Young House Love
Building A Garage Or Carport Pergola
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- Published on Monday, 29 April 2013
Authors: John Petersik
Parking our car got a little more scenic this weekend with the completion of our carport pergola. Or, cargola (pergolaport?) if you will.
Last week we talked about dressing up our carport with the help of some pergola plans from Workbench Magazine. The plans took a lot of the guesswork out of it, but there was still plenty of...
Reader Redesign: Woods Wellies
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- Published on Friday, 26 April 2013
Authors: John Petersik
This nursery that Dave and Carrie created for their daughter had us smiling from the second we saw the first picture. Not only is it bold and playful, it also has some sweet personal touches and a lot of handmade/DIYed goodness going on. Here’s their letter:
Hey S & J, We recently welcomed our first child into the...
The Guest Bath: So Much Cuter
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- Published on Thursday, 25 April 2013
Authors: Sherry Petersik
Psst- You should now see a Forums link in our header (between Our Book and Family Blog) so if you don’t see Family Blog or have other issues, try clearing your cache/data/cookies. If that doesn’t fix it we’d love to know what browser you’re using (ex: Chrome Version 26). Thanks!
Our sweet little guest...
Talk The Talk
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Authors: John Petersik
We’ve gone and done it. Nope, we didn’t create a hybrid ceramic animal robot. And we didn’t build Burger a dog-sized palace in the backyard. Instead… we’re introducing Young House Love Forums!
The idea for a forum section (or “message board” or “community” or whatever you...
Carport Percolating, Or Should I Say Pergolating?
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Authors: John Petersik
What carport? This carport. You know, the one that almost kept us from considering this house because we were so anti-carport? My how we’ve changed our tune after spending a few years with it…
Sherry actually mentioned the new tune we’re signing back in this Listy McListerson post: “we originally wanted...
It’s Gettin Hot In Hur, So Add Some Bamboo Blinds
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Authors: Sherry Petersik
I am, getting so hot, I’m gonna put some blinds uuup.
Picture me singing that while installing each of these four blinds. On repeat. While John rolled his eyes.
Actually it was less about heat and more about that ever-elusive p word: privacy. It’s hard to make a room with an entire wall of windows feel private...
Fab Freebie: Getting ‘Toned
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- Published on Monday, 22 April 2013
Authors: John Petersik
Y’all have heard of a little thing called Pantone, right? Well the folks who declared Emerald the color of the year have a slew of color experts who have also inspired a line of paint. And our bloggy friend/decorative painter Kristen clued us into MyColor inspired by Pantone – which is a series of project-sized...
The Guest Bathroom: It’s On
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- Published on Monday, 22 April 2013
Authors: Sherry Petersik
Surprise! We painted the guest bathroom this weekend! The walls, the trim, and even the ceiling. And double surprise: we went with a fresh clean coat of white (Decorator’s White by Benjamin Moore). Bet you didn’t see that coming…
Why’d we go white? Well the old paint was dingy (see the difference in...
March 2013 Superlatives: Crown, Color Can Lights
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013
Authors: John Petersik
Lights. Camera. March recap time! Last month was a busy one – lots of nail gunning (crown & fireplace), playing with paint (including a new color in the kitchen) and even a couple of geeky tech upgrades. So we’re taking a moment and appreciate all the things that we checked off of our list in March as a...
Heard It Through The Giant Non-Grape Vine
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- Published on Thursday, 18 April 2013
Authors: Sherry Petersik
Ok, so remember the ol’ crazyvine that was putting the squeeze on an oak tree in our backyard that we mentioned last fall? It’s a scene straight outta Jumanji.
About half a year ago we cut the base of the vine…
… in an attempt to kill it and rescue our oak tree from its death grip.
And then it just sat...
