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Young House Love » Favorites » Our Chart Topping DIY Music Video

| By Sherry Petersik | April 1, 2013 | 870 Comments

Our Chart Topping DIY Music Video

It’s pretty clear from all the embedded music videos and song-reference-titled posts that John and I are music lovers. John even mentioned that he sings a lot in this post and we all know that I was a wee bit enamored with a certain rapper in my youth (an obsession that drove me to say the word “phat” on national TV). So when a musician friend here in Richmond casually invited us into their studio to mess around… well something magical happened. One thing led to another, and we ended up pouring all of our DIY passion into a DIYed song for you guys. Full of life lessons, house trials and tribulations, design rules that we follow (and break), and all sorts of other home-related musings – all set to a phat sweet beat of course.

Hush Shelves

We’re hardly Big & Pac, but now that we got the edited version of our song back from the studio (ahh!!) we’re officially dropping our first single, which we’ve entitled: Hush.

Hush Fingers

So without further ado, our super professional all-that’s-missing-is-P-Diddy-and-a-helicopter video:

In case you’re at work and you can’t watch it, let’s just say it’s worth a play when you get home. Here’s what you have to look forward to:

  • My hair’s down
  • There are some pretty decent special effects (three $herdogs)
  • Burger and Clara each make a cameo
  • Ceramic animals abound
  • Shelves get styled
  • We remind people about the importance of safety glasses

Hush John Gangsta

Wait, but we have one more thing to tell you…

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Hush April Fools

Okay, so we didn’t really record anything in a studio. We just made a fake-o forty second song at home where we rapped a few sentences into our computer’s microphone and used some stock vocal effects in Final Cut Pro along with a free beat that we found online. Then we paired it with a cliche-tastic video that we whipped up at home and bam… our first single. But it’s still worth watching later if you’re at work right now. I mean, how many rappers drop the words “miter saw” in their verse? In summary: it was more fun than two 31-year-olds should have. And of all the years that we’ve maintained our little April Fool’s tradition – can you believe this is our fifth year of this?! – this one’s one of our favorites (here’s last years, the one from 2011, the one from 2010, and the one from 2009).

Hope you guys fell for it – although I’m 99% sure you didn’t.

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Comments

  1. NancyO says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:39 am

    That was awesome. I actually would love to see an entire video.

    I think Slim Shady would be proud, $herDog.

    Reply
  2. jax says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:39 am

    WHY COULDN’T YOU JUST MAKE THE WHOLE SONG!!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!! DIY Rapping!

    Reply
  3. Caroline says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:39 am

    You guys totally could have rocked that for longer- and now how will I know about your favorite tools?

    Reply
  4. Sam says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:40 am

    Sadly, I totally fell for it. I was thinking the whole time, “Wow, this has gotten way odd,” but didn’t thinking twice. Ahhh, suckahhh!! hahaha.

    Reply
  5. Jyl says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:40 am

    I just laughed so hard I was honking. Thank you so much for making fools out of yourselves for our amusement :-)

    Also, I have an 8 month old, so I don’t get to check in on YHL as often as I’d like to anymore, but I love the new light fixture in the dining room, and congratulations on the lighting line! I’m so happy for you guys! I wish you all the happiness and success in the world!

    …And now I’ve gotta go take my son’s weekly photo. Another thing I have YHL to thank for. You guys rock!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      April 1, 2013 at 10:41 am

      Aw thanks Jyl!

      xo
      s

  6. Kendra says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:40 am

    You guys are hilarious.

    Reply
  7. Ashley@AttemptsAtDomestication says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:41 am

    Hahaha! Best April Fool’s ever! This video was hilarious!

    Reply
  8. Krista says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:41 am

    I definitely woke up this morning and the first thought that entered my head was ‘I can’t wait to see what YHL does for April Fool’s this year!’. And man did you deliver! Epic video. Epic.

    Reply
  9. kristi@SimplePrettyThings says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:41 am

    #1 I’m cry laughing, #2 Even though I knew it was April fools today…I forgot, #3 I’d never be able to do this and show it to the public. Hilarious!

    Reply
  10. Sara V says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:41 am

    hahaha omg I love you guys!!

    Reply
  11. Laurie says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:42 am

    You just drained my sinuses. Thank god I took off work today. I would’ve been fired for sure. Best April Fools evah!

    Reply
  12. Mary@TwoHappyLambs says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:42 am

    Lol best forty seconds of my life. You should finish it.

    Reply
  13. Megan says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:42 am

    Best post ever. I’ve watched the video three times…funny how Sherry’s hair goes up in a ponytail for the April Fools part.

    Reply
  14. Melissa says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:42 am

    I’ve watched it three times already! You guys are hilarious! And Sherry, you are gorgeous. Dang girl!

    Reply
  15. Kayt says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:43 am

    I expected that the single part was the joke, but I was hoping that it was a full video. Have to say, it was even funnier watching the outtakes! Too funny.

    Reply
  16. Gabrielle says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:43 am

    Brilliant. So funny. You’ve out done yourselves this year. I always look forward to seeing what you’ll do on this day.

    Reply
  17. Renea says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:43 am

    Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! That was awesome!!!!!!

    Reply
  18. Nicole says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:43 am

    OFF. THE. HOOK!
    HAHHAAHAHAHAH!

    Reply
  19. Devlin says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:44 am

    You two are an inspiration to young couples everywhere!! But seriously! xox

    Reply
  20. Christina P (NS) says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:44 am

    You totally had me going!!! I think it’s because I acually believed that your guys would do this, for fun of course but I could still see it happening :)
    Your hair does look awesome though!! John’s face in the still shot is priceless!!

    Reply
  21. Heathr says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:44 am

    hilarious video!!!

    Reply
  22. Kathryn says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:44 am

    That was awesome. My kids were all “let’s watch the silly lady again and the doggy!” 5 minutes and 6 viewings later we had to move on! Thanks for the giggle!

    Reply
  23. Melissa Ricci says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:45 am

    Hahahahahahahaha loveeeeeeeeee you guys!!

    Reply
  24. Heather says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:45 am

    Ok…I totally fell for it. Loved it!

    Reply
  25. Michelle N says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:46 am

    Awesome! You guys should do a whole song! Sherry are you sure you weren’t a rapper in your past life. haha!

    I tried to trick my kids morning by showing this a picture Old Navy’s Pupparoo
    My youngest said that was so cool and we needed to buy it for Boomer. Then when I said I was joking he wasn’t too happy about it, poor kid. Ha

    Have you guys seen YouTube Prank?

    Not April’s fool joke but still a cute video. Thift Shop Parody with Baby Macklemore That kid does look like Macklemore!

    Hope I got all the HTML correct.

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      April 1, 2013 at 10:50 am

      Hahahahah! The ON prank is hilarious! I didn’t see that one yet. We saw the YouTube one last night. We were like “ahhhh, not fair! You can’t release April Fools jokes the night before! It tips everyone off!” – hahahaha!

      xo
      s

  26. Melissa D says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:46 am

    A-MAZING!!

    Yall are seriously so awesome!!

    Reply
  27. Diana P. says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:46 am

    This is hilarious!

    And Sherry, you look gorgeous in this video!

    Reply
  28. Jeanna says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:46 am

    Totally awesome!

    Reply
  29. erin says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:47 am

    I’ve been waiting all morning for your April Fool post:) Love the picture of John in the hoodie…so funny!

    Reply
  30. Martha says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:47 am

    I love it!! This is so clever. Well done:)

    Reply
  31. Amanda says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:47 am

    I totally bought it… and it was awesome.

    Reply
  32. Lilly says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:47 am

    Lmao, u guys r f-ing hilarious. I love this blog, so unexpected.

    Reply
  33. jess@hillcountryhomebody says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:47 am

    Oh my goodness! I fell for it too! You don’t need a recording studio at all. You had me and my girls cracking up!

    Reply
  34. Kara says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:48 am

    Dang it, I totally bought it. I woke up suspicious of everything, then I let my guard down and you got me. Nice work.

    Reply
  35. Amy says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:48 am

    April fools!!….but you two are totally going to finish this for us right?!!

    Why stop at The New York Times…time to take over ITunes!!!

    Reply
  36. Melanie says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:48 am

    Is it weird that I didn’t think it was odd at all you guys were doing this :) Just sounded like some good ole fun to me.

    Reply
  37. Jessica says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:48 am

    Way too funny. Especially when my 1 year old fell of the couch from dancing with you. Bahaha!

    Reply
  38. Gill says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:48 am

    Had to comment finally for the first time to admit I totally fell for it! Despite all these rational thoughts going through my mind like ‘wait, that’s not a studio, that’s just in their house’, you totally had me.

    Reply
  39. Jane B. says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:48 am

    You guys got me! Well done. Super clever. And hey, you actually made me feel like wanting to see the rest of the song/video!
    And S: You should wear your hair down more often!

    Reply
  40. Jayme @ Keeping Up With Myself says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:49 am

    You totally got me. I love the outtakes, y’all are ridiculously adorable.

    Reply
  41. Amber says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:49 am

    Wait… but… you’re gonna finish the song for real right?

    Reply
  42. Kim says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:49 am

    Love it!! :)

    Reply
  43. Jessica says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:49 am

    best thing EVER.

    Reply
  44. Ann. L says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:50 am

    Amazing.

    And I’m sad to say, even though I’ve been reading for years I totally forgot it was April 1 and fell for it. #facepalm

    Reply
  45. Lauren Nicole says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:50 am

    This is why I love you guys. LMAO at work!

    Reply
  46. Linda Browne says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:50 am

    I’m a sucker. I was thinking to myself only you guys could pull this off. :)

    Reply
  47. Hope says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:50 am

    Ah-Mazing!!!! You must make a full length video…of both the song and outtakes!

    Reply
  48. KB says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:51 am

    Best April Fool’s joke EVER! I knew it wasn’t real but I still laughed hysterically. You guys are so silly. I love it!

    Reply
  49. nicki says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:51 am

    You two are some of my favorite goof balls. Though I ruined the April Fool’s joke for myself, by reading through the post before watching the video, you still got me- The scratching of the vinyl in the beginning totally sounded like my iPad was crackling and melting. My heart stopped for a few seconds until I realized what it was, LOL.

    Reply
  50. M says

    April 1, 2013 at 10:51 am

    I was already prepared for your annual prank…you guys are good

    Reply
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