Author Archives: Dan Hansen

EP112: Themed Gardens for Kids & Fern The Bus

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Ian Warnock, Lead Horticulturalist at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, has some GREAT ideas for themed gardens kids will love! Who wouldn’t want a pizza garden? Or a salsa garden? Or even a sensory garden?

Ian also discusses some of the things going on this summer at Frederik Meijer Gardens, including the Lena Meijer Children’s Garden Un-Birthday Party.

Segments 3 & 4: Fern the Bus

Fern, the bus, is in our parking lot and her owners, Ben and Mande Tucker, are in our studio to discuss the drastic transformation from big yellow school bus to tiny house on wheels. We have never seen anything quite like it and we are excited to follow Ben and Mande’s adventures with Fern.

To read more about the Tuckers and Fern, check out their website and blog or follow them on Instagram @fernthebus.

EP111: All About Shellac, Selling a Home with Pets, Bird Exclusion

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Segment 2: Selling a Home with Pets

Sue and Ginger Prins from Sue Prins Group 5-Star Real Estate are in the studio with us, talking about some little things we pet owners can do to get our homes read to sell for top dollar!

Segments 3 & 4: Bird Exclusion with Rose Pest Solutions

David Popp and Dale Hodgson from Rose Pest Solutions are here to talk about birds. Yes, they’re fun to watch. Yes, they’re beautiful. But they can also be a nuisance when they build nests in our eaves trough or our dryer vents. What do you do if you have geese that are continually threatening you? What about a nest of starlings in the fancy sign hanging over the door of your business? David and Dale have the answers!

EP110: Lead on the Roof of Notre Dame, Brushes with Wooster’s Larry Schwartz, Baltic Birch Plywood Question

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Segment 1: Notre Dame’s Lead Roof

Segments 2 & 3: All About Brushes with Larry Schwartz from Wooster

Brushes can be confusing. There are so many options to choose from. Which one is right for which situation? Larry Schwartz from Wooster Brush Company joins us in the studio to cut through the confusion!

Segment 4: Baltic Birch Plywood

We received an email question from a listener about his new Baltic Birch Plywood shelves. He want to paint them, but is that the ONLY option?

EP109: Mother’s Day With Dan’s Mom, Tessa & Tools, and One From the Archives

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Segments 1 & 2: Mother’s Day With Dan’s Mom

To celebrate Mother’s Day, we invited Dan’s mom to stop by and tell a few stories about Dan and tell us where she gets her decorating inspiration. The stories are something you won’t want to miss!

Segment 3: Tessa & Tools

It really is a family affair this week. Dan’s daughter, Tessa, job shadowed in the middle of the week. We gave her a number of projects to do of varying difficulties. She jumped right in and had a blast. If she can do it, so can you!

Segment 4: From the Archives – Dan’s Brilliance

From the first time we aired this segment, it made us laugh. Dan thought he’d share his infinite wisdom in his Emporium of Brilliance. The only problem was, it didn’t quite turn out the way he had planned!

EP108: Low Dollar High Impact Home Projects, Children’s Healing Center, and Flowerland

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Most of us don’t like spending a lot of money on our homes if we don’t have to; especially if we’re selling it. But there are some high impact, low dollar things you can do inside and outside your home that will make you think “wow”!

To help us with that, we are joined by realtors Sue Prins and Ginger Herman from Sue Prins 5 Star Real Estate. The twist to this interview is that we’re doing it live from the Grand Opening of our Broadmoor location!

Segment 3: Nicole, Dan, and Louis Ribbens

To celebrate the Grand Opening of our Broadmoor location, we are raising money for the Children’s Healing Center in Grand Rapids. It’s a safe place where kids with weak immune systems and their families can play and socialize.

We are joined live by Nicole and Dan Ribbens and their 3-year-old son, Louis. Louis stole the show (and our hearts)! Their story is a testament to just how important the CHC is to the community.

Segment 4: Flowerland

It is always an absolute blast when we get to host the hosts of the Flowerland Show (Rick, Doug, and Kristi) on our show! We even got to briefly talk about Rick’s new book Operation Rumination. And we learned that it was Naked Gardening Day….enough said!

Celebrating the Grand Opening of the New RepcoLite Paints on Broadmoor

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We’re excited to officially announce the Grand Opening of the RepcoLite Paints on Broadmoor! Sure, it’s been open a while, but now we’re officially celebrating! We’ll be raffling off a number of GREAT prizes at the Broadmoor store AND we’ll be donating a portion of our sales from all RepcoLite and Port City Paints stores from the week of May 6-11 to the Children’s Healing Center in Grand Rapids! 

The Details

  • The Grand Opening Celebration runs from May 6-11
  • To enter to win prizes, you MUST go to the Broadmoor location
  • To help us raise money for the Children’s Healing Center, just make a purchase at ANY RepcoLite or Port City Paints from May 6-11

The Prizes at Broadmoor

Stop out all week long at the new RepcoLite on 2840 Broadmoor Ave and register to win some great prize packages! Here’s what you could win:

  • A Graco 395 Professional Paint Sprayer
  • 25 Gallons of ANY RepcoLite or Benjamin Moore Paint
  • 1 of 4 Room Repaint Packages including tools and 2 gallons of RepcoLite or Benjamin Moore Paint
  • 1 of 2 Packages of 10 gallons of your choice of Axalta Wood Finish
  • A Yeti Cooler from Benjamin Moore
  • A Telescoping Step Ladder
  • Assorted Polo Shirts and T-Shirts

Just stop out at the new store and sign up to win!

The Donation to the Children’s Healing Center

On top of the fun and prizes we’ll have at the Broadmoor location, a portion of every purchase made at any RepcoLite or Port City Paints store will be donated to the Children’s Healing Center in Grand Rapids. They are an amazing non-profit whose mission is to provide kids with weak immune systems a safe place to play and socialize with other kids. It’s incredible that we have organizations like this in our area and RepcoLite is excited to lend our support! Our goal is to donate enough money to sponsor a family for an entire year! With your help, we can do that!

If you need paint, stop out May 6-11 at ANY RepcoLite or Port City Paints store! Every purchase will help. And if you don’t need paint, please donate via the fundraiser we created on Facebook.