Grace Bonney on Design, Blogging, and Female Entrepreneurs

Here are the show notes for Episode #18 of Young House Love Has A Podcast. This week Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney joins us to share what 12 years of design blogging taught her about personal style, the evolution of the internet, and why work-life balance is often a myth. We also take listeners behind the scenes of our new coloring book, consult an unexpected source for design tips, and commiserate about the odd curse that’s been dogging John this year. Plus, we explain a few ways we’re cutting down on unwanted mail and clutter from the postman.

You can download this episode from iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and TuneIn Radio — or listen to it below. Use this page to find any links, notes, or photos we referenced in the episode.

What’s New

Hooray — our coloring book launches this week (October 4). Above you’ll find preview pages, including the chair collage we mentioned as a favorite. If you’d like to order a copy, here are the retailers that carry it:

What’s Not

Here’s the article we referenced for a cheeky design perspective: “The 9 Biggest Mistakes Guys Make When Laying Out A Room.” Read it and decide for yourself.

Grace Bonney

Find Grace and a wealth of design, style, travel, and business content on Design*Sponge.
She also compiled interviews with more than 100 female makers, artists, and entrepreneurs in her book In The Company of Women.

We’re Digging

You can pick up a set of four Carats DOF drinking glasses from World Market — we have the green and pink sets shown above. (That image is a sneak peek of our new kitchen; we wrote more about the layout elsewhere on the blog.)
If you want to cut down on junk mail, check out the PaperKarma app — available for iOS and Android — which helps stop unwanted mail deliveries.

Psst — looking for something we’ve highlighted on a past episode but can’t remember where? Here’s a master list of everything we’ve “dug” across past episodes.

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