A Beautiful Mess Podcast
Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman
300 episodes
Elsie + Emma are sisters and co-founders of the top DIY blog — A Beautiful Mess. They have written over seven thousand blog posts, so it seemed like a good time to start a podcast! The sisters have a lot to say on everything from home and DIY to family life and business. Visit abeautifulmess.com/podcast for show notes.
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#325: Holiday Bucket List
This week we're getting a head start on our holiday bucket lists, we're sharing more about our favorite subject: Little Free Libraries and we're playing a fun game about which fictional characters embody us. Thank you…
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#324: Thoughtful Gift Giving Ideas
This week we're talking about how we plan gifts, giving secondhand items and the inevitable "avalanche of stuff" that enters our homes as moms of young kids. We're also answering a listener question about career…
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#323: Thanksgiving Debate + Cozy Fall Home
This week we're chatting about Thanksgiving dishes, discussing a hot take about why Thanksgiving is the worst meal of the year and answering a question about rugs. We'll also share a book report, so grab your warm…
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#322: Ghost Stories
This week we're doing our annual reading of listener submitted ghost stories. We're also sharing our review of the movie Verity and a hot take about spoilers in book reviews. Thank you to this week's sponsor:…
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#321: Cozy Fall Dream Day
This week is all about fall, what our dreamiest autumn days look like, and what we were like as kids. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Head to Wayfair.com to shop all things home. Visit ernesta.com and order five…
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#320: Emma's Book Querying Journey
In this week's episode, Emma is telling the story of her querying journey and the path to traditionally publishing her romance novel. It's a great story, and we are very excited for you to get to hear it. We're also…
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#319: Finding the Good Stuff
This week's episode is a treasure-hunting guide — how to actually find the best antiques, vintage and handmade stuff online and off. We're also sharing our tips for starting and maintaining a Little Free Library.…
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#318: Old Houses, New Chapters
In today's episode we're chatting about the pull of old houses and hometowns — the charm, the challenges and what it actually feels like to move home. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Timeline is offering a 15-day…
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#317: Autumn Traditions
Today's episode is about the rituals, recipes, and rhythms that make Autumn the coziest season — including traditions we repeat every year and the ones we're trying for the first time. Thank you to this week's…
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#316: Fall Bucket List
This week we're sharing our Fall Bucket Lists and giving you ideas to make your own. We've also got a spooky season debate and a decor hot take that we're so excited to rage about. Thank you to this week's sponsor:…
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#315: Our 3 Style Words & Tattoo Talk
Today we're figuring out our three style words, trying to convince a skeptic that cookbooks are worth it, and giving our best tattoo advice to a listener. Plus we'll share a hot take on gender reveal parties. Thank…
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#314: Enjoying Summer (Ew!) & Favorite Old Houses
Today we're helping our fellow autumn souls survive the remainder of summer heat and we're reminiscing about our favorite features from old houses that we still miss. We're also debating whether painting brick homes…
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#313: What We Love about Writing
Today we're chatting about what we love about writing, our different privacy boundaries, a fun hot take and a brand new ghost story that happened in my bedroom recently. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Be prepared…
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#312: When Your House Doesn't Feel like Home
Today we're discussing what to do when your new home isn't speaking to you, and you aren't sure what it needs to feel cozy. We're also discussing whether we think modern design has lost its charm, and we're sharing a…
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#311: How to be the Ultimate Host
This week we're discussing the best parties we've ever thrown, tips for hosting that will save you a little sanity, and we're debating a hot take about Doctor Seuss. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Try their…
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#310: Day Planning
Today we are sharing how we play our days to stay productive and also happy. We are also debating hot takes on the controversial topics of astrology and raisins. Planning Styles: Emma - Uses paper planner for meals…
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#309: Chatty Listener Questions Episode
This week we're digging into all kinds of interesting topics listeners emailed us about from body image and the glow up to being the best aunt and even some home decor topics. It's random but it's fun! Thank you to…
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#308: Designing Your Dream Life
This week we're chatting about creating a dream life schedule that includes routines and rituals that work together to create a highly customized DREAM LIFE. We love this subject and I think it's something that can…
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#307: Mini Comforts
This week we're chatting about small, free or inexpensive comforts you can employ to fix a bad day. Thank you to this week's sponsor: You can try their products and support our show by going to…
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#306: Disney Mom Episode
This week we're sharing all things Disneyland and Disneyworld with children including our best advice for keeping magical vibes, favorite traditions, special foods and things we've learned from almost ten years of…
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#305: Business Ideas (Past, Present & Future)
This week we're sharing stories from our past businesses, updates on our current ventures and dream business ideas we're still saving for the future. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Get 57% Off and a Free Gift with…
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#304: Poolside Books
This week we're sharing our Poolside book recommendations as well as Elsie's favorite hot takes. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Get at least 15% off any annual membership at masterclass.com/abeautifulmess Get 10%…
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#303: Best Date Night Ideas
This week we're sharing our favorite date night ideas including date nights at home and a listener topic about the trend of romanticizing everything. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Sign up for your…
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#302: Top 3 Places We've Visited
This week we're sharing the top places we've visited as well as places we thing might be overrated and a listeners hot take on faux plants. Thank you to this week's sponsor: You can try their products and support our…
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#301: Comfort Objects
This week we're discussing comfort objects- little things that bring inordinate comfort into our lives. We're also sharing our cozy rituals and ideal way to spend a day. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Go to…
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#300: Summer Bucket List
This week we're sharing what's on our Summer bucket list and discussing a hot take about shoe-free rules in homes. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Get 15% off at Masterclass.com/ABEAUTIFULMESS Go to Dupe.com to…
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#299: Yesteryear & What Kind of Genius are You?
This week we're discussing Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke and taking a quiz on what kind of genius we are. We'll also chat about a listener hot take on whether or not kids should be taught euphanisms. Thank you to…
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#298: The Five Minute Practice that Changed my Life (with guest Katie Day)
This week we are joined by our bestie Katie Day who is here to share the five minute practice that changed her life. We'll also discuss a hot take about white tennis shoes. Thank you to this week's sponsor:…
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#297: What it's really like working with family
This week we're getting honest about what it's really like working with family. We've been working together since our early 20s and people always ask how we do it so today we're spilling the tea. We're also discussing…
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#296: Books That Changed How We See the World
This week we're talking about the books that genuinely shifted how we see the world — not just 5 star reads, but the ones that rewired our thinking and books we still find ourselves talking about years later. Thank…
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#295: Millennial Time Capsule
This week we're entering a world in which there are no iPhones, no internet, no apps, no online shopping, no social media no steaming and no smart tech of any kind. Yes: We're traveling to a land where you get advice…
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#294: Developing Your Signature Style
This week we're talking about how to develop your creative palette and style without being derivative. This is a subject that applies across different creative practices from art to writing and even how you dress or…
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#293: Vision Board and 5 Year Plan
In this week's episode we're diving into how to make vision boards and 5 year plans. If you're in the mood to think about your goals and dreams, you're in the right place. We're also answering some listener questions…
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#292: Spring Bucket List
In this week's episode we're sharing our Spring Bucket List since it's officially the first week of Spring. It's still pretty cold where we live, so a lot of this is wishful thinking, but it's fun to plan things to…
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#291: Work from Home Stories
In this week's episode we're talking about the highs and lows working from home and how we balance our career dreams with raising young children. We've got several great listener questions to cover and we'll share an…
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#290: Life Changing Mindset Shifts
This week, we're talking about mindset shifts that changed our lives. Sometimes, before your life can change, your perspective has to change first. We're also doing a rapid fire hot take debate with a bunch of listener…
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#289: How To Start Over When You Fail
This week we're talking about the inevitable experience of failure and how to hone the skill of starting over. Setbacks can be crushing, but they only turn permanent if you quit. In this episode, we're sharing our own…
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#288: Winter Comforts We Rely On (a snowed-in episode)
This week we're sharing winter comforts that reliably get us through our least favorite season of the year. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at…
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#287: Comfort Rewatch - Empire Records
This week, we're watching the 1995 classic Empire Records. We're also doing a hot take debate about technological advances, and we're bringing back our segment guilty pleasure treasure. Thank you to this week's…
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#286: Core Values
This week we are discussing core values. We'll share our results from the Values Bridge quiz, as well as our thoughts on how defining core values can improve your life. And in our hot take debate, we're discussing…
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#285: Midlife Crisis But Make it Fun
In honor of Emma's 40th birthday, this week we're doing an official midlife crisis episode. Our experiences didn't go exactly like the movies, and we have a lot to discuss. It's going to be fun! Thank you to this…
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#284: Tips for New Writers
We get a lot of questions from people starting on their very first novel. So in this week's episode, we're giving you all the advice that we wish we could time travel back and give ourselves on the day we started our…
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#283: Learning Something New
This week we're discussing big and small things we want to learn. This episode is a great space for brainstorming. If you've been thinking that you'd like to pick up a new hobby. We're each discussing five big and…
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#282: The Lost Arts
This week we're talking about Elsie's new newsletter, why newsletters are sometimes even better than blogs, and our advice for how to make your newsletter stand out if you're starting your own. We are also going to be…
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#281: Winter Bucket List
This week we're sharing our winter bucket lists (aka how to survive the cold season if you live in a region like we do). We'll also be debating a hot take that personally makes Elsie's blood boil. Let's jump in! Check…
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Bonus: Nova's Meditations
We just wanted to wish you a wonderful Christmas or holiday, and we decided to put together a supercut of all of Nova's meditations, just for fun, because they bring us so much joy. Thank you for being here all year,…
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#280: Goals and Vision Boards for 2026
This week we're sharing our goals for the new year and our process for creating tactile vision boards. We'll get a little woo-woo and share our experiences with manifesting and debating a literary hot take. Thank you…
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#279: New Year Goals Recap
This week we're recapping the goals we set for ourselves for 2025, what we accomplished, what we didn't and anything that we're keeping on the list for 2026. We're talking about what makes a good goal and our personal…
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#278: Favorite Things of 2025
This week we're recapping our favorite things from the past year, including movies, books, purchases, favorite memories and new things that we tried. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Get 25% off your first month at…
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#277: Comfort Rewatch - The Family Stone
This week we're doing a Comfort rewatch episode for a holiday movie that we love, The Family Stone from 2005 and we're dedicating this episode to Diane Keaton. Thank you to this week's sponsor: Try OneSkin with 15%…
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