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Repcolite Home Improvement Show
by Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM (WOOD-AM)
Every week on the RepcoLite Home Improvement Show we interview a variety of experts from the West Michigan area and beyond! If you heard one of our guests and would like to get in touch to ask further questions, we've got everything you need in the table below.
Episodes
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How to Stop Swirl Marks From a Random Orbital Sander
Original Air Date: October 17, 2026 Episode Number: 481Episode SummaryTwo topics this week. First, a follow-up to last week’s interview with Jean Stoffer and Grace Start. Jean mentioned that she fell for British kitchens because they had furniture, coziness, and a sense of being a room people...
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Jean Stoffer & Grace Start Interview: The Established Home, Kitchens, and Old Houses
Original Air Date: October 10, 2026 Episode Number: 480Episode SummaryDan sits down with Jean Stoffer and her daughter Grace Start, the mother-daughter team behind Grand Rapids based Jean Stoffer Design, Stoffer Home, and the Magnolia Network show The Established Home. They cover how Jean got…
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The Mystery of the Kitchen Cabinets Nobody Could Reach
Original Air Date: October 1, 2026 Episode Number: 479Episode SummaryDan opens with two questions: what's the weirdest thing in your house that you've never been able to explain, and what's the strangest thing you've ever found in one that you weren't looking for? Then he spends the full episode…
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Do You Have to Strip Old Furniture Before Refinishing It?
Original Air Date: September 26, 2026 Episode Number: 478Episode SummaryThis week on Home In Progress, Dan starts with elastic waistband jeans and gets from there to an architectural idea worth borrowing. British architect Alex Gordon argued that good buildings should have long life, loose fit…
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How to Paint an Ombre Wall
Original Air Date: 09/19/26 Episode Number: 477Episode SummaryThis week on Home In Progress, Dan covers paint store tools you've probably walked past without a second look, and explains why each one is worth having. They include FrogTape (green and yellow), the painter's five-in-one tool, a brush...
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What Color Makes a Small Room Look Bigger?
Original Air Date: 9/12/26 Episode Number: 476Episode SummaryThis week Dan tackles one of the most repeated pieces of color advice in home design — "dark colors recede, light colors advance" — and asks why it so often fails in real rooms. Digging into the perception research behind the phrase, he...
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Furniture Flipping for Beginners: 6 Things to Check Before You Buy
Original Air Date: 9/5/26 Episode Number: 475Episode SummaryDan kicks off the Labor Day weekend with color capping — the emerging trend of using multiple shades from one color family as you move up the walls to the ceiling — and five things to think through before you try it. Then he launches a…
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Hoosier Cabinets: The 1900s Kitchen Storage Genius That Still Works
Original Air Date: 8/29/26 Episode Number: 474Episode SummaryDan opens with a vacation story about swimmer's itch, a chatty store clerk, and a deeply awkward attempt to warn strangers on a dock -- with one actually useful tip at the end. Then the main event: Hoosier cabinets. Dan covers what they...
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The Craftsman Home: History, Architecture, and Color; Plus 3 Vacation Lessons That Apply to Home Projects
Original Air Date: 08-23-2025 Episode Number: 473Episode SummaryDan opens with three lessons from the Hansen family cottage vacation -- each one stretched into home improvement territory. Then the back half of the show kicks off a new recurring series on American architectural styles, starting…
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Is Your Deck Safe? A Simple Inspection Guide -- Plus Basement Efflorescence and Paint Colors for West-Facing Rooms
Original Air Date: August 16, 2025 Re-Air Date: August 15, 2026 Episode Number: 471Episode SummaryFour topics this week. Dan opens with a segment on AI, the trades, and why professional painters are on the safe list of jobs that technology won't replace. Then a deck safety segment covering what...
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Old House, Real Problems: Pet Odors, Pest Damage, and Learning to Paint for the First Time
Original Air Date: 08/08/26 Episode Number: 471Episode SummaryDan's son Caleb stopped in to pick up primer and ended up on the radio. He bought his first house -- a 1901-era fixer-upper -- and has spent the past several months dealing with cat smells in a crawl space, a squirrel that chewed…
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Cleaning Moss and Lichen Off Your Roof (Without Wrecking It) -- Plus a Plain-English Guide to Urethane
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How to Paint Aluminum Siding -- Plus Removing Algae, Mold, and Mildew from Exterior Siding
Original Air Date: 07/25/26 Episode Number: 469Episode SummaryA listener question about painting aluminum siding kicks off the show, and Dan splits the answer across two segments with a detour in the middle: a full conversation on how to identify and safely clean biological growth off the…
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Points of No Return: The Exterior Surfaces You Can't Unpaint
Original Air Date: July 18, 2026 Episode Number: 468Episode SummarySome exterior surfaces are one-way doors. You can paint them -- but once you do, something changes permanently, or close enough to it that you should know what you're signing up for before you start. Dan opens with a story about a...
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Painting in the Heat, Dealing with Cigarette Smoke Smell, and Why the Trades Matter More Than Ever
Episode TitleOriginal Air Date: 07/08/26 Episode Number: 467Episode SummaryA full episode this week. Dan picks up the smoke smell series with fabric, carpet, upholstery, and the full cigarette smoke remediation process -- including the right primer and why it's step four, not step one. Then a…
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Liberty Bells, Colonial Front Doors, and the Real Story of Betsy Ross
Original Air Date: July 4, 2026 Episode Number: 466Episode SummaryIt's the annual Home In Progress Fourth of July Extravaganza. This year Dan covers three topics connected to the Revolutionary era: the Liberty Bell, and how almost everything most people think they know about it is a little off;...
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Color Cast: What Your Bathroom Walls Are Doing to Your Face
Episode SummaryThis week on Home In Progress, Dan opens with a story about a flaming microwave, a snowbank, and a pair of whitey tighties -- and turns it into a genuinely useful guide on getting smoke smell out of your home. He's then joined by Jeff Mot, manager of the Lakewood RepcoLite, to talk...
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The Bathroom Remodel Guide: What to Think Through Before You Spend a Dime
Episode SummaryThis week on Home In Progress, Dan dedicates the whole show to bathroom remodels -- why they're trending, and how to think one through before spending anything. He covers the tub-or-shower decision, storage planning, lighting that stops working against you, upgrades worth baking in...
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The Man Who Built Fairy-Tale Houses: Earl Young and the Charlevoix Mushroom Houses
Original Air Date: June 2025 Episode Number: 463Episode SummaryThis week on Home In Progress, Dan tells the story of Earl Young -- a self-taught architect from Charlevoix, Michigan who never finished his degree, never drew a blueprint, and never really cared what the architecture establishment...
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What Color Should I Paint My House? A Step-by-Step Framework for Getting It Right
Note: This episode originally aired in June 2025. The RepcoLite Endura sale mentioned at the end ran through the end of that month.Episode SummaryThis week on Home In Progress, Dan dedicates the entire show to one topic: choosing exterior paint colors without the stress, the second-guessing, or…
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How to Paint a Front Door the Right Way -- and 6 Tips to Keep Your Renovation on Budget
Episode SummaryDan opens with something that might ruffle a few feathers: gray exterior paint has had a long run, and it's starting to show. He talks about where the design world seems to be heading instead. Then he takes a detour into the surprisingly long and interesting story of how the tape...
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5 Can't-Lose Home Improvement Projects for Your Forever Home
Episode SummaryThis week on Home In Progress, Dan opens with something a little different -- a look at the animal kingdom's most surprising builders and tool users, and what any of us can take from that. Then he gets into the main topic: the growing number of homeowners who've decided they're...
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America's Pettiest Houses, Two-Tone Cabinet Secrets, and Why Your Deck Coating Is Doing It Wrong
Episode SummaryThis week on Home In Progress, Dan starts off with one of the more entertaining detours the show has taken in a while: spite houses. Real buildings, built by real people, for the sole purpose of making someone else miserable. Then he gets into a deep dive on two-tone kitchen...
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Dead Animal Smells, Art Deco, and the Secret Life of Paint Finish
Episode Date: 05/09/26 Episode Number: 458Episode SummaryThis week on Home In Progress, Dan tackles one of the most dreaded things a homeowner can face — the smell of a dead animal somewhere in the house — and walks you through exactly how to find it, remove it, and get your home smelling normal...
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Household Odor Removal Tips and the Timeless Style of Art Deco
In this episode of Home in Progress, Dan Hansen starts with a look at why smells have such a powerful effect on the way we experience a home. Unlike sights and sounds, odors connect quickly to the emotional and memory centers of the brain, which means a smell can instantly shape how comfortable,...
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Do Air Ducts Really Cause Dust? Plus Painting Tips from the Pros
In this rerun episode of Home in Progress, sponsored by RepcoLite Paints and Benjamin Moore, Dan Hansen opens with a personal update about his golden retriever, Maggie, whose health emergency led to a change in this week’s schedule. From there, the episode revisits a practical homeowner question:...
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Best Paint Colors for Mood: How to Choose Colors for Bedrooms, Kitchens, and Living Rooms
In this episode of Home in Progress, Dan Hansen opens with a story about slicing his finger on a new rotary shredder and officially passing cheese-grating duties on to his kids. From there, he wraps up his multi-week series on what the brain wants from the spaces we live in by turning to one of…
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Why Your House Gets Dusty So Fast and How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets
In this best-of episode of Home in Progress by RepcoLite Paints, sponsored by Benjamin Moore, Dan Hansen covers two popular home improvement topics: how to reduce dust in your house and how to paint kitchen cabinets. In the first half of the episode, Dan explains what household dust actually is,...
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How Timing, Paint Quality, and Design Choices Change Your Home
Host Dan Hansen opens the episode by noting a technical mistake in the original on-air broadcast, which led to the spring painting segment being repeated—then leans into it with a quick apology and a story about how contractor Joe helped him upgrade from a box grater to a rotary cheese grater…
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When Can You Paint Outside? Spring Painting Tips, Lighting That Affects Your Mood, and CO Detector Truths
When can you really start painting outside in the spring? It’s not just about air temperature—and getting this wrong can ruin a project.Dan Hansen breaks down the real factors that determine whether exterior paint will succeed or fail. He explains why surface temperature matters more than air...
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The Hidden Science Behind a Home That Feels Good
Dan Hansen hosts Home in Progress by RepcoLite Paints (sponsored by Benjamin Moore), opening with a memorable—and painful—story involving a cheese grater that leads into a practical takeaway: 100% silicone caulk cannot be painted and often must be removed if used incorrectly.From there, the…
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The Rooms We Ignore—and the Water Problems We Don’t See Coming
In this episode of Home in Progress, Dan Hansen explores how overlooked spaces—especially laundry rooms—can quietly affect our mood and stress levels. Drawing on research linking cluttered, chaotic environments to higher stress, Dan argues that even small design improvements—better lighting,...
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From Gallery to Living Room: Rethinking Home Design Through Installation Art
In this episode of Home in Progress, Dan Hansen welcomes back former co-host Hailey Johnson for a conversation that blends art, creativity, and home design.Hailey shares what she’s been doing since stepping away from the show—focusing on product and color training at RepcoLite and continuing her...
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2026 Spring West Michigan Housing Market Update + Ski Chalet Paint Makeover
On this episode of Home in Progress, Dan Hansen sits down with Ginger Herman of Suprins Group at Five Star Real Estate Leaders for a timely 2026 West Michigan real estate update — plus a behind-the-scenes look at Ginger’s own ski chalet renovation.Ginger explains that as winter fades, Michigan’s...
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Where to Caulk Before Painting + Laundry Room Layout Fixes + Paint Colors for Colorblind Homes
In this episode of Home in Progress, Dan Hansen tackles three practical home topics that can quietly make or break your projects.First: Caulking before painting.Fresh paint exposes every gap your house has developed over time. Dan explains exactly where to caulk (baseboards, trim-to-wall joints,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Every week on the RepcoLite Home Improvement Show we interview a variety of experts from the West Michigan area and beyond! If you heard one of our guests and would like to get in touch to ask further questions, we've got everything you need in the table below.
HOSTED BY
Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM (WOOD-AM)
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How many episodes does Repcolite Home Improvement Show have?
Repcolite Home Improvement Show currently has 501 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Repcolite Home Improvement Show about?
Every week on the RepcoLite Home Improvement Show we interview a variety of experts from the West Michigan area and beyond! If you heard one of our guests and would like to get in touch to ask further questions, we've got everything you need in the table below.
How often does Repcolite Home Improvement Show release new episodes?
Repcolite Home Improvement Show releases new episodes frequently with a large back catalog of 501 episodes. Check the episode list for recent publication dates.
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Who hosts Repcolite Home Improvement Show?
Repcolite Home Improvement Show is created and hosted by Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM (WOOD-AM).
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