The North South Makers Podcast

We're chatting about our room makeover process, including how we plan and execute them. Plus hear all about our latest mom fails and what we're binge watching!

In this episode, we chat about how we get stuff done with kids around. Work/life balance is a challenge that we've talked about before, but we are sharing specific ways that we finish projects as busy moms with children underfoot. 

Erin and Charlotte share their New Years Resolutions and goals for the coming year. Plus, find out which of us is learning to play the guitar and which of us is a pro at curating a collection of the latest trends in millennial fashion.

Charlotte and Erin share their family holiday traditions, plus their latest mom fails and "high fives of the week." 

Erin and Charlotte are sharing their holiday gift guide. If you're looking for last minute gift ideas, we hope you'll find our suggestions helpful!

The holidays are here and many of us are hosting family gatherings or parties with friends. In this episode, we're sharing our tips, tricks, and advice for holiday entertaining. 

Erin and Charlotte share their holiday decorating ideas and talk about some of the DIY projects they've done in the past.

In the last installment of our 3 part series, we are chatting about furniture finishes. We'll share our tips and favorite techniques, products we love, and more. 

This is part 2 of our 3 part series. (Part 1 was "Power Tools 101.") Today we're chatting about the basics of furniture building. We talk about how we got started, share tips and resources, and also some random fun facts about The Walking Dead and other frivolous topics. 

In this episode, we are giving you a crash course in power tools. If you've never used them before, this is the episode for you! We're sharing basic info about a few of the most popular tools, including how they work and ways we use them. Power tools can be intimidating at first, so we hope to break down the info in a way that's easy to understand. This is Part 1 of a 3 part series. The next two episodes will build on what we are talking about this week.

We're sharing tips for organizing your home and talking about some of our DIY storage solutions, including things we have built or made over.

We're sharing our best thrifting tips, including what to look for and ways to reimagine and repurpose your finds with DIY. While both of us have a lot of experience with this, Charlotte is the resident expert since she has competed on (and won!) "Flea Market Flip." 

We're talking about furniture hacks. We share tips and tricks for customizing furniture, talk about projects we've done in the past, and share some sources for project materials. We'll also share some random fun facts about millenials, and we'll tell you which social media platform was almost named "Friendstalker." 

We discuss how we balance everything as work at home moms and whether "work/life balance" actually even exists. We do manage to keep all the balls in the air, so we chat about what works for us. 

In this episode, we discuss ways that we get out of a creative rut when it comes to DIY and making. We'll also share a couple of mom fails involving candy and birthday parties; random fun facts about the Brooklyn Bridge and the history of blogs; and our "High Fives of the Week." Plus, find out about a special giveaway opportunity for our early subscribers who choose to give us a review.