Dead Animal Smells, Art Deco, and the Secret Life of Paint Finish
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Episode Date: 05/09/26 Episode Number: 458 Episode Summary This 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 again. Then he shifts to the practical side of Art Deco: how to bring that bold, geometric style into your own home without going overboard. And finally, Dan makes the case that paint finish is just as important a design decision as color — and shows you some surprisingly elegant tricks you can pull off with nothing more than a change in sheen. In This Episode [01:46] — Dead Animal Smell: How to Find It, Remove It, and Prevent It [19:25] — Art Deco at Home: A Practical Guide [33:26] — Paint Finish as a Design Tool Segments 1 & 2: Dead Animal Smell — Finding It, Removing It, and Preventing It [01:46] Dan's son Caleb bought a house and discovered a smell that turned out to be a dead possum under the floor — frozen all winter, then very much not frozen come spring. Dan uses that story to kick off a practical, no-nonsense guide to dealing with dead animal odors in your home. How bad will it b