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Young House Love » Archives for September 2009

Archives for September 2009

| By John Petersik | September 30, 2009 | 90 Comments

You Asked, We Answered: Part 2

We’re back to answer more random personal questions in a Part 2 video. From what chores we don’t trust each other to do, to how we fit workouts in (one of us doesn’t) we’re back to tell all.

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| By Sherry Petersik | September 30, 2009 | 55 Comments

Painting A Wall Mural Of Trees With Chalk & Paint

When Yansy sent us her amazing forest-inspired bedroom makeover we couldn’t wait to share the play by play. Here’s her letter: I wanted to share with you my finished master bedroom since you were the inspiration behind the Forest Wall. I would love to know what you both think of it. Of course I borrowed the idea from your old dining room chalk project. But instead of doing chalk and sealer I just used white chalk to trace the pattern on the wall and painted over it instead. I didn’t copy the pattern from anywhere (it’s something I came up with and that’s probably why it took me 5 hrs from start to finish). I would

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Filed Under: Reader Redesigns

| By Sherry Petersik | September 29, 2009 | 88 Comments

A Modern Nursery Makeover For A Lucky Little Boy

You guys have patiently waited for the big nursery reveal while we’ve spent weeks tackling everything from paint, mirrors, and art to lighting, storage, and a custom crib skirt. Now we’re back to share the whole room all put together (and not a moment too soon since John’s sister Emily’s son is due in two weeks!). But first let’s look back on the blank slate of a before that we started with: We hardly even remember that bare and boring guest room. Here’s the clean-lined yet oh so cheerful nursery we whipped up for Emily’s wee one on the way: The playful and modern vertical stripes in yellow, caramel, white and slate blue really added

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Filed Under: Shopping & Thrifting

| By John Petersik | September 28, 2009 | 1,048 Comments

Fab Freebie: I’ll Stop The World & Felt With You

Eleni Creative makes incredible, custom mobiles and stuffed animals out of felt. And this week they’re making one lucky person a winner. Enter to win here through Sept 30th, 2009.

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| By Sherry Petersik | September 28, 2009 | 51 Comments

Budget Blooms: September Sedum

We snagged what we think will be the last free flowers of the season from our very own backyard. Here’s the soft pink bouquet that’s making my day over and over again this month.

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Filed Under: Budget Blooms

| By John Petersik | September 25, 2009 | 59 Comments

1000 Comments Later

We combed through over 1000 survey responses and were blown away by everyone’s dedication. Thanks so much for taking the time to tell us what you love and how you live. Here’s what we learned.

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Filed Under: Blogging

| By Sherry Petersik | September 24, 2009 | 89 Comments

Goal Tending: Year Three

For our first blogiversary we announced a few of our goals going into year two and we’re back to see how we did and set some new ones as we move towards year three. Check out my calves. Anyway, last year we decided to publicly declare our goals because while writing them down in a notepad could work, we figured publishing them for all to see would really light a fire under our rumps (what can we say, we work best under pressure). Miraculously, we did pretty well…. Last Year’s Goal: Get Your Read – We wanna write more fun and interactive posts like this (which resulted in this). How We Did: Not bad. We

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| By Sherry Petersik | September 24, 2009 | 179 Comments

How We Grew Our Blog

John and I often ask ourselves this question. How did we go from blogging-about-our-impending-kitchen-remodel-to-our-friends-and-family-as-a-hobby to writing-to-thousands-of-people-about-interior-design-and-home-improvement-every-day-as-a-bona-fide-job? And since this same question seems to be popping up in our inbox more and more lately (and even in Tuesday’s reader survey) we wanted to take a stab at answering it. So for all of you aspiring professional bloggers or curious readers out there, here goes nothin’… In a nutshell: we attribute our blog’s growth to a combination of lots of good old fashioned hard work and a series of lucky breaks (of which we’re eternally grateful). We didn’t start the blog with hopes of creating a business, we just wanted to share our kitchen renovation with our

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| By Sherry Petersik | September 23, 2009 | 54 Comments

Take A Number

With our two year blogiversary in full swing, we thought it would be fun to look back at some of the stats that make us smile, blush or just plain blow our minds. Here’s how it all breaks down… 1006- Our number of published posts to date (crazy considering we only had 380 on our first blogiversary) 68,025- The number of comments we’ve amassed from you, our lovely readers 19,206- The number of spam comments that our stupendous spam filter has intercepted (no we don’t want to see naked Lady GaGa pictures thankyouverymuch) 3,507- The number of comment questions that we’ve answered  to date (we do our best to answer every single one) 78- Average

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| By John Petersik | September 22, 2009 | 1,093 Comments

Enough About Us. Take Our Poll!

We want to know all about you. Who you are, why you read, and how you think we can amp up Young House Love in year three. Do tell!

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Filed Under: Blogging

| By John Petersik | September 22, 2009 | 144 Comments

You Asked, We Answered: Part 1

Have we been approached for a TV show? Who’s the messy one? Watch our first installment of Blogiversary Q&A to learn more about the behind-the-scenes John and Sherry.

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| By John Petersik | September 21, 2009 | 7,015 Comments

Fab Freebie: All Time Lowe’s

It’s our blogiversary. So we’re giving away a $500 Lowe’s gift card. ‘Nuff said. Enter here through Thursday, September 24th.

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