Cha-cha-cha-cha-changes.
Some of you already noticed that after Friday’s new house news we made a little tagline switcheroo in our blog header. Since it no longer seemed accurate to describe our site as “two young people falling in love with their first house” (and “two young people making the emotional decision to leave their first house so that they can take on new projects and have more room to grow” seemed a bit long-winded) we opted for this new one:
It’s no “Got Milk?” but we like that it now incorporates Clara & Burger instead of sounding like it’s the John & Sherry show (let’s be honest, our kids are the real stars of this production). And you know I love a good math reference worked in there whenever possible. We just hope it sort of explains what the heck “Young House Love” means in the first place. Because admittedly it’s not the most self-explanatory website name in the world.
nice one :)
I love it! Are you going to keep your old house tour tab at the top? I love scrolling through it for inspiration.
Hey Jennifer,
Yup, we’ll probably rename it to say “old house” and add another tab that says “current house” or something to that effect. Can’t wait!
xo,
s
i think its great and fits your family perfectly. congratulations on the evolution of your family and blog. I check it daily and love being an observer. :)
i’m so excited to see what you do with your new house!
I was wondering when that would change! Best luck and courage in this new endeavor! Will the livingroom mood board Sherry recently posted be a candidate in this soon-to-be-your-home? I like her ideas, but think I’ll for something more muted : we have a whole house (and not a lovely old one, but a brand-spanking new one–sorry) to furnish and decorate next summer.
By the way, have you heard of the website KU kuler? http://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/search?term=muted%20blue was a recent search of mine. I’ve found it helpful (I’m not color savvy at all!). Hope it can be of use to someone!
Shauna
Hey Shauna,
That’s definitely a look that I’m crazy about now, but who knows what we’ll really end up with once we move and start hunting around for furniture and slowly cobbling the whole house together! One thing is for sure- we can’t wait to find out how our style will evolve over the next few years (especially since it changes so much over the last four in this house).
xo,
s
SA-WEET! I like that it makes sense now to those who weren’t in the know before. Of course, I always just refer to you guys as the “Youngsters” and everyone here knows exactly who I’m talking about! ;)
Oooh, I’ve never been the first person to comment! I have to say I love the new tag line:) It’s a masterpiece, how many tries did it take to land on that? Good job younghouselove!
Hey Shelly,
We actually thought it up pretty quickly. We love a good math reference, and of course switching from couple to family made sense so then it was just trying to fill in the blanks from there (and connect the words young, house, and love so that they kind of made sense). Glad you like it!
xo,
s
Nice! I’m a newish reader, having just stumbled upon your site when looking for info on painting kitchen cabinets. Yesterday I *thought* there was something different but couldn’t put my finger on it. The bit that pops up when my cursor is on this window tab says “one young couple + old house = love” or something like that – caught my attention.
’nuff rambling from me. Can’t wait to see a tour of the new old house in all its dated glory. :)
Ok…. so I totally had a dream that I went house hunting with you guys last night. Thats when you know you read someone’s blog A WHOLE LOT! hahaha!
I love the new tagline! I think its perfect! :) Happy Sunday!
Guys, Daylight Savings only applies to the hours not the days, so today is still Sunday and NOT Monday…(shocked that there’s a post from you today)
Congratulations on your new home. I am so excited for you guys and cannot wait to see what you tackle with the new space. Hopefully your design evolution from “grown up” to “child-like” will result in one huge romper room in the new home. Or at least a playroom, will there be a playroom?
Haha, we would love to inject some romper room fun to the new house! We’re still in the beginning stages of planning but we hope to fit a lot of play-space into the house and create lots of rooms that multitask!
xo,
s
I think it’s absolutely perfect!
Absoutley love it!
Smooth switch! I like it. Congrats on your new house. Can’t wait to see what you’ll do to it!
I love math equations in tag lines too, it’s kinda got an old retro dorkiness to it. :)
I cant wait wait wait until Clara starts pulling all your beautiful decorations off your shelves so that you have to think of some ingenuis way for me to decorate around my 17 month old son! Not that I want your little ceramic animals broken, but I know you guys will come up with some great alternative to be able to have a beautiful home and a beautiful messy baby… and I cant wait to see what you come up with, and steal it and adapt it for my own home!!
We’re actually really excited about that too! I’m already on the lookout for kid-proof decor for lower shelves and tables (while I plan to move my beloved ceramic animals out of reach).
xo,
x
Love it!
I’m so excited that you guys are pulling the trigger on a new house. I like blogs to remain “personal”! Can’t wait to see all that you do with the new place…
Love it! Fits your site perfectly!
super cute! that just about sums it up. congrats!!!
I like it!
I’m so excited!!!!!!
LOL, I just wonder what you’re going to do when you are no longer considered “young”… I’m younger than you two, and I’m already getting the old fart jokes simply because I can rent a car, LOL!
Hahaha nice! Love the new tag line!
Love the new subtitle, and love the new house! I live in VA too (Fairfax) and i am partial to the brick ranches in the old neighborhoods here. We have a lot of them in our own ‘hood, although we ended up with a 1953 split level (which had the coveted master bath–woo hoo! unlike the ranches in the area.)
anyway, if you decide to DIY taking out any walls, will you PLEASE post step by step pics, because we have a few non-load-bearing walls that I’d love to remove (or make half-walls), but I don’t know if it’s a DIY project, or if I really need to bring in contractor help. I’d love to just have half the wall gone when my hubby comes home from work one night ;-)
wooohooo!
it’s perfect!
Love the new logo wording!
FYI: As a Motherof twins (boy and girl), thanks, I know; I suggest you glue evrthing down and to the wall and cover everything in bubblewrap. If there is a way to break it, tear it, lose it or stick it in her mouth, she will find it! :) Good luck on parenthood. It’s a whole new life! Fun+Kids=Unconditional Love Forever! Although New sofa+baby vomit=eew, it’s all worth it.
I miss that smell!
Wow, my typing is H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E!
I love it
congrats on the new house. I CANNOT wait to see what you guys get into in this new place. You all are always full of inspiration!
Whoa! Gotta love a YHL post on a Sunday!! I’m so excited for y’all and your new house adventures. And of course I’m already on the edge of my seat for the first reveal of the INSIDE of your new casa!
your new house made me smile…stick to what you know:)
love the new one! but your twitter tagline is still the same!
Thanks for the heads up Tamara! Off to update that!
xo,
s
It’s the perfect tag line! Congrats on the pending selling and buying….can’t wait to see your new place and to follow along with all your new adventures!!
I like your new tag line. You’re right that it explains things well since the main title doesn’t. The first time I heard of your site I thought, ‘oh my… risqué name!’ I kind of wondered what it could possibly be about.
I did notice & I’m really happy for y’all! Movin’ on uuuuuuppp to the east side (or whichever direction your new house is in). Yay! :)
You guys are gold. Whatever you come up with, for your tagline or your house, is sure to be a hit.
We love the name change and we love your new/old house choice. Cannot wait to see what you two do with this one. As you can see from our website, we are all about the numbers in the name too. Love yours.
congratulations!!! I am so happy that you guys found “the one”. I can’t WAIT to see what the interior looks like and to see all the changes you make. My hubby and I just finished unpacking the last box in our first house yesterday, and I am looking around going “OMG, I can’t wait to paint!” and all I can think is how excited you must both be to be facing the same thing :) I’ll no doubt be getting some inspiration from you guys! Here’s to bigger and better things!
Yay! Good work! You guys are my favorite little bloggers and I can’t wait to see all your decorating adventures in the new casa.
I really like it. Simple, but perfect!
My husband and I call our cats “the kids”. People sometimes ask what we will call them once we have kids and thank you for reassuring me in my answer… They will still be the kids! Just two species :)
Congrats!
Perfect! Now everything’s updated =) Soooo excited to see the new house and how you guys are going to decorate it! But i’m sure you guys are even more stoked!
Congrats again!
xoXOxo
Jenn L @ Peas & Crayons
Hello! I read your blog everyday! So excited for the new house!! Cannot wait to see what is in store!!! So I ran across this really cool, cute, inexpensive, but a little time consuming DIY wreath. I thought you guys would think it was fun. Here is the link:
http://calebdanielle.blogspot.com/search?q=yarn+wreath
I made 2 and they turned out really great!
Kate
Love it! Thanks for sharing the link!
xo,
s
Guess this means the photo on top is gonna have to change too, huh?! Sigh, I don’t like much of any change and my husband laughs at me for it! But I know I’ll get used to it (it took me forever to get used to the Young House Love from This Young House, but I did!)
One young family falling in love with their new OLD house. =)
Glad you guys found the one. It’s an amazing feeling!
Love the new tag line! By the way, I think it is so cute that you include Burger in “the kids”. My parents always referred to the dogs as their “kids” and our “sisters”, a term that I often silently protested. When my mom would tell me to “Let your sister outside”, I would shove my human sister out into the cold instead…and occasionally lock the door.
I noticed it right away! I think it’s the perfect description of YHL. I’m looking forward to the banner pic change too!
YAY! I can’t wait to see where this new adventure takes you! And of course, I look forward to lots more home decorating/improvement posts :) xo
Congrats on your home purchase. I recently stumbled upon your site and after about 3 weeks of continuous reading through your RSS feed I finally thought that it was time to come on and say “Hello!”
Your site is just amazing. The style, your tone – In fact, I just forwarded your blog on with this exact phrase “I love this site…so much”.
Best of luck on your new home purchase. I cannot wait to see what’s next. :o)