sort of move

651
00:21:28,849 --> 00:21:32,489
you in the direction without
trying to like put our own spin on

652
00:21:32,589 --> 00:21:35,606
it, to move you in a direction
where we're like, this still going

653
00:21:35,606 --> 00:21:39,784
to make you happy but we can also
confidently say that when this is

654
00:21:39,784 --> 00:21:44,624
done we know that this is going to
look really great so for the most

655
00:21:44,624 --> 00:21:48,073
part like our clients will come to
us with varying degrees of taste

656
00:21:48,073 --> 00:21:51,127
and we have to decide which hills
we're going to die on and which

657
00:21:51,127 --> 00:21:55,589
ones we're not right so deal in 10
years oh my you sometimes again

658
00:21:55,589 --> 00:21:59,243
sometimes clients go like a wall
as you know and they just do their

659
00:21:59,243 --> 00:22:02,298
own thing at that point you just
release control and you're like

660
00:22:02,298 --> 00:22:06,320
i'm not gonna photograph this and
put this on my website right like

661
00:22:06,320 --> 00:21:59,365
but right of the day i'm happy
that you're happy with your house

662
00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,652
even if i think maybe that's ugly
or a bad decision it's's not my

663
00:22:12,652 --> 00:22:12,705
house.

664
00:22:12,705 --> 00:22:13,564
It's not my house, right?

665
00:22:13,564 --> 00:22:14,584
You have my in in Yeah.

666
00:22:14,584 --> 00:22:16,128
Do you find there's value in home

667
00:22:16,128 --> 00:22:17,827
renovations right now?
Like from a investment point of

668
00:22:17,827 --> 00:22:20,205
view, is there a monetary gain?
Because I mean, you know, since

669
00:22:20,205 --> 00:22:21,650
you have a construction company as
well, like trades are so

670
00:22:21,650 --> 00:22:22,817
expensive, materials are so
expensive.

671
00:22:22,817 --> 00:22:26,220
I mean, we've gone through this
massive boom of renovations and at

672
00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:29,041
least in the Okanagan, I'm
assuming most of Canada because

673
00:22:29,141 --> 00:22:21,372
people had so much equity in their
well, find now, like most of your

674
00:22:33,298 --> 00:22:37,896
clients are, I know it's going to
cost me a fortune.

675
00:22:37,896 --> 00:22:41,873
I know I'm not going to maybe make
money on this, but I'm going to

676
00:22:41,873 --> 00:22:44,897
get a house that I want because I
don't want to move.

677
00:22:44,897 --> 00:22:46,603
Like what's kind of driving your
clientele?

678
00:22:46,603 --> 00:22:46,786
Yeah.

679
00:22:46,786 --> 00:22:47,029
Yeah.

680
00:22:47,029 --> 00:22:47,151
Yeah.

681
00:22:47,151 --> 00:22:48,674
You bring up a good point.

682
00:22:48,674 --> 00:22:49,680
So during the pandemic,
renovations were huge.

683
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,990
Like we started the construction
company at the right time because

684
00:22:51,890 --> 00:22:52,878
we started in 2018.

685
00:22:52,878 --> 00:22:55,159
And then we kind of went in, we

686
00:22:55,159 --> 00:22:56,246
got everything set up.

687
00:22:56,246 --> 00:22:58,112
in so we worked out really well

688
00:22:58,012 --> 00:22:58,625
during that time.

689
00:22:58,625 --> 00:22:59,650
My experience in running my

690
00:22:59,650 --> 00:23:02,520
business for so long is that
renovations always go up when

691
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,313
we're in a recession or the
economy is struggling a bit,

692
00:23:04,313 --> 00:23:05,601
right?
Because like you said, people are

693
00:23:05,601 --> 00:23:07,756
in a house that they love, there's
equity in their house, but then

694
00:23:07,733 --> 00:23:09,326
they go, okay, but the market's a
bit weird.

695
00:23:09,326 --> 00:23:12,775
Do I want to move, et cetera?
I do think it's a good investment.

696
00:23:12,775 --> 00:23:13,882
I always think two things.

697
00:23:13,882 --> 00:23:15,985
If you're going to build a custom

698
00:23:15,985 --> 00:23:19,224
house from scratch and you landed
a really great piece of property

699
00:23:19,224 --> 00:23:25,988
and you know, you're going to hold
onto that piece for a long time.

700
00:23:25,988 --> 00:23:26,478
Great.

701
00:23:26,478 --> 00:23:28,452
But otherwise, if you can find a

702
00:23:28,452 --> 00:23:31,019
dog of a house that has really
good bones and you get a good

703
00:23:31,019 --> 00:23:33,263
price for it, generally, and
especially if you're like

704
00:23:33,263 --> 00:23:36,360
particular about what you want, I
generally find that when you turn

705
00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:40,501
around and you sell those houses,
you make more money off of them.

706
00:23:40,501 --> 00:23:42,323
You have more equity in them,
right?

707
00:23:42,323 --> 00:23:45,185
But that's also challenging
because it means those people have

708
00:23:45,285 --> 00:23:47,391
to have access to that cash.

709
00:23:47,391 --> 00:23:50,110
So let's say you're buying, I

710
00:23:50,010 --> 00:23:53,557
don't know, a $600,000 bungalow,
but you know, a renovated bungalow

711
00:23:53,557 --> 00:23:55,762
is, you know, selling for like 1.5
or something.

712
00:23:55,762 --> 00:23:58,063
Yeah, we can go and put 500K into
that.

713
00:23:58,163 --> 00:24:01,629
And you still have the delta of
another 500K to make the money.

714
00:24:01,629 --> 00:24:05,862
But you do have to be really smart
about where you're spending the

715
00:24:05,862 --> 00:24:09,287
money because we have done
renovations where we just say to

716
00:24:09,187 --> 00:24:12,683
the client, we're like, why didn't
you just tear this house down?

717
00:24:12,683 --> 00:24:14,925
Because now at this point, you're
right.

718
00:24:14,925 --> 00:24:15,604
And you're right.

719
00:24:15,604 --> 00:24:17,275
We do get the odd client who

720
00:24:17,275 --> 00:24:17,633
doesn't care.

721
00:24:17,633 --> 00:24:18,648
Who's like, I'm not really

722
00:24:18,648 --> 00:24:19,783
concerned about making my money
back.

723
00:24:19,783 --> 00:24:21,577
I don't want to be crazy, but I
love this house.

724
00:24:21,577 --> 00:24:22,361
I love this property.

725
00:24:22,361 --> 00:24:23,883
And I like want to stay here and

726
00:24:23,879 --> 00:24:24,320
enjoy it.

727
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,265
But most of our clients want to

728
00:24:26,265 --> 00:24:29,445
know that at least at a bare
minimum, they're going to be

729
00:24:29,345 --> 00:24:31,865
breaking even and that they're not
like pricing themselves out of the

730
00:24:31,865 --> 00:24:31,955
market.

731
00:24:31,955 --> 00:24:33,286
But I always think renovations are

732
00:24:33,286 --> 00:24:35,338
great, but they're also the most
stressful for clients.

733
00:24:35,438 --> 00:24:37,179
That's a lot to think about for
clients.

734
00:24:37,179 --> 00:24:40,321
Especially if you have to live in
it, which I've done a few times.

735
00:24:40,321 --> 00:24:41,817
We don't let clients do that.

736
00:24:41,817 --> 00:24:43,273
They're not allowed to live in the

737
00:24:43,273 --> 00:24:44,338
house during renovation.

738
00:24:44,338 --> 00:24:45,570
This is a great point.

739
00:24:45,570 --> 00:24:46,119
So, okay.

740
00:24:46,019 --> 00:24:46,971
So there's an anti-flipping tax.

741
00:24:46,971 --> 00:24:49,571
It's already been established, but
now they're lengthening it to two

742
00:24:49,571 --> 00:24:49,802
years.

743
00:24:49,902 --> 00:24:51,751
that's to kind of limit a lot of

744
00:24:51,651 --> 00:24:51,824
like flippers.

745
00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:52,980
I'm assuming some of your

746
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:53,457
clientele.

747
00:24:53,457 --> 00:24:55,085
But as a primary residence, it's

748
00:24:54,985 --> 00:24:55,835
great to add value.

749
00:24:55,935 --> 00:24:57,081
There is a capital gains

750
00:24:57,081 --> 00:24:57,364
exemption.

751
00:24:57,364 --> 00:24:58,957
So tax wise, like it makes way

752
00:24:58,957 --> 00:24:59,338
more sense.

753
00:24:59,338 --> 00:25:00,917
But then where do people go?

754
00:25:00,917 --> 00:25:03,620
Because on top of all that, Airbnb
just got decimated in BC.

755
00:25:03,620 --> 00:25:06,294
I know you guys aren't struggling
yet in Alberta.

756
00:25:06,294 --> 00:25:09,340
So where do people move for say
three months when you're doing a

757
00:25:09,340 --> 00:25:12,795
massive your or less than 90 days?
know, and again, you bring up a

758
00:25:12,795 --> 00:25:15,456
really good point too, because,
you know, when we're talking

759
00:25:15,456 --> 00:25:17,670
about, you know, investing in
property in the Okanagan, that

760
00:25:17,570 --> 00:25:18,437
changes people's perspectives now,
right?

761
00:25:18,437 --> 00:25:19,672
Because it was always like, okay,
short-term rentals, right?

762
00:25:19,772 --> 00:25:22,466
So, I mean, obviously in Alberta,
that's still a thing that you can

763
00:25:22,466 --> 00:25:22,579
do.

764
00:25:22,579 --> 00:25:24,164
We often do find some of our

765
00:25:24,164 --> 00:25:26,811
clients were building secondary
homes in, you know, Lake Country,

766
00:25:26,711 --> 00:25:30,165
have another home that they can go
to, or they travel quite a bit

767
00:25:30,165 --> 00:25:33,403
where they're like, hey, we're
going to Europe for the summer.

768
00:25:33,403 --> 00:25:36,115
We're going camping in our
trailer, or we have a trailer, or

769
00:25:36,115 --> 00:25:37,367
we're going to stay with family.

770
00:25:37,367 --> 00:25:38,696
So I think that's the other reason

771
00:25:38,696 --> 00:25:41,130
why it's tough for people to like
wrap their heads around renovating

772
00:25:41,130 --> 00:25:42,336
is because it can be very
disruptive, right?

773
00:25:42,225 --> 00:25:45,193
And we often find by the time we
get in people's houses at that

774
00:25:45,093 --> 00:25:47,420
point they're like we're so
desperate to get this done can you

775
00:25:47,420 --> 00:25:49,989
start tomorrow right because it's
now been like 10 years that they

776
00:25:49,989 --> 00:25:52,101
wanted to renovate but you're
right that is tough and I think

777
00:25:52,101 --> 00:25:54,991
Kelowna in particular is in a
tough position because you guys

778
00:25:54,991 --> 00:25:57,815
also don't have a lot of hotels
you know and the hotels that you

779
00:25:57,815 --> 00:26:00,176
do have it's really expensive to
stay at them so it's not like

780
00:26:00,176 --> 00:26:02,813
somebody can just move themselves
and their family into a hotel for

781
00:26:02,813 --> 00:26:05,820
like four weeks and just be like
yeah whatever no big deal so that

782
00:26:05,819 --> 00:26:08,134
does make things tougher in that
industry for sure but generally we

783
00:26:08,131 --> 00:26:10,291
find is yeah people have access to
friends that might be out of town

784
00:26:10,248 --> 00:26:13,009
or somewhere to stay or they're
like hey i'm just gonna get out of

785
00:26:13,009 --> 00:26:16,191
dodge for a while then will this
happens because you're might be

786
00:26:16,191 --> 00:26:20,138
out you do need to up our hotel
game in colona honestly i've been

787
00:26:20,138 --> 00:26:24,732
saying this for a long time but we
game do i'm putting this out there

788
00:26:24,732 --> 00:26:29,527
it's my dream to do a boutique
hotel and when you put things out

789
00:26:29,427 --> 00:26:32,788
into the universe it comes to you
so anyone who's listening let's do

790
00:26:32,788 --> 00:26:35,928
a boutique hotel in colona let's
do something very badass i love

791
00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:39,386
that idea we've had a few people
mention that on the show and also

792
00:26:39,386 --> 00:26:39,881
in my business.

793
00:26:39,881 --> 00:26:41,725
show and also in my business.

794
00:26:41,725 --> 00:26:41,848
Speakeasy.

795
00:26:41,848 --> 00:26:44,023
Like I spend a lot of time

796
00:26:44,023 --> 00:26:45,992
traveling and a lot of time in
hotels.

797
00:26:45,992 --> 00:26:49,207
So I just honestly, feel like it's
got to happen.

798
00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:49,786
do it.

799
00:26:49,786 --> 00:26:50,975
With the short-term there is an

800
00:26:51,075 --> 00:26:51,615
opportunity here.

801
00:26:51,515 --> 00:26:52,965
rentals, I've been being this joke

802
00:26:52,865 --> 00:26:53,325
like crazy.

803
00:26:53,225 --> 00:26:54,384
There is an opportunity here.

804
00:26:54,484 --> 00:26:57,400
So if I So if I figure it out.

805
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,917
Like it could have like a cool

806
00:27:00,017 --> 00:27:02,640
like ace vibe too, right?
Like we can have a couple.

807
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:03,980
You know, let's do a few.

808
00:27:03,980 --> 00:27:05,453
it Let's do a luxury one.

809
00:27:05,453 --> 00:27:09,372
Let's do more something twice the
do more something twice the price

810
00:27:09,372 --> 00:27:11,653
yeah exactly anyone who's
listening you just hit us all up

811
00:27:11,653 --> 00:27:14,420
we'll help you out with all the
things you guys can help them out

812
00:27:14,420 --> 00:27:17,347
we're gonna do it i've decided can
was a show there was a couple

813
00:27:17,347 --> 00:27:20,201
girls out in ontario that did a
boutique hotel do you know which

814
00:27:20,201 --> 00:27:24,057
one i'm talking about i think it's
on no no oh man it was oh man it

815
00:27:24,057 --> 00:27:26,689
was actually a pretty good show
and they did it during covid

816
00:27:26,689 --> 00:27:30,196
they're like i think maybe it had
16 rooms like it was a motel yeah

817
00:27:30,196 --> 00:27:33,260
and they're like cool we're gonna
flip it we're gonna turn it into

818
00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:35,796
airbnb kind of thing and then
covid hit and their contractors

819
00:27:35,796 --> 00:27:38,669
didn't show up anyways it was
pretty fun to watch oh what is

820
00:27:38,669 --> 00:27:42,077
that show i'll watch that tonight
we all need to watch it because we

821
00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:45,080
need to do the research since
we're going to be doing this we

822
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,405
just need to come up with like a
couple million dollars you know

823
00:27:47,405 --> 00:27:50,420
just a cool i don't know 20 30
million bucks one thing about

824
00:27:50,420 --> 00:27:53,799
colonna is this we just need to
colonna is there's a lot of money

825
00:27:53,799 --> 00:27:57,875
in the city you just have to look
so you call you give us your money

826
00:27:57,875 --> 00:28:00,373
and we'll make things happen and
you'll at the end you'll be like

827
00:28:00,373 --> 00:28:02,428
welcome it's the june motel the
june motel makeover okay yeah all

828
00:28:02,428 --> 00:27:59,220
right honestly it's it's worth a
watch yeah it was pretty good but

829
00:28:04,255 --> 00:28:06,297
i think there is opportunity
colonna's kind of a tough one

830
00:28:06,297 --> 00:28:08,876
because there's not a lot of
motels but like penticton is

831
00:28:08,876 --> 00:28:11,664
littered with these old motels yes
close to the lake like that is an

832
00:28:11,664 --> 00:28:14,403
opportunity i've been on taylor
getting me fired all yes i've been

833
00:28:14,403 --> 00:28:17,170
man peachland i have a soft spot
for peachland like you can

834
00:28:17,170 --> 00:28:19,387
literally get like commercial
property where you're just like

835
00:28:19,387 --> 00:28:22,728
staring out at the beach and it's
like not even that much money

836
00:28:22,728 --> 00:28:24,075
you're just like what like it's so
cute and quaint like i just i

837
00:28:24,075 --> 00:28:27,980
think the okanagan is gonna just
blow up especially after you like

838
00:28:27,928 --> 00:28:30,164
you and everybody just being like
you know what quality of life i

839
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,360
can work remotely i'm just gonna
go and stare out at the ocean

840
00:28:33,317 --> 00:28:35,960
while i do my work not the ocean
but the lake yeah my not the ocean

841
00:28:35,940 --> 00:28:38,301
but the lake yeah my wife calls it
the ocean all the time still but

842
00:28:38,286 --> 00:28:40,269
she's from the island so you from
edmonton i'm not edmonton i'm not

843
00:28:40,206 --> 00:28:44,380
how that works hey whoa whoa whoa
i have a reason for this i grew up

844
00:28:44,380 --> 00:28:46,973
sailing on the west coast okay so
i grew up sailing with san juan

845
00:28:47,134 --> 00:28:51,080
and gulf islands and so i feel
very like connected to water so

846
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,001
yeah up sailing with i've had
hardly any experiences, eh?

847
00:28:53,001 --> 00:28:53,408
Like, geez.

848
00:28:53,408 --> 00:28:53,699
Yeah.

849
00:28:53,699 --> 00:28:55,866
I don't know really counts when
you're traveling with like six

850
00:28:55,866 --> 00:28:57,984
people on a 30 foot monohull boat
with one bathroom, which probably

851
00:28:57,984 --> 00:28:59,068
wasn't working half of the time.

852
00:28:59,067 --> 00:29:00,631
That's what I call a character

853
00:29:00,631 --> 00:29:00,774
building.

854
00:29:01,274 --> 00:29:02,060
And eating spaghetti every single

855
00:29:02,060 --> 00:29:02,274
night.

856
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:02,917
So, I mean, it wasn't glamorous.

857
00:29:02,917 --> 00:29:04,131
It wasn't a yacht.

858
00:29:04,131 --> 00:29:04,417
Okay.

859
00:29:04,417 --> 00:29:06,399
That's what I call a character
building.

860
00:29:06,399 --> 00:29:07,392
It wasn't a yacht.

861
00:29:07,392 --> 00:29:07,621
Okay.

862
00:29:07,621 --> 00:29:08,842
Like, what about that sucks?
Yeah.

863
00:29:08,842 --> 00:29:11,647
I literally would eat spaghetti
like two meals a day.

864
00:29:11,647 --> 00:29:13,710
And then I met my wife and she
stopped that.

865
00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:16,667
So, well, like on the kind of
property location, I'm going to

866
00:29:16,668 --> 00:29:18,490
kind of dive into some of our
ending questions.

867
00:29:18,490 --> 00:29:19,462
Cause it's just very relevant.

868
00:29:19,462 --> 00:29:21,354
If you could buy a property in the

869
00:29:21,354 --> 00:29:22,736
Okanagan in the next 12 months,
where would it be?

870
00:29:22,736 --> 00:29:25,191
What would If I didn't know you
were going to ask me about ask it

871
00:29:25,191 --> 00:29:27,480
this way?
Would you focus on the location or

872
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,877
would you focus on the where?
how about ask Well, it this way?

873
00:29:29,877 --> 00:29:31,348
Would you focus on the location or
would you focus on Oh, the view is

874
00:29:31,348 --> 00:29:31,457
big.

875
00:29:31,457 --> 00:29:32,880
The view is big for me.

876
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,560
So I mean, I live in a city,
right?

877
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,412
So I have that and I travel to
cities.

878
00:29:37,412 --> 00:29:41,400
So when I'm in like, you know, R&R
mode, I actually like kind of like

879
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:46,309
cute, quaint, small, So I I with
that in mind, like I kind of have

880
00:29:46,309 --> 00:29:48,260
a little bit of a soft spot for
Peachland.

881
00:29:48,260 --> 00:29:50,532
I've only been a few times, but it
like immediately felt like really

882
00:29:50,532 --> 00:29:50,989
good.

883
00:29:50,989 --> 00:29:52,968
That has a wonderful street.

884
00:29:52,968 --> 00:29:53,272
Yeah.

885
00:29:53,272 --> 00:29:54,946
Like you're still relatively close

886
00:29:54,946 --> 00:29:55,327
to everything.

887
00:29:55,327 --> 00:29:57,140
And yeah, it would be tough

888
00:29:57,140 --> 00:29:57,380
because it's like, yeah, do you
invest, do you buy there?

889
00:29:57,380 --> 00:30:01,634
But I think, you know, given what
you guys have going on right now

890
00:30:01,634 --> 00:30:04,338
with like the short-term rentals
and kind of how that's been

891
00:30:04,338 --> 00:30:06,713
hijacked a bit, I'd be like, well,
then I'm just going to buy

892
00:30:06,713 --> 00:30:08,315
something and I'm going to go out
there.

893
00:30:08,315 --> 00:30:10,456
And then this is what I think
everybody should do.

894
00:30:10,456 --> 00:30:01,502
Thursday, you leave after work and
you go to your remote location,

895
00:30:13,904 --> 00:30:14,816
wherever it is.

896
00:30:14,816 --> 00:30:16,469
You still work on Friday, but like

897
00:30:16,469 --> 00:30:18,004
no internet, no wifi, no social,
no text.

898
00:30:18,004 --> 00:30:19,125
You just like do deep work.

899
00:30:19,125 --> 00:30:20,022
Then you have Saturday, Sunday,

900
00:30:20,022 --> 00:30:20,695
relaxing, do your thing.

901
00:30:20,695 --> 00:30:20,527
And then you fly back or whatever,

902
00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:23,240
Monday morning and you get back to
the office like i think having

903
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,975
that like three day break from
office life is so good for you and

904
00:30:26,975 --> 00:30:29,301
so renewing and so again my only
request in addition to the hotel

905
00:30:29,301 --> 00:30:33,059
is like if somebody has a free
seat on a private jet and wants to

906
00:30:33,059 --> 00:30:35,133
fly me out thursday to monday i
down.

907
00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:35,738
That's awesome.

908
00:30:35,738 --> 00:30:37,789
If If I get that free seat.

909
00:30:37,789 --> 00:30:40,240
Yeah, we'll speak to Air Canada
for you.

910
00:30:34,010 --> 00:30:41,547
See if we can get some vouchers.

911
00:30:41,647 --> 00:30:44,489
I have a neighbor that's a pilot.

912
00:30:44,489 --> 00:30:47,185
I can ask him.

913
00:30:47,185 --> 00:30:47,676
Yeah.

914
00:30:47,676 --> 00:30:49,800
Free interior design advice and
exchange.

915
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,453
I mean, you can't go wrong here,
right?

916
00:30:51,453 --> 00:30:53,502
It's like, it's almost free.

917
00:30:53,502 --> 00:30:54,362
No, it's funny.

918
00:30:54,362 --> 00:30:57,273
I do actually have a few clients
that do jet sharing and I'm always

919
00:30:57,273 --> 00:30:55,256
like, one of these days I got to
jump on one of those jets just for

920
00:30:55,214 --> 00:30:55,264
fun.

921
00:30:55,254 --> 00:31:00,240
A bit like, jets just for fun.

922
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,500
A bit too for a drive from
Calgary.

923
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,147
than a private jet, what's the
best thing you've ever spent money

924
00:31:06,047 --> 00:31:07,317
on?
Well, you guys will like this

925
00:31:07,317 --> 00:31:07,541
answer.

926
00:31:07,541 --> 00:31:09,708
I do have this Tom Ford runway

927
00:31:09,708 --> 00:31:12,615
jacket, men's bomber that I have
to mention because I got it at a

928
00:31:12,614 --> 00:31:12,862
consignment store.

929
00:31:12,862 --> 00:31:14,104
So that's really cool.

930
00:31:14,103 --> 00:31:17,197
That's going to stay in my closet
That's But no, more seriously, I

931
00:31:17,197 --> 00:31:21,323
think my house and my art so I
wasn't even in the market to buy a

932
00:31:21,323 --> 00:31:25,065
house when I bought this last
house I just happened to be on MLS

933
00:31:25,036 --> 00:31:25,431
or whatever it's called now I'm
gonna call it MLS forever this had

934
00:31:25,402 --> 00:31:27,338
been on the market for an hour and
I fell in love with it I had just

935
00:31:27,338 --> 00:31:30,234
had like weird feelings for it and
I was like I need this house and

936
00:31:30,334 --> 00:31:32,513
they were closing on it on
Wednesday and it was mine

937
00:31:32,513 --> 00:31:35,616
Wednesday night so I that like,
when you find a house like that,

938
00:31:35,716 --> 00:31:32,145
like I said, that has like really
good bones, like this is a 1918

939
00:31:32,145 --> 00:31:42,921
house with a 1990s edition on it,
it's got like really interesting

940
00:31:42,921 --> 00:31:42,975
character.

941
00:31:42,975 --> 00:31:44,853
You know, if you buy a house, and

942
00:31:44,753 --> 00:31:47,771
you know, and again, we have a bit
of an advantage, you know that

943
00:31:47,771 --> 00:31:51,446
there's going to be equity in it,
like I could turn around and sell

944
00:31:51,546 --> 00:31:53,289
my house and make money right now.

945
00:31:53,289 --> 00:31:55,137
And I've only had it for about a

946
00:31:55,137 --> 00:31:55,918
year and a half.

947
00:31:55,918 --> 00:31:56,959
I think that's the thing.

948
00:31:56,959 --> 00:32:00,036
But the reason why is because I
think life is crazy as an

949
00:32:00,036 --> 00:32:01,886
entrepreneur and actually life is
crazy for everyone.

950
00:32:01,886 --> 00:32:03,464
I think we live in a wild world
right now.

951
00:32:03,464 --> 00:32:05,048
And my home has like really
become, I don't know, my refuge

952
00:32:05,048 --> 00:32:07,560
and like my place for like
relaxing and my rituals and my

953
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:08,638
habits.

954
00:32:08,538 --> 00:32:09,935
And so I don't know that I ever

955
00:32:09,935 --> 00:32:11,272
want to sell it.

956
00:32:11,272 --> 00:32:12,414
That's how much I love it.

957
00:32:12,514 --> 00:32:17,746
Like, this is the first place I've
ever felt like it was like home

958
00:32:17,746 --> 00:32:20,212
that I really look forward to
coming home to.

959
00:32:20,212 --> 00:32:21,833
Like, I'm obsessed with my my
house.

960
00:32:21,833 --> 00:32:25,219
Do you feel like somewhat anxious
if people come over to your house

961
00:32:25,215 --> 00:32:27,382
because you feel like you're
displaying your portfolio?

962
00:32:27,382 --> 00:32:31,663
Like, oh my God, like you picked
the wrong color or this granite is

963
00:32:31,663 --> 00:32:32,673
so last year.

964
00:32:32,673 --> 00:32:34,321
Like, oh my God, Taylor's laying

965
00:32:34,321 --> 00:32:38,026
it all out yeah this is great i
love it okay so yes and i think

966
00:32:38,026 --> 00:32:42,013
most interior designers feel this
way but i actually like when a new

967
00:32:42,113 --> 00:32:46,610
person comes to my house i just
tell them i'm like if you think

968
00:32:46,610 --> 00:32:48,071
you're coming here and you're
walking into a show home you are

969
00:32:48,034 --> 00:32:50,660
going to be sadly mistaken because
our method at our studio is also

970
00:32:50,860 --> 00:32:53,685
like we don't buy things for the
sake of buying things.

971
00:32:53,685 --> 00:32:56,604
We want these things to be really
reflective of our clients.

972
00:32:56,604 --> 00:32:58,459
And so I have art that I have that
I love.

973
00:32:58,459 --> 00:33:00,949
I have pieces that I've picked up
from all over the world.

974
00:33:00,949 --> 00:33:02,181
You know what?
They don't all fucking go together

975
00:33:02,181 --> 00:33:02,709
and I don't care at I don't care
at all.

976
00:33:02,709 --> 00:33:06,514
And I also think the other thing
is it's like, people will be like,

977
00:33:06,511 --> 00:33:08,960
well, what i'm like i don't know
like desert boho chic meets

978
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,023
italian 1970s vibe like there's so
many different genres i've got

979
00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:14,992
mid-century modern stuff i have
contemporary stuff i have like

980
00:33:14,992 --> 00:33:17,074
weird stuff that i probably
shouldn't even be my home because

981
00:33:17,174 --> 00:33:18,687
it's just people are like what is
that why is that there and i'm

982
00:33:20,715 --> 00:33:24,028
like whatever i like we're like
we're so similar in that regard

983
00:33:24,028 --> 00:33:27,241
and people always criticize me you
know like my style is all over the

984
00:33:27,241 --> 00:33:27,607
place.

985
00:33:27,607 --> 00:33:28,400
It's okay, guys.

986
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,353
like Well, everybody's like, no,
your house is so cool.

987
00:33:30,353 --> 00:33:31,878
So this is the flip side.

988
00:33:31,878 --> 00:33:33,847
Everyone else thinks that they're

989
00:33:33,847 --> 00:33:36,262
like, no, you come in here and
this place is so cool.

990
00:33:36,262 --> 00:33:37,688
And I'm like, this place is a
hole.

991
00:33:37,688 --> 00:33:39,123
What are you talking about?
But it's my hole.

992
00:33:39,123 --> 00:33:39,768
And I love it.

993
00:33:39,766 --> 00:33:40,903
It needs some pretty massive

994
00:33:40,903 --> 00:33:42,995
renovations because it really
hadn't been touched since like the

995
00:33:42,995 --> 00:33:43,294
90s.

996
00:33:43,294 --> 00:33:44,670
But no, I mean, my friends and

997
00:33:44,670 --> 00:33:46,585
people come over like this is a
really cool place.

998
00:33:46,585 --> 00:33:49,093
And my friends' kids are always
like taking snaps and TikTok

999
00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:49,378
videos.

1000
00:33:49,378 --> 00:33:51,445
And so I think that it's a cool

1001
00:33:51,445 --> 00:33:54,256
place, but it's not a show it.

1002
00:33:54,256 --> 00:33:54,434
know?

1003
00:33:54,434 --> 00:33:55,677
Yeah, it's a Amanda Hamilton home.

1004
00:33:55,777 --> 00:33:56,625
It's a Amanda Hamilton home.

1005
00:33:56,625 --> 00:33:58,105
It's all sorts of weird styles.

1006
00:33:58,105 --> 00:33:59,300
And like, yeah, there might be

1007
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,097
some like underwear hanging about.

1008
00:34:00,081 --> 00:34:00,998
There's probably a dog bone

1009
00:34:00,998 --> 00:34:03,449
wherever you want to sit there's a
dog bone wedged in there somewhere

1010
00:34:03,449 --> 00:34:06,083
you might find some of my contacts
on my nightstand like it's true

1011
00:34:06,083 --> 00:34:09,549
there it's true all right about it
do you give back to any charities

1012
00:34:09,549 --> 00:34:12,005
or do anything like that I think
professionally and personally

1013
00:34:12,005 --> 00:34:15,192
there's definitely a few charities
I give to generally like we give

1014
00:34:15,192 --> 00:34:18,837
to quite a few but anything that
supports young adults with like

1015
00:34:18,837 --> 00:34:20,699
career development and finding
their passion.

1016
00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:22,329
Also really passionate about
financial and investment knowledge

1017
00:34:22,329 --> 00:34:22,705
for women.

1018
00:34:22,705 --> 00:34:24,434
I think that's a big piece for me

1019
00:34:24,333 --> 00:34:24,710
too.

1020
00:34:24,710 --> 00:34:25,210
And supporting young

1021
00:34:25,210 --> 00:34:25,462
entrepreneurs.

1022
00:34:25,562 --> 00:34:27,154
Those are kind of the main ones.

1023
00:34:27,154 --> 00:34:28,971
And then of course, anything to do
with animals.

1024
00:34:28,971 --> 00:34:29,221
Yeah.

1025
00:34:29,221 --> 00:34:29,867
I love animals.

1026
00:34:29,867 --> 00:34:32,918
Like if I retire at like 95, like
like if I retire I want to have

1027
00:34:32,918 --> 00:34:35,981
like a no-kill animal shelter for
like just all of the cuties and

1028
00:34:35,981 --> 00:34:39,601
furry creatures so yeah there's a
number of them but it's generally

1029
00:34:39,601 --> 00:34:42,379
around kids and women and
entrepreneurs are the ones that

1030
00:34:42,379 --> 00:34:45,062
I'm most passionate about and we
actually also have a scholarship

1031
00:34:45,062 --> 00:34:47,909
with the university that I got my
interior design degree with too so

1032
00:34:47,909 --> 00:34:51,458
that's another way that we try to
give back and it's to encourage

1033
00:34:51,458 --> 00:34:53,534
designers to travel and get
experience abroad and kind of

1034
00:34:53,534 --> 00:34:55,480
learn about other cultures and how
design is explored elsewhere.

1035
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:55,927
Yeah.

1036
00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:58,237
How How can our listeners help you

1037
00:34:58,237 --> 00:35:00,324
or connect with you?
How can people reach out?

1038
00:35:00,324 --> 00:35:03,207
you can find me on Instagram at
Amanda M. Hamilton.

1039
00:35:03,207 --> 00:35:05,840
That's my personal account so
there's probably a lot of photos

1040
00:35:05,940 --> 00:35:10,145
of my dog on there i through this
morning and yeah lots of photos of

1041
00:35:10,145 --> 00:35:12,269
the dog or if you like you know
you actually care about interior

1042
00:35:12,269 --> 00:35:14,780
design then you can check out ahit
studio so that's ahid studio or

1043
00:35:14,780 --> 00:35:17,223
you can email us at hello at
awesome so anything else you want

1044
00:35:17,223 --> 00:35:20,895
to touch on before we hit the road
again, just my ask.

1045
00:35:20,895 --> 00:35:23,731
The three of us are doing a hotel.

1046
00:35:23,631 --> 00:35:25,041
Yeah, we're putting that out

1047
00:35:25,041 --> 00:35:25,372
there.

1048
00:35:25,372 --> 00:35:28,274
And we want seats on a jet.

1049
00:35:28,274 --> 00:35:33,214
I mean, as as I'm as I'm joking,
I've never been very good at

1050
00:35:33,214 --> 00:35:34,468
asking for help.

1051
00:35:34,468 --> 00:35:35,603
Yeah, kind of that personality

1052
00:35:35,603 --> 00:35:35,842
type.

1053
00:35:35,842 --> 00:35:37,193
That's like, I can do everything

1054
00:35:37,193 --> 00:35:37,920
on my own.

1055
00:35:37,911 --> 00:35:39,347
So I'm just now in this like world

1056
00:35:39,347 --> 00:35:41,710
of being like I'm just gonna ask
for things that I want I mean I

1057
00:35:41,710 --> 00:35:45,284
don't like actually need a seat on
a jet but I really do want to do a

1058
00:35:45,284 --> 00:35:48,613
boutique hotel I think that'd be
such a cool project that be

1059
00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:51,746
awesome well in life you don't get
what you ask for yeah exactly I'm

1060
00:35:51,746 --> 00:35:54,180
asking for it right now I have a
really great quote yeah I have a

1061
00:35:54,180 --> 00:35:57,313
really great quote yeah it's by
Weiss and hopefully I'm saying her

1062
00:35:57,313 --> 00:36:00,000
last name properly but she has
really amazing books if you

1063
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:00,677
haven't read them.

1064
00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:02,898
It's When You Ask for a Big Life,

1065
00:36:02,879 --> 00:36:05,618
You Cannot Keep Fighting for a
Smaller One to Stay.

1066
00:36:05,518 --> 00:36:05,642
Bam.

1067
00:36:05,642 --> 00:36:06,072
Bam.

1068
00:36:06,072 --> 00:36:06,257
Yeah.

1069
00:36:06,257 --> 00:36:07,611
That is a big drop.

1070
00:36:07,611 --> 00:36:09,193
We'll sign off on that note then.

1071
00:36:09,193 --> 00:36:10,136
All Mano.

1072
00:36:10,136 --> 00:36:12,022
right, you so for after.

1073
00:36:12,022 --> 00:36:12,730
Thank you.

1074
00:36:12,730 --> 00:36:13,846
This was fun.

1075
00:36:13,846 --> 00:36:14,942
Can we do this again?

1076
00:36:14,942 --> 00:36:15,234
Yeah.

1077
00:36:15,334 --> 00:36:00,000
Once we have the hotel, we'll talk

1078
00:36:17,354 --> 00:36:20,387
about like the challenges and how
like Netflix featured it and like

1079
00:36:20,387 --> 00:36:23,349
what that was like filming it
behind the scenes and how we got

1080
00:36:23,349 --> 00:36:23,891
financing for it.

1081
00:36:23,891 --> 00:36:25,186
do this again?

1082
00:36:25,086 --> 00:36:25,466
Yeah.

1083
00:36:25,466 --> 00:36:25,900
Yeah.

1084
00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:25,954
Yeah.

1085
00:36:25,954 --> 00:36:26,334
Sounds great.

1086
00:36:26,334 --> 00:36:27,854
This one will be the August hotel.

1087
00:36:27,854 --> 00:36:28,669
it. It's actually great.

1088
00:36:28,669 --> 00:36:30,239
It's a good name.

1089
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:30,545
name.

1090
00:36:30,545 --> 00:36:31,767
Yeah, I think so.

1091
00:36:31,767 --> 00:36:32,073
Well done.

1092
00:36:32,073 --> 00:36:33,448
We'll connect with you later on.

1093
00:36:33,448 --> 00:36:33,983
Thanks again.

1094
00:36:33,983 --> 00:36:34,747
All right.

1095
00:36:34,747 --> 00:36:35,018
Thanks, Amanda.

1096
00:36:35,018 --> 00:36:35,429
Sounds good.

1097
00:36:35,429 --> 00:36:35,782
Thanks, guys.