Young House Love
Crowning Achievement
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- Published on Monday, 04 March 2013
Authors: John Petersik
We’ve successfully added crown molding to Clara’s bedroom and I’m feeling quite proud. *pats self on back*
My last attempt at installing crown was a bit of a rough ride. It still turned out just fine, but a combination of factors (being tired from book shoots, being short on materials, it being my first time,...
Gimme Some Moore
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2013
Authors: Sherry Petersik
Yes, that was a Busta Rhymes reference. Dude, that song was my junior year jam. And speaking of jams, our new nail gun is our latest. John’s totally ready to get his crown molding install on this weekend, assuming he can wrestle it out of my hands. Just gotta let these guys acclimate a little bit longer…
So while...
Breaking Down Our $57 Board Batten
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- Published on Thursday, 28 February 2013
Authors: John Petersik
Yesterday you saw how our board & batten project came out for the Pinterest Challenge, so today we’re back with the full tutorial shebang. And hold onto your safety goggles, it’s 2,000 words long. But don’t let all the words fool you, we’d say that this was one of the biggest bang-for-you-buck /...
Reader Redesign: Yellow, Not So Mellow
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Authors: John Petersik
You know Sherry and I strive to develop the skill of brevity, so receiving Avis’ submission was a reminder that it can be done. While her email gave us the main parts of her story, her pictures did all of the talking (somewhat literally). You’ll see what I mean below:
Sherry and John, HI! I’m Avis. I started...
Winter Pinterest Challenge: Board Batten, Baby!
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Authors: Sherry Petersik
It’s Wednesday the 27th… so it’s time to share this season’s (completely unofficial) Pinterest Challenge project (not sponsored by Pinterest or anyone else, just dreamed up by Katie to make us stop pinning and start doing). Huzzah!
And this season’s challenge was the biggest one we’ve tackled by far. We tried our...
Listy McListerson: Updated
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Authors: Sherry Petersik
Warning: this is longer than the Oscars, so feel free to fast forward to the good parts. These posts actually came about when people asked how we organize all the stuff we have on our to-do list. We explained that we basically just have one long run-on document, and when folks kept asking us to share it (and update it as we...
Fab Freebie: City Love
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- Published on Monday, 25 February 2013
Authors: John Petersik
Today marks the seven year anniversary of our move to Richmond, VA. Woo hoo! It’s crazy to think that it has been that long, and to celebrate this week’s giveaway is from a city-minded artist: Kimberly of Albie Designs. We’ve had her charming illustration of New York City hanging in our hallway o’...
Mwah, hah, hah
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- Published on Monday, 25 February 2013
Authors: Sherry Petersik
Picture me laughing like a cartoon villain while rubbing my hands together maniacally. That’s sort of how I feel when I get to the “finishing touches” part of a room. Home stretch bay-bay!
Remember how the middle makes no sense? Well, this weekend I think we rounded a corner thanks to a few small...
Squeezing In Some Craftiness
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013
Authors: Sherry Petersik
Since we always share our road trip adventures with the Bowers (like this one, this one, and this one), here’s a long overdue recap of our most recent visit – which included lots of kid fun, a fair amount of antiquing & crafting, and even a little luxurious mom outing for good measure (along with a really...
A Quick Closet Changeout
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- Published on Thursday, 21 February 2013
Authors: Sherry Petersik
The closet in the spare room used to be packed with things like luggage, wrapping paper, gift bags, and a bunch of other clutter that had to be dealt with in order to free up space for actual playing and Clara-storage (since this is now the playroom/big girl room instead of a room full o’ junk).
So we took everything...
