House Call With Kate Arends

House Call With Kate Arends

The Biggest Mistakes I’ve Made in my Homes

And My Advice for Anyone Who’s Worried They’re Doing the Same

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Kate Arends
Feb 03, 2023
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Regrets, I’ve got a few. You too?

These days, I’m learning to look at them differently. Like any good process of self-reckoning, there are moments of clarity that shine like little nuggets of gold sprinkled through the muck of “coulda-woulda-shoulda.”

Many of these regrets can be undeniably filed under “privileged people's issues,” but yet at the heart of each, there is a lesson in making confident choices without having to crowdsource for popular opinion.

Here are some of the biggest design mistakes I’ve made in our current house.

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