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We’re Young(ish). We’re Fun(ish). We’re Repainting Again (Sheesh)?!

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I’m Sherry Petersik. He’s my husband John. We’re 30. Our house is 50. It’s practically old enough to be our mom, but we treat it like it’s our baby. It’s our second home, and it’s located in Richmond, Virginia. But let’s go back to where it all began: our first house. We bought it back in 2006, after coming off of a combined eight years of living in Manhattan. Having 1,300 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 getting down to business. We’re not experts, just DIY dorks who like learning as we go and sharing our adventures and misadventures with the world. Our DIY obsession even carried over to our backyard wedding (it’s only fitting that we got married at home).

Four and a half years later the dust cleared and our house was totally transformed. Then it was time to move and start all over again. Especially because our family grew to include the best DIY project that we’ve tackled to date: a sweet little ~~girl~~ bean named Clara (who made a pretty dramatic entry into the world) and a beloved pup named Hamburger (who both pop up even more over on Young House Life, where we share random daily happenings).

To date we’ve added a slew of new skills to our metaphorical toolbox (tiling, demolition, cabinet refinishing, furniture painting) and even some new equipment to our literal toolbox (drywall saw, anyone?). Somewhere along the way we were asked to write a home improvement book by Artisan/Workman (coming out in the fall of 2012). We were also recruited to write a regular column in Better Homes & Garden’s Do It Yourself Magazine and to blog for BabyCenter. We even managed to squeeze in an HGTV appearance (when our old bedroom was picked as an “inspiration room” on Rate My Space) and a fun little stint on The Nate Berkus show (as DIY enthusiasts). Somebody ~~punch~~ pinch us.

These days this site is our main gig. That’s right, we’re bona fide full time bloggers as well as stay at home parents who are raising a one year old while juggling DIY projects, post-writing, book-writing, and lots of other bloggy goodness (more on that here). We like to say that we make a modest living by blogging about living modestly. And nobody’s more surprised than we are when it comes to where we’ve ended up. Now it’s just a matter of finding enough hours in the day to keep up with our ever growing to-do list and share every last detail on this little slice of the internet that we call home.