Posts By John Petersik

John Petersik is one half of the duo behind the award-winning home improvement and do-it-yourself design blog, Young House Love. Together, he and his wife Sherry have renovated seven homes, published two New York Times Bestselling books, and designed products sold in Target and Home Depot. They are currently enjoying their downsized home on Florida's Gulf Coast with their two kids and their dog, Penny.

| By John Petersik | August 3, 2010 | 69 Comments

Making Colorful Graphic Art Prints At Home

Both Lindsay and Amanda were inspired to make their own version of some of our favorite Crate & Barrel artwork. Two different techniques but equally great results.

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| By John Petersik | August 3, 2010 | 114 Comments

Building An Extra Closet Shelf To Integrate A Dog Crate

Our closet was warring with itself as both home to Burger’s crate and storage for all of our guest linens. Read here to see how we made peace in the space.

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| By John Petersik | August 2, 2010 | 4,011 Comments

Fab Freebie: Everything But The Kitchen Sink

ATG Stores has just about everything you could need in your house, and one person’s gonna have $150 to find just what they need. Enter here through August 4th.

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| By John Petersik | July 30, 2010 | 57 Comments

A Guest Room Update for $300

A very pregnant Shannon took on a simple yet stunning update to her guest room with a mere $300 dollars and 3 weeks. Way to go momma!

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| By John Petersik | July 28, 2010 | 59 Comments

An Arched DIY Headboard

Elizabeth tackled a DIY headboard and wowed us with the result. Check the awesome finished product right here.

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| By John Petersik | July 27, 2010 | 275 Comments

Using Magnetic Paint To Make A Secret Magnet Wall

Our Wallflowers were on the move to a new wall in our office with the help of a little magnetic primer.

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| By John Petersik | July 26, 2010 | 1,975 Comments

Fab Freebie: We’ve Got An Announcement

If you’ve got an announcement to make (say a birth?), a party to invite folks too or just need to say thanks then enter to win prizes from Paper Cafe and Take Note Designs thru 7/28/10.

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| By John Petersik | July 23, 2010 | 57 Comments

Using Cabinet Doors To Build A Headboard

Cassity and her husband saw some old kitchen cabinet doors and thought “headboard.” Check out their amazing and refined repurposed headboard.

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| By John Petersik | July 20, 2010 | 286 Comments

How To Make DIY Wall Ledges

Here’s how we made a wall of shelves to display postcard-sized art for just about $30 giving us some major impact above our office desk.

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| By John Petersik | July 19, 2010 | 1,419 Comments

Fab Freebie: Sunny Side Up

Our friend Sunny is helping the good times roll with two $100 gift certificates towards anything from Sunny’s Goodtime Paints. Enter through Wed, July 21st, 2010.

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| By John Petersik | July 19, 2010 | 60 Comments

How To Add A Tone On Tone Wall Stencil

Sunny helped take this little lady’s bedroom to a beautiful big girl room with the help of some custom stencils and creative paint techniques.

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| By John Petersik | July 14, 2010 | 297 Comments

As Seen On TV

While recently watching a super old episode of Parks & Recreation, we had to laugh when we saw what looked exactly like our card-catalog-turned-spice-&-spoon-rack in the background behind Amy Poehler. Especially because the episode was all about her unabashed hatred for libraries: Isn’t it a dead ringer for the $5 thrift store version I got two Valentine’s Days ago from Sherry (read more about that here)? So it got us wondering if you’ve ever seen something you have in your house on TV. Was your fancy stapler on The Office? Did your Ikea curtains make an appearance on Project Runway? Have you spotted the same touristy magnet from Texas on someone’s fake sitcom fridge? Spill

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