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 | May 10, 2010 | 2,307 Comments

Fab Freebie: Plum Luck

Wanna fancify that couch of yours? Enter this week’s giveaway from Plum Cushion for a shot at some of the prettiest pillow you ever did see.

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| By John Petersik | May 6, 2010 | 62 Comments

He Said, She Said…

We showed as expected in the latest issue of Do It Yourself Magazine, but also surprisingly appeared in a foreign magazine. Check ’em both out here.

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| By John Petersik | May 4, 2010 | 600 Comments

When We Grow Up

We’ve got news: there’s a new employee and a new room redo in the hopper for Casa Petersik. Check out all of the details here!

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| By John Petersik | May 3, 2010 | 1,453 Comments

Fab Freebie: A Wilder Watercolor

This week we’re giving away a custom watercolor from Gadora Wilder. Send a pic of your pooch or favorite still life and get a one-of-a-kind watercolor in return. Enter thru 5/3.

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| By John Petersik | April 28, 2010 | 5,644 Comments

BONUS Fab Freebie: The YHL Baby Pool!

We’re taking guesses for when our little Bean will arrive. And if you guess right, you could be the random winner of a $100 gift card to West Elm.

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| By John Petersik | April 26, 2010 | 2,167 Comments

Fab Freebie: You Pillow Designer, You

InMod.com is giving away two pillows that YOU get to design. Yes, you. So enter here through Wednesday, April 28th.

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| By John Petersik | April 21, 2010 | 158 Comments

Our New DSLR Camera That We Use For Blogging

We finally snagged a nicer DSLR camera for our use so that our blog (and baby!) pictures turn out a bit nicer. We’d love any tips you’ve got for us!

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| By John Petersik | April 19, 2010 | 2,073 Comments

Fab Freebie: Pump Up The Volume

Who wants $50 towards the endlessly sweet and charming art from Vol. 25? Well, two of you are gonna win this week so enter through 4/21/10.

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| By John Petersik | April 14, 2010 | 211 Comments

How To Build DIY Floating Shelves With Ana White

We could not be more thrilled to introduce Ana from Ana-White.com who’s swinging by with an amazing build-it-yourself project for anyone who’s ever wanted to DIY floating shelves. For those who don’t already know about Knock-Off Wood, it’s a site full of amazing designer-lookalike furniture plans that will save you hundreds- even thousands- if you’re willing to break a sweat and put in a little elbow grease to whip things up on your own. And you know we love that Ana proves that woodworking isn’t only about guys in overalls. Ladies can totally make the sawdust fly just as well. So without further ado, let’s get down to business with the first project that Ana

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| By John Petersik | April 12, 2010 | 2,850 Comments

Fab Freebie: You Clean Up Nice

We’re giving away the prettiest and most eco-friendly cleaning products we’ve ever laid our eyes on. Enter to win $250+ products from Murchison-Hume thru 4/14/10.

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| By John Petersik | April 5, 2010 | 4,179 Comments

Fab Freebie: Gettin’ Jiggy With It

Kreg helped me build some shelves and now they’re gonna help one of you. Enter here to win a set of Kreg tools to try out your first woodoworking project.

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| By John Petersik | April 5, 2010 | 146 Comments

How To Make Wall Shelves For Books In The Nursery

To finish off a wall in our nursery, I braved a little carprentry project: building floating shelves from scratch. Check out this post to see how they turned out.

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