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EPISODE · Apr 4, 2025 · 33 MIN

Home is Where the Hack Is: Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget with A&E's DIY Icon Kristen Coutts

from Up + Adam with Adam Montiel · host Adam Montiel

Grit, Glam, & Glue Guns: How Kristen Coutts Became a DIY Icon:On this episode of Up+Adam, Adam sits down with DIY dynamo and A&E’s newest star, Kristen Coutts, host of Beer Budget Reno. Kristen’s story starts on maternity leave, power drill in hand, with no clue she was about to launch a full-blown design empire. Hear how she turned a fixer-upper, some honest Instagram posts, and a whole lotta awkward moments into a career that’s empowering people to transform their homes—without wrecking their wallets.Hear how she... – turned necessity into a full-on purpose and brand – finds beauty because of the budget, not in spite of it – makes people feel at home, not just live in onePlus, Kristen opens up about the renovation moment that made her cry, what she’d say to the scared mom watching from home, and what “home” means to her now. If you’ve ever thought, “I could never do that”—this one’s for you.Catch Beer Budget Reno premiering Saturday, April 5 at Noon ET/PT on A&E.Follow Kristen Coutts: Instagram: @kristencoutts Watch: Beer Budget Reno on A&E********Kristin Smart Scholarship Foundation – www.kristinsmart.org********BEATS & BRASS: AT RIATA RANCH SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION AT SLO HIGH AND LAGUNA MIDDLE SCHOOL. Connect with SLO High School Band:Website: SLO Tiger BandInstagram: @SLOIMBA *******Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music********Moonshiner Collective – Live Performance 3/29Moonshiner Collective, the band behind the Up & Adam theme song “Start Again”, will be performing live at Rod & Hammer’s SLO Stills on March 29.Tickets and event info: MoonshinerCollective.com********CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK!********ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE!********FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM*********Sincere Thanks to the supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!Window Coverings By DesignWe Help You LegalGeneral Store Paso RoblesDaou VineyardsWoodsHumaneSocietyTin City DistilleryOriginal Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner CollectiveMoonshiner on Spotify HEREPlease Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com

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Grit, Glam, & Glue Guns: How Kristen Coutts Became a DIY Icon:On this episode of Up+Adam, Adam sits down with DIY dynamo and A&E’s newest star, Kristen Coutts, host of Beer Budget Reno. Kristen’s story starts on maternity leave, power drill in hand,...

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