Comments on: The Heart Wants What It Wants

By: Mary T.

Mary T. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:55:54 +0000

I’m just here to gently poke you for quoting Woody Allen’s infamous Soon-Yi statement in your title! Hs! (I’m sure it says something about me that I recognized it, however.)

By: beth

beth — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:44:56 +0000

I like a lot of the things you guys like. Lots of whites, neutrals, soft blues and greens; natural materials; beach-inspired items; glass lamps; old worn out things. But instead of graphic bedding, I like an all white bed, or a bed decked out in neutrals, and I like patterned curtains, but I also like the simplicity of plain white curtains. Some of the words I would use to describe my decorating style would be casual, cozy, soft, light, country, cottage, beachy, feminine, vintage, farmhouse. I like my home to say “come in, kick your shoes off, and make yourself comfortable”. Your house definitely feels that way to me. I think I could come over to your home and be able to relax and make myself at home. I love your style! :)

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:18:41 +0000

Hey Jennifer F,

They’re from the sadly departed Linens N Things, but perhaps you can find something similar on ebay (or even on overstock.com or walmart.com which also has plenty of affordable options)? We actually made up an entire room by room source list, so in the future if you’re wondering where we snagged something in our house you can look it up by clicking the House Tour link under the header and then clicking the first link on that page that says “room by room source list.” Hope it helps!

xo,
s

By: Jennifer F

Jennifer F — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:27:13 +0000

Where did you find all your glass lamps? I love the idea of having a glass lamp that you can fill with various seasonal items, but the only ones I’ve found are from PB and are super expensive. Thanks!

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:07:58 +0000

Hey April,

They’re actually paperwhites. Check out this post all about them (with a link at the end with an updated pic): http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/the-perfect-gift-on-the-rocks/

xo,
s

By: April

April — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:36:41 +0000

Hi.

I love your house, it reflects similar styling to what our dream house is like. I was just wondering about the flowers in the pebble vase. What kind of flowers are they, and how do you get them to grow like that?

Cheers :)

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:10:47 +0000

Hey Janet,

You’re right and I thank my lucky stars for such a wonderful hubby everyday! In fact John has written a post about how to try to coerce a less than enthusiastic husband with a few sly little tricks: http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/03/email-answer-have-husband-will-decorate/

Hope it helps!

xo,
s

By: janet

janet — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:43:50 +0000

I love, love, love your style, you can do my house anytime. However a little comment, you are very lucky in your husband. my husband gives me big wait times just to get a room painted, he is a perfectionist and a procrastinator, and that means I have to wait years to get a room painted but it makes tons of difference. I especially love your bedroom #2. Graphic bed linen is a great way to go.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:19:45 +0000

I just posted something very similar to this in my blog recently. I realized, thanks to someone’s comment on my bathroom remodel, that our house is a big mix of masculine and feminine, or modern and traditional. I like both styles, so I’m the one that designs every room. But it ends up being a great mesh of both of our interests since he likes the clean, modern look.

By: Dana Miller

Dana Miller — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:28:36 +0000

So, I love your home and it’s feel… whether you meant to carry out all the different patterns or not.

In my own home, it seems I like geometric patterns, linen, sunbursts, natural texture and leaves. So, I try to use a little of each in every room albeit in a different way. For instance, in the family room we have linen pillows with a sunburst pattern, a geometric print throw, a seagrass rug and black-and-white photos of flowers/leaves. Likewise, in the powder room I painted a geometric chair rail (using the end of a toilet paper roll), framed orchid prints, displayed a seagrass basket and rolled extra handtowels sideways on a display shelf that resemble a sunburst. And I definitely like cohesion in the color scheme throughout our home. We like gray, white, brown and black…neutrals… however each room has a little pop of something else to mix it up: pink in the powder room, green in the family and living rooms, aqua in the master bedroom and little bit of all of those in the guest room. It’s how we bring color to our home but still keep it calm and neutral.

Keep up the great work and educational posts!