11 Things You Think Upgrade Your Home, But Actually Cheapen It

The Financial Diet October 23, 2025
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Thanks to our good friends at Monarch for sponsoring this video! Get 50% off with code TFD50 at https://bit.ly/3ID6d4v Welcome to Having People Over, a special 4-part capsule series in celebration of Chelsea's upcoming book, Having People Over: A Modern Guide to Planning, Throwing, and Attending Every Type of Party! Each episode of this series will dig into a different subject that Chelsea covers in her book. In our third episode, Chelsea is discussing the things we think will upgrade our home, but actually cheapen it. Having People Over drops October 21st! You can pre-order your copy right now! https://tr.ee/ewGyAYgQnf Join Chelsea on the Having People Over book tour! https://bit.ly/hpotour Catch up on episode 1 here: https://youtu.be/Xk6XsKy2QNk?si=Rp29rfhW_g4Spfk6 Catch up on episode 2 here: https://youtu.be/FvhZJQPaAXM Come back next week for the final episode of this series!

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