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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

  1. Jenny F. says

    SO SO happy to hear that we Austinites roped you into coming to our awesome little city!! You’re actually coming to the Book People directly across the street from my office so I can’t wait to swing by and see you guys!

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  2. Leigh says

    I am so bummed you aren’t coming to Nashville. Fingers crossed you get to make a stop here or even better, I’ll win that trip! Shoot, I’ll drive the 5 hours to Atlanta too. I know you guys are so excited. I can’t wait till your book comes in the mail! I may have to take off work so I can be home to greet it :) silky I know, but I am THAT excited!

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  3. Jennifer says

    I am so excited to see Houston on the list! Hopefully I can coordinate my almost 3 year old’s birthday dinner around your signing! Hope y’all have a great trip!

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  4. glenda says

    Hi Guys, love the blog ~ any plans of touring Australia!! lol ~ I have ordered the book, can’t wait for the release. All the best, love to the four of you, Glenda

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  5. Katie says

    I’m SOO bummed you’re not coming to COLORADO!!! I’d drive anywhere in the state to see you guys, but Denver is amazing, you’d love it! I think you need to have a little convo with whoever is in charge :) I’ve been following this blog for 4 yrs and would die to meet you guys!

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    • Katie says

      PS: I have to say, my hubby and I just bought a house together, we close on it right before Thanksgiving (crossing our fingers all goes as planned!) and I can’t WAIT to start trying some of these ideas I’ve been ooogling over for oh so long! It’s a cute little vintage home, built in 1902 (talk about history!!) that was built on a piece of land P.T. Barnum (of Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey Circus!) bought for his crew as a place of respite during the offseason, back in 1882. We’re very excited, and your following your blog for so long makes me even more excited because I now know of all the hidden possibilities in older homes!

  7. Sarah Gerke says

    Gah! I will definitely be driving the 2 hours to Cincinnati from Indy to come see you guys in less than 3 weeks! I love your blog and CAN’T WAIT to get my grubby hands on your book. My husband and I just bought our first house so I am ready for some DIY madness!!!

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  12. jess hogue says

    OH-MY-GATO!!!

    so stoked that you guys are coming to Dallas (and yes, i would probably be a goober and drive to either Austin or Houston if you weren’t… self-admitted YHL groupie, party of one right here.)

    if my house weren’t in a total state of disarray (and an hour north of Dallas) i would TOTALLY ply you with my chef-husband’s cooking to be considered for a house-tour. alas…

    and just so you know – i will be the awkward, red-faced, stuttering idjit at the Dallas West Elm offering Sherry ceramic animals and John soda pop memorabilia. HA! can’t wait. seriously.

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    • Sheila G says

      I should have said CONGRATULATIONS on this wonderful book project. As an “older” reader of your blog…I still read you every day and enjoy the adventurous spirit with which you and John blithely attack your projects. You are so upbeat, positive and emotionally healthy in your outlook, enjoying your successes and learning from your failures. We all can learn from people like you and you deserve all the national attention and rewards that you are reaping. Way to go! Please come to Seattle, I’d love to meet you.

  14. Raven says

    I am sooo bummed. I am shooting a wedding the day you are in a city near me and I am shooting another wedding the day you guys have the give-a-way so I can’t enter that either…. *pouty face*

    BUT — you can bet your sweet buns I WILL be buying the book!!!

    After four LONG years in medical school and five LONGer years in residency we are finally getting a home at the end of this res year and I am going to soak up every bit of DIY so I can get our home in tip-top shape (and maybe get brave enough to enter a before and after or house crash??).

    Thanks you guys!

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  15. Amy says

    Wow! You are making a lot of stops! Bummed you won’t be in Cleveland but so happy for you! Congratulations (again)! I hope you get a little down time to enjoy each city and experience what each has to offer. Still keeping my fingers crossed I get to meet you!

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  16. Josephine says

    How exciting!

    And I think you guys should come back to Alaska. Here is your invite. I’ll host the book signing at our first home we are buying now! :)

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  18. Bethany Skorich says

    Yahoo!!!!!!!! SUPER EXCITED TO MEET YOU GUYS!!!! We live near Cincinnati, so we’ll see you in a week! I pre-ordered my book, but it won’t be here until November I don’t think (I’ll have to check Amazon tracking). I must’ve signed up for the cheapest shipping and now I’m paying for it since it won’t be here in time. I totally think that a signed book would go for $100 on ebay!!

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  19. Sarah says

    When I saw your book is being printed in the USA, I asked for a woop, woop!! Sadly my deaf cat just looked at me lol. Anywho… I guess Im gonna have to call in sick to work (cough, cough) to make it to Chicago!! Dont see Wi Wisconsin on your list, but who knows, right?! So stinkin excited!!!

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  20. Andrea B says

    Dude. I mean, I think I desperately need to go to Grand Cayman around, I don’t know, January 11th? It will be hard to be in the middle of the Caribbean in the winter, but hey, I can suffer. ;)

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  21. Anna says

    Yay Boston!!!!! I am so excited to meet you guys! And by the way, the Boston event already has about 300 people that signed up to go. West Elm doesn’t know what’s about to hit them…

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  22. Rue says

    Dallas, yes! Can’t wait!

    Are you guys interested in crashing a house in need of help rather than an amazing house? ;) Mine is dying!

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  23. Patricia says

    HOOORAY BOOK TOUR! So happy for you guys, but I wish you were coming to California!!! The SF Bay Area has plenty of DIYers… now I just need to pre-order 100 copies from my local bookstore to try to get you guys to come out… muaaahahaha… *plots*

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  24. Sonja C. says

    No Indiana love?! Your book is getting printed here, after all. Ha! It’s okay, a trip to Cincinnati would be great too. Wheeeee! Can’t wait to meet The Petersiks!!!

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  25. Heidi Hess says

    So excited for you guys!!! You deserve all good things. I’ll definitely be there (RVA). On another note, I’m also very excited that I made your blog! In a round about behind the scenes kinda way, but I’m in this post and I’ll take it!!! Waaaahoooo. How you ask!? I took the RVA skyline photo for RMCVB. Thanks for showing how nicely I captured the plane…what timing I have, eh?! ;) xo

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      LOL – that’s too funny! Well thank you in a roundabout way for helping provide us with a photo. And bravo with the airplane thing too. I must know your secret. ;)

      -John

  26. Ashley says

    Super, stinking excited to meet you both. I am skipping class to be there (shhh…don’t tell my professor). See you in Richmond!

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  27. Avone says

    Hooray! You’ll be in Dallas on my anniversary. It’s three hours away, but I bet I could talk the hubby into an Ikea/West Elm/Petersiks trip.

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  29. Bee says

    NOOOOOOO! WHY NOT ORLANDO?? You guys can stay on my futon! I’ll make stir fry!

    It’s probably time to end this comment before it gets any creepier.

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  30. Carolyn says

    Your minneap. stop is literally 5 minutes from my house. So pumped! And depending on how much time you have, there are some fun thrifty shops and a string of lakes to explore … although wait, we’ll probably have SNOW by then!

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  32. Beth says

    NYC!! Yeah! I’m so excited! I love your blog and not much of a DIY kind of person. You are welcome to come crash my apartment! It an old house with tons of character and wall details in the plaster.

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  33. Christie says

    I’m always looking for a reason to go to Cincinnati so I can stop at Ikea while I’m there. This sounds like a good one! I’ll have to bring my 2-year-old though, so if there’s a train set somewhere in the store I may get stuck there with him and never see you guys!

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  34. Samantha D says

    AHHH!! Can’t wait to see you guys in Dallas! Making my hubby take me for our 6 year Anniversary :) Sooo excited, totally gonna bring my awkwardness with me haha.

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  35. Stephanie S says

    So nice that your RIC stop will be benefitting the Richmond Ballet school. I’ll be there and hoping to bring my BFF!

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  37. Samantha says

    Hi! This is my first post, but I’ve been following you guys for years! You are my superheros of do it yourself projects and we have just been so inspired by your blog and family. I immediately called the Ft. Lauderdale location and plan to take off from work and make the drive from Orlando. I’m so happy for your book and know it will be successful! See you soon :)

    -Samantha, Orlando, FL

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  38. Karen says

    It looks like you guys are going to conveniently be in Grand Caymen for a little R&R post-book signing? The dates would suggest so… :)

    See you guys in Chicago. If you’ve not been, Chicago really is a great city. It’s the most pretty during the summer/fall, but hopefully you can still appreciate it in early November. PLUS – lots of great food!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Hah, I wish! We think we’re going in and out (we don’t get to control travel, we just go where they tell us to go) but we’re going to try to soak up the rays while walking in and out of the bookstore/plane! Haha!

      xo
      s

  40. Jenna says

    You will love Houston!! So glad you guys are coming here! And the West Elm is in a beautiful part of Houston. Can’t wait to meet you guys!! :)

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  41. Kai says

    Can’t wait to see you guys in Austin!

    For other Austinites, I called Book People to RSVP and they said we don’t need to do that – if you pre-order the book, you will get a line ticket for the event when you pick up your copy.

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  43. Carla says

    When you stop in Minneapolis you can certainly come crash our house! We’ve been a fan of your blog ever since before we got our current house, you guys inspired us that we could do some DIY fixer-upper stuff and make it fun along the way :) Our house is not 100% perfect/revamped yet (which I know you guys would understand) but we would love to show you before and afters as well as pick your brain(s) about upcoming project ideas!!!! Okay, I am emailing you now :)

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  44. Lauren says

    I’m already planning out what time I need to leave work to deal with rush hour Boston traffic to get there early enough! So excited!

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  45. Analise says

    Hurrah hurrah hurrah! I am SO happy you’ll be in DC! Granted, I live about a million miles from so-cute-but-SO-inaccessible-by-public-transit Georgetown, but who cares? I’ll leave work early to get there! Do you know when your RSVP info will be up for that visit?

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  46. Elisabeth says

    I’m going to put in my vote for ATL…only an hour & a half from me, so I’d definitely try my best to be there. Plus, i’m sure you could stay with KB & love on her new baby. =D

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Ack, we have no idea but I kind of don’t want to know. Too much pressure and nerves! Hah. I like to pretend ten people read our blog so I don’t get blog stage fright.

      xo
      s

  49. Gina says

    I’m bummed about no Pittsburgh date, but I’ve been looking for an excuse to take a weekend trip with my gf for our 2 year anniversary on 10/17, & Cinci is just about as luxe as our budget can afford right now, so it’s perfect! :)

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