John and I recently had the privilege of designing three new bedrooms for local children currently undergoing cancer treatment. We’ve shared a few sneak peeks on Instagram and our podcast, but here’s the full photo-packed post with details on each room. We’re excited to show you what we created. Here’s some background: Biringer Builders reached … Read more

There are almost always three main phases to the room makeovers we take on. Depending on the project’s scope they can last a few days or a few months (and sometimes, when we hop around, they stretch into years). Still, the process generally follows this sequence: Prep and planning: brainstorming, choosing a color palette, shopping, … Read more

Welcome to the show notes for Episode #15 of Young House Love Has A Podcast. In this episode we discuss college students whose over-the-top dorm rooms are making headlines, share where we land in that conversation, and reflect on our own college-housing memories. We also get design tips from HGTV’s Vern Yip, describe our first … Read more

As many of you know, each month we like to brighten the house with an inexpensive—or even free—bouquet to keep things feeling fresh. The idea actually started from a thoughtful Christmas gift from my husband. This month, however, I ended up with two months’ worth of blooms overlapping at Casa Petersik. Remember February’s $5 bouquet? … Read more

The other day we stopped by Home Depot to check out the new Martha Stewart Living Paint collection and, unsurprisingly, were impressed by Martha’s consistently thoughtful color choices. What caught us by surprise was the attention paid to the reverse side of the paint chips. Martha’s chips include a number of practical extras designed to … Read more

Thanks for all the kind messages about Teddy’s arrival last week. We’re home now and slowly settling into life with a newborn again (seriously — any tips for getting one to sleep between 10pm and 4am?), so our posting schedule will be lighter for a bit. One project we squeezed in about 48 hours before … Read more

Sherry and I were thrilled the first time we stepped into the sunroom at our new house. We didn’t mind the stuck glass sliders or the damp carpet—those flaws made this place affordable and signaled that the room was a true fixer-upper. We loved the potential. At first I imagined a quick refresh similar to … Read more

Our freshly painted laundry room is so bright and cheerful it makes me want to sing and dance. I started by repainting all the trim with Olympic No-VOC semi-gloss off-the-shelf white and painted the brown quarter round near the baseboards so it would blend with the trim. I applied three thin coats of the same … Read more

And now for a “we never thought we’d type this” update before we jump into today’s post. Remember when we shared that Instagram photo back in May? It was from the day we filmed a short segment with the OWN crew (yes, Oprah’s team). #ahhhhhh #more screaming Well, that little short film is airing this … Read more

I recently learned that Ina Garten calls consumable presents “disappearing gifts” — items that bring joy without taking up space in someone’s home. The idea is simple: material gifts often create an unintended obligation for the recipient to find room to use, store, or display them. The easiest way to avoid that is to give … Read more