It’s Friday! Let’s get mathy up in here. By now you know I’m a card carrying facts & figures nerd (here’s Exhibit A and Exhibit B) so when Sherry and I started to notice some unique stats about our new house my throat basically erupted with “LEMMEDOSOMEINFOGRAPHICSPLEEEEEASE.”
Whether she actually was keen on the idea or was just worried that disagreeing would turn me into some beastly werewolf-statistician, this post was born. We always end up loving random time capsule posts like this the most in hindsight (it’s fun to look back at things we probably would have forgotten otherwise, like this, this, this, this, and this). So in the name of some headed-into-the-weekend fun (because, you guessed it, we’re busy painting something) here are the infographicized facts about life in our new house:
What fact struck you the most? Was it Sherry’s creepy birds-under-glass problem? How do they breathe!?
Laurbie says
Freakin’ excellent.
Dana @ House*Tweaking says
I have a very irrational fear of everything aviary. It doesn’t matter how small they are…birds scare the bahjeezus outta me. Your suffocating birds are right up my bird-fearing decor-loving alley!
Emily says
OMG! You only have 5 inches of sink depth? How do you live?!
Charlotte says
I actually like the sea shell shaped sink. Not sure why everyone seems to hate it. It’s pretty and unique…maybe just replace the faucet.
Emily says
Hey! You guys got a mention on Emily Henderson’s blog today: http://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/.
Love that you’re inspiring the HGTVers!!!
YoungHouseLove says
Isn’t that crazy?! I love that Bearcat picture. Cracked me up.
xo
s
Carly Rogers says
I love how your brain works. In my previous life (before becoming a SAHM), I was a project manager. So as a SAHM, I have an extensive project plan for cleaning my house on a weekly/monthly basis. :) Ha! 5 inches of sink depth struck me – how awful! And 21 windows to be painted. I hate painting detailed stuff like that… glad it’s not me!
Olivia says
Hey! The last “forum” feature looks great!! Get excited for Tuesday! :)
Also, I was so happy to see that you have those sea shell sinks. We have two at our beach house and I’m glad to see we’re in good company. Let’s embrace them together.
-Olivia
Andrea says
Jeez your deck is bigger than my whole apartment!
Danielle says
All I could focus on was the 5″ of sink depth. Whaaaaaaat?!? I don’t know what I’d do without my extra deep single basin sink!
Missy says
I like your slate floor in the entry. Do you like it? I just like to know what to NOT get attached to. :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, we’d love to keep that if we can fix a few damaged spots and repair/scrub some grout!
xo
s
2emilythompson says
Sherry – Re: Grout Cleaner –
http://aprrilsopinion.blogspot.com/2012/06/amazing-grout-cleaner.html
I used that recipe (that’s not my blog) and cleaned grout that had never been cleaned in 5+ years and it is AMAZING. I didn’t even know I HAD white grout in my kitchen until I used this- I bet most of what is required is already in your pantry. Not sure if it would be safe on slate though! You might want to check it out.
xo,
Em
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks for the tip!
xo
s
Nicole says
Definitely the amount of crown and chair molding! I’m sure you will appreciate those architectural details someday if your painting hands don’t completely fall off. But the number of frames struck a chord too – we are about 9 mo. Into our new home and have only hung five frames :(
Brenda says
Oh, the specialness of your house. The seashell sinks, the woefully undersized mirrors and sink. You have found a treasure. :)
April says
The seashell sinks and the shallow kitchen sink were notable, but what took my breath away was that your deck is larger (by 40 sq ft) than our last one-bedroom apartment. Wow, what a deck!
Julie says
The 3 different types of flooring downstairs is what got me. The past owners must have been pretty interesting to have that and all the different wallpapers and all that blue trim going on at the same time. lol
lisa says
The fact that struck me the most was the 8″ mirror in the bathroom. After is the amount of windows you have to paint
Pamela Bertone says
I’m so glad to see someone else with a bird problem!!! Mine are not under cloches yet, but one is perched on a nest, another under the dome of a cake stand (cloche-ish for certain.) Strange birdophiles have to stick together!!
Pam
Megan says
I so feel your shallow-sink pain. Getting a high arched faucet is on my to-do list this weekend so I can actually fill my Britta for the first time since buying this house a month ago. (Shallow sink + low faucet = nothing fits). I’ll replace the sink when I re-do the kitchen next year.
Is swapping out a faucet a reasonable DIY thing? As a long time renter I’m a total novice at anything other than painting, frame-hanging and styling rooms. I’m nervous about trying it but after spending mucho bucks to have a plumber replace my toilets (4 of them – just to keep with the numbers theme!). I’d rather not write another check.
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, totally doable! We hope to post a tutorial in the next month or so when we tackle that (we have a few leaky ones)!
xo
s
susan says
Good Grief! 8in mirror? My Pepsi almost came out of my nose when I read that. Uncontrollable laughter. Don’t drink Pepsi and read YHL at the same time.
kate says
5 sea shell shaped sinks? Noooooooooo!!
Terresa says
I always love the mathy posts!!! 8 inch bathroom mirror, oh my!
Dena says
If it’s any consolation, I have a hot tub room in my 1989 Glen Allen, VA house (just a hot tub, some hooks on the wall, some mirrors on the ceiling (because yuck), ivory 80s track lighting, some wood paneling, navy and white floral wallpaper, and half blue tile / half tan berber carpet floors. We’ve lived in the house 6 years. It’s a storage room. We’ll get to it someday, in due time. Keep telling yourselves that.
Rachel says
This is amazing-collaged this way it looks like total insanity and complete nonsense! I saw the title and thought “numbers? Well, okay.” And then I scrolled down and was just like woah….I can see that: You have some work to do. You don’t take it too seriously or let it getcha (italics on the”too”); and yes, the numbers show us that you have a handle on the plan!
I just had to comment with a “nice job!” on this one!
Katy says
I love this! Serious talent with those infographics. We are currently rental hunting so we’re looking for something a little less quirky :)
Gwen, The Makerista says
I just love this! some of it is kind of overwhelming though, huh? like the shell shaped sinks and the 5″ deep kitchen sink. that would drive me bananas! but what you replace it with will feel so much sweeter because you had to suffer through what you’ve got now.
you all work magic, and i can’t wait to continue with you on this journey. thanks for sharing and happy weekend!
Michelle says
I don’t know what is worse five sea shell sinks or three different types of flooring. You sure did take on a challenge with this house but so far the work you put into it looks wonderful. Looking forward to seeing how you change everything.
Caitie says
“Lets go to the beach” and “how do they breathe” made me lol. Louder than I’d like to admit. Thanks for those Petersiks! :D
Lynn says
Know you guys are enamored with your one deer but be very careful about ticks. Especially if Clara is playing in the grass. You don’t want to add and …….. 3 CASES of LYMES DISEASE.
(. Sorry to be a kill joy but felt the need to point it out)
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Lynn! We both grew up in wooded areas with deer so we do nightly rich checks, not to worry! Burger has his Lyme vaccine too :)
xo,
s
Jeanette Munn says
What – no partridge in a pear tree?! LOL
Lila says
I love this for so many reasons! We also have a “math problem” in our house (ie my husband is a math nerd) and I’m envisioning totally copying this (compliment, compliment!) when we finalize buying our first house! Thanks, your post just made my morning! :D
Renee says
I bought my house a year ago & we have two seashell shaped sinks! I had no idea they were so popular!
Alyson says
Five seashell shaped sinks! o_0
grace garland says
wow!!! 8″ of mirror in a master bath?! that’s only enough to look at a face. love all the list of facts though. looks like a fun house to fix with a lot of potential.
Janet says
Im digging the wallpapers! Our last house (1953 ranch) had been fully decorated on a large budget in, oh, 1973? A whole house palette of avocado, brown, harvest gold: Drapes, carpet, tile, funky wallpapers, wood-grain contact paper covered built-ins, orange stained glass chandelier in the kitchen, you-name-it; tons of hideousness! But, at one point, that was all the bomb-diggety and someone was really excited to put all that in. So with all these awesome stats (thanks John!) and seeing some of those coordinating wallpapers (and bluish slate and dusty blue trim), go retro and tell us how well decorated (for the era) your house is/was? :-)
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, we always say this house was decorated to the nines!
xo,
s
Sharon B. says
Loved this post! It was reminding me of the 12 days of christmas too and the birds in a cloche was a hilarious ending! The 8 inch master bath mirror got me – I don’t think my entire head would fit in that mirror. I don’t know how you do your hair in the morning :) My favorite though that made me smile the most was Burger and Clara on the deck. SOOOoo sweet and happy! I’m going to have to check out the forum. You’ve mentioned it a few times and it takes that long for something to sink into my head that there are happenins going on that I should check out! Sharon
lynda says
Funny, we just spent the last hour measuring a room and the furniture with all the dimension we could think possible. We are flipping living room with dining room (on separate floors) and I’m tired of remeasuring everything. I put all the information in Evernote so we can access it on the go.
Jeanine says
I personally love that a deer followed John into the garage. haha You guys really moved a woodsy area with all those deer that roam around. The square footage on the deck is awesome. :) Perfect for summer nights with a glass of lemonade!
magpie says
I can’t even say how happy that tiny and hilarious Nicki Minaj lyric callout made me. And I don’t even consider myself a fan.
You guys are the best.
Sarah T. says
The 5 inches of sink depth is definitely the most disturbing to me. My husband and I had a sink like that in our last apartment, and it was horrendous to deal with. I always had water splashing everywhere when I did dishes, and some things wouldn’t even fit! (i.e. tall pitchers). Maybe I’m just messy, but I feel your pain.
Heather says
5 Sea Shell Shaped Sinks sounds like a horrible tongue twister…..5 of them really? Wow.
Angela says
Not sure if you have seen this but your book pops up every where I look! :-) http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/home-room/27210285.jsp
YoungHouseLove says
Isn’t that crazy?!
xo,
s
kalibrooke says
Dear god…5 sea shell sinks??! Guess those were the first and the last decor decisions made in that house…
Kathy says
Try saying “Five seashell shaped sinks” five times in a row. ha! :)
(I guess the previous owners must’ve gotten a good deal on those!)
Rachelle S says
FIVE seashell sinks! What were they thinking! LOL :) and only 5″ of sink depth? crazy, crazy builder!
Emily says
I had been looking closely at your bathroom pics previously, thinking I was seeing a seashell sink or two, but I couldn’t be sure. Why? We have four of them in our house.
I was a little sad to see so many negative comments about the sinks. While I would not have picked that style, they didn’t bother me. But now I guess I should re-think that as far as resale. (One is a very long double vanity top in the master that would cost a fortune to replace. Gulp!)
Honestly, I was so just so thrilled to go from one bath in our previous house to 2 1/2 baths here that those seashell sinks were fine by me.
YoungHouseLove says
I feel you on going from one full bath to 2.5! Such an upgrade!
xo
s
Pamela says
UGH! The seashells, we only have two and I just want to rip them out so badly!!
Julia @ Cuckoo4Design says
Ugh, 21 windows to paint. Me no likey!
Amber says
Love this! The deck is my favorite with Clara sunbathing! Don’t update her please!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, I promise I won’t!
xo
s
Barbara Z. says
ADORE your blog — yep, even your so-called nerdy ones; very cleverly done. You two make design voyeurism a happy place!
Angela says
At least I’m not the only one living with faux brick vinyl in the kitchen! Aaarrrgghhh!
basicallybrandy says
I cannot wait to see all the different thing you are doing to this new house. Loving the upstairs already!