Quick note: Tomorrow (Saturday) we’ll be in Dallas at 11am at the West Elm on 5307 East Mockingbird Lane for cookies, cocoa and a book signing (more info here). We’d love to see ya there!
We’re back with a little book/life/tour update (#warning it’s long). Admittedly, it’s sooner than we had originally planned (our last one was a week ago), but lots has happened and we’re just brimming with news and pictures so we’ve basically overflowed. Somebody get a mop. Or maybe a tissue. Because we’ve gotta start with some crazy awesome / amazingly humbling news. We just learned that our book has become an instant New York Times bestseller. I can’t believe I just typed those words. It’ll actually be printed in the paper on 11/25, but this is a sneak peek image that we got. And yes, we totally called our parents and Sherry had a good cry (and I got something in my eye, but no sir I wasn’t crying). Then we laughed for at least three minutes about book #10’s title. #catpoetryforthewin
Sherry and I are still new enough to this publishing world that we don’t fully comprehend how these lists are crafted and what exactly it means. Though we’re certain it means one thing: we have the best readers ever. Because this was all thanks to you guys. Whether you’ve purchased a copy, shown up for a signing, or even just left an encouraging comment back when we were starting this whole adventure – we owe you a giant fist bump for showing so much love and support. We couldn’t have done it without you. Seriously. And if we’re being honest, we still think this might be a long and elaborate dream sequence…
Speaking of signings, we figured we should catch up up on some of our latest stops (or are we just dreaming about them?) since happenings from yesterday are already starting to get blurry in our cookie-and-cocoa-riddled minds. So let’s pick up where we left off here. We flew back from Boston to Richmond last Thursday, caught our breath, and before we knew it found ourselves at our first hometown event in Richmond called “R for the Holidays.” R.Home is a local shelter mag and we were completely surprised when they asked us to be on the cover of their Nov/Dec issue (and even more taken aback to see it blown up so big at the event)… let’s just say we both made faces like this:
Back in the day we wrote a DIY column for them and we’ve actually attended every R.Home for the Holidays event since its inception just as guests, so it was completely surreal to be speakers for the night. Oh, and how cute is beansie on that cover picture? We couldn’t wrangle both Burger and Clara simultaneously, so Burger ended up being represented by the sparkly chihuahua ornament in the green bowl that Clara’s actually reaching for in the photo. You can read a snippet of the article and watch a quick behind-the-scenes video here (and see a bigger picture of the cover, to get a glance of Faux Burger here).
Oh and Sherry wants me to tell you that when we shot the “Clara reaching photo” back in late October (here’s another Clara reaching pic, just because it seems to be her theme) she had waaay too much fun decorating those built-ins behind us for Christmas (they called to request that we do that since it was for the Nov/Dec cover). So they still mostly look like that and when we get back from this tour she’ll probably just “add even more Christmas.” #imarriedachristmaself
Anyways, back to the event. You may have heard that this is where we auctioned off some of the projects in the book. It was a great way for us to put some of those DIYed furniture and accessories to good use while also supporting a local cause (The School of Richmond’s Ballet which gives dance lessons to children who otherwise couldn’t afford them). We put a bunch of items up for auction (among them were two desks, two chairs, a bookshelf, a mirror, and a rug) and as we mentioned here, we later found out that our little auction raised $500 for local kids. Woot! Here’s Sherry making sure there aren’t any bugs hiding in the drawers before the auction. #keepingitreal
The evening started with a talk by Adam Roberts who turned his blog, The Amateur Gourmet, into a seriously beautiful cookbook called Secrets of the Best Chefs. In short: he was brilliant, inspiring, and hilarious. Then we went on and chatted with everyone about seven DIY lessons we’ve learned (many of them, the hard way). We definitely hope to link to a video of our chat when it’s up on R Home’s website, so we’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, here’s the synopsis: we were nerdlings, we over-shared, and the crowd was awesomely smiley. #bestmustacheever
With both talks wrapped up, we turned to the signing portion of the night – which is quickly becoming our favorite part of these things. We get to talk to people, take funny photos, and have conversations like: “Did Katie Bower have her baby yet!” “Nope, not yet – we just talked to her an hour ago!”
Amidst many familiar Richmond faces, we got to meet tons of new friends – like Hallie, who won our “trip to Richmond” giveaway last month. If any part of you wants to spew bile in her direction for winning, know this: she was sweet and bubbly and genuine and a thousand other nice words. She invited her mom along for a whirlwind weekend in RVA (Hallie was flown in from St. Louis and her mom was flown from Jacksonville). Sadly our hang out time clocked all of five minutes, but we later heard that they had a blast doing all sorts of RVA activities around town.
This woman gracefully accepted Sherry’s blurting compliment of “You look just like Meryl Streep!” She said she gets it a lot and even has a Meryl reference on her license plate. So Sherry insisted that we get a photo so we can pretend that we really met the star of classics like 1994’s The River Wild (arguably her best rafting-themed movie to date).
Along with a smattering of ceramic animal signing requests, we got funny invitations like this one, which was: “please sign a onesie for my baby.” Sherry opted to put a baby-sized hammer near the hand hole. Naturally.
And once again we enjoyed the kindness / craftiness / general awesomeness of our readers, who brought fun things like this Justin Timberlake bobblehead (there’s something in the box, if you know what I’m saying). It’s an inside joke at their office, apparently – and they wanted to pass him along to us because, well, he’s small and ceramic. And check out the awesome sugar cookies that arrived sporting Burger’s likeness.
When Richmond wrapped up, we hit the hay and about 12 hours later on Friday afternoon we found ourselves flying over the fair city of Chicago!
In Chicago we crammed in a little blog activity before our West Elm event the following day. We actually crashed a familiar home that you may know from a certain blog named Making It Lovely. There’s a full House Crashing post to come, but let’s just say that it was incredibly cool to finally meet Nicole and her family, but incredibly nerve-wracking to photograph the same spaces that Nicole captures so beautifully herself. But we hope you guys enjoy seeing some different angles of a house that so many of you already know and love.
Before our event the next afternoon at West Elm, we darted out to take a tourist-tastic photo in front of Chicago’s famous shiny bean. Sherry loves shiny things and we both have a fondness for a good bean, so it felt like a no-brainer.
Little did we know, while we were out squeezing in a sight or two, the line was already forming over in Lincoln Park. Christina takes the cake for most prepared. She drove overnight from St. Louis and camped out starting at 5:30am (for a 1pm start time). She retells her travels much more hilariously than we ever could on her blog. We were just happy to know that after all that waiting she wasn’t disappointed when she learned that we weren’t an iPhone or Harry Potter movie. Thanks again Christina!
The Chicago folks rocked our socks – both the West Elmers (or “Elmers” as we’re learning they’re called) and the readers. Even with a freak thunderstorm (a theme of our tour = weather events) thankfully most folks stayed dry and enjoyed toasty warm cocoa and cookies. There are too many good stories from the stop to cram in here, but we’ll share a few highlights. There was this bride who sent a virtual greeting from her hairdresser as she got ready for her wedding that day…
… and these sweet DIYed items, like a sparkly Burger portrait and a homemade horse puzzle (it was made by the fella in orange who’s a high school shop teacher). Clara and I have already had some good times putting that horse together, btw.
And sadly this picture doesn’t do this gift justice. It’s a beautiful handbound book featuring all of Clara’s photo project – from Week 1 all the way up to Month 29! So thoughtful. #yessherrycried
And how’s this for a cute story? Before coming to the event this gentleman surprised his girlfriend with our book at the shiny bean and inside the front he wrote – wait for it – a proposal! Yep, these lovebirds got engaged that day and our little book got to be part of it! Then they came to our signing and told us their story. Amazing.
Amongst many fun photos, there were ceramic animal milestones like reuniting with dearly departed Ramsey‘s twin.
And this group that requested a crazy picture. I think we achieved it, right?
And it’s starting to become a tradition of sorts to get an “End of the Line” group picture, to celebrate the people who were über patient. We love you guys!
The event wrapped up just in time for us to race to O’Hare and catch a flight that would get us back to Richmond late on Saturday night. While we waited at the gate, I took care of a little business – writing Granny a postcard from each of our stops. To date we’ve sent her eight from each of our out of state events (she receives one every other day or so).
Sunday was a “rest day” that we begged our publisher to put into our schedule (didn’t want to be away from Clara & Burger for too long) but it turned into more of a catch up on laundry, cleaning, and grocery shopping day. But since Richmond was nice enough to be 70 degrees, we were sure to sneak in some quality Clara and Burger time since they’ve been holding down the fort (with the help of my parents) while we were away. So there was some fun at the park and we went on a nice walk and even unpacked our suitcases just in time to pack them again for the next day. Yup, Monday morning brought another early morning departure through Richmond International Airport. And this time we were putting the “International” part to use and heading to our stop in Toronto, Canada. Hello CN Tower! My, what a tall antenna you have.
We didn’t actually make it up the tower (Sherry had been before and we’re both somewhat heights-averse enough to agree on admiring it from below) but we did have fun with some moose friends (or enemies) in the gift shop. The mountie moose was much less aggressive, fyi. #lookatthatsmile
We also enjoyed some simple pleasures like this. Yup, I’m still ten at heart, posing under a sign with my name.
Our Toronto hotel was pretty awesome (maybe they’re all amazing and non-chain-y up there?). In fact it was so awesome that between it and a cool restaurant that we stumbled upon, we’re actually going to crash them in a future post for you guys (Hotel Crashing? Restaurant Crashing?). But since we know you love a preview, here’s the double-sided glass shower in the middle of the room. It actually had blinds that you could close for more modest showering if you wanted to… #didweordidntwe
By evening it was raining (which didn’t surprise us at this point) and we hit up the Toronto West Elm for that night’s signing. The Canadians that we met (along with some Americans that drove up from NY) proved that friendliness and generosity don’t just live on this side of the border. Folks brought wonderful stuff like maple donuts (my FAVORITE) and this beautiful worm watercolor for Clara. Can’t wait to see the look on her face when we give it to her this Sunday.
We even had our very first FaceTime “guest” in Toronto (it’s a fun surprise when a face on a phone starts smiling and talking to you out of nowhere). We took a picture holding the phone and had fun posting “together.” Good times.
Oh and Sherry met her Canadian twin. Maybe not so much in the hair / height department, but in the blazer / striped shirt / skinny jeans area they’re practically born from the same egg.
Speaking of born… this was perhaps our favorite photo of the night. This mom-to-be supplied the signs so that Sherry could help squash any pregnancy rumors for good (and so she could announce her own exciting news).
And speaking of sherry’s blazer, she has been meaning to tell you guys that yes, it’s the same one for every signing (and yes, it’s from Target). Her philosophy is that it’s like when someone wears the same jersey for every game. Her blazer gets to travel the country and she changes her earrings, shoes, and the shirt underneath. So there you have it. #mywifeisweirdbutiloveheranyway
A funny thing happened in Toronto where folks in line somehow received the instruction to outline their own message in the book in addition to the post-it that spells their name for us (the usual drill is that folks spell their name for us, but we write the dedication ourselves). This accidental self-imposed “tell us what you want us to say to you” method created a few awkward moments, but more often than not people had fun with it. Like Kaylee and Mike who suggested a Mad Lib style entry for Sherry to fill in. I believe someone also tricked us into inviting them for Christmas dinner and another couple had us proclaim them to be our BFFs for life.
When the event finally wound down (and the rain stopped!) we were sufficiently pooped for the day and couldn’t muster the energy to go sit in a restaurant for dinner. Fortunately we had saved up our daily food allowance and our hotel had room service that included the $9 Canadian staple poutine (french fries + gravy + cheese). It was awesome. And I ate entirely too much of it. It was actually only our second time ever getting room service, so it was a pretty memorable night – even if it was just nine bucks worth of fries covered in cheesy gravy.
The West Elem signing wasn’t our last stop in Toronto though. We’d been invited to do a short segment on Global TV’s The Morning Show with about 20 hours notice. I’ll admit I hadn’t heard of it being from the states, but it felt roughly the equivalent of Good Morning America or The Today Show. Let’s just say, equivalent enough that I required make-up and we both got skittish and clammy (kinda like how Burger gets around cats).
We’ve never done a big show like that LIVE so we were admittedly quite nervous that we’d screw it up and immediately be asked to leave their country. Add to that equation that the props we had shipped didn’t arrive as planned so we had to improvise with about 10 hours notice. The hurricanes that you see below were borrowed from West Elm the night before at the very end of our signing and we scrambled to cobble together some filler with things from the grocery store (lemons, limes, pistachios, apples, etc). It was all assembled backstage moments before we went on…
So now that we’ve concluded our whirlwind week, we’ll leave you to enjoy your weekend. But wait. We still want to pucker up and say “thanks! we love you!” one more time. Without you guys there would be no book. There would be no signings. And our names certainly wouldn’t be on that crazy list at the start of this post. So yeah. Rock on you lovely people. Words can’t express our gratitude (or how surreal this entire ride really has been).
Anyway, we’re wrapping up our biggest week of tour stops tomorrow in Dallas, TX which means we’ll have another update for you about our stops there as well as in Minneapolis and Houston in another week or two. We’re having such a blast meeting you guys and have definitely done our darndest to keep the blog up and running while we’re gone, so thanks again to everyone for bearing with us and saying such kind things and otherwise being a huge part of making this all happen. #seriouslyarewedreaming #ifwearedontwakeusup
Psst- Some people have asked how they can get signed copies of our book if they don’t live near a signing stop, and now an awesome local book store here in Richmond called Fountain Books is shipping them to anyone who’d like one, so here’s that link for ya.
Momcat says
*New*
*York*
*Times*
****BESTSELLER****
Can this GET any more fabulous for you? How is it that your brains have not exploded yet?! I Can’t Wait to meet you in RVA. Am I gonna have to camp overnight in Carytown to get to see you?! Do they even let us West End’ers do that?!! ha!
Seriously, congrats. Couldn’t have happened to nicer folks. Thanks for including us on your journey!! :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha you won’t have to camp in Richmond! At least I hope not. Haha! We can’t wait to see you. And as for our heads exploding, they already did. When we got the bestseller call our brains spontaneously combusted. Haha!
xo,
s
Katy @ The Non-Consumer Advocate says
I just watched your canadian TV spot and:
A) Great job, both of you.
B) The paint the bottom of the glass shade idea? Effing brilliant! I think I may do this *today* in my bathroom!
C) Okay, that’s all. Moving along now.
Katy
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Katy!!
xo,
s
Julia says
Can I comment on the fact that a book called “Can I Pee On This?” is on that list?
YoungHouseLove says
Hahha that made us laugh until we cried!
xo,
s
Sam says
Congratulatios!! I wish I could fly all the way to the States to see you guys! I can see your having fun =)
xx
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Sam!
xo,
s
Cassondra says
What a great accomplishment! I am likely getting your book for Christmas so I haven’t been able to buy it but think about it every day! Can’t wait to read it on Christmas day – it will be the most antisocial family day ever.
YoungHouseLove says
That’s so sweet. We hope you love it!
xo,
s
Katie V. says
Congrats! I’m not surprised you’re on the list! I’m still laughing at this line: “Her philosophy is that it’s like when someone wears the same Jersey for every game.” John capitalized Jersey so I automatically read it as if you’re wearing your Jersey (New Jersey). And then I realized he meant a sport jersey. Haha, I do think you probably wear your “Jersey” every day. ;-)
YoungHouseLove says
Hahaha yeah, I wear it proudly! You’ve seen my big J-Lo boots and my gold purse, right?! Haha!
xo,
s
Tracie says
Congratulations!!! How exciting. And you should have said a Twilight movie not Harry Potter, don’t you know it was out at midnight? :)
YoungHouseLove says
Hahah!
xo
s
Elinor says
Congrats on the best seller list! That’s so awesome!!
Wish I could come see you guys in Dallas – so close, yet so far. Have a great time!
Heather says
Everything about this post is AWESOME!! And I think it needs to be #1! Just sayin’!! I’m still hoping that there will be an update that says ” New tour date/city added- Orlando!!” You guys are so great!
Leyna says
Seriously–you couldn’t deserve it more. You’ve really got a Cinderella story going on, but EVEN BETTER because you guys have worked your tails off and, through it all, have remained humble, charming, appreciative, and just darn nice.
My friend and our big pregnant bellies met you last night at West Elm in Houston, and I shall now crown you guys with the “nicest celebrities I’ve ever met” award. It was between you guys, Keanu Reeves, and Paula Abdul (who were perfectly nice and lovely, by the way). You couldn’t have been more gracious and cheerful. Sherry, crossing my fingers you’re wrong when you say my friend will pop out her baby first since I feel huuuuuuge already, but no hard feelings. For now. Talk to me when I’m 47 weeks pregnant! ;)
I was excited to bring my book home and even more excited that my husband had fed, bathed, and put my other kids to bed so I got to kiss them goodnight and dive right into all the inspiration in that awesomesauce book of yours. My 6 year old did wonder if I went to this book signing to ask you guys if you were coming over to help redo her “big girl” room. I told her we’d try to catch you next time you’re in town since you seem a leeeeeeetle bit busy right now ;)
YoungHouseLove says
Hahaha you guys were amazing and it was so much fun to meet you! Can’t wait to see our awesomely awkward prego belly pic! Yeehaw! Thanks so much for coming out and saying hi. And maybe you’ll both have babies at the same exact time. How sweet would that be?
xo,
s
Leyna says
I emailed you the awkward preggo pic and, um, I thought I asked you guys to look fat. You must have thought I meant PHAT!
(No, I’m not drunk. Just a dork.)
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahahah!!!!
xo
s
Mollee says
Wow, you guys! HUGE congrats on the NYT bestseller thing! Awesome.
The photo with the “Not Pregnant” and “Pregnant” signs is too funny! I don’t know why people keep suspecting you’re pregnant, Sherry! You’d have to be a lunatic to want to be pregnant on a book tour. I’m in my 16th week, still feeling like crap, and I get nauseous just from READING about all of your flying, public speaking and cookie-eating.
YoungHouseLove says
Yes, I tossed my cookies for 100 days straight! Being prego and on ten flights in eleven days would be chaos! Haha. Hope you feel better soon!
xo,
s
Jeanna says
Enjoy this wonderful ride you are on! I know you will carry wonderful memories of this time in your lives. Really enjoy hearing about your adventures, and I seriously teared up at John sending postcards to his Granny. So sweet :)
YoungHouseLove says
It’s so much fun! We love telling her about the trip and slipping those in the mail as we go!
xo,
s
Michelle says
This is soooo amazing!
I’ve been following you guys for years now and suddenly for the past couple of months that whenever I mention my “friends” john and sherry to people in conversation a huge number of people actually know who i’m talking about! (and I suddenly feel less like a creepy internet stalker and more like a fan! hahah)
I am so happy for all your success and it couldn’t have happened to nicer floks!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, we ARE friends Michelle! Heck, we love you guys.
xo,
s
Caitlin @ Desert Domicile says
Congratulations on making it to the NYT list!!! That’s so exciting!!! Are you guys going to do anything to celebrate?
YoungHouseLove says
We’re planning a late birthday celebration day for John on Sunday once we’re reunited with Clara and Burger. There will be lots of snuggling and maybe we’ll go out to eat (and cry a little more). Haha.
xo,
s
Nancy says
Congrats on the NYT list, will not be surprised if you guys reach #1! Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who got teary eyed reading your post, your blog is great, and inspires a lot of people. Wish you were coming to upstate NY!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks so much Nancy! You guys are the best.
xo,
s
Crystal says
Congratulations on the NYT List! You guys are amazing and it was so great to meet y’all last night! I love that you made us feel so comfortable and even personalized the book for my husband’s cousin’s fiance (whew!) who just bought her first home. I’m pretty sure I just scored major points for the best Christmas gift this year! Holla!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much for coming Crystal!
xo,
s
Celise says
Sherry and John- it was a pleasure seeing you two last night in Houston. I hope you got to take in the sights here or at least in Dallas. It’s not a surprise your book would be NYT best seller. I could not put it down last night. I LOVE burger’s random quotes and appearances. I bet it was fun getting him to pose for those photographs. My chihuahua always seems to move when I try to take her picture. Y’all are the best! Should be “Houston Time’s Best Book Signers!!!!”
YoungHouseLove says
Aw you’re so sweet Celise! So glad you’re enjoying the book!
xo,
s
Jess says
I don’t know how to reply to a comment here, but any way you could post a close up of the worm painting? It looks so cool in the tiny pic!
Also I just had to say, in response to another Canadian saying Toronto is more commonly referred to as the “Big Smoke”….huh?? Not true at all! I have to wonder where she’s from because I have lived in Toronto my whole life and NEVER heard it referred to as the Big Smoke LOL. (T-Dot is definitely the most common, good job! T.O. is another one.) She must be one of those Canadians who pronounce “Toronto” wrong also :P (Locals pronounce it with the second “t” as silent. More like tuh-ronno)
YoungHouseLove says
We’d love to share a close up of the worm painting! Maybe once we show Clara and get it into a frame?!
xo
s
karen says
wowwwww! i’m so happy for you guys!!!
your parents must be so proud!!!
jeese…i’m proud that i’ve been with you 3+ years!!
marti says
Loved it that you got one Canadian stop! Thank you! But I hope you’ll forgive (appreciate the nerdiness of) this small correction. The smiling moose at the base of the CN tower is dressed as a Mountie, from the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). Not a ranger. Though I am not sure what kind of horse a moose would be riding. A big one? – from a proud Canadian!
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahaha! Picturing a moose riding a horse just made my day.
xo,
s
Lisa E says
On the NYT best seller list? Woot! Woot! Holy moly, that’s fantabulous! How exciting! I can’t stop using exclamation marks, ha! Congrats, so well deserved! :)
Barb says
It was so great to see you two in Toronto (I’m the Poop Factory dog lady) and I have to admit that I barely heard anything you said to me because I was so excited to meet you!
In fact, I have two copies of your book now – the one I ordered online didn’t come in time so I had to run out that day and buy another one! Someone might just end up getting a fab Christmas present!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha we loved meeting you!!
xo,
s
Cher says
Did I not predict (in a poorly-worded comment) I’d be adding your book to the bestseller list at my library MONTHS ago? I’d like to take credit for this one ;) Seriously, CONGRATS. Your book is fantastic, creative, and funny… Like a permanent piece of yourself that lives with all of us, which we all love. So thank YOU for writing something for US.
Also, “DIY Empire” makes me picture Burger in a Darth Vader costume and Clara with cinnamon roll buns on the side of her head. PLEASE make that the cover of the next book!
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahahahahah! You did call it and I think you’re onto something with that cover idea!
xo,
s
Kristin F says
You guys are so swell and no one deserves it more! Hope to catch you in Atlanta. Unless you want to add a Columbia SC or Greenville SC stop to the list???!
redkimba says
You’re going to have your own show, you know. It’s inevitable. Both of you are very telegenic. I think you’ll get an offer you can’t refuse. Oh, sure, you’ll try to refuse it but your public will demand that you accept.
Gird your loins. It’s going to happen.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha! I need to work “gird your loins” into more posts.
xo,
s
Julia at Home on 129 Acres says
So glad you guys came to Canada, even if I didn’t make it out to see you. Just an FYI, your “ranger” moose is actually dressed in an RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) uniform. Congrats on your success and good luck with the next leg of the tour. Stay hydrated!
YoungHouseLove says
Love it, thanks for the tip!
xo,
s
Marija says
I just received your book :)! Off to read it.
Greetings from Graz, Austria
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Marija! Hope you love it.
xo,
s
Emily F says
wow!! You two have been busy!!! And you kicked butt on live tv!! :)
Emily says
Heyyyyyoo, I finally just finished reading every single post on your blog and now am finally able to comment on as many posts as I possibly can. (if you remember, I sent you a compost question not too long ago!) It gets me excited reading about all these adventures you guys are going on, so fun! Congratulations, it must be surreal for you guys but it’s really happening! I have yet to buy the book, but now that you just offered up the link for a signed copy, I’m totally on it. Can’t wait to hear more updates!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks so much Emily!
xo,
s
Clare says
so proud!!! Even I got a tear in my eye reading about the NYT news. You are rock stars!!
xoxo,
Clare
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Clare. You guys are the best.
xo,
s
Thais Bessa says
Congratulations for being in the best-sellers’ list! One more thing totally deserved and I hope you are soon number 1!
I just got a message from Amazon saying my copy of your book that I pre-ordered as soon as you guys posted the link was dispatched today. It should be in my eager hands here in the UK by Monday. Yay!!!!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoooo!
xo,
s
Brittany says
Congratulations!! I’m a long time reader of your blog and think you all are so deserving of such a high honor! You all work your lil behinds off everyday to share such awesome DIY ideas with the world. Can’t wait to see you climb a little further up the list.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Brittany!
xo,
s
Cara says
Congratulations! Such a crazy exciting week for you. It was fun meeting you in Chicago! I just went and bought book #10 for my coworker who loves her cats. Perfect Christmas gift. Thanks for posting the whole list and pointing it out!
YoungHouseLove says
Hahah that’s awesome.
xo
s
Krystle @ Color Transformed Family says
Reading all this really makes me want to meet ou in person. I hope ATL gets added to the tour.
Megan L says
Amazing news! You guys deserve it. NOW PLEASE COME TO CA!!! A new West Elm just opened by me and it needs to be christened by YHL!
YoungHouseLove says
We’d love to!!
xo,
s
Susan says
I stayed in that hotel!
JP says
Congrats!
I vote for celebrating buy buying a new blazer! :)
Wish I could make a book signing! Looks like so much fun.
Jain says
It was a spur of the moment decision to drive an hour to come see you guys in Toronto when I discovered Canada was part of the book tour. It was worth the drive and the wait with 1 husband and 2 kids in tow. You are both incredibly energetic and gracious! Thanks for making the trip to Canada and the book is amazing! Congrats!
Jain, Duncan, Billie Maude and Harlowe from Canada xo
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks so much Jain!
xo,
s
suzanne says
Congratulations on the best seller list!..and everything!!
I love that you are taking us all along for this exciting ride! I’ve been meaning to order the book, but after this post, I FINALLY went to amazon.ca and ordered. Can’t wait to get it!! Early Christmas present to me!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks for ordering Suzanne!
xo,
s
Anu says
So excited for you ! Congrats on the best seller listing. missed seeing you in Minneapolis. But looking forward to reading how it all went in next week’s post.
Barbara says
You realize that the next step is your own TV show, right?
It’s a good thing you two are young – your schedule would kill an old person like me.
Congratulations! Please stay the geeked-out, real people we love.
Jackie says
Goosebumps!! NY Times Bestseller’s List – congrats you two!!!
Carol says
YIPPEE !! So happy for you!! Ride the train to “happy town!”
Lauren says
I am so happy for you!
Matt @ D is for Dino says
Congratulations on the NYT Bestseller list!! And to think, I’ve recommended soda to John… a DIY celebrity now!! Super stoked for you guys.
PS: The stachetag seriously made me giggle. Thanks for the props.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha we love you, your soda recs, and your mustache Matt!
xo,
s
Kim W Rily says
Max and I watched the video and he likes the picture of the worm someone made Clara. At first he said, “Ooh, Snake! Scary!” When I told him it was a worm, he said, “Ooh, I like worms. They’re pink and squiggly and move and I like gummy worms! I love gummy worms, yummy!”
I think he and Clara would get along just fine.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha so cute!
xo,
s
Tracy a says
Hooray for the NY Times top ten list! So exciting! And this Canadian is so lad to hear you enjoyed poutine…most of our American friends seem to find fries with gravy and cheese gross–as if that were even possible! If you make it to the west coast be sure to try a Nanaimo bar-they are super sweet, but another true Canadian treat! Oh, there’s a house in small town Balfour, BC that could be crashed! ;) congrats again on all tour success with the book!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Tracy!
xo,
s
Teresa says
I love that you are working with Fountain to get autographed books to the masses. I was a bookseller there for years and they are huge lovers of Richmond and especially local authors. Thanks for supporting the little guys.
YoungHouseLove says
We love Fountain!!
xo,
s
liz @ btb says
This is totally off topic, but did y’all know you’re the example on the main page of Snap Widget? http://snapwidget.com/
YoungHouseLove says
No way!! Hilarious. John eating those ketchup chips can live on in infamy.
xo,
s
haley says
That is fantastic…now come to SYRACUSE..ok?
YoungHouseLove says
We’d love to end up out there!
xo,
s