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Young House Love » Archives for November 2009

Archives for November 2009

| By John Petersik | November 30, 2009 | 2,198 Comments

Fab Freebie: Home For Z Holidays

Z Gallerie is back for another great giveaway. This time they’ve got some items to add some sparkle to your holiday season. Enter here through Dec 2nd.

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| By Sherry Petersik | November 30, 2009 | 93 Comments

10 Inexpensive Home Updates That Make A Big Difference

There are definitely some projects that we’ve taken on (and hired out) along with a few accessories that we’ve brought home that stand out in our mind as particularly worthwhile, especially because they were all around $100 (some much less, some a bit more) and they made a heckova difference in our casa’s function and form department. Without further ado, our top ten list: 1. Widening the two doorways between the living room, the kitchen and the den (we paid a mason around $100 to help us with the den wall since it’s load bearing and had an electrician help us widen the living room wall since there were some wires in the way- also

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Filed Under: Decorating, Our First House, Saving Money

| By Sherry Petersik | November 27, 2009 | 36 Comments

Painting An Old Wood Cabinet With White Paint

When Michelle sent over her fab furniture makeover we had to share her mouthwatering before and after pics. Here’s her letter: About a month ago I found your site by accident and completely fell in love with it! You’ve even inspired me to start my own blog! I could go on and on but I don’t wanna waste your precious time cuz you guys are busy little bees. I just wanted to show you a piece of eye candy that I re-designed! I bought this dresser off of craigslist.org for only $20! Then I painted it white, slapped some new hardware on it and replaced those bar looking things on the doors with glass. Isn’t it amazing what a little updating can do? Hope

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Filed Under: Reader Redesigns

| By John Petersik | November 25, 2009 | 71 Comments

How To Install A Dimmer Switch

Here’s a simple-but-illuminating electrical project that we took on to kick off the transformation of our third bedroom into a nursery.

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Filed Under: Home Improvement, Our First House

| By Sherry Petersik | November 24, 2009 | 126 Comments

How To Add Gift Wrap To Clear Glass Doors

We’re back with our weekly basement update (here’s where we left off) and this week we painted the dingy built-in cabinet, added some art, obscured the semi-sheer doors to our armoires and brought in a bevy of bins to organize everything we have on hand (and everything we’re sure we’ll acquire down the line- now there’s lots of room to grow). Here’s just a taste of the latest updates: But before we get to all the dirty details we owe a huuuuuge thank you to the wonderful peeps at True Value who made a lot of this week’s undertakings possible thanks to their generous gift card (which we’ve been using left and right these days).

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Filed Under: Furniture & Building, Our First House

| By John Petersik | November 23, 2009 | 1,241 Comments

Fab Freebie: Outside In

Papernstitich, a great source for handmade goods, is giving you the shot to bring the outdoors in this week with four free nature photographs. Enter to win through 11/25.

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| By Sherry Petersik | November 20, 2009 | 186 Comments

You’re A Curious Bunch!

First of all, thanks so much to everyone for sharing in our baby-bomb excitement and wishing us well on our little “project.” You guys are the best! This new-ish development (actually it began in August, which feels like eons ago) certainly means that we’ll be working away harder than ever on our house and we promise to share every dirty home improvement detail with you. And speaking of details, we’re interrupting our regularly scheduled programming to field a bunch of the questions you guys asked on Wednesday in this as-promised Petersik Baby Q&A. Q: How far along are you? When are you due? Baby Petersik (or “the bean” as he or she is affectionately known

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| By Sherry Petersik | November 18, 2009 | 56 Comments

Thanksgiving Place Setting Ideas

Last year Thanksgiving flew by so fast that we barely got to acknowledge any fun fall decorating (except for this post with some seasonal inspiration that we were loving). So this year we were determined to do a little Thanksgiving sprucing of our own and we finally got around to it yesterday. First we transformed our formerly spooky Halloween console in the living room (more details about that here)… … into a less sinister, more fall-friendly Thanksgiving setup complete with white pumpkins, glittering votives, a stack of cream and brown books, and an abundance of corks atop a borrowed kitchen cake stand. You’ll notice that we kept the same textured piece of burlap as a

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Filed Under: Holiday & Entertaining, Our First House

| By John Petersik | November 18, 2009 | 905 Comments

Oh Brother! (Or Sister?)

We’re excited to announce that the Petersik family is currently under construction. Our new addition is expected on May 19th. We’re thrilled, even though a certain someone won’t be the baby anymore… Yup, Sherry’s got a proverbial bun in her proverbial oven. And we couldn’t be more elated to share the news with you guys! More details to follow on Friday (so ask any and all q’s and we’ll answer as many as we can at the end of the week). Until then it’s back to before & afters and DIY ideas- we’re nothing if not home obsessed…

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| By Sherry Petersik | November 17, 2009 | 35 Comments

A DIY Buffet Makeover

When Lindsay sent us the before photos of a cabinet that she completely transformed we could never have predicted just how different the end result would be. It looks like a whole new piece! Here’s her letter: Well, I know you guys love a good before and after so I wanted to share an “extreme makeover” we performed on a large hutch a few weekends ago. For us, it was all about working with what we had, livening up the piece and taking cues from places like Pottery Barn and Ballard Designs (too much $$, but really cute things!). The hutch is a truly dramatic transformation (see more info here on my blog about the

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Filed Under: Reader Redesigns

| By Sherry Petersik | November 17, 2009 | 142 Comments

A Beautiful Kitchen Nook Makeover With A Capiz Chandelier

When Ania sent us her delicious after photos (thanks to this mood board that we whipped up for her last month) we couldn’t wait to share the eye candy! We know you guys love a good before and after, and Ania did a faaaabulous job! Here’s her letter: Here are a few after pictures that I took for you! Needless to say, we LOVE our new living and dining room area. I can’t believe I ever had doubts about the bentwood chairs or the media stand. They are honestly my favorite items that we purchased. We L-O-V-E everything. From the frame collage to the chandelier to the sofa table… everything! Thank you soooooo much for

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Filed Under: Reader Redesigns

| By John Petersik | November 16, 2009 | 3,697 Comments

Fab Freebie: FLOR-al Arrangements

FLOR hooked us up and now it’s your turn. Score a free 5′ x 7′ rug from FLOR carpet tiles right here through Wednesday, November 18th.

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