We know you’ve seen lots of pictures of our house. But lots of video, not so much. In fact, we realized it’s been over a year and a half since we’ve posted a room-by-room tour of Casa Petersik. And in that time we’ve swapped a spare bedroom for a nursery, added a two-person office/playroom to our guest room, and totally gutted our bathroom. And although you’ve seen pics of those makeovers we know sometimes it helps to see ’em in 3D (and now in HD thanks to our latest purchase: the Flip Mino HD). So you can finally visualize how the rooms all connect. No breaking and entering required.
Plus we’re not gonna lie. We’ve been cleaning the house like crazy to put it on the market, so it’s as good a time as any to document this baby. Without further ado, we give you fine people The 2010 YHL House Tour (view it on YouTube here):
Yes Clara passed gas at the end of the video. How’s that for keeping it real?
And if you’re in the mood for a blast from the past or two, you can see our original half-house tour from November of 2007 (warning: the kitchen is mid-renovation) or the updated full-house tour from March of 2008. Oh, and there’s also the better production-quality version of the tour, shot by The Nest in November of 2008. So much self-conscious cringing, so little time.
Psst- What’s been around my lady’s neck lately? Check out our BabyCenter post of the week for the scoop.
Jessica F. says
Very cool. Thanks for sharing!
kita says
Favorite part was when Clara tooted goodbye!! so cute! hhaha :)
I will surely miss this house when you guys sell and change homes, but it’s exciting to know that there will be another home to make your own!
-kita
Holly West says
Great tour! And I am so relieved to finally know where your microwave is (not to mention the green shelf). :-)
I’m curious: you’ve recently done the nursery makeover and the office makeover, both of which are fantastic, but pretty specific to your family’s needs. My question is, did you know you were going to sell when you designed these areas, and if so, did you give any thought to making the decor more “generic” to appeal to a wider variety of buyers?
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Holly,
We were going back and forth between selling in the spring instead of the fall or even building an addition, so in the end we did those room makeovers with only our needs in mind. Thankfully potential buyers might have a need for an office/guest room or a nursery so we figure that they might still appeal to many people passing through. And at the end of the day we figure that most people are savvy enough to know that they can repaint or use different art/accessories/furnishings to make those spaces theirs. Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Heidi H. says
Toot! That’s what we call it here, too! lol :-)
Loved your tour, thanks for showing me around!
Elizabeth says
What exactly did Clara do there at the end? Hard to tell in the video.
And I love those wall mirrors in the bedroom, those seem to be an addition I hadn’t noticed before.
YoungHouseLove says
It is a bit hard to hear, but she audibly passed gas (as baby’s tend to do). This time it just happened to be on cue so we thought it was too amusing to edit out.
-John
Andrea says
Haha, I never would have known that was a toot!
Whitney says
Oh my goodness! I just had my first instance of someone passing off one of your pics as their own, on ATL craigslist. I was searching for “full bed” and recognized your guest bed. No credit or any explanation that the pic was not the real item. I bet this happens all the time, but I thought it was funny!
Elizabeth says
Duh…did I completely skip over your sentence under the video that told me that? LOL!
YoungHouseLove says
No worries! We figure a limited amount of people actually call it tooting. Ha.
xo,
s
Megan Taylor says
You guys are too cute! Just started following your site about 3 months ago after a friend who loves interior design as much as I do recommended it. Thanks for sharing your lives!
Dana @ House*Tweaking says
Thank you for not editing! What a lovely little tour and family. Congrats on such an exciting time in your lives. So many possibilities…
PS – What’s on the front of Clara’s door?
YoungHouseLove says
It’s a pink banner from John that says “It’s a girl!” He decorated the house when he came home to let Burger out during our hospital stay, so when we got home the house looked festive.
xo,
s
Lindsey R says
Such a great house…it’s going to get scooped up by some lucky family I’m sure!!
Quick questions (before there are hundreds of comments on this post). Where do you put your shoes when you come inside? (in the sunroom? or laundry room? didn’t see any you’ve picked up so well!)
Also…where did you get your comforter/duvet in your bedroom? I love it!
YoungHouseLove says
We have a basket to the right of the door in the sunroom where we drop our shoes (you can see it in the big sunroom revaal post here). And the duvet is from West Elm but they no longer make it so maybe try eBay?
xo,
s
Randi says
Sherry. Every time my 12 week old hears your voice she stops whatever she is doing, listens and smiles!!
Just thought you should know.
YoungHouseLove says
That’s cute! Maybe my annoying voice sounds like your voice did back when it was all distorted through the amniotic fluid when she was still in the womb. That’s all I can come up with to explain it…
xo,
s
Beth says
Thanks for the tour! I’m in love with your bathroom vanity idea. My husband and I are in the planning stages of renovating ours and love the idea of using a stand or another really simple piece of furniture as the base. Thanks for all the ideas!
Clare says
Cute video – thanks for putting it all together for us.
And thanks for the BabyCenter link – what a cute idea. One question – would you consider linking to the Etsy shop where John bought the necklace? If not, no worries – I just love to check out Etsy shops with recommendations from others.
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Clare,
Here’s the etsy seller for ya: http://www.etsy.com/shop/karinagracejewelry
Looks like she’s on vacation right now!
xo,
s
Melinda says
Such a fun tour! I really enjoyed seeing the layout in a walk through. How tall are your ceilings? I couldn’t figure out if they were really tall, Sherry is not as tall as I thought she was, or if it was an optical illusion! Also, our family totally calls it tooting – hilarious!
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Melinda,
Our ceilings are standard (8 feet) but I’m sub-standard (5’2″).
xo,
s
Sophie says
I totally didn’t just scream ‘Oh my gosh it’s John and Clara and my postcard all together!’
… (:
I love my postcard’s fame! That little red phone box from a small English town is going places in the blogging world.
Also, love the tour… And I think Clara might hate you one day for that little baby accident at the end!
Monica says
Love the video and Clara’s little toot!
I remember you got your master bedroom rug from World Market. Do you have a rug pad under it? We are thinking of replacing the carpet in our master with a pre-finished hardwood. Would this carpet damage the finish without a rug pad? I’d like to place it under our bed too. Thanks!
Wish I could buy your house. I wouldn’t need to change a single wall color. It is perfect!
YoungHouseLove says
Nope no rug pad since the bed keeps it in place. It hasn’t hurt our floor at all!
xo,
s
Christa M says
“Say bye Clara” “pfft” the look on John’s face…Sherry’s commentary of Clara’s Toot and then finally Clara’s precious face after releasing..HILARIOUS!
Lauren says
Yay for a new house tour! It’s so fun to see how your house is laid out since it’s hard to tell how the rooms connect through pictures. Your house looks great and I’m sure it you’ll have it sold in no time!
Maryann says
Beautiful home.
For the showings it would be better to clear away some of the knick knacks and all of the personal photos, etc. Buyers will be ogling your Stuff instead of appreciating your house. Will make the space look larger too.
From an overactive HGTV viewer…. :)
Mike @HA says
3D? I’ll go get my glasses!!
Looks great! It’s fun to see how everything connects.
GreenInOC says
Does the master bedroom not have a built-in closet?
I think that they way that you have decorated (specific to your tastes) actually shows potential buyers possibilities that they may not have thought of.
It’s gorge and I wish you well on this new adventure!
YoungHouseLove says
Hey GreeninOC,
We actually also have a small standard closet in the bedroom (to the left of the bed, across from the window). Three closets definitely beat one!
xo,
s
Danielle says
Thanks for sharing – fun and adorable with Clara!
Emily @ The Happy Home says
love this! thanks for the tour. i love the layout of your house! our little place is basically a huuuuge open room for living, dining, and kitchen,and i miss having separate little nooks for separate spaces. you’re also inspiring me to open up the place a little bit. time to get my DIY on!
and your daughter is SO GORGEOUS!
trey says
JOHN… you da man, bro! scoring major points with the misses with the green necklace. (trust me, i would know. 4 years ago when our little man was born, i surprised my better half with a string o pearls to mark the occasion, and she gets all misty-eyed when she puts them on. women are funny, reminiscent little people. gotta love that)…
Good job!
Denise says
Your house looks great. It should sell in a nanosecond! Thanks for the tour. I love the shiny white gourds under the microwave – very clever.
Lonely Wife Project says
What a fabulous tour! I love your love of white everything :)
Tracy Lee says
LOL @ Sherry’s fear of Clara microwaving the dog! It’s amusing what types of things we have to worry about once there are children involved, ha ha!
dinah says
Will you be covering in a future post about what you’ll be taking from the house? like your cool faucet or something that’s attached to the house that you can’t bear to part with?
YoungHouseLove says
Yup, we’ll have to work all that out with whoever buys the house (fingers crossed!) – and we’ll definitely share those details when we do!
xo,
s
Jessica @ How Sweet says
Love your lovely home!
rebecca says
Maybe you already mentioned it somewhere but are you planning to take down personal pictures? I know when we sold our condo our agent recommended it, even though we only had about 3 pictures out. I don’t know if it what that or not but it sold in 2 weeks!
YoungHouseLove says
We’ll share any tweaks that we pull off as we go! Stay tuned…
xo,
s
Julia M says
I must say when John was taping I found myself trying to move my head around to see what was behind you or beside you. Hahaha. He is most interested in YOU in this video.
Nikki says
That is too funny. I watched the video, but didn’t turn on the volumn because I am at work…but seeing John’s expression at the end of the video as well as having a very gassy 3 1/2 month old myself, I guessed that Clara ripped one before I even read the rest of your post. It’s ok. The best one our little guy did was early one morning. I was nursing him in bed and my husband farted loudly and then the baby farted right back. Male bonding I guess.
Carly Langdon says
Where did you find your light that is over the sink in the kitchen? I’m looking for one just like it. Great tour! Thanks for the continual inspiration.
C
YoungHouseLove says
It’s from West Elm a while back- maybe try ebay and search “seeded glass pendant light”? Hope it helps!
xo,
s
candace @ thecandace.com says
How cute, Clara wanted to voice her opinion too!!
MB says
Love the house tour, but I’m asking a hair question. Sherry, do you blow dry your hair before you put it in a pony tail? Do you ever think of cutting it short like it was before?
YoungHouseLove says
I haven’t used a blow dryer in years, I’m just a wash and wear girl. Back when my hair was short I had to flat-iron it (it’s actually kind of wavy) so this is an easier mom on the go hairstyle for now. Never say never though…
xo,
s
Laura says
Okay, Youngsters, you have officially exceeded your daily quota of cute. Seriously, could you guys be any cuter?
JK… hoping to see y’all on HGTV one day. Great on-camera personalities!
And the precious, farting baby didn’t hurt, either.
YoungHouseLove says
Seriously. The farting baby was the clincher!
xo,
s
GreenInOC says
3 are TOTALLY better than one!
Do you have a post on these? Did you build them completely yourselves?
I am SO curious – it is SUCH a great idea. Well, actually, it’s not a great idea – it’s GENIUS!!
YoungHouseLove says
Yup! Here’s the post: https://www.younghouselove.com/over-our-heads/
xo,
s
Christine says
That ending is priceless!!!
christa says
man…everything’s smaller than it seems in pics. You guys do a great job of making it seem spacious.
YoungHouseLove says
Heck yeah- this is a tiny house!
xo,
s
wanderluster says
The toot was priceless. That Clara really knows how to steal the show. Her timing is impeccable!
Tabitha Blue says
LOVE the tour, LOVE the house!! And that toot was right on cue! Haha. Too cute!
Hey, how do you guys take in your reader redesigns? By email? I’ve been a follower forever and we just redesigned the nursery for our little bean. :) I’d love to share. Took a huge cue from your mood boards.
suki @ [Super Duper Fantastic] says
clara sure knows how to wrap up the video! :)
Sarah says
On one of your links to the past videos you mentioned in the comments that you had a hall project spruce up thing going on…did you ever post that? I cannot find it!!
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Sarah,
Alas, we never got around to it! We planned to build in a bunch of shallow shelves and lean art and things up against them (which would obscure the thermostat and make the hallway feel a bit more polished). We also wanted to tile the floor in front of the living room fireplace and even possibly do the kitchen backsplash. Our to-do list is always there! Maybe we’ll get around to those projects in the next house!
xo,
s
shelly hendriks says
That was too cute!!! Clara is just adorable. Thanks for sharing!!
essie says
Regarding the comment about someone stealing your pics on craigslist: have you guys thought of watermarking your pictures?
YoungHouseLove says
We have, but in the end we just hate to stamp everything with YHL. We just prefer to request that people remove our images if they use ’em- which works like a charm.
xo,
s
Rachel says
Did you guys put the pocket door in yourselves? We have a very narrow hallway on our second floor, and the doors are kind of an issue. But our house is old (130+ years), and the walls are plaster, so I’m not sure pockets would be an option for us. Any how-to info would be much appreciated!
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Rachel,
It actually came with the house, so we didn’t install it. Maybe you can google around or check out youtube.com for a tutorial?
xo,
s
bria says
srsly cute! so what is the dealio…are book or tv plans n the future? seems like the purchasing and reno of a new home with a blog n a baby would make for excellent tv viewing…are you listening hgtv?!??!
YoungHouseLove says
No TV for us! We actually were approached a while ago by a few networks and production houses but we just had to politely decline. Although we’re huge over-sharers on the blog, we’re actually kind of shy about cameras and we hate the idea of trading the blog for a show (since we could never find enough hours in the day to do both). YHL is our baby, so we could never trade it in for something like that. Bloggers forever. Or at least for as long as we love what we’re doing!
xo,
s
Kelley says
Love it! It really does help to go 3D through the house. I know you guys will have NO problem selling thanks to all the fab-o work you’ve done! Clara’s “toot” was priceless – plus the look on her face.
Kelsey says
Are you planning to remove any furniture and accessories for the purposes of staging your house?
YoungHouseLove says
We’ll share that adventure as we go. Off the bat we plan to keep things pretty much as-is, because we truly believe that a house that feels loved and lived in is one that appeals to buyers. We’re not big believers in the paint-everything-beige-and-get-rid-of-every-family-picture school of thought. Who knows how desperate we’ll get though!
xo,
s