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We’re Young. We’re Fun. We’re Repainting Again?!

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I’m Sherry Petersik. He’s my husband John. We’re 28. Our house is 54. It’s old enough to be our parent, but we treat it like it’s our baby. It’s our first home, and it’s located in Richmond, Virginia. When we bought it in 2006, we were coming off of a combined 8 years of living in Manhattan. Having 1,350 sq. ft to play with seemed like quite a luxury. The only problem: the house definitely showed its age.

Armed with a little bit of know-how and a lot of enthusiasm, we didn’t waste a second gettin’ down to business. We’re not experts by any means, just two people learning as we go and sharing our adventures (and misadventures) with the world. After three years the list of what we did is too long to bother with (a few highlights: installing a pedestal sink, two toilets, countless new light fixtures, knocking out a half wall, uncovering tile and hardwood under grody carpets, etc). Trust us when we say that it was certainly a lot of work, time, and satisfaction upon completion.

To date we’ve added a slew of new skills to our metaphorical toolbox (need help refinishing your cabinets?) and even some new equipment to our literal toolbox (drywall saw, anyone?). Our DIY obsession even carried over to our backyard wedding (it’s only fitting that we got married at home).

Somewhere along the way we started helping other people transform their homes, and were recruited to write a regular column in a national glossy mag – Better Homes & Garden’s Do It Yourself Magazine – and to blog for BabyCenter. We even managed to fit in an HGTV appearance when our bedroom was picked as an “inspiration room” on Rate My Space (and we squeezed in a fun little house tour video for thenest.com).

These days we actually both run this site as our main gig. That’s right, we’re bona fide full time bloggers! Nobody’s more surprised than we are that our passion slowly grew into a true career that supports our whole family (read how our blog baby grew right here and how we decided it was time for John to come on full time here).

Now it’s just a matter of finding enough hours in the day to raise our daughter Clara (the best DIY project we’ve tackled to date), play with our beloved pooch Hamburger (who happens to have his own blog) and keep up with our ever growing to-do list – all while keeping you posted along the way. We hope you enjoy our continued trials and triumphs in DIY decor and home improvement!