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Tour Time

UPDATE: This post isn’t updated with recent tour info, so click here to see our official regularly-updated tour page.

It’s heeeeeere. That fateful day when we finally get to reveal the finalized tour dates for our book, fresh from our publisher’s mouth (er, email).

Book Tour Map TBD

A few things to note are:

1. If it were humanly possible we would parasail/glacier climb/spelunk to every last crevice of the globe to thank each one of you personally for reading our blog. But given all the factors that go into planning and executing one of these things, we’re extremely grateful to be able to slide through all of the places they’ve scheduled us – especially since this was originally going to be a much smaller tour.

2. For anyone who’s bummed that we won’t in their city, we actually have a mac daddy giveaway planned for this coming Monday (why yes it does include flying one lucky winner and a friend to Richmond for the November 8th signing… amongst other awesome things like delicious meals and shopping sprees). Photo courtesy of the Richmond Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Tour Giveaway Graphic

3. There’s always the possibility that our tour could be extended again down the line (depending on how things go, more dates could be added). Heck, our Austin stop wasn’t even initially planned but pre-orders at BookPeople were so popular that they invited us out. Thanks people of Austin! So to anyone in a city that isn’t on the tour, you know we’ll keep you posted the second anything changes, which is definitely a possibility (ex: there’s talk of coming to the ATL area in Feb).

4. As for the blog while we’re away, we’re sure it’ll be a bit of a juggling act but we’re dedicated as always to keeping things fun around here. So we’ve squeezed in some extra projects (surprise!) that we’ll be unveiling while we’re touring. We’ve also lined up a pretty darn amazing gaggle of house crashings (check out a few sneak peeks below). Speaking of which… if you have an awesome casa in one of the cities that we’ll be visiting, please email us photos so we can possibly crash your house! And of course there will be window shopping and other travel adventures as well as some ridiculous/dorky video footage of some of our events/stops/flights, etc – you know we like to virtually take you guys with us wherever we go…

House Crash Tease

5. Clara and Burger will travel with us for some parts of the tour and will stay back with the grandparents for other more intense legs. They don’t exactly love planes, unfamiliar rooms, and missing naps/bug-hunting adventures, so we’re trying to shield them from as much of the insanity as possible. Leaving them behind for some parts of the tour will no doubt make us a little sniffly (neither of us have ever spent a night away from Clara, and Burger even came on our honeymoon!) but we’ve gotta do the best thing for them, even if it’s the hard thing for us.

6. We just learned that the folks who are making this tour possible and hosting us at each destination (ex: independent book stores, West Elm, Flor, etc) love when you buy a book at the event for us to sign. So if you’ve pre-ordered one already and would like us to sign it, we’re happy to do that (and so grateful that you did!) but it would be awesome to show some love to the host for getting us out there by purchasing a book at the event for us to sign as well. With the holidays around the corner, maybe you can gift the one you got on pre-order? Or ebay it for $100 (what? our signature is only worth 40 cents?). Or just use it as a decorating prop while you read the other one, like so:

Book Dummy Closed

Fun fact about the shot above: that’s not actually our book. It’s called a “dummy copy” and it’s basically just our cover printed out and wrapped around a completely blank book since ours are still off in Indiana being printed (right here in the USA, baby). We’re supposed to get our first preview next week, which will surely make us squeal like the Chippettes. John included (he fancies himself a Jeannette – I’m totally an Eleanor).

Book Dummy Open

Update #1: Some folks are worried that books won’t be available for us to sign if the tour stops in your city before the book officially comes out on the 6th. The good news is that there will be stacks of books being sold at every single event (both at independent book stores and places like Flor or West Elm). Yay! But I better start practicing my signature since it’s nothing but a messy squiggle that looks different every time… ack.

Update #2: We wish we had more control over what cities we were stopping at! It really is all about who invites us where. So it really has nothing to do with how big a city is, it’s all about if a certain vendor or bookstore works with the dates/times/etc. The great news is that it definitely sounds like the tour might get extended, so stay tuned for those details as soon as they’re finalized!

Now, for those looking for more details about our stop in each city – here’s a deeper breakdown of each event (note that some of ’em require an RSVP).

  • CINCINNATI: Saturday, October 20, 10:00 A – Books by the Banks Festival, Duke Energy Convention Center. Talk, meet & greet, and signing. More details here.
  • NEW YORK CITY: Thursday, November 1, 6:30 PM – FLOR, 142 Wooster Street; Book Party, Signing & Raffle (we’re unveiling and raffling an exclusive FLOR rug of our own design!) with wine, popcorn, cookies, and soda. More details here.
  • WILTON, CT: Friday, November 2, 9:30 AM – Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road. Talk & Signing. For details, call the event partner, Elm Street Books, at 203-762-3950.
  • BOSTON: Wednesday, November 7, 6:00 PM -West Elm, 160 Brookline Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
  • RICHMOND, VA: Thursday, November 8, 7:00 PM – R*Home for the Holidays at The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 West Main Street. Talk, Signing & Silent Auction: we’re offering up some of our favorite finished projects from the book to support the The School of Richmond Ballet. Wine & Hors d’hoeuvres will be served. Tickets here. Update: we’re working on a second Richmond event as well, details to come.
  • CHICAGO: Saturday, November 10, 1:00 PM – West Elm, 1000 W North Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
  • TORONTO: Monday, November 12, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 109 Atlantic Avenue. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
  • MINNEAPOLIS: Wednesday, November 14, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 3879 Gallagher Drive,  Edina, MN. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
  • HOUSTON: Thursday, November 15, 6:00 PM – West Elm, 3910 Westheimer Road. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
  • DALLAS: Saturday, November 17, 11:00 AM – West Elm, 5307 East Mockingbird Lane. Cookies, Cocoa + Crafting Ideas: A festive talk with signing and refreshments to follow. RSVP here.
  • WASHINGTON, DC: Wednesday, November 28, 6:30 PM – FLOR, 1037 33rd Street NW. Book Party, Signing (we’re raffling an exclusive FLOR rug of our own design!) with wine, popcorn, cookies and soda. RSVP here.
  • AUSTIN: Tuesday, January 8, 7:00 PM – BookPeople, 603 North Lamar Boulevard. Talk & Book Signing. To reserve your copy and RSVP, call 512-472-5050.
  • MIAMI: Wednesday, January 9, Time TBD – Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables. Talk & Book Signing. To reserve your copy and RSVP,  call 305-442-4408.
  • FORT LAUDERDALE: Thursday, January 10, Time TBD – Books & Books at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, 1 East Las Olas Boulevard. Lunchtime Talk & Book Signing. To RSVP call (954) 262-0255.
  • GRAND CAYMAN ISLANDS: Friday, January 11, Time TBD – Books & Books Grand Cayman, The Town Centre at Camana Bay, Grand Cayman. Talk & Book Signing. More info here.
  • TACOMA, WA: Friday, January 25, 1:00 PM – Tacoma Home & Garden Show. Talk & Book Signing. More info here.
  • PORTLAND: January date TBD, 6:00 PM – Rejuvenation, 1100 Southeast Grand Avenue. Talk & Book Signing. For more info call (503) 238-1900.

***Please come. And bring your friends/parents/ceramic animals. And be as awkward as possible. I’m telling you guys, no one will be more nervous and sweaty than me. No one.

UPDATE: This post isn’t updated with recent tour info, so click here to see our official regularly-updated tour page.

Comments

  2. Erica M says

    You are going to be near the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Chicago! It is such a beautiful area!
    If Clara is with you for that and time permits, I highly recommend a trip to the Lincoln Park Zoo, which is completely free and a very popular spot for kids.
    Also nearby is a cool restaurant called Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co. which is popular with both locals and tourists for their ‘pizza pot pies’
    http://www.chicagopizzaandovengrinder.com/default.asp

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  3. LavandulaLady says

    Don’t know if anyone has asked this, but if your book releases Nov 6, how can you start the tour on Oct 20? I’m curious as to how you’d sign books, but I know there’s a solution to this puzzle that I’m not aware of. Can you say?

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      They have early release books for the tour, so at all of those events there will be a big ol’ stack of books to be sold that we’ll sign- even before they’re available in stores!

      xo
      s

  4. sharon says

    what an amazing opportunity for y’all! definitely wish you the best. i’d wish you even more best if raleigh, nc were on that list. it’s all about the triangle, baby.

    PS – i’m originally from the richmond area, midlothian, to be exact. when we visited the ‘rents this past weekend we ventured out to love of jesus thrift. too bad we had no room to bring hope the awesome matching mid-century, gorgeous wood sidetables that i saw. sadface.

    regardless, thanks for the tip on that. i was impressed with their furniture line-up & lament the fact that i can’t seem to find much great thrift furniture in the area but my hunt continues. that might be a good option while you are touring — giving tips on places you loved to frequent when touring in various cities.

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Oh man, so glad you were able to go to Love of Jesus (bummer about not being able to take your find home). Isn’t that place awesome!? We’re hoping to have time to find places like that along our tour too. Fingers crossed the schedule isn’t too crazy.

      -John

  5. Whitney says

    AHHHHH!!! My birthday is the 16th and my husband just told me that he’s taking me to Cincinnati to see you guys for my birthday!!!!!!!!!! It’s nearly a three hour drive, but totally worth it. :) And I’m so excited that they will have books there, even before the release date! AHHHHHHH! This made my day!

    And congratulations on your book! You guys have worked so hard for what you have – you deserve it all! :)

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  6. LaNaya says

    Hooray!! I’m so excited you will be in my neck of the woods. I’m in Seattle, but both the Tacoma and Portland stops are close enough. Can’t wait to see you guys! Congrats!!

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  7. Amber says

    So excited for you guys!! I’ll keep crossing my fingers for a Kansas City stop too, since I live in Nebraska… I’d try for Minneapolis if it wasn’t midweek! Here’s wishing you a WONDERFUL tour – we’ll all be traveling vicariously through you (um, especially to the CAYMANS?! Woot!)

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  8. Erin@VintageKC says

    Hey there’s a serious gap in the middle of the map! ;) So excited for you guys. If you ever do get the chance to come to Kansas City, we have a million vintage/thrifty stores that you would love!

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  10. Sarah W says

    I cant believe your coming toronto!! figured youd stay on the other side of the boarder! already put it the request not to work that night :D

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  11. Sam M. | Atkinson Drive says

    Since your books are being printed in Indiana, you should probably come to Indianapolis on the tour…just sayin’. But, since you’re not, I suppose a trip to Cincinnati to see you guys + IKEA is well worth it!!!

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  12. Ashley W says

    So, I’ll either see in you in Richmond or Tacoma (moving to Seattle from Norfolk in Dec), would it be stalkerish to go to both?! :D

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  13. Sarah @ Just The Bee's Knees says

    Soooo excited you will be in Cincinnati!! I’ll be coming out to meet ya!! And how cool is it that you will be in Grand Cayman?!? So jealous. My sister lives in Toronto…such an amazing city. Hope you will love it there as much as I do :)

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  14. Kate Schirg says

    Sherry & John,
    I’m SO delighted that you’re coming to Minnesota! I can’t tell you how many book tours of the lovely bloggers I follow make it only as near to us as Chicago. THANK YOU for coming all the way to MSP, and all the best to you as you embark on this exciting journey!

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  16. Val says

    You guys aren’t coming to a city near me (yet!), but I am still absurdly excited! I love your travel posts! And were those room photos book previews?!?! Because they look AWESOME! I am completely dorking out — if I wasn’t secure in the knowledge that y’all are total nerds, I would be embarrassed by how excited I am. I probably am still a little embarrassed…

    ((I wonder if we could convince an IKEA to host you…how awesome would that be? Come get your book signed and frolic through the ATL IKEA with John and Sherry. And yes, I said frolic…like I said, embarrassingly, absurdly excited.))

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Those are actually House Crashing previews that we’ll be sharing while we’re on tour! We packed in so many fun things to share while we’re gone! And ack, an Ikea tour leg would be amazing!

      xo
      s

  17. Rebecca S says

    How exciting for you guys! I’m thrilled to see you are going to be at the Tacoma Home and Garden show in January. If I didn’t need an excuse to go to the show, but now I’ll definitely be going. Good luck with all the travel!

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  18. denise says

    I’m rooting for California–we are the most populous state in the union–and we do have some disposable income–I promise! Should we start a petition?

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  19. keegan says

    so excited for DC! but i have to ask (tried to read through the comments first so hopefully not redundant)–is the richmond event doubling as the official book project raffle event? or will there be a second event where you do the project charity raffle seperately?

    kiiiinda thinking i might have to come to both if richmond is going to be such a big thing! trying to buy a YHL original!!

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  20. Jennifer E. says

    I just begged my boyfriend to drive the 5 hours to Chicago so we could get our book signed! Unless, of course, you decide to have a St. Louis book signing… :)

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  22. Amber Du says

    So excited that you are coming to Chicago! The RSVPs are already in the 200s! Cray-ze! You’re going to have a line out the door!

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  24. Lindsey says

    Congrats guys! I’m sorry not to see a Denver stop but I’d definitely hit the Grand Cayman in January if I were you too. Denver is good for say… May? Lovely in June. Skip between mid-October and May unless you REALLY like the white stuff!

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  26. Brittney says

    So excited that you’re coming to Minnesota! We live less than 10 minutes from the Edina West Elm store so we’ll be there for sure.
    Is it weird that I’m totally geeking out about actually meeting you guys?! Yep…. I’ll be that girl!

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  27. Linda says

    See you in Chicago! Already looking up my Metra schedule so I’ll be there way early for a good place in line! Although, I suspect I’ll be bringing up the median age quite a bit :-)

    Yay ‘Free the Kitties’ YHL World tour 2012!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      I know, right? Grand Cayman invited us out and wanted to host us but we’re still waiting for the call from CA (well, our publisher is). Here’s hoping!

      xo
      s

  29. Nadya says

    I’m so EXCITED youre coming to Miami and Ft.Lauderdale. I can’t wait to tell my Husband whose at work and in a meeting right now so I’m patiently waiting to squeal my excitement to him. Love YHL!!!

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  31. Lina says

    If you’re going to (possibly) be in Atlanta, you should hook up with Parnassus Books and come up to Nashville!!! If not, I might have to hop in the car and come down to see y’all….

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  33. Krista says

    TORONTO LOVE!!!! Was beyond excited to see that you guys are coming north of the border. Unfortunately I won’t be able to make the event :( but I’m crossing my fingers you guys will spontaneously add an early afternoon activity to your calendar (haha) and if not, then I can’t wait to catch you on your NEXT book tour….cause you know you’ve got more than one in you! Love reading the blog and can’t wait to see you in print action!

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  35. Camilla Brown says

    No California? What? I’m sad.

    Love that dummy copy of your book. It would be fun to make it a scrapbook filled with photos of the behind-the-scenes stuff that went into the book!

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  38. Jessica W. says

    How exciting?! I will most definitely be at the Cincinnati signing, and am super pumped about getting the book early! I’ll just turn my pre-ordered copy into a Christmas present for a lucky family member and it’ll be a double win! Can’t wait to meet you both!

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  39. Katy D. says

    Totally geeking out over here! Cincinnati is about an hour and a half from me so you better believe I’ll see you there!! I keep thinking I’m going to say something super weird and uncool, but most likely I’ll end up staring at you with creepy stalkerish eyes. Either way, awkward…and sweaty I’ll definitely be sweaty.

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  40. Lisa Taylor says

    Portland, Oregon!? Sweet! The schedule will be arranged so I can be there! I look forward to sharing in your goofiness and picking up your book. This is perfect timing as I’m moving to Denver in the Spring and have a man cave to update!

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  41. Margaret says

    Awesome! I’m from update NY and hope to make it to the Wilton, CT date though the 9:30am time is giong to kill me (note not a morning person and it’s 3 hrs from me, lol) but it would be so fun to meet you guys! I’m going to see if my sister and mom want to tag along and then we’ll hit up Ikea later that day. I hope they’ll say yes, whoooah!!! :) This is exciting!

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  42. Penny says

    What about London we would love you see you here in the UK ?
    Am really looking forward to getting my copy of the book,
    And also reading about your adventures on the book tour, have fun !!!

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    • Maky says

      Yes, yes, yes! London PLEASE!!!

      Seriously… Do we have to write to bookstores or places like that here to get you guys invited over? I’m sure there’s tons of people from the UK who’d love to see you over here. It would most likely also cover lotsa peeps from the rest of Europe cause hopping on a plane to London is easy peasy!

      London, baby! (said in the voice of ‘Joey’ from Friends)

  43. lesli devito says

    john and sherry…I am BEYOND happy for you guys…it is all starting to seem real with all of these dates…question…what WILL you wear??? are you doing hand exercises??? Tell ms clara her buddy Charlie and I can come distract her…should the need arise, though I am fairly certain there are some over the moon grandparents in Richmond who get her ALL to their sweet selves. You are truly blessed.

    xoxoxox LOVE the crashing oics, what pretty shots!!!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Hahah! I have no idea what I’ll wear. Maybe the same thing to every event. And then people who post pics or tweet them will out me for having worn things over and over again. Haha. And Clara loves Charlie! She still talks about the house with two dogs and watching Pound Puppies and the suitcase with bears in it. It’s hilarious how much they remember!

      xo
      s

  44. Lauren H says

    I am beyond excited that your first stop is Cincinnati which is just a little over a hour from my house in Lexington. Yay!! So I went to the site to check out the details, started scanning other authors and HELLO the Novogratz’s are also there? Could this book fair get any more awesome? Seriously, it’s like I hit the book fair jackpot and it’s a FREE event! Yep, this just made my October!! Can’t wait to meet you guys!

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  46. LARY@ Inspiration Nook says

    How exciting! Congrats congrats congrats!!! Fingers crossed you guys make it to L.A!! So bummed you guys aren’t coming out here! Maybe I’ll win the trip to Richmond hehe Can’t wait to enter the contest on Monday.

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  48. Alyssa says

    Yes! I knew you’d be coming to Chicago! The RSVP link isn’t working though! I will be there, probably not sweating, but definitely acting all sorts of awkward. (I met Jerry Springer once and asked him to marry me…)

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  49. Roxanne M says

    WoHOOOOO! You just made this crazy week for me awesome.
    I’ll see you in Minneapolis :) Though I’d love to also see you in Grand Cayman. That is an amazing book stop.
    I was all psyched to take a day off to come for the signing, but you’re even doing it after work? Though I think I’ll show up at at least 3 because it looks like you’ve got quite the crowd showing up, and it’s still very early in the day :)

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