Hiding As ‘How To’ Videos…
I’ve watched How To shows for decades. How to cook. How to garden. How to update furniture. How to … You get the picture. And, over the years I have learned a lot. Like, how to properly prepare a room for painting or how to make many of the Mother Sauces (look it up). I have also learned there are lots of things (!) I have absolutely no intention of doing myself, but really enjoy watching someone else go through the process. 😀
Saturday is usually my day for catching up with the various folks who produce these shows. Channel surfing could often result in finding the various shows, some at rather early hours. In this day and age, however, a good portion of them can be found on YouTube.
Here are some of my favorites. The links go to the channel itself where you can learn more.
Salvaged by K. Scott is a wonderful resource to learn about furniture flipping – or just updating second hand pieces you find at yard sales, second hand shops and the like. Katie does an amazing job explaining, and showing, her process and the end results are often stunning. And, to be honest, not that difficult if you are willing to put in the time. That is not to say there isn’t a lot of work involved.
DIY In Progress (formerly DIY Danie) is a DIYers playground. Danie tackles a wide variety of projects from building her garage to creating furniture pieces. She isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty, frankly I think she prefers them that way, and often finds unexpected and unusual solutions.
Quick Cuts is one of those channels I tripped over (no idea why, either) that focuses on overgrown garden clean ups and more. Set in Australia, I appreciate being able to see not only a beautiful part of the world, but one I would not be able to see on my own. George does an amazing job clearing out all sorts of properties and the results… <chef’s kiss> I turn the volume down, settle in my comfy spot and let ‘er rip!
Watching these folks do what they do feels a bit Zen to me. Restful, relaxing, and I get the added bonus of learning a bit, too.
Enjoy!
